tomandandy

tomandandy are American composers and producers in transmedia. While they are best known for their work in film, they have produced music for most media contexts including record projects, videogames, art installations and fashion shows, etc.

tomandandy also create mobile entertainment applications focusing on digital entertainment. They have several patents pending and have received a patent in artificial intelligence and content creation.[1]

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History

Andy Milburn was born in Texas and went to Princeton University for undergraduate as well as graduate work. At Princeton, his primary focus was creating computer music and computer music applications. During that time, he helped build the early computer music system called "CMIX". Thomas Hajdu was born in Canada and moved to the US to work on his graduate studies at Princeton University. Tom has sat on many award juries and chaired and spoken at international conferences about the impact of technology on content including TED, CalTech/MIT Enterprise Forum and Digital Hollywood.

Milburn and Hajdu moved to New York after Princeton and started collaborating with film director Mark Pellington at MTV and film editor Hank Corwin. Soon their work was being used in commercials, TV shows, feature films, art installations and record projects. tomandandy quickly grew and they built a number of recording studios in New York and later in Los Angeles. At the same time, tomandandy invested in technological innovations focusing on digital entertainment.[2]

In 1992, tomandandy appeared on the Red Hot Organization's dance compilation album, Red Hot + Dance, contributing an original dance track,"Theme From Red Hot & Dance (Gothic Mix)." The album attempted to raise awareness and money in support of the AIDS epidemic, and all proceeds were donated to AIDS charities.

Selected discography

Selected Mobile Applications

Selected artistic collaborations

References

  1. ^ U.S. Patent 6,051,770
  2. ^ SoundtrackNet entry for tomandandy

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