Game Audio Network Guild

G.A.N.G. offers six levels of sponsorship that meet the needs of our industry supporters. G.A.N.G. can customize points within a sponsorship level to address specific corporate goals and requirements.  G.A.N.G. is a 501 (c) (3) charitable organization.  The IRS has recognized G.A.N.G. as a non-profit corporation.  All contributions are entitled to be written off by the sponsors as allowed. 

Diamond Sponsorship ($10,000/year)

• 5 individual annual memberships
• Reduced individual membership fees for sponsor employees (50% discount)
• Access to all member's-only areas of www.audiogang.org
• All member benefits, discounts, and access privileges
• Corporate Logo and profile on Diamond Sponsors page, and logo with embedded web link persistent on all pages of www.audiogang.org
• Online Promotion of sponsor products and services on website (including demos, press releases, etc.) as outlined in the Online Diamond Sponsor Promotion Guidelines section below
• Diamond Sponsor recognition and appreciation award/trophy at the G.A.N.G. Awards show presentation, GDC
• Company banner, logo and/or promotional materials to appear at all G.A.N.G. events, summits, and/or meetings (GDC, E3, NAMM, etc.)
• Full page advertisement in the Annual G.A.N.G. Awards Show Program, GDC
  
• Access to G.A.N.G. membership database for special announcements, or press releases
• Inclusion and mention in all G.A.N.G. press releases and separate sponsor only press releases
• Inclusion in the Diamond Sponsor section of the monthly newsletter, including logo hyperlinks
  

Online Diamond Sponsor Promotion Guidelines

• Unlimited Banner and Gutter Ad rotations for the year
• One (1) Fold Ad Page per year (35% off additional page buys)
• Six (6) Box Ad Rotations per year
• Logo Placement on every page
• Corporate Profile Page
• Unlimited Sponsor News Page Items
• Unlimited Newsletter ads and/or articles
  
• Unlimited Calendar Items
• One (1) Product Press Release per month
  
•  Dynamic Ad content including Flash, WMV, or MOV files of commercials and/or demo material
  
  

Diamond Sponsors:

Platinum Sponsorship ($7,500/year)

• Four (4) individual annual memberships
  
• Reduced individual membership for sponsor employees (25% discount)
  
• Access to all member's-only areas of www.audiogang.org
  
• All member benefits, discounts, and privileges
  
• Corporate Logo and profile on Platinum Sponsors page and logo with embedded web link persistent on all pages of www.audiogang.org
  
• Online Promotion of sponsor products and services on website (including demos, press releases, etc.) as outlined in the Online Platinum Sponsor Promotion Guidelines section below
  
• Platinum Sponsor recognition and appreciation award/trophy
  
• Company banner, logo and/or promotional materials to appear at Six (6) G.A.N.G. events, summits, and/or meetings (GDC, E3, NAMM, etc.)
  
•  Access to G.A.N.G. membership database for special announcements, or press releases

Online Platinum Sponsor Promotion Guidelines

• Three (3) Banner and/or Gutter Ad rotations for the year
• One (1) Box Ad rotation for the year
•  Preferred pricing on Fold Ads at 25% off regular price for static page buys
  
• Logo Placement on every page
• Corporate Profile Page
  
• Six (6) Sponsor News Page Items per year
• Six (6) Newsletter ads and/or articles  per year
• Six (6) Product Press Releases per year
  
• Unlimited Calendar Items per year
• Dynamic Ad Content including  Flash, WMV, or MOV files of commercials and/or demo material
  

Gold Sponsorship ($5,000/year)

• Three (3) individual annual memberships
  
• Reduced individual membership for sponsor employees (20% discount)
  
• Access to all member's-only areas of www.audiogang.org
  
• All member benefits, discounts, and privileges
  
• Corporate Logo and profile on Gold Sponsors page and logo with embedded web link persistent on all pages of www.audiogang.org
  
• Online Promotion of sponsor products and services on website (including demos, press releases, etc.) as outlined in the Online Gold Sponsor Promotion Guidelines section below
  
• Gold Sponsor recognition and appreciation at annual GANG Awards Show
• Company banner, logo and/or promotional materials to appear at four (4) G.A.N.G. events, summits, and/or meetings (GDC, E3, NAMM, etc.)
  
