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Feb 22nd 2006
Jeff' 4cd classical set is done and can be ordered right NOW!!
Go to www.indiepool.com and go to the online store and search for jeff vidov
You can order it here by sending a money order for $25 here in Canada ( to 136 cranbrooke ave-toronto,ontario, canada M5M-1M5)--$25 U.S money order anywhere in the U.S.A--and $25 U.S money order anywhere in Europe--the cd WILL be promptly mailed to you within a week. It is cheaper to order the cd with a money order than with your VISA card AND IT WILL GET TO YOU QUICKER!! The 4cd set has 76 tracks and has 5 hours of music-a complete track listing will appear here shortly as the website is revamped with a new look!!
Dec 2005-Jan 2006
Jeff's 4 cd classical cd is done-yes-FULLY done!! Work on the cd cover is half way completed-the cd will available for purchase online at the end of january here at this website AND at www.indiepool.com !The 4 cd's have about 5 hours and 15 minutes of music Total-each cd is 78 minutes
Aug-Oct 2005
To join Jeff's mailing list, please email him at jvidov@sympatico.ca.Tell ALL your friends to check out jeff's music at these websites
Jeff's 4cd Classical cd set is ALMOST DONE!! hopefully it will be completed in about 2-3 weeks and then it will take another month to make the covers and print the cd's, so probably end of october!!
April/May 2005
One of jeff's songs was a finalist in the Unisong Songwriting competition in the U.S. Jeff was also a finalist in the 2000 competition. This song WILL be on Jeff's double rock cd, due nov 2005. Completion of Jeff's 4 cd classical piano cd will be done in about a month!!Also, the short film "Groomed" that jeff did the music for will play at the Miami gay and lesbian film festival between april22-may 1st. Hope you are all enjoying the warm weather
Feb/March 2004
We have reached 15,000 hits on the website---thank you to everyone who has visited to see what is up in Jeff's life
In the meantime,jeff is hard at work finishing up his 4 cd classical cd AND his 2 cd rock album--------it's gonna ROCK!!-----and hopefully roll a bit too!!
Nov 2004
The short film "Groomed"(20 min-comedy) that Jeff scored has recently played at the ION film festival (Oct 29 in Culver City, CA) and the Calgary International Film Festival(Sept 26th) and the LA International short film festival(Sept 11th).
Two feature length movies that Jeff scored the music for are being released in DVD this month and you can order the DVD's online. The first is "Zombie Night" a 90 minute zombie horror movie(not for children) is available at www.primalfilms.com. The second film is "Legally Desi" a 2 hour bollywood romantic comedy which is suitable for all ages-it will be available Nov 12th at www.legallydesifilm.com.
Meanwhile, Jeff is adding some of his larger chamber clasical compositions to his classical piano cd!! The following pieces will be recorded in Nov to Jan, and will be on the cd---1)"Arise" 15 min for soprano and 8 players 2) jeff's 15 min string quartet in 3 mvts 3)Jeff's 15 min brass quintet in 3 mvts 3) Jeff's 2 mvt 10 min piece for trombone choir(8 trombones)and 3 or 4 smaller pieces--More updates coming soon
Sept 2004
The first Earshot contemporary music ensemble concert is Oct 7th and Oct 9th at the Music Gallery in Toronto--vist www.earshotconcerts.ca for more info-Jeff will be recording ALL the classical Earshot concerts this year.
Jeff is just finishing up the score for his 11th film--it's an 11 minute short drama entitled "Anthea"-and is a variation on a "Cinderella" type story about a nice girl, her evil mother, and a handsome "prince" who rescues her with his affections.
The last film Jeff scored the music for, for director Chris McInroy entitled "Ext Bench", will play at the Wild Rose Independent Film festival in Desmoines Iowa on Oct 3rd at 530pm-the film is 6 min long.--congratulations to Chris--the film is nominated for best sound and best editing
Also, the short film "Sherlock" (7 min long)that jeff did the music for will play the Austin Film festival in October as well.It played at the Gulf Coast film Festival in September
Here are show dates for the 20 min short film "Groomed" which jeff scored the music for(directed by Josph Raso):
Past festivals that "groomed" has played at---
Sept/Oct 2004
Here's a recap of Jeff's past year/events:
Aug/Sept 2004
The short 7 min film "Sherlock" that Jeff scored a few months ago will play the Austin Film Festival in October-the film was directed by Joshua Starnes. Jeff's 3 cd piano cd set is almost done-vocals are being recorded for some rock songs to be added at the end of the 3rd cd-also jeff is adding one of his bigger classical works entitled "Arise" for soprano and 8 players to the cd. Also Jeff is adding 3 songs from his world music project on the cd-the project is for classical/flamenco guitar/piano/orchestra/percussion. the guitar and percussion have to be recorded still.
