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Karla LaRive
Creative Director & Principal
Studio West Management
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KARLA LARIVE
Producer | Manager Rep | Public Relations
She is Producer | Manager
Rep for PK Productions, LLC, an indigenous music management
and media company that was founded in the Black Hills of
South Dakota, September 2006.
Ms. LaRive brings her entertainment
management background in Broadway Theatre, Special Events
and Concert Promotion to PK Productions.
She has been Creative
Director for Studio West Management since 2004.
Studio West Management offers production support, locations
scout services, photography, casting and talent representation
for feature film, television, documentary and music projects.
Studio West Management is responsible for bringing
the following film and video projects to western South Dakota:
"Into the Wild"
Paramount/Vantage Films (Sean Pean Director/Screenwriter),
"Investigating History | Who Killed Crazy Horse",
"Cowboys | Wild Mustangs", "Comanche
Warrior", NHK Japan Public Broadcasting, Nat'l Geo
"Before 1492" and many more.
As Media Relations Director
for the Black Hill Wild Horse Sanctuary, LaRive staged the
Ford Motor Company website launch at the Black Hills Wild
Horse Sanctuary for "Save the Mustangs" a campaign
in conjunction with Take Pride America, Bureau of Land Management,
Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary & Founder, Dayton O.
Hyde and Actress/Animal Advocate, Stephanie Powers.
In 2006 the company launched
its first music project with Native American Hip Hop, Rap
Artist, Shadowyze by producing his 2006
CD release, " Boom Boom | Bumpy Roads | Lil Mama
- Club Remix".
"Bumpy Roads" became
Shadowyze's first music video from the CD and was filmed
in association with Christopher Crosby, musicseenPROductions
“Bumpy Roads”
was nominated for “Best Short Form Music Video"
at the 9th Annual Native American Music Awards in 2007.
In 2007 she co-produced her
second music video with musicseenPROductions for Michael
Bucher "Dirty Water, a tribute
to Bear Butte Mountain, South Dakota" "Dirty
Water" was nominated for "Best Short
Form Music Video" at the 10th Annual Native
American Music Awards in New York.
She has produced in association
with musicseenPROductions; Michael Bucher's "Don't
Forget About Me" and "Sacred
Ground, Live at the Gathering." Buchers' music
videos deal with the protection of Native burial grounds,
Native grave sites and sacred sites. Music videos were all
shot in part and on locationat the Black Hills Wild Horse
Sanctuary, Badlands National Park and Wounded Knee Memorial,
Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota, Albuquerque and Taos,
New Mexico.
Ms. LaRive shares producing
credits with Award winning traditonal drum performance group,
Wind Spirit Drum on their 2010 Cd recording, Ancient
Winds and for the group's 2010 NAMA winning "best
single/song" and new music video for bonus track, "Grandfather"
(Ancient Winds).
She is Producer for two documentary
title releases; "Free To Run, an Afternoon At The
Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary" and "Imagine
A Place, the Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary"
were produced in association with the Institute of Range
and American Mustang (IRAM) and musicseenPROductions. DVD
releases 2010.
Ms. LaRive is a Member
of the Washington, DC Chapter of the National Academy
for Recording Arts and Science (Grammys) and an
Advisory Member for the Native American Music Awards (Nammys).
CHRISTOPHER CROSBY
Producer | Director |
Editor
His company, musicseenPROductions was founded
in 2000 with the concept of building leverage for the artists
by producing music videos and promotional materials.
With an education in music business management
from the Art Institute of Atlanta, and music theory from
the Guitar Institute of Technology; Crosby began his career
working as a freelance camera operator, audio technician
and editor for Artisan PictureWorks. After shooting the
opening highlights for the House of Blues during the 1996
Summer Olympic Games, Chris interviewed several witnesses
for Univision after the Olympic bombings. While employed
with Artisan PictureWorks, he also assisted many production
companies including; CBS, NBC, ESPN, CNN, VH1 and MTV. Crosby
was Content Producer / Editor for HorseTV.Com in Dallas,
Texas.
As producer and media development director
for 2High Studios, he developed and built with his partners,
a (40) room rehearsal facility in Atlanta and specialized
in producing local music videos and web design.
musicseenPROductions joined ventures with
PK Productions, LLC (South Dakota) in 2006 and produced
his first, Native Hip Hop Artist, Shadowyzes music video,
"Bumpy Roads." "Bumpy Roads"
was nominated for "Best Short Form Music Video"
at the 2007 Native American Music Awards, Seminole Hard
Rock Casino, Florida.
Crosby has been nominated twice more at
the Native American Music Awards for "Best Short Form
Video" with Award winning Singer/Songwriter, Michael
Bucher' "Dirty Water, a tribute to Bear Butte Mountain"
(2008) and "Don't Forget About Me" feat.
Joanne Shenandoah (2009). He has recently completed
a new music video with award winning traditional drum performance
group, Wind Spirit Drum "Grandfather" and
he shares producing credit with Wind Spirit Drum, IRAM,
Susan Watt and Karla LaRive on the new cd release, Ancient
Winds (2010). The song "Grandfather" was
nominated for a "Best Single/Song of the Year"
at the 2010 Native American Music Awards, November 2010.
As director, his two documentary titles,
"Free To Run, An Afternoon At The Black Hills Wild
Horse Sanctuary" and "Imagine A Place,
the Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary" were produced
in association with the Institute of Range and American
Mustang (IRAM) and PK Productions, LLC, South Dakota. DVD
release 2010.
A new documentary film from PK Productions LLC and the
Institute of Range and American Mustang, "WE ARE
THE LAND" by director and editor, Christopher
Crosby, will have a debut premiere at the "Black
Hills - Protect Our Waters" Earth Day film festival
on Wednesday, April 20th 2011 at the Elks Theatre in Rapid
City, South Dakota.
Video Projects:
Bumpy Roads - Shadowyze
Nominated for Best Short Form Music Video - 2007 NAMA
Dirty Water - Michael Bucher
Nominated for Best Short Form Music Video - 2008 NAMA
Don't Forget About Me - Michael Bucher
Nominated for Best Short Form Music Video - 2009 NAMA
Grandfather
- Wind Spirit Drum
Winner for Best Single Song - 2010 NAMA
Nominated (Video
Director/Editor) NAMA 2007, 2008 & 2009 for "Best
Short Form Music Videos"
Winner
(Producer) NAMA 2010 for "Best Single/ Song" Wind
Spirit Drum's "Grandfather" Ancient Winds Cd
