The 11th annual Manhattan Short Film Festival, which aims to unite audiences around the world via the most creative short films in the world, is coming to a local venue near us in Hudson, NY!

Space 360 in Hudson is joining this year's Manhattan Short film festival. Hudson is among 116 cities on four continents to be participating. The 2008 Festival will be held across Europe, Australia, and North, Central, and South America from the 21st to the 28th of September. Come feel the suspense as this worldwide audience assembles on the same days for the same purpose - to judge the finalists. Whether in Krakow, Poland, Hamburg, Germany, New South Wales, Australia, or at Space 360 in Hudson, NY, the excitement will be immeasurable.

A little about our friends at Space 360.. Space 360 is an event space and business center in historic Hudson NY. The recently renovated 1870's building has high-speed Internet access throughout, and capabilities for video, DVD and PowerPoint projection. The four-story space includes individual office suites as well as a penthouse for seminars and corporate off-sites that accommodates up to 120 attendees and an open gourmet kitchen/dining room. "Space 360" was created and developed by Columbia County NY resident and entrepreneur, Judith Finley.

Visit Space 360 here

We’ve always been an advocate for the use of environmentally friendly products in our DVD and CD manufacturing process.  In fact concern for the environment was how HAVE began in the first place, selling recycled ¾" videotape from a basement office! 

We’d love to help you select greener packaging solutions for your upcoming DVD and CD projects, and wanted to just let you know about a couple of options to consider.

A great alternative to standard plastic album packaging are Digipaks® for both DVD and CD programs. Digipaks are becoming more and more popular and can be made from 100% recycled board.  Plus the plastic trays used in Digipaks can now be made from 100%-recycled plastic that is at least 35% post consumer waste!

Another alternative to jewel cases are 100% recycled, environmentally friendly, plastic-free printable board sleeves, jackets, and CD/DVD wallets.  These can be simple 1-disc jackets, all the way up to multi-disc packages for both DVD and CD. Plus recycled board jackets, sleeves, and wallets are lighter and slimmer than traditional packaging that can save on mailing and storage costs…

If you’re interested in finding out more about environmentally friendly packaging solutions for your DVD and CD projects, just give us a call at  1-888-999-4283

HAVE, Inc.'s Digital Archiving Project for Dharma Communications

Our good client, Dharma Communications in Mt. Tremper, NY has chosen HAVE to digitally archive their extensive library of audiocassette programs!

Digital Archiving is the process by which older analog formats of either audio or video master tapes are digitally encoded and stored on hard drive for preservation and for future use as digitally delivered media.  Dharma Communications Audio (DC Audio) has an audio archive that spans twenty-five years, and offers recordings of dharma discourses and retreats by teachers in the Mountains and Rivers Order, talks by eminent scholars, readings of classic texts, and selected music. 

We're assisting Dharma by transferring over 2000 Dharma audiocassettes to .wav or .mp3 digital audio files, carefully monitoring both file quality and file naming conventions, and preserving them on stable long life computer hard disc drives. 

About Dharma

Dharma Communications is the not-for-profit educational arm of the Mountains and Rivers Order of Zen Buddhism, an organization of associated temples, practice centers, and sitting groups in the United States and abroad. Dharma Communications provides products and services to assist people interested in spiritual practice, particularly those on the path of Zen Buddhism. With their work, they strive to embody the spirit of right livelihood while utilizing modern technologies and long-tested forms of communication. The voluntary effort of lay practitioners, residents of Zen Mountain Monastery and monastics of the Order – the people who are Dharma Communications – is an expression of their dedication to spiritual practice.

Contact us at 1-800-999-4283 toll free, if you'd like more information about how we could help you with archiving either your audio library or video library, or BOTH! Preserve your precious source material and have it ready to be digitally delivered over the web! 

The winning title, Jazz, written by Walter Dean Myers, illustrated by Christopher Myers and produced by Arnie Cardillo, contains original music composed for each poem and performed by a live jazz ensemble.  Two outstanding jazz vocalists, James "D Train" Williams and Vaneese Thomas, alternate with narration and song. 

HAVE, Inc. was privileged to have contributed by providing CD replication and package assembly of Jazz, for Live Oak Media.

Congratulations Arnie!

            - Your friends at HAVE, Inc.

Show your support for independent artists!

Denero Man has finished two new hot hot hot bangers!  (Recorded and mixed by Fritz, HAVE 518-828-2000 x260)

Not yet available on the forthcoming CD "Recognize the Gift", the radio-censored versions of both tracks are available for listening here at www.myspace.com/haveinc, and the original versions are available for listening and download at www.myspace.com/deneroman !

The first track, "Seduction", features the beautiful, sultry voice of talented R'n'B singer "Anniese"- seduction indeed! A sure hit for the club- getchya grind on!

The second track, "What U Sippin' On", is a bonafide club banger, with an instrumental track made by none other than So So Def Records (Jermaine Dupri). Don't be a wall flower! Bottoms up and hit the dance floor!

Denero Man just recorded two new songs this weekend- one of them with a backing track from So So Def records (Jermaine Dupri). 

Three words can be used to describe them- hot, hot and hot! 

They're scheduled to be mixed and mastered in the coming days and will probably be posted both here and at myspace.com/deneroman

Stay tuned!

sandy mcknight presents:

the ragamuffins of love

TOUR DE FARCE continues....

wednesday, november 14, 8pm

MOLLY MALONE'S, LOS ANGELES

friday, november 23, 10pm

JOHN ST. BAR AND GRILL, NEW YORK CITY

thursday, december 13, 12 noon

HUDSON VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE, TROY, NY

go to myspace.com/sandymcknightisfdupp

or cdbaby.com/ragamuffinsoflove to buy 'WISE UP!' the new CD