July 21st-2004
Jeff is near comletion of his piano cd!!!The finish line is in seeing range!!! It's gonna be 3 or 4 cd's-with 4 to 5 rock songs tagged on to the end to give everyone a preview of Jeff's upcoming 2 cd rock album-due this christmas. A couple of new films for Jeff to score and compose/record the music to are also expected in early August as well, so things are going well!! Hope you are all enjoying your summer!!!
June 2004
The 2nd movie that Jeff scored last year "Zombie Night" a 90 minute horror movie recently played during the Cannes Film festival. The film contains approxinately 70% of Jeff's music. Go to www.primalfilms.com for more info-the dvd is coming out soon
Jeff has finished scoring his 10th film--It's a 5 minute short for Director Chris McInroy-this is the 3rd film jeff has done for Chris. It will be showing on June 17th at the Cinevegas film festival in Las Vegas. Check Chris' website for all the details and the trailer at www.needfundsfilms.com. Jeff is now fully concentrating on finishing the final touches for his 2 OR 3cd(!!!) solo piano classical cd. it will rock!!! (even though it's mostly classical. it WILL rock)
April/May 2004
Jeff is almost done his 2 cd solo piano recording!! It will have 17 selections from Bach's Goldberg Variations, 4 Brahms Intermezzi, some Chopin Nocturnes/Polonaises, several of jeff's improvisations as well as some other surprises-it should be released by the end of July
Congratulations to Joseph Raso for his 20 minute film "Groomed" (music score by Jeff) won best short, best comedy and received a faculty award in New York at Columbia University-hope they all liked the music too!!
"Sports Compact Tv" is still on the air!! The first season has now reached 26 episodes and airs on Sundays at 2pm on CH channel 11 here in Toronto. The magazine show covers cars and the people who supe up their cars. A lot of Jeff's music is used for the show, so check it out!!!
"SPYGAMES" is also still showing on the Mystery Channel (channel 132 for those with satellite tv here in canada) and is on it's 7th!!! rerun of the 13 episode season!!!It's on every saturday at 1130am-730pm and 330am---------It ALSO airs on Sunday nights at 2 am on PRIME-owned by Global/Canwest (channel 54 in toronto-check listings inj your area)
"Legally Desi" ( a 1hr45min bollywood style romantic comedy scored by Jeff) is playing at the New York Film and Video Festival on Sun, April 25th at 12pm (noon) at the Village East Cinema at 181 2nd avenue at 12th street in New York City. If you live in New York, go check it out!! The trailer and more info are at http://www.legallydesifilm.com
"Legally Desi" is playing April 9-11th at the Desplaines Cinema in Desplaines Illinois--The 1hr45min comedy/drama film was scored by Jeff.
Also the short film "Perfect Sense" is playing at the Cedar Rapids Independent Film Festival April 2-3rd 2004 in Cedar Rapids Iowa. If you live near these cities, go check out the films!! Congratulations to Chris McInroy. Perfect Sense won best Student film at the festival!!!
Jeff has currently finished working on his 8th film--the 20 min Canadian film "Groomed" which takes an interesting look at same sex marriage---it has some GREAT writing, and was directed by Joseph Raso
Jeff's 9th film scoring job is "Sherlock", a 7min film about a guy who thinks he's Sherlock Holmes and helps the police solve a murder in modern America. It's pretty funny!!
March 2004
Legally Desi had it's World Premiere in L.A. at the New York Film and Video festival on March 7th at 9pm--it will also be playing in New York at the end of April. It will have its Chicago premiere on March 27th at 2pm at the Stokie theater (in Stokie, Illinois)---Go to www.legallydesifilm.com for more details.
"Jar of Grasshoppers" will be playing at a short film festival at the end of March---more details coming----you can also see the trailers for the 2 films jeff has scored for director Chris McInroy at his website at http://www.needfundsfilms.com
jeff will be starting to score his 8th film this month---it's a short film that has comedic/dramatic moments--more details coming soon
Jan-Feb 2004
The Bio/credits section has been updated with a COMPLETE list of all Jeff's film scores and links to websites!!
Jeff has also recorded 4 cds of solo piano material for an upcoming 2 cd solo piano cd-Along with 15 improvised pieces in vaious classical/jazz/pop styles, Jeff has recorded 13 variations from Bach's Goldberg Variations-6 Chopin Nocturnes and 2 Polonaises-5 Beethoven Sonatas-2 Haydn Sonatas-2 Mozart Sonatas---so there is quite a bit of material to decide upon !!--release date is probably July 2004.
Jeff has FINISHED work on the 3 new films he was working on in January!!
