CinemaCake
A few months ago, Cutting Edge Entertainment had the honor of providing the dancer staff for Dave and Sheryl Williams daughter’s Bat Mitzvah. As it happens, Dave and Sheryl are friends, as well as industry colleagues. Their company, CinemaCake, is one of the top event filmmaker/cinematographers in the Philadelphia market, so naturally they had a... Read More
My Experience In The Cutting Edge Incubator
Over the past two years at Cutting Edge Entertainment, my outlook towards life has drastically changed. I attribute a lot of that change to DJ practices with Craig, Richie and the rest of the guys. Cutting Edge has been slowly influencing me since the day I walked in the door for the first time. Thanks... Read More
Talent Personified: The Cast of Cutting Edge
Cutting Edge Entertainment is talent personified. It is from within our hallowed studio that many of Philadelphia’s greatest entertainers continue to emerge. We brag because we can… we’re just that good. It isn’t really bragging though, it’s pride, coupled with a commitment to excellence that has no rival in the City of Philadelphia. Someone once... Read More
Space Songs
On Saturday, April 24 of 2010 Google marked the 20th anniversary of the launch of the Hubble Telescope. Mankind’s fascination with space goes hand in hand with our looking to the future, and Hubble has helped to blend imagination with reality by bringing us amazing images of the solar system, universe and galaxy. Although some... Read More
Growing Up At Cutting Edge Entertainment
My name is Andrew, and I used to be a Cutting Edge DJ. Reading Seth’s recent post regarding his life as a Cutting Edge DJ brought back some nostalgia, and also reminded me that I’d told Craig that I would write a similar kind of post. So before you people steal all of my ideas,... Read More
A Beatles Journey: Taxman
Taxman – written by George Harrison – is the first song on The Beatles Revolver album released in the UK on August 5, 1966. According to George’s autobiography, the song was written when he first realized how much money The Beatles were paying in taxes (95% of their earnings – Britain’s highest tax bracket). In... Read More
A Great Band “Sold” on Cutting Edge
My Name is Wayne Gustafson and I’ve been performing as a bandleader for Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs and Bat Mitzvahs in the Philadelphia area for almost three decades. In all those years I’ve seen both trends as well as entertainers come and go, yet some things I’ve found I can always depend on. One day in... Read More
A Beatles Journey: Paul McCartney, A Life
In the summer of 2009, I re-discovered The Beatles after reading Larry Kane’s book Lennon Revealed. I then moved on to Bob Gruen’s John Lennon: The New York Years, later journeying to New York to meet Mr. Gruen in person, and soon after to a Beatles event in Philadelphia where I met Larry Kane. I... Read More
My Life as a Cutting Edge DJ
“Who would you rather be stranded with on a desert island, Christina Aguilera or Britney Spears?” If you were asked that question on a job interview, what would you think? Some might get out of the place as soon as they possibly could, while others might think that they would have a great time working... Read More
On Event Videography & Filmmakers
I was introduced to my first event filmmaker in 1993. At the time David Stiles was operating out of a small apartment in Northeast Philadelphia under the name “Video Styles” (clever, huh?) that seconded as his editing studio. It just so happened that I was looking for a videographer to shoot some demo video for... Read More