Saturday, December 4, 2010

DISCOGRAPHY, MOTION PICTURE & MULTIMEDIA HISTORY

EDWIN "TOBO" ANDERSON
MINDSEED RECORDS



Title:                                         Category / Date:                        Record Co. / Artists
“Greyhound”                             Piano-Blues LP /59                   Allah records, Prince Love
“Raining Down In Texas”          Piano-Blues LP/59                    Northern Records, Zoo House
“No Me Molesto”                      Piano-Latin Single /60                Casa Records, Edwin Tobo Grp
“The Latin Hour”                      Piano-Afro-Cuban /61               Casa Records, Edwin Tobo Grp
‘I Got More Soul”                     Piano-R&B LP /62                    Candy Records, Ed Tobo Grp
“Sweet Georgia Brown”                        Piano-R&B Single /63               Beechwood Villa Rec, Ed Tobo
“Charms”                                 African Drums –LP /66             Underground Rec, Ed Tobo
“Jesus Saves”                           Piano-Gospel LP                       Freedom Rec, Sister Thomas
“Beserkly Couple”                     Writer/Piano Jazz Single/75        Xanado Rec, Ed Tobo Group
“Ms Pac Man”                          Writer/Piano Videogame/82       CBS Records, Marty Engels
“Oh Happy Day”                      Eng/Piano-Gospel Single/88        Henry Rec, Dorothy Morrison
“”Senorita”                               Writer/Piano-Latin Single /89     Ariel Records, Sal Nunez
“I Want To Be With You”         Writer/Piano-Rock Single/92      Sintez Records, Russia, Katusha
“It’s Hard To Find”                   Prod/Piano – C&W Single/93     Mindseed Rec, Ron Dunivan
“Dust Bowl refugees”               Prod/Piano – C&W Single/93     Mindseed Rec, Ron Dunivan
“Don’t Know About You”         Writer/Prod/Eng-R&B Single/94 Cherrie Records, Ubaka
“Red Zone”                              Keys/Eng – Rap LP /97             Ontopofu Records, Dino Carnell
“The Other Side Of JazzA”       Co-Prod/Keys – Rap LP /99      Bayou Records, JazzA
“MindQuake”                            Co-Writer, Spoken Word LP/00 SOS Rec, Straight Out Scribes
“Life’s My B”                           Piano – Rap /00                                    Ontopofu Records, Dino Carnell
“Stymie”                                   Piano/Eng – Rock LP/00           Stymie Productions
"Live At Embarcadero Cove"     Writer/Piano/Eng Jazz LP/01     Mindseed Rec, Edwin Tobo Grp
“Heart To Hearth”                    African Drums –World LP/03    Mindseed/CosmicProf Moshesh
“Driving Ms Cellaneous"            Writer/Piano/Eng Jazz LP/03     Mindseed Rec, Edwin Tobo Grp
           
Recorded hundreds of songs as a studio musician
           
Mastered hundreds of songs and CD’s

Catalog has over 4000 songs.




                                    FILM & VIDEO

“StandUp” (2004)          Exec Prod / Music Director       Mindseed Studios-His Panic Films
“Jinx’d”   (2001)            Writer/Prod Music Score           York Entertainment
“Hip Hop King-Fu” (2000)Writer/Prod Music Score        Direct To DVD
“born 2b Gangsta”         Exec Prod / Music Director       Mindseed Studios-His Panic Films

                                    TELEVISION

“Starcade”                    Writer/Music Score, Theme Song           JM Prod / in syndication
“The Video Game”        Writer/Music Score, Theme Song           JM Prod / in syndication
“Happy Sanchez Show” Exec Prod / Music Director       Mindseed Studios-His Panic Films
“Roots Society”             Exec Prod / Music Director                   Mindseed Studios

Over 200 TV commercials         25 Music videos 15 Industrial     32 radio commercials
                                   

MULTIMEDIA

“Pong”                         Manufactured game cabinets     Tempest Products/ Prod Mgr
“Baseball”                    Manufactured game                  Ramtek Prod Mgr
“Space War”                Manufactured game                  Vectorbeam / Manufacturing Mgr
“Tailgunner”                 Manufactured game                  Vectorbeam / Manufacturing Mgr
“The Sheriff”                Manufactured game                  Exidy Games / Mfg Mgr