• Access to G.A.N.G. membership database for special announcements, or press releases
  

Online Gold Sponsor Promotion Guidelines

• One (1) Banner or one (1) Gutter Ad rotation for the year
• One (1) Box Ad rotation for the year
  
•  Preferred pricing on Fold Ads at 20% off regular price for static page buys
  
• Logo Placement on every page
  
• Corporate Profile Page
  
• Four (4) Sponsor News Page Items per year
  
• Four (4) Newsletter ads and/or articles  per year
• Four (4) Product Press Releases per year
  
• Unlimited Calendar Items per year
  
• Dynamic Ad Content including  Flash, WMV, or MOV files of commercials and/or demo material
  
  

Gold Sponsors:

6waves Lolapps is a leading global developer and publisher of social and mobile games with offices in the United States, Hong Kong, Japan, China and the United Kingdom. Every month the company attracts over 40 million users to its games. 6waves Lolapps' publishing helps independent developers grow their games' audiences and improve their performance in various markets through a broad range of services. 6waves Lolapps' development team is a recognized leader in social game development, and the creator of the hit franchise Ravenworld. For more information visit  www.6waves.com or www.lolapps.com.

The Mix Foundation for Excellence in Audio, presenters of the TEC Awards—the world's most prominent forum for honoring outstanding Technical Excellence and Creativity in professional audio production and product design.  The Mix Foundation was established in 1990 by the publishers of Mix, the leading trade magazine for professionals in recording and sound. The Foundation is a 501(c) (3) public benefit corporation, dedicated to promoting excellence in audio, video, music and other communications media arts. Through the Technical Excellence & Creativity (TEC) Awards and other programs, the Foundation supports organizations that work to educate professionals and the public about the prevention of noise-induced hearing loss, and endows numerous scholarship programs for students of the communications media arts. The Mix Foundation has contributed more than half a million dollars to these cause

Silver Sponsorship ($2,500/year)

• Two (2) individual annual memberships
  
• Reduced individual membership for sponsor employees (15% discount)
  
• Access to all member's-only areas of www.audiogang.org
  
• All member benefits, discounts, and privileges
  
• Corporate Logo with embedded website link, and profile on Silver Sponsors page of www.audiogang.org
  
• Online Promotion of sponsor products and services on website as outlined in the Online Silver Sponsor Promotion Guidelines section below
  
• Silver Sponsor recognition and appreciation at annual GANG Awards Show
• Company banner, logo and/or promotional materials to appear at two (2) G.A.N.G. events, summits, and/or meetings (GDC, E3, NAMM, etc.)
  

Online Silver Sponsor Promotion Guidelines

• One (1) Banner or Gutter Ad rotation for the year
• Preferred Pricing on Fold Ads at 15% off regular price for static page buys
  
• Preferred Pricing on Box Ads at 15% off regular price for rotation page buys
  
• Corporate Profile Page
• Two (2) Sponsor News Page Items per year
• Two (2) Sponsor Newsletter Ads and/or articles  per year
• Unlimited Calendar Items
  

Silver Sponsors:

Nashville Music Scoring is a one-stop source for all your video game, film and music scoring needs.  For years a major recording contractor of records in Nashville, recent industry changes have allowed Nashville Music Scoring to become one of the fastest growing contractors for Video Game and Film scoring in the industry.  Found by violinist and recording session contractor Alan Umstead, NMS can provide you with everything from a solo instrument to a 90 piece orchestra, all at very competitive buyout prices.  Nashville has a huge number of highly skilled session musicians in every style imaginable.  We have great recording facilities, we are good and we are fast.  You no longer have to make a choice between great a sounding score or a great price, you can have both!  Find out what companies like Sony PlayStation and Sega already know, the best quality/value ratio for your project is with Nashville Music Scoring.  Please visit our website at:  www.Nashvillemusicscoring.com