The first film is called "Legally Desi" a 140 min Bollywood type romantic drama/comedy--website and the trailer are at http://www.legallydesifilm.com-----------As of Jan 22-2004-Legally Desi has been ACCEPTED into the NEW YORK FILM AND VIDEO FESTIVAL and will play there at the end of april--the website is www.nyfilmvideo.com---more info coming soon!!!!
The second film is a 20 min quite drama for English director Samuel George that takes place in a London movie cinema.
The third film is a 5 min drama by Las Vegas director Chris McInroy called "Jar of Grasshoppers" that just rocks.
I will be adding Quicktime movie clips and making a dvd demo reel soon so you can all see some stuff!!
Oct 2003
JEFF VIDOV IN RECITAL-SAT, NOV 22 7PM----$10
ISLINGTON UNITED CHURCH----416-239-1131
Toronto, Canada
25 BIRNHAMTHORPE RD-corner of dundas and birnhamthorpe
north of islington/bloor subway station-------------------------
Beethoven sonatas, Chopin nocturnes, and 14 selections from Bach's Goldberg Variations
reception/food/pizza to follow
Sept/Oct 2003 THE WORLD PREMIERE OF "ZOMBIE NIGHT" WILL HAPPEN AT THE BLOOR CINEMA AT BLOOR/BATHURST ON OCT 16 AT 9PM!!!!!!! IT WILL ALSO PLAY ON OCT 25TH AT 1130PM.HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!!!!!Jeff has finished scoring his 3rd movie and is moving on to scoring his 4th and 5th film this month. Movie #4 is a silent black and white film which will have wall to wall eerie music. Movie #5 is a 90 min comedy that will include Jeff's first attempts at rap music!! wow! Jeff will also be doing the orchestral score to the movie as well.A list of all the recording equipment at Jeff's studio is now up on the BIO page. AIRDATES for "SPYGAMES" are finally here! Jeff did most of the music for this magazine/docu show about spies in the cold war. The 1st episode of the 13 part show aired Sat, Aug 30 2003 at 1130am and 730pm AND 330am on channel 132(for those with digital)which is also called the Mystery Channel(owned by Global/Canwest here in Canada) It will be on every Saturday at those 3 different times-It should also be on Global Tv later in the fall. The other show that Jeff did some music for is called "Sports Compact Tv" which should be airing on TSN here in Canada-more info to come. Sport Compact Tv airs on CH 11 (channel 11 in Hamilton, Ontario) at 2 pm AND 630pm. June/July 2003 Jeff has finished scoring his 2nd movie(which features 70 min of music recorded and mixed in 7 days!!) and is now working on his 3rd film-a docu drama/comedy called Perfect Sense. The trailer for "Zombie Night" will be up soon at http://www.primalfilms.com-just follow the links. In other news, Jeff is doing ALL the music for the TV series "SPYGAMES" as well as some of the music for "Sports Compact Tv", a sports show about racing. Both shows will probably air on Global/TSN here in Canada in the next couple months. Airdates will be listed here.
Jeff has just started scoring his second movie! It's a zombie horror/action/drama film with some good dialogue, some gore and a lot of action. I will definately be putting some more film type music I have done up on this page for more of you to hear very soon-so stay tuned!
Jeff has just finished scoring his first full length movie! It's called Pelican Daughters and runs 80 minutes. Jeff composed 60 min of music for the film and the soundtrack is available to purchase here. The score is mostly piano/strings and acoustic guitar based and is quite different from anything Jeff has done previously. To read more about the film go to http://www.pointblankpictures.com To purchase the soundtrack send $10 Canadian (inside Canada) or $13 U.S funds (outside Canada) to the address at the bottom of this page. Also , Jeff has finished recording the drums for 38 songs!! For Feb/March 2003 Jeff will concentrate on recording bass for the same songs. Guitars/keys will be done throughout the year and lyrics will be written this summer.
Jeff;s 1998 independent
2.5 hour DOUBLE CD covers a wide range of musical styles. Trained at the Eastman
and Manhattan Schools of Music, Jeff Vidov's versatility in a
wide range of musical styles can be sampled on this DOUBLE CD
Divided into POP, JAZZ, and Classical sections interspersed with
solo piano works, these Cd's feature lush pop songs with full
rock band and orchestra, new jazz songs and an accomplished set
of accompanying musicians. With Musical talents and interests
ranging from jazz/classical piano, pop and big band music, eastern
music, church organ, film scoring, and producing, Jeff's versatility
has appealed to numerous audiences. THREE TREES Jeff's latest work is a double CD. CD #1-total time=73 minutes POPTREE
JAZZTREE
WORLDTREE
BONUSTREE
Cd#2-total time=72 minutes CLASSICALTREE
LIST OF CLASSICAL
COMPOSITIONS Orchestral Works CONTACT INFORMATION Order from this address
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