                        NAMCO AMERICA / MFG & ENG
‘Pac Man”, “Pole Position”, “Galaga”, “Xevius”, “Mappy”, “Sweet Licks”, “Crabby Crabs”, “Ms Pac Man”, “Lee Trivino’s Fighting Golf”, “Arrgh” AND MANY MORE



                                    ANCILLARY MARKETING & DISTRIBUTION

Negotiated distribution and licensing agreements, product placement and product endorsement deals for MOVIES – TV SHOWS – VIDEOGAMES – TOYS – SOFTWARE – MUSIC CATALOGS – BOOKS – CD & DVD


"Live At Embarcadero Cove"   
The Edwin Tobo Group

This exiting Jazz, Worldbeat & Salsa CD album, cannot be turned off once you hear it!
All songs were recorded live for a private audience that included Radio DJs, Music,
and TV Movie industry execs.

“Driving Ms Cellaneous"       
The Edwin Tobo Group
Edwin Tobo's latest release is a monster! An eclectic pallet of Jazz, WorldBeat, Salsa, Fusion, Afro-Cuban, Classical and West African Drumming make this a CD to hear.


“born 2b Gangsta”       DVD & SOUNDTRACK

Straight from the West Coast of California this documentary features Ice-T, Coolio, JT The Bigga Figga and a true representation of the West Coast Hip Hop Underworld.

“StandUp”                 
From the world famous CONGA ROOM in Los Angeles California comes the first authentic documentary on Latino comics.  Hosted by Ernie G and showcasing the talents of Cain Lopes, Shayla Rivera and a host of others.

                                    UNIVERSITY OF POETRY

2004 History was made at the historic Recovery Theatre in Oakland California.  Some of the world’s greatest literary minds came together for the University of Poetry Conference and Book Fair.  Mindseed Studios has preserved this extraordinary 2 day and night event on a 9 DVD collection.
Hosted by Marvin X presenters included:
            Amiri Baraka                            Sam Anderson
            Sonia Sanchez                           Sam Greenlee
Akbar Muhammad                    Kalamu Va salaam
Spencer Moon                           Devorah Major
Jamie Walker                            Ptah Allah-El
Fillmore Slim                             Davey D
Dr Julia Hare                            Dr Nathan Hare
Askia Toure                              Ayabele Nzinga
Sam Hamad                              Charlie Walker
            And MANY MORE

  1. Panel – From Black Arts to Hip Hop
  2. “How to Write Your Book”  - Devorah Major
  3. “Writing In The Digital Age – Kalamu Ya Salaam
“ How To Publish Your Book” – Jamie Walker
  1. BLACK ARTS BOOK FAIR – Opening Libation ceremony, Opening Remarks – Devorah Major / Dr Nathan Hare
  2. “Black Radical Literature” – Askia Toure
“ Do We Need a Black Writer’s Union?” – Spencer Moon & Sam Anderson
  1. “Projects For Radical Writers” – Amiri Baraka
  2. Open Mic – Ayodele Nzinga
  3. “Re-teaching The Teachers To Teach” – Ptah Allah-El
     9.  Panel – Points Of Vie

Mindseed Studios

MINDSEED STUDIOS A & B


                Mindseed Studios Building "A"

A 4,000 sq. foot building with a 60 x 40 foot monochrome green sound-stage for movie, video and motion capture shoots using Panasonic HD, or JVC, DV cameras.  Makeup and wardrobe are in building "A" and a large"Star" trailer is on site.

Building "A" also houses our Avid Editing Suite, featuring the Avid Symphony Nitris & Avid X-press workstations, and 24 track audio mixer.

The Digital Suite is also in building "A" and combines a 32 track mixer and vocal booth with    Sony Vegas. Logic Platinum and Pro Tools hard disk audio recording & DV film scoring sound sweetening and post production editing and DVD authoring and creation.

                         
Mindseed Studios Building "B"

This 3200 foot facility includes a 2,600 sq. foot sound room with a large vocal booth, grand piano, drums, horns, guitars, etc., a multimedia projector with a 10' X 10' movie screen for live film scoring, voice overs and for screening previews and presentations to distributors.  The control room features the new award winning Pro Tools ICON D- control mixing board, the best HD digital audio workstation (DAW) available.  Post production sound sweetening, surround sound, special effects, etc., for film, video and DVD, or CD recording, mixing and mastering in all formats.  Building "B" also includes the CD manufacture and packaging department, and the Internet sales and marketing department.