Ocean Way Nashville About Us Ocean Way Nashville Recording Studios, founded in 1996, are located in the heart of Nashville’s famous Music Row. Purchased from the founders in 2001 by Belmont University, the studio remains a fully commercial facility but has added an educational component in conjunction with the school’s College of Entertainment and Music Business.  Among the world’s finest recording facilities, it’s client roster reads like a who’s who of the music world spanning a range of styles from pop/rock to country to classical. Housed in a 100 year old Gothic revival greystone church, Ocean Way Nashville provides an exceptional acoustical space tuned specifically for music recording in the rich visual beauty of a church sanctuary. Since it’s renovation in 1996 from church to recording studio, Ocean Way Nashville has been the favorite destination in the eastern US for recording strings and orchestral projects including film scores, trailers, pageants, chamber orchestras, quartets, and sweetening on countless hit records. Groups as large as 82 have recorded in the space. Studio A features 30’ ceilings and 2850 square feet of recording space (including 4 iso rooms) in addition to an 800 square foot control room with an ample producers desk large enough to work with hefty charts. The vintage Neve 8078 is the largest of its type in the world, featuring 80 inputs of pure warm analog audio along with a 64 channel monitoring section. Our proprietary 14 channel cue mixers are stationed at each section so section leaders can adjust cue mixes as needed. Video monitoring is available both in the control room as well as the studio for scoring sessions. Clients over the years include George Strait, Matchbox Twenty, Harry Connick Jr., Faith Hill, The Mavericks, Willie Nelson, Train, Gretchen Wilson, Kenny Chesney, Three Doors Down, Sheryl Crow, Steve Martin, and Paul Simon. Scoring includes Sony Playstation, Oh Brother Where Art Thou, and many others. For Bookings contact: Pat McMakin 615 320-3900 or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Bronze Sponsorship ($1,000/year)

• One (1) individual annual membership
  
• Reduced individual membership for sponsor employees (10% discount)
  
• Access to all member's-only areas of www.audiogang.org
  
• Corporate Logo with embedded website link, and profile on Bronze Sponsors page of www.audiogang.org
  
• Online Promotion of sponsor products and services on website (including demos, press releases, etc.) as outlined in the Online Bronze Sponsor Promotion Guidelines section below
  
• Bronze Sponsor recognition and appreciation at annual GANG Awards Show
• Company banner, logo and/or promotional materials to appear at one (1) G.A.N.G. event, summit, and/or meeting (GDC, E3, NAMM, etc.)

Online Bronze Sponsor Promotion Guidelines

• One (1) Banner or one (1) Gutter Ad rotation for the year
• Preferred Pricing on Fold Ads at 10% off regular price for static page buys
• Preferred Pricing on Box Ads at 10% off regular price for rotation page buys
  
• Corporate Profile Page
• One (1) Sponsor News Page Item per year
• One (1) Sponsor Newsletter Ad and/or article  per year
• Unlimited Calendar Items
  

Bronze Sponsors:

Established in 2007 by Claude Zdanow, Stadiumred is a full-service production, mixing and recording facility in Manhattan. A musician and songwriter since he was a teenager growing up in Long Island, Claude owned his first recording studio, RockIT, when he was 15 years-old. At 19, Claude took over the space once occupied by Harmolodic, the studio of Jazz legend Ornette Coleman. In a few short years, the Harlem facility has expanded into four mixing and production rooms, a 1000 square foot live room with multiple recording rooms, and a mastering suite. Stadiumred was honored with a total of four Grammy Awards in 2009 and 2010. The Stadiumred team includes award-winning recording and mix engineers Tom Lazarus, Ariel Borujow, Joseph Pedulla, mastering engineer Ricardo Gutierrez and super producers Justin "Just Blaze" Smith & Sid “Omen” Brown. Artists who have trusted their music with Stadiumred include Drake, Eminem, Melinda Doolittle, Mos Def, Yo Yo Ma, Thursday, and the San Francisco Symphony, among scores of others. Stadiumred is also home to video game, film and television work and has been developing and managing recording artists and DJs.

Epic Games, Inc., based in Cary, NC and established in 1991, develops cutting-edge games and cross-platform game engine technology. The company has created multiple million-selling, award-winning titles in its “Unreal” series, most recently shipping “Unreal Tournament 3” for PC, PLAYSTATION®3 and Xbox 360®. Epic’s breakthrough game, “Gears of War,” sold 5 million copies and won over 30 Game of the Year awards. “Gears of War 2” was released on Nov. 7, 2008, and sold over 2 million units in its first weekend at retail. Epic's Unreal Engine 3 is the current holder and three-time consecutive winner of Game Developer magazine’s Best Engine Front Line Award. For more information, visit www.epicgames.com

Patron Sponsorship ($500/year)

• One (1) individual annual membership
  
• Access to all member's-only areas of www.audiogang.org
  
• Corporate Logo with embedded website link, and profile on Patron Sponsors page of www.audiogang.org
  
• Online Promotion of sponsor products and services on website (including demos, press releases, etc.) as outlined in the Online Patron Sponsor Promotion Guidelines section below
  
• Patron Sponsor recognition and appreciation at annual GANG Awards Show

Online Patron Sponsor Promotion Guidelines

• Preferred pricing for Banner and/or Gutter Ads at 5% off the regular price for rotation page buys.
  
