Big Ben Parliament Creations Releases Christmas iPad App Today on iTunes, Santas Christmas Activity Book

Reno, Nevada (PRWEB) November 14, 2011

Big Ben Parliament Creations (BBP Creations) has released their new app on iTunes today, Santas Christmas Activity Book.

The app focuses on bringing the magic of the holiday season to children of all ages, stated Aurelia Goodfellow head of Marketing for BBP Creations. Children will be able to select from 10 different activities in the app. Activities include; decorating a Christmas tree, building a snowman, decorating a gingerbread man, word matches of 2 different levels, color matching, 3 counting activities and of course writing a letter to Santa.

The app allows users to print and email certain activity screens as well as reset each activity for hours of playtime. Parents will love the app as it has parental controls for disabling the email, print and background music. The best activity is Santas letter where a child can write or draw their letter to Santa, email it and receive a response within minutes with a new email from Santa being able to be received weekly through Christmas.

BBP Creations worked with Rich Simms, an accomplished artist, to design the graphics for the app. Simms has worked for 20th Century Fox on films such as Anastasia and Titan AE. Simms has also worked for Dreamworks on their premiere project, Prince of Egypt and won the Rochester Independent Film Festival in the Category of Animated Short Subject for his film, The Letter.

Last week, BBP Creations released a teaser video on Youtube and released a second video today. The videos were a compilation of talent. BBP Creations scripted and directed the videos, Matt Plumb, of LON.DEN Pictures, voiced the narration, and John Hartzell, of Irish Moose Productions, was in charge of filming and editing. Creating a teaser and a launch video of the app, really helps people see the warm holiday atmosphere the app can create for a child around the festive season, stated Goodfellow. We all want to have that Christmas spirit and to create it for our children. The holiday can invoke such a magical creative world for kids that can make memories to last a lifetime.

Along with releasing "Santa's Christmas Activity Book" for the iPad a Lite version was also released today, "Santa's Christmas Activity Book Lite."

For the last 3 years, BBP Creations has developed in-house applications for the iPhone, iPad and thumb drives for large corporations. They are known for their quality apps, creativity and thorough testing to create flawless applications.

For more information on BBP Creations or their latest iPhone and iPad releases, visit their website at http://www.BBPCreations.com or you can follow them on Facebook or Twitter.

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Stacey Blanchet Releases New eBook "Romantic Encounters"

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) November 07, 2011

Newcomer Stacey Blanchet helps light the spark even brighter for those in brand new relationships, as well as those who have been together for years, in Romantic Encounters ($ 20, ebook), a collection of romantic tips and suggestions.

Blanchet started compiling Romantic Encounters in her twenties, while looking for ways to spice up her own relationship. After many of her friends started requesting ideas to try out in their own relationships, Blanchet knew that a best-seller was in the making. The inspiring words throughout Romantic Encounters are brought to life with illustrations by Ildiko Takata.

When asked what her views are on nurturing a relationship that will last, Blanchet offers this advice, You have to be willing to be in the moment and show up when it counts! So, whether you choose to go with rose petals or moonlight, Romantic Encounters will have something new and exciting to add to your relationship.

Romantic Encounters is currently available for digital purchase on http://www.blanchetdesigns.com, Amazon, and Barnes and Noble. For more information or to book interview time with Stacey Blanchet, please contact Brittany Cereghino or Susan Cereghino of Spotlight Entertainment, Inc., at (818) 660-5594 or press@SpotlightEt.com.

ISBN 978-1-937129-18-7

Distribution By: E-dentity Design

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Billboard Charting Artist, Miz Mandy, Releases Her Third Pop Album, Mousetrap

San Diego, CA (PRWEB) November 15, 2011

Pop singer, Miz Mandy, partnered with Los Angeles based songwriter, composer, and music producer, Ryan Franks, to co-write and produce her third pop album, Mousetrap. Her first two albums, In The Mix and Todays the Day included two Billboard charting singles In the Mix and Sweet Fury of Love. I think that I have grown as an artist, and that this new album will challenge people musically and lyrically," Miz Mandy says. Its very different from my past albums, but I think people will love it. http://www.MizMandy.com/

Ryan Franks, who graduated from the University of Colorado with a Bachelors of Music and now lives in Los Angeles, met Miz Mandy through a mutual business contact last fall and work on the album began in November of 2010. Queer the Pitch was the first track Mandy sent me lyrics for and was the first song to go into production. I am a sucker for colloquialisms.

From the start, we were on the same page, Mandy says. But some of the original song ideas didnt make it. Ryan is incredibly talented. He really challenged me to be a better writer. I learned a lot from him. Miz Mandy, who writes under her legal name Amanda Kate, wrote most of the lyrics on the album. This album is deeper and grittier than I have ever written. Its really no holds barred. There are feelings and stories so wrapped up, that you really have to pay attention to understand. It plays hard to get, she winks.

Most of the lyrical writing happened in San Diego, but the composing, production and recording occurred in Los Angeles at Pendulum Studios. There was an intentionally retro-futuristic approach to the sound; harmony and melody pulled from old French Noir sounds like Francois De Roubaix mashed up with some 9-Inch Nails production; and some inescapable nods to my heroes from Tom Waits to Danny Elfman to Beck, Dvorak and Mike Patton. The individual tracks range from ballad material like Washed Up and Diesel with a lilting dark lullaby sound; to aggressive driving tracks like Vertigo and Paper Tiger. Ryan states, Overall, it feels cohesively different... it has a different sound, but it's consistent within itself. http://www.Pendulummusic.net

The songs are large orchestrations, at times utilizing over a 100 tracks in a single song to create layered textures. Ryan continues, The production itself was extraordinarily labor intensive. The fusing of dirty, trashed out synth parts, lush strings, heavy grooves and some cool twists and turns in the vocals has created a different sound. It's a little retro, a little film score, a little sleazy, and a little mean. Franks recorded instruments ranging from a dobro to a glockenspiel to accomplish the sound. Also used were lap harp, bass clarinet, baritone saxophone and prepared piano.

Some of the tracks exposed themselves easily and others took awhile to evolve, like Rising Sun, Mandy says. And the vocals were a whole other animal, Ryan explains, I really tried to treat the vocal as another instrument. I cut things up and re-sampled them and distorted, bent, [and] stretched. The vocals were recorded over two full days. This was a bit of a new singing approach for me where I was singing softly as opposed to belting it out. Mandy adds, Trying to be comfortable with the melodies and harmonies all at once was pressure, and recording all of the parts in only two full days was tiring. I was hoarse.

The production concluded in July of 2011. We all had different ideas on how the mix should sound; how much compression, and where all of the instruments should sit. Mandy says. So we have taken our time to really dive in and get it right. A third party in Los Angeles mixed the album. Now that the project has come to a close, it's great to sit back and hear what it became through the mix process to hear the instruments now occupying their own individual spaces in places and to hear the pumping walls of noise in others. It ended up maintaining a good dynamic range and has a lot of color to it. Ryan says.

Mandy and Ryan both feel like MouseTrap has a strong film score quality to it, and hope to accomplish some synch licensing contracts. Ryan wishes, I hope that the album impacts some as those albums important in my life have impacted me. And I want to make a million dollars. Fingers crossed.

The album will be available online at iTunes, Napster, eMusic, Rhapsody and more. An official release concert will be held in the San Diego/Los Angeles area in the spring of 2012.

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