THE NEWS from EventWorks, Inc.

Dear Friends! This tune will put a smile on your face! Pink Martini is back, "Get Happy" dropped last Tuesday. They are currently playing on a European tour that includes gigs in Prague, Berlin and Bremen but they are coming to Southern California in January 2014! Get dressed and practice your moves. "From their very first record release back in 1994 to present, Pink Martini has become internationally recognized as musical masters of that bygone era of glamourous luscious big beautifully orchestrated standards and lounge. They are synonymous with the words sophistication, class and style. I've been a huge fan from day one, both because of their highly skilled talent as musicians, as well as their utterly fascinating, wildly diverse and eclectic choices of music! With songs new and old sung in German, Spanish, Japanese, Turkish, Farsi, Chinese and Romanian,  "Get Happy" gives complete new meaning to the expression "there's something in it for ...

Dear Friends, She is all over the airwaves and she recently was the special in-studio guest at KCRW: meet Lorde, just sweet 16 years old and conquering the pop world from her home base Auckland, New Zealand. And yes, she's in 12th grade, finishing Grammar School. Just a side note to Jaden Smith! "New Zealander singer/songwriter Lorde is already being compared to the likes of British soul singer Adele with her iTunes and Spotify top 10 hit "Royals." Lorde's story is pretty cool… at a mere 12 years of age, she was basically "discovered" much like an actress back in the glamorous golden age of Hollywood by a talent scout and signed barely 2 years later by Universal Records. "Royals" is a laid back super sumptuous mildly disco flavored groove with a colorful tale both sung and spoken and woven over, then buttoned up neatly with a showroom worthy hook. This version is a very nice slightly funkier remix by "Magnifik." Already a favor...

Dear Friends! We are very grateful and excited to see our hard work acknowledged and nominated for the  BizBash Event Style Awards! Best Event Entertainment Act Amway China's Reaching New Heights Gala Producing  Reaching New Heights was a major team effort by everyone at EventWorks and our trusted partners: Todd Roberts / Visions Lighting Douglas Johnson / Entertainment Plus Rick Jobson / Technical Show Management Greg Russell / Tandem Digital Ian Seeberg / Screen Rhythm David Flad / Q1 Designs, Inc. Sound: 3G Productions, Video Projection: DWP Live, 3D Flying System: Flying by Foy, Production Hawaii, Hawaii Stage and Lighting. We are looking forward to seeing our friends from BizBash, fellow nominees and colleagues at the BizBash IdeaFest on October 30th in New York City. Gratefully Yours, Janet

Dear Friends, There is a reason to look forward to fall! Paul McCartney is releasing "New" on October 15th and reviewers are falling all over themselves. As an event industry person you may ask: "Can he still play?" - Yes, he can! He attracted over 100 000 this past May to two sold-out arena concerts in Mexico City and he headlines the I ♥ Radio Festival in Las Vegas on September 21st. Not bad for a grandpa! "I'm always so thrilled when I find out that many of the world's most influential and gifted music makers of every walk of life are still doing what they do best… making great music. Paul McCartney is back and sounding better than ever with his new release due this October simply entitled "New." With nods to both my favorites of his era, that of "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" as well as The Wings' light hearted big 70's hits, Sir Paul, with the production backing of new wiz kid on the block Mark Ronson ...

Dear Friends! We were very pleased to learn that Barry White will be posthumously honored with a Star on the world famous Walk of Fame this week! If in Hollywood, catch the ceremony on September 12th - it would have been his 69th birthday - at 11:30am. The Star will be located at 6914 Hollywood Blvd, across from the Dolby Theatre. That's prime Walk of Fame real estate, and the ceremony will feature Motown's Berry Gordy and widow Glodean White. We all have personal memories of Barry White. Marion met him during her music industry days and still swoons over his bass voice and kind manners. DJ Matt goes way back with the White family. Barry' love songs are classics and we are happy to celebrate him this week. "I have particularly fond memories of Barry White. When I was very very young, I went to the same school as his sons. We became good friends until I moved to a different city but we actually stayed in touch for quite some time. I will never ever forget the ti...

Dear Friends, Our team just returned from a production in Seattle, big smiles on their faces. We had the great luck of working in an amazing location, Frank Gehry's Experience Music Project (EMP) Museum. We cannot imagine a better place to entertain with a live concert! The acoustics are perfect! So was the band! The Counting Crows rocked the hall and all of our 1200 guests had a blast. There is nothing quite like the excitement of a live concert in a great setting but we chose The Counting Crows to start off this short week anyway! Wishing you a happy 4-day week. Janet