• Preferred Pricing on Fold Ads at 5% off regular price for static page buys
  
• Preferred Pricing on Box Ads at 5% off regular price for rotation page buys
  
• Corporate Profile Page
  
• Unlimited Calendar Items
  

Patron Sponsors:

	ASCAP is a membership association of more than 330,000 U.S. composers, songwriters, lyricists, and music publishers of every kind of music. Through agreements with affiliated international societies, ASCAP also represents hundreds of thousands of music creators worldwide. ASCAP is the only U.S. performing rights organization created and controlled by composers, songwriters and music publishers, with a Board of Directors elected by and from the membership. ASCAP protects the rights of its members by licensing and distributing royalties for the non-dramatic public performances of their copyrighted works. ASCAP's licensees encompass all who want to perform copyrighted music publicly. ASCAP makes giving and obtaining permission to perform music simple for both creators and users of music.
	Capcom began in Japan in 1979 as a manufacturer and distributor of electronic game machines. In 1983 Capcom Co., Ltd was founded and soon built a reputation for introducing cutting-edge technology and software to the video game market. Now an industry leader in the video game industry for 25 years, Capcom's legacy of historic franchises in home and arcade gaming are testaments to an unparalleled commitment to excellence. Building on its origins as a game machine manufacturer, Capcom is now involved in all areas of the video game industry and has offices in Tokyo, Osaka, California, England, Germany and Hong Kong.
	Dan Rudin Recording & Production With studio facilities in Nashville, TN, DRR&P offers Production, Recording and Mixing for all things musical. As a freelance REP (recording engineer/producer) for over 2 decades Dan has worked in virtually every style of music for Artists, Film, Television, Games and Theater. And being based in Nashville gives us access to finest recording musicians in the world. Our services include studio production of any instrumentation and style, as well as full composer support (pairing composers with orchestrators, contracting and budgeting), making the translation from programming to live recording seamless and enjoyable.  And we really understand game audio and implantation (especially their influence on production decisions), so organizing recording or mix sessions for interactive or layered music cues is a snap. Specialties (though we do so much more) Recording large ensembles; film & game scores, big band records, cast recordings. Mixing. Team management and leadership. Technically and creatively demanding projects. Global collaborations using proprietary e-solutions. Expert knowledge both digital and analog audio. Contact us today about making your project the best it can be.  This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it 615.352.5222
	"Musicians Union Local 6 is a trade union representing more than 1600 professional musicians in the San Francisco Bay Area, including the musicians of three major world-class orchestras - those of the SF Symphony, Opera and Ballet - as well as top-flight musicians in all musical genres and specialty instruments.  Our musicians comprise what has become known as the "Skywalker Symphony," the resident orchestra at Skywalker Ranch scoring stage, which rivals any ensemble in the world engaged in the  complex and fast-paced business of recording videogame, motion picture and television scores, as well as other commercial projects.  Our Union and its Recording Committee is constantly at work to ensure an easy and expedited experience in securing appropriate union contracts for projects of any size and budget, from solo sessions to large, cinematic orchestras. Composer Marco Beltrami (Hell Boy, Terminator 3) says of the recording musicians of Musicians Union Local 6 and the Skywalker Symphony: "Their professional attitude, accommodating spirit, and extraordinary musicianship have consistently brought life to my scores to make them stand out. I look forward to future work experiences with the Bay musicians." And composer Greg Edmonson (Uncharted, Firefly) says: "Recording . with the musicians of San Francisco Local 6 was an exciting and wonderful experience. Not only are they superb players, but they were enthusiastic, fast and did it all with a sense of humor. In a high pressure environment, all of those factors come into play, and boy did they deliver." Visit us at http://www.recording.afm6.org."

Game Audio Network Guild Online Ad Specifications

• Horizontal Gutter Banner Ad: 650 pixel x 80 pixel
  
• Vertical Banner Ad (Right Side): 180 pixel x 600 pixel
• Right Box Ad: 330 pixel x 270 pixel
• Left Box Ad: 530 pixel x 270 pixel
• Corner Fold: 500 pixel x 500 pixel image size - however, only the upper-right corner will be exposed so ads should be designed accordingly (samples available) - THIS AD MUST BE A JPG.s