Issue: Week of March 21, 2003

JOHNSON HELPS LAUNCH BLAZING MUSIC + SOUND

RALEIGH, NC - Music producer, composer and sound designer Eric Johnson recently joined Trailblazer Studios (www.trailblazerstudios.com) where he will head up the company's dedicated custom music and sound division.

Blazing Music + Sound will provide recording, mixing, and sound design services for corporate, agency, film, television and multimedia clients. Johnson has 17 years of music and sound production experience with his company Johnsound Productions. Working with his network of composers, Johnson will also produce original music tracks, in addition to his sound-for-picture work.

"Eric was a natural fit to the Trailblazer family," says Tom Waring, Trailblazer CEO. "The production projects coming from our film, corporate and animation boutiques call for expert sound mixing and musical tracks."

Johnson joins Trailblazer Studios' audio engineer Ray St. Clair, and will help service legacy clients who include McKinney & Silver, Exploris, Glaxo Smith-Kline and Blue Cross and Blue Shield.