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Stereotrain Rehearsal and Recording Studios provide the most affordable high quality rehearsal studios and production services in the Greater Los Angeles area.

Located in Burbank, California, Stereotrain is the number one choice for musicians from Burbank, Glendale, Eagle Rock, Pasadena, North Hollywood and the San Fernando Valley.

The studios are available fully backlined with the best names in gear: Marshall, Fender, Music Man, Ampeg, Gallien Krueger, Ludwig, JBL, Roland, Mackie, Sennheiser and more.

stereotrain.com

R. Ready Productions approached The Codega Group to cook up the next generation of upscale digital marketing in the automotive industry.

Mercedes-Benz of Henderson is proud to feature the first issue, with many more currently in development. Features include embedded video, with technical help from Martin Hensel at Texterity.com. Design by chris@thecodega.com. See it in action here!

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Hot off the presses! Ceremonies & Rituals: 3 Films by Fernando Del Sol is available for purchase.

CEREMONIES & RITUALS is a 12 year video-travel journal:

i) Red Road, Camino Rojo, (17 mins.) – Peyote Rituals, Real de Catorce, Mexico

ii) Where’s the Fire?, Burning Man, (59 mins.) – Rites of Passage, Black Rock City, USA

iii) Invocation, Kumbha Mela, (52 mins.) – World’s largest human gathering, Sangam, India

Now available via PayPal below. Suggested donation $22.

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DVD packaging design by chris@thecodega.com.

Chrisse Hynde of The Pretenders has a new band: JP, Chrissie and the Fairground Boys; some great new tracks are hitting the airwaves now!

The Codega Group designed their identity and website from scratch. The development team is busy getting everything ready to launch within the next week — stay tuned!

Kickstart Goods (a unique urban footwear collective) is setting up shop at the Joina City complex, the biggest commercial center in the country of Zimbabwe. The Codega Group is pleased to have developed all of Kickstart’s branding and marketing materials.

Andy Frasco is a 22-year-old independent artist from suburban LA who’s traveling to inspire others to follow their love of music and take charge of their career.

The Codega Group is proud to have Andy in our performer roster. See the full band in action at The Mint below, and make sure to catch a live show once they’re back from touring!

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EDIT: Andy is back in LA and will be performing at the AC Supper Club in Venice, CA Friday June 4th along with Connie Lim, Red Circle Underground and more!

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The Codega Group was approached to craft an identity for the Gulf Coast Spill Coalition, an innovative social media-powered website to collect and share spill data.

Gulfcoastspill.com’s main function is to collect images, videos and reports from people impacted by the spill and to make them available to the public. For example, people can upload images of oil on beaches, injured wildlife, volunteer activities and much, much more. The goal of the project is to speed recovery by crowd sourcing information and making this information readily available to recovery teams. Gulfcoastspill.com’s technology is open sourced and the data is available to anyone interested.

Take a look at the brand new site: gulfcoastspill.com

Also see ifitwasmyhome.com for an actual-size overlay of the spill onto your town! Yikes.

Special thanks to Roger Hoffman at Intention Photography for his photographic talent and boundless energy!

My band has been playing in Los Angeles for about three years. We’ve played Viper Room, The Mint, Temple Bar, Air Conditioned Lounge, and The Derby before it closed down – all great venues. We’ve worked primarily with two really good booking agents and today I want to give a shout out to one of them, Jaclyn Strong of The Codega Group (formerly Can of Jam).

Jaclyn is absolutely dialed into the pulse of the Los Angeles music community. She knows everybody, works with many of the best venues, and is always very professional. She can put your band on the main stage of the House of Blues on Sunset Strip, in the Hard Rock Cafe, Viper Room, The Key Club, The Joint, The Derby, and many more. Further, she always tries to make the acts complimentary and, once you’re proven with her, payment is always fair.

Today, I got an email from The Codega Group showcasing their graphic design services. They provide them for all kinds of products but the fliers and posters they’ve created for some of the Codega-booked shows look fantastic. And, in my opinion, the quality of your artwork and your merchandise is extremely important. A poorly made flier sends the signal that you don’t care about your product, which means you probably don’t care about your music. The fliers designed by Chris Hughes look top-notch and are guaranteed to give people a good impression about your band and your show.

I highly suggest working with Jaclyn for your booking needs and, now, it appears Chris Hughes can make you badass fliers and posters as well. Be sure to reach out to these class acts and let them know we sent you.

Thanks for the kind words! Check out Joey’s 10-piece funk & hip-hop band, The Capitalist Hippie Complex.

Custom email design for APM Music featuring new releases, library news and composer spotlights. Content is integrated with APM’s CMS-based website.

The Codega Group built out new designs for the popular conference Summit Series, with speakers such as President Bill Clinton, Marc Ecko, John Legend, Russell Simmons and Olivia Munn.

Their much-hyped DC10 is just now getting underway. Take a look >>

East Bluff Trading asked for a ‘vintage ornate’ tin packaging design for their organic Criollo Cacao Nibs. Here’s what we came up with.

Imported from Venezuela, these premium chocolates are a damn fine snack. We’ll have product shots as soon as the tins arrive from the manufacturer.

Dancing machine Janica Polmanteer has a new website & brand thanks to the Codega Group.

Take a look at janicapolmanteer.com

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Come get two shows for the price of one on Friday May 28th at the House Of Blues!

The Jugtown Pirates will be storming the stage in the Parish Room along with Zara, Connie Lim, The Hypnotist Collectors and The Love Dimension. $10 gets you all this plus a whole ‘nother show next door at the Foundation Room! You can’t miss this night. Poster design by chris@thecodega.com

I hope all are reveling in the bliss of this past weekend. What do you have planned for Cinco de Mayo?

The Codega recommends:

5/5 | Rooftop Tequila Tasting & Mexican Cuisine @ Petit Ermitage in West Hollywood…

Feel free to join us for the following Codega Nights in May:
(RSVP for FREE guest list)

5/7 | Debut of “First Fridays” @ Air Conditioned aka AC Supper Club in Venice

5/9 | Roots Revival Sundays @ Air Conditioned * Free entry for all Mom’s *

5/20 | Auspicious: King King Hollywood: Live Rock & Art Show returns! *** Special Midnight Aerial performance by Caty Mae w/ DJ Imagika ***

5/21, 5/28 | Foundation Rooms @ House of Blues …

We are currently planning our summer schedule and taking artist submissions, as well as requests ~ Let us know who you want to see on our stages!

Thank you for your support of the Los Angeles Music & Arts Scene.

Jaclyn Strong