[theniceguy]

Apparently the famous PAMS studio is up for sale once again.
A sad occassion for Larry and Susan Thompson.

Don't believe it? Check out the pdf brochure from the estate agent

http://www.harvardco.com/pdf%20FILES/4141%20Office%20Pkwy%20Ofc%20Bldg.pdf

additional source: http://www.jingleweb.com was the first reporting this.

[martinlesterMember]

theniceguy wrote:
Apparently the famous PAMS studio is up for sale once again.
A sad occassion for Larry and Susan Thompson.

Don't believe it? Check out the pdf brochure from the estate agent

http://www.harvardco.com/pdf%20FILES/4141%20Office%20Pkwy%20Ofc%20Bldg.pdf

additional source: http://www.jingleweb.com was the first reporting this.

While it is a shame that a Jingle Company is ending with the RadioScape and Zone doing so well , it is kind of expected this would happen

http://www.jinglemad.com/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?65547

[IainJohnstonMember]

What concerns me though – who's next?

[Barras]

Wixy1360 wrote:
What concerns me though – who's next?

I was thinking the same thing Wixy…when you think about it, these horrible liner/sweeper packages that are on-the-air everywhere, can be made in someone`s bedroom.

Liner packages take hardly any effort at all to create – you just need a decent microphone, a decent PC recording studio, someone with an alledged “decent” voice and a script of lines to read and some production effects.

Compare that scenario with the production of a “sung” jingle package (writers, singers, musicians, production team, engineer etc…) and the “credit crunge” (as one loyal JM member has pointed out to me, I think that should be “crunch” !) raises its ugly head.

I understand that a lot of radio stations use liner packages because of the cost of proper “sung” jingles (even before the credit crunch) however, it`s recognised throughout the commercial jingle industry (and the use of radio ID jingles) that “sung” jingles work, have more impact and are more memorable.

I hope the other major jingle companies can hang in there….

Barras

[theniceguy]

I don't know if Thompson is out of busienss. These days you don;t need a large studio complex anymore to do business. The studios are not used as intensively as in 'the old days'. If you need tot do a recording session you can allways hire one and do the editing and mixing at home (with the right gear)

And even with a fully sung and customcomposed package a lot of the work is composed and prepared in 'home studios' like the one of Johnny Hooper f.i.

Even at TMjones the composing is done i what i like to describe als large boxes (or small rooms) : )

[IainJohnstonMember]

Just to add to the “DIY jingle production” idea, I see that Ben Freedman is promoting a
“Jingle Revolution” thingy that would basically appear to be a re-hash of his “Instant Radio
Station” concepts that have been on the go for a while, but pushing the idea of “putting
the bits together in your station yourself” much more strongly than he did before (especially
as the PC software to do so is cheap & easily available & useable now).

But that still will never beat the “real mcCoy” from JAM (or even TM)!

[GlennaMember]

Great place for a jingle museum.

[IainJohnstonMember]

And every Museum does of course have a SHOP where “goodies” can be bought at the counter or by mail…hmmmm!

[LenGroat]

This building is indeed legendary, but as the first pic shows is not very impressive from the road.

I was very lucky in that when I first went to Dallas I already knew Jackie Dixon from when she sang for us at Alfasound and she was kind enough to show me around all the city, including PAMS. Being driven there by the former lead snger from the GREAT years was very special.

The sale of the building is a further reminder that NOTHING stays the same for very long (except for JAM !) and it is people not places, we should treasure.

[theniceguy]

Wixy1360 wrote:
And every Museum does of course have a SHOP where “goodies” can be bought at the counter or by mail…hmmmm!

I'll gladly buy a copy of the 'SING LOUD' sign from the big studio, i currently use a my profile picture : )

[theniceguy]

LenGroat wrote:
The sale of the building is a further reminder that NOTHING stays the same for very long (except for JAM !) and it is people not places, we should treasure.

So why are the pioniers of jingles so poorly reasured,even by the American Radio Industry? I did a quick check and can not find people like Bill Meeks, Tom Merriman, Gwinn, Heller, Jon Wolfert, Euel Box and others, inducted in de NAB radio Hall of Fame or the National Radio Hall Of Fame.

Institutions who 'recognize and showcase contemporary talent from today's diverse programming formats, as well as the pioneers who shaped the medium during its infancy'.

Jingles are as much part of the fabric as a format or a dj!

The only jingle-award i know of is the one of the Dutch Society of Radio Jingles And Themes. Last year awarded to Tom Merriman and presented to him by Ken Justiss (on behalf of the society)

[coolnt]

must save it!

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