have Wayne as our first live ISDN interview from the new Audio One suite. Wayne

was interviewed by Studio 360′s Kurt Anderson from WNYC in New York City.

Wayne does a great interview and that’s probably why this session, originally

planned for 30 minutes, easily flowed past an hour. As the engineer for the session,

it seemed to me like only a few minutes and was over way too soon.

heck your local listings or the internet for this insightful interview with Flaming Lips founder and leader Wayne Coyne, who by the way used to cook fish at Long John Silvers. I wonder if I ever ordered Golden Crunchies from him?  Who knew!

though Lynn and I feel like we are at the top of our game, we are no spring

chickens.  In fact, we’re glad we lived through it!

Taking two showers a day for almost three weeks just never really lets the

towels dry out and neither did we, but we did make it and we are very happy to be here.

We’re anxious for you to see it and we’ll have  a proper open house during

August, which is our 30th Anniversary in business month, but don’t wait for that.

We’re working in all our areas of audio and video production as well as all the duplication and format transferring we do. We’d love to see you and show you

around our new home.

That doesn’t mean we are completely settled into the new building, but Video One is up and running and so is Audio One. The core is installed and running and things seem to be normal enough to do business, so bring it on.

Our thanks go out to all the great people who helped complete this move. Namely, Lynn Garman, who organized it all and made charts of where things were to be placed in every room.  The movers said they had never seen that done before and they were grateful.  Many many thanks to our staff, Kimmi, Marti, David and Jody for all their help and ideas and Sue, Cahlene and Emily for guiding the movers to their appointed set-downs.

Many people from out of state call Garman Productions when they need something shot here because we have a reputation for professionalism that we’re very proud of.

Out-of-towners also love to book our stage to shoot their own footage. We’ve provided a studio location for many national clients like National Geographic, True Entertainment, Northern Light, Post Asylum in Dallas and Highgate Studios in London, to name just a few. All have had nothing but praise for the Garman facilities and especially the treatment they received here.

But gear isn’t everything? That’s proven everyday when you see on television the people who have gear but not the knowledge of lighting, storytelling and finesse to make a really great video or commercial. Put our 29 years of experience to work for you on your next project. You’ll see the difference experience and know how can make!

Sue and her husband own the Tulsa franchise of Panera Bread stores so she was in a unique position to make something happen and she did. She was at Garman Productions to tell her story to the rest of the country via radio spots that will air nationwide during National Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October.

It was on her 10th anniversary milestone that a friend joked, “What about a pink bagel?” Turns out it wasn’t such a crazy idea. With help from her Panera team, she came up with a bagel made with cherry chips, cranberries, brown sugar, honey and a touch of vanilla. “At first it was round,” she said, “but later we changed it to a ribbon shape.”

Available in more than 1,100 Panera Bread bakery-cafes next month, each Pink Ribbon Bagel actually has a pink tinge and features the yummy ingredients Sue first rolled into them 16 years ago. For each sale of a Pink Ribbon Bagel, Panera Bread donates a portion of the proceeds to breast cancer charities. Last year, the company raised nearly $200,000 from Pink Ribbon Bagel sales and donations. Sue told us, “So far, we’ve sold almost 5 million of our little pink bagels. Not so bad for a little idea!”

We offer a lot of services here at Garman Productions and the new web site finally gives us a chance to showcase most of them. I think it’s really easy to navigate thanks to our talented partners at Oklahoma Media Group. If you say, “Oh My God” when you see the sight, you’ll know why they are called OMG!

It was a particulary interesting presentation for those of us in advertising who write copy for whatever medium it may be. We heard Brent’s five rules for making “new” radio work. I think they apply to all media, really, so here they are: