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February 2013 • Vol. 37 • No. 02
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Butch Vig We’ve got an exclusive interview with one of rock’s most successful producers, the man responsible for Nirvana’s legendary Nevermind and last year’s Grammy winning Foo Fighters album. Vig discusses how his techniques have evolved while working with other artists as well as his own band, Garbage.
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Delay & Reverb: Tips & Tricks of the Pros
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Acclaimed author and sound engineer Bobby Owsinski delivers the kind of inside advice that every artist and music-maker needs if they want to make recordings that really sizzle.
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ong recognized for his expertise in the field of audio recording, production and technical design, Dave Hampton—through his company MATK—maintains his reputation for creating unique audio solutions. As a technical consultant, he has played a crucial role in supporting the production and engineering of projects for numerous artists, including Herbie Hancock, Prince, Maxwell, Babyface, Justin Timberlake, Chicago, Marcus Miller and Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. In the course of doing studio design work for various clients, he was asked to produce numerous custom studio solutions. Most notably, he was asked to create a replacement for the Auratone studio monitors that emerged in the 70s. Hampton, who began his career in product development at Oberheim Electronics, responded by creating Reftone Speakers, passive near-field reference monitors that allow users to hear the full range of sounds clearly at low volumes, for accuracy and placement. Designed as a reasonably priced ($299) “confidence check” for a wide range of users, Reftone Speakers (http://reftone.com) are small reference speakers—“mini-monitors” for all types of audio work. Geared toward helping the user check their sound while recording, mixing, mastering, broadcasting and video editing, the functionality and small size of the speakers translates to numerous audio visual environments. They allow the user to check their sound during all stages of audio production, from tracking and mixing to editing and mastering. “All types of content creators appreciate Reftone Speakers’ combination of classic audio principles and proprietary driver design,” says Lisa Chamblee Hampton, Project Coordinator for Reftone and a veteran producer and tracking engineer. Dave adds, “Our design emphasizes a high quality plywood-based cabinetry—which is a far cry from the basic particleboard cabinets that similar speakers in earlier generations were housed in. “In essence, we took a concept that was popular in the ‘70s when music was more acoustic and less artificial tones were being reproduced…and updated it for the variety of sonic environments that exist today. Today, you have to be mindful of everyone who is creating audio and visual content, as well as the new tools they use such as, software instruments, and plug-ins that generate and alter harmonics. Our goal is to bridge the gap between the way everyone worked back when there were few options and you had to train your ears to listen, and the way things are done today. According to Dave, Reftone Speakers are an additional reference point for listeners. “They let you hear the full range of audio clearly, and give the user the ability to work longer without fatigue at a lower volume—even in an era where the concepts of ‘bigger’ and ‘louder’ are promoted as the norm.” The four keys to what makes Reftone different are: accuracy, clarity, portability and affordability. Accuracy refers to the full range of audio without the high and low end hype of a powered monitor. Clarity, due to its focus on the mid range details. Portability, because they’re small, lightweight and ideal for travel or when desk space is at a premium. And last, affordability. “The $299/pr price makes Reftone a tool that is accessible to everyone,” explains Dave. Lisa, currently the studio manager of Oasis Mastering, has traveled to many places sharing the gospel of Reftone, winning over new users simply by sharing the value they have in her work as a producer. “When I use speakers, I’m listening to all the details so I don’t make mistakes I would have to fix later,” she says. “These allow me to hear what’s in the mix in real time, the correct volume levels and what frequencies are being represented. “The ability to hear and make adjustments to the little things make all the difference,” she continues. “I especially like to use them when tracking vocals, because the speakers allow me to be critical on issues like mic placement.” Contact Reftone, 888-339-0006 http://reftone.com 8
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Ali O’Connell
James Stewart
Regional Promotion Manager Arista Nashville Lesly Tyson, Vice President, National Promotion for Arista Nashville, has announced the hiring of Ali O’Connell to the position of Regional Promotion Manager. Reporting to Tyson directly, O’Connell will be based in Atlanta, GA and will officially begin her new role on Feb. 4th. In welcoming O’Connell, Tyson praised, “Ali is one of the absolute best promotion executives I have ever met. Her enthusiasm, passion and drive are infectious. She is the perfect addition to the Arista family!” For more information on this appointment or Arista Nashville, contact Allen Brown or Ann Inman, via phone 615-301-4300, or by email at allen.brown@sonymusic.com, ann. inman@sonymusic.com.
VP of Digital rpm entertainment
James Stewart has been hired as Vice President of Digital for rpm entertainment. Stewart comes to rpme with an extensive background in the digital realm. Most recently at UMG Nashville, Stewart worked various digital campaigns for such artists as George Strait, Kip Moore, Jamey Johnson, Sugarland, Lionel Richie, Scotty McCreery, Lauren Alaina, David Nail, Easton Corbin, and others. Prior to UMG Nashville, he worked with the Sun Record Company where he facilitated new digital distribution deals and acted as a consultant on issues from marketing and distribution, to licensing and merchandising. Stewart can be reached directly at james@ rpmegroup.com.
George S. Clinton
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Film Scoring Dept. Chair Berklee College of Music
Award-winning film composer George S. Clinton has been named Chair of Berklee College of Music’s Film Scoring Department. Clinton will build on the 32-year legacy of the department and ensure that graduates have the skills to thrive in a field that is undergoing continual transformation. Berklee’s film scoring facilities include labs with state-of-the-art software and hardware, a scoring studio complex with “live” scoring-to-picture capabilities, and two fully integrated digital audio/video post-production suites. The comprehensive program gives students hands-on study in film music composition, orchestration, scoring for video games, conducting to picture, and digital music editing for film, television and other visual media. Contact medwards@berklee.edu.
Jonathan Parker National Sales Manager Danley Sound Labs
Danley Sound Labs has announced the hiring of pro audio manufacturing veteran Jonathan “JP” Parker to the role of National Sales Manager. Parker brings to the position over 25 years of sales and marketing experience working with industry powerhouses such as Bose, Crown, TOA and Martin Audio. Although he will focus on the domestic market with Danley, Parker’s background provides him with a global perspective. Parker will be responsible for growing domestic sales of Danley’s unique loudspeakers, subwoofers, and supporting processors and amplifiers. For further details on this new hire, contact Mike Hedden, Danley Sound Labs, 877-419-5805, mikehed den@danleysoundlabs.com.
Lou Ragagnin
Chief Operating Officer ole Former Canadian Olympic Committee and 100th Grey Cup Chief Operating Officer Lou Ragagnin brings his wealth of experience to ole. An experienced senior executive with a track record of delivering outstanding results in diverse situations and industries, Ragagnin has proven himself to be equally adept at developing corporate strategy and ensuring that action-oriented and detailed business plans align to deliver desired results. Ragagnin is a Chartered Accountant, and holds a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree (honors) from the Schulich School of Business, York University. Contact Julie Moe, 615-327-2605 ext. 4086, julie_moe@olemm.com.
Sr. Dir. of Global Sales Op. Harman Professional Harman Professional has announced the appointment of industry and Harman veteran Jaime Albors, to the position of Senior Director of Global Sales Operations. Albors is tasked with immediate oversight of all Harman global sales office operational activities. Albors previously held the position of Senior Director, Sales, Intercontinental Region, where he headed operations of Harman’s San Juan, Puerto Rico sales office and was responsible for working closely with channel partners and dealers in Canada, Mexico, Central and South America, and the Caribbean Islands to ensure the highest levels of customer engagement and satisfaction. Contact Daniel O’Connell, 212-660-2555 ext. 12, daniel.oconnell@definitionbam.com.
Keith Gale
Senior VP National Promotion RCA Nashville Sony Music Nashville has announced the appointment of Keith Gale to Senior Vice President, National Promotion, RCA Nashville. On the promotion, Overton remarks, “I’m flattered by this promotion, and will continue to work hard to earn it every day.” As Senior Vice President, Gale will continue to be responsible for the development, implementation and supervision of the strategic and tactical radio promotional plans for all of RCA Nashville’s projects. The RCA Nashville roster includes Bush Hawg, Sara Evans, Miranda Lambert, Love and Theft, Jake Owen, Pistol Annies, Joanna Smith and Chris Young. For more info, contact Allen Brown or Ann Inman, 615-301-4300, allen. brown@sonymusic.com, ann.inman@sonymusic.com.
Trina Tombrink
VP/Triple A Promo. & Artist Dev. Republic Records Republic Records has upped Trina Tombrink to VP/Triple A Promotion & Artist Development. The promotion was formally declared by label Founder/ CEO Monte Lipman. In 2008, Tombrink joined the label as Sr. Director, Triple A Promotion. Since then, she’s spearheaded radio campaigns for everyone from Florence + the Machine, Eddie Vedder and Jack Johnson to Gotye, Of Monsters And Men and more. “At this point in my career, the excitement and thrill of breaking new artists is what gets me up in the morning,” explains Tombrink. “Going forward, I want to maintain our status as number one at the format.” Visit http://republicrecords.com for details. February 2013
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Cerwin-Vega P-Series Professional PA Systems Cerwin-Vega’s new P-Series family of powered loudspeakers starts with the bi-amped, full range P1500X (1,500-watts total) and the 2,000-watt P1800SX subwoofer. The P1500X is a two-way, full-range speaker that pairs a 15-inch woofer with a high frequency compression driver and hemi-conical horn in a bass-reflex speaker cabinet. The cabinet is made from a tough, polymer material that has a flush-mounted rear-panel three-channel mixer and Neutrik Combo connectors. This is ideal for fast, simple and universal setups anywhere in the world. I like the onboard EQ, VEGA BASS boost and high-pass filters for on-site tuning as required. The P1500X is useful as a single, standalone speaker for smaller venues (office A/V meetings etc.) or in pairs for larger spaces needing more coverage, volume level and projection To project over and above the crowd, the P1500Xs have a two-position pole cup with an adjustable mounting point for upright pole mounting. The comfortable handles, built-in rigging points and remote volume port make the P1500X great for suspended installations or at stage front as wedge monitors. The P1800SX subwoofer uses an 18-inch woofer powered by a custom 2,000-watt Class-D amp. Both the woofer and amplifier are enclosed in the same hardwood cabinet and this system also includes VEGA BASS boost, and a high-pass filter switch. I saw and heard a pair of P1500X and P1800SX systems in action at a recent press event and they provided more than enough big sound and projection for a four-piece Rock band with vocals. Each of the P1500s was pole-mounted on top of a single P1800SX and the two sets of speakers were easily daisy-chained together using rear-panel I/O connections. The P-Series P-1500X sells for $1,199 MSRP and the P-1800SX sub is $1,499. See http://cerwinvega.com/pro-audio/p-series/p-series.html.
iZotope Trash 2 Trash 2 is a reinvention of iZotope’s Trash audio distortion processor. Its look and everything about it is newly redesigned with 20 new distortion algorithms, new filter modules, 50 new impulse response, multiband wave shaping, 64-bit and AAX support, and better sound quality. Better sound quality? Audio distortion has become a kind of personal statement—but with T2 I’ve found so many new ways to shape sound beyond just distorting an amplifier signal chain. I’m impressed. Launching Trash 2 to develop whole galaxies of very distinctive sound treatments that nobody has ever heard before is possible with a long list of signal processing modules and over 20 different filters with envelope modulation. Now with over 60 distortion shapes, I found T2 to be more adjustable anywhere from subtle coloration to “over-the-top” and hairy sounds ready for a “restraining order.” But “cage” them in unique spaces courtesy of the new Convolve module with its 100+ different impulse responses. I like the two redesigned filters for developing alternate tonalities: innocent, dulcet tones all the way to malevolent sonic personalities. All at once, prettysounding audio that speaks with vowel-like sweetness is transformed instantly to hateful, sonic scourges. Trash 2 is available for $249 MSRP, €195 EUR and the Trash 2 Edge Expansion Pack is well worth $29 for getting gnarly presets for guitars, synth basses, synth pads and drum sound twists. With 30 new impulse responses for further tone coloring and 70 new presets built directly for these impulses, the Edge Expansion Pack was born to be bad. Visit http://izotope.com/trash.
Sonnox Fraunhofer Pro-Codec Version 2 Sonnox Fraunhofer Pro-Codec Version 2 is an updated version of their real-time mp3/AAC encoder/decoder for mix and mastering engineers to audition and compare the differences in the sound of their music mixes when played through any choice of up to five different, simultaneously running perceptual audio codecs. Version 2 adds Apple’s iTunes Plus codec to the list of codecs for the “Mastered for iTunes” program. Available only in the Mac version, Apple’s iTunes Plus codec, for the best possible sound quality as all perceptual audio codecs, requires that its exact clipping behavior must be monitored and levels corrected if necessary. This saves time and ensures high quality output during the mixing/mastering process. Other additions to Version 2 are: the latest MPEG Surround codec along with Advanced Audio Coding Low Complexity (AAC-LC) multichannel and High Efficiency Advanced Audio Coding (HE-AAC) multichannel support. This opens up Pro-Codec Ver 2 for multi-channel use by mixers/producers of surround music used for surround broadcasting and streaming. Version 2 of the Sonnox Fraunhofer Pro-Codec Plug-In is available at the same price as Version 1, $495. A free upgrade is available for Version 1 owners. See http://sonnoxplugins.com/pub/plugins/products/pro-codec.htm for more details. 10 February 2013
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Korg MicroKorg XL+ The latest iteration of the popular MicroKorg analog synth is the MicroKorg XL+. It contains a reimagined palette of analog modeled sounds plus a collection of new, dedicated PCM sounds for Korg’s SGProX piano. You also get Korg’s M1 and VOX organ sounds and rendered versions of the venerable Mellotron and Chamberlin tape instruments. I like the early ‘70s vintage look of the XL+ with its black panel and old-school knobs too. On top of the 128 onboard sounds, the MicroKorg XL+ has another 640 free sounds that can be loaded into it using the editor/librarian software that runs on Macs and PCs. Like all the Micro series, the MicroKorg XL+ needs no computer attached to play in the studio or at home. You can run it on an optional battery pack and also use it as a portable USB MIDI controller—the perfect keyboard for laptop/mobile music creation. You get a gooseneck mic and 16-band vocoder with it and it is now available in the US for $499.99. Visit http://korg.com/MicroKorgXL+ for much more info.
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Reloop Terminal Mix 2 For Serato DJ Looking like the ultimate “dream system,” Reloop’s Terminal Mix 2 is the latest controller for the Serato DJ program. Updates and modernizations are all great improvements on this two deck variant USB controller. The master section has four management buttons for direct and super-fast hardware access to playlists, crates or additional layout views without touching your laptop. The 2-channel mixer has a three-band EQ, Gain and Filter for each channel. Reloop has developed ultra-flat 6-inch aluminum jog wheels with a non-slip vinyl-grip coating for precision control over your tracks. It’s easy to switch between pitch bending, scratching or browsing through tracks on-the-fly. The entire transport section has rubberized buttons including an extensive 8-button layout with two layers of control. Four hot cues and four sample decks can be triggered simultaneously and the second layer accesses Serato DJ’s Cut n’ Slice mode. (Not available in the Serato DJ Intro software.) The new audio section has balanced output jacks, two headphones jacks—stereo 1/4-inch and 1/8-inch mini—a microphone input, and it is possible to connect a turntable, CD/MP3 player, or iPhone/iPod to the Aux input jack and route that audio stream to the master or even back into the software program running on your laptop. Terminal Mix 2 comes complete with Serato DJ Intro. Visit http:// reloop.com/reloop-terminal-mix-2 for more information.
Yamaha MX Series Synths The MX Series synths come in both 49 and 61-key versions and combine a “best of” collection of Motif XS sounds with USB DAW I/O, MIDI and VST Controller capabilities. The MX Series represents the new mobile music-making trend with realistic acoustic piano, electric piano, strings and drum sounds. It includes some of the best Motif XS sounds for producing music for just about any genre. Both models include a powerful eight-element engine, Yamaha’s Virtual Circuit Modeling effects and 1,134 preset voices with on-board editing and storage for 128 user Voices and 128 user Performances. With dedicated split, layer and rhythm pattern buttons, the MX splits the keyboard for layering sounds and adding backing drum patterns easily. Both the MX49 and MX61 have USB interfaces for the direct recording of your keyboard patch creations into a computer and the ability to playback DAW audio and VST instruments via the MX’s audio outs. The controller layer has integrated templates for use with a variety of DAWs (Cubase, Sonar, Logic and Performer) and a Remote Template editor for setting up control for any VST plug-in or instruments. The MX series comes with a complete software suite that includes: Cubase AI DAW recording software, the YC-3B organ VST set, Steinberg’s HALion SE VST set and a free PsiCraft Performance Editor from Vyzor. The MX49 is $599.99 and the MX61 goes for $799.99. See http://uk.yamaha. com/en/products/ music-production/ synthesizers/mx.
Fostex PM0.3 Powered Monitors
The very cute PM0.3 powered monitors have a three-inch fiberglass cone woofer and a 3/4-inch silk dome tweeter. They measure: 100-mm (W) x 185-mm (H) x 130-mm (D) and come in black, gray and white colors (as pictured) with a smooth, matte finish. The Fostex PM0.3 monitors are the perfect size for using with your iPhone, portable mp3 player or in your studio for a quick “reality check” that your mixes translate—they’ll still sound good outside of the recording studio. Connectivity is no problem, with two ways to hook them up: standard L/R channel RCA jacks and a stereo mini jack. They have a built-in 15-watt Class-D power amp and run on an included 15-volt external power supply. I like their hardwood construction, styling and the blue power-on LED looks swank. The PM0.3 system is priced at $129.99 per pair and more information is available at http://fostexinternational.com/docs/products/ PM0.3.shtml.
XILS-lab LX122 Rotary Speaker plug-in XILS-lab’s LX122 and LX122 Premium rotary speaker emulation plugins both feature their True Stereo Dynamic Engine (TSDE) that adds the room’s effect on this excellent emulation of the classic rotary speaker. Both the horns and the sound baffle for the rotating bass speaker are modeled to create Doppler-based vibrato, tremolo and chorus effects. You can stop, switch between slow (chorale) and fast (tremolo), or transition between the two settings easily by using the MIDI-controllable (and programmable) Slow and Fast mode buttons. Some other completely programmable features on LX122 are: the angle of the two “recording” microphones anywhere within five different room models, internal cabinet modification, tube power amplifier emulation and overdrive, room choice, room size, horn diameter, speaker configuration, drum balance, rotational direction of the horns and more. XILS-lab’s LX122 and LX122 Premium Rotary Speaker plug-ins are infinitely malleable in so many ways—some possible only within virtual reality—so I would recommend starting with one of the factory presets to get close—then tweak away. The LX122 comes with 14 factory presets while LX122 Premium comes with 75. Audio examples are available at http://xils-lab.com/pages/LX122_Audio.html. XILS-lab LX122 Rotary Speaker plug-ins run in both Mac and PC hosts and you can purchase and download them at http://xils-lab.com/ products/LX122.html. Barry Rudolph is a recording engineer/mixer with over 30 gold and platinum RIAA awards to his credit. He has recorded and/or mixed: Lynyrd Skynyrd, Hall & Oates, Pat Benatar, Rod Stewart, the Corrs and Robbie Nevil. Barry has his own futuristic music mixing facility and also teaches recording engineering at Musician’s Institute, Hollywood, CA. http://www.barryrudolph.com
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My Crazy Beautiful Life
By Ke$ha (hardcover) $22.95
IT ALL STARTS HERE.
An unorthodox and photo intensive scrapbook chronicling the pop-mistress’ life, from obscurity to worldwide fame. In the words of the author, “In less than three years, I’ve gone from being the worst waitress in L.A. to living out my childhood dreams of singing my songs to people all over the world. … In these pages, I’m revealing a more complete picture of what my life is really like. It’s not all glamorous and it’s not all pretty, but it’s all real. ... I want you to come on a whirlwind journey with an all-access pass to My Crazy Beautiful Life.”
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Music: Drawing Down the Muse
By David West (paperback) $24.95 The artist’s new book of drawings was done “in situ” (usually in rehearsal or soundcheck) with various musicians or groups, over the last 20 years. From Wire to Patti Smith, from the Bush Tetras to Alan Vega, and from Devo to Silver Apples, West has strived to express the effect of the musical charge, often working with musicians over several days. The selection herein is a cross section of the best to date.
Music Distribution: Selling Music in the New Entertainment Marketplace (Vol. 3)
By C. Michael Brae (paperback) $18.95 This third edition book is a comprehensive study of the current music industry distribution system. It is a complete guide to the new music distribution and music business process along with insightful strategies for marketing, promotional campaigns, radio and retail strategies, marketing through cuttingedge web-technology and how to incorporate into retail distribution networks supporting Soundscan capabilities are explored.
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UP-CLOSE
Vintage King Audio
The Critical Listening Room at VKLA
By Jonathan Widran
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n the early ‘90s, armed with a stack of classifieds and a payphone, Detroit area brothers Michael and Andrew Nehra started buying and selling vintage recording equipment. Celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, Vintage King Audio (http://vintageking.com) is now recognized worldwide as the leader in pro audio specializing in new, boutique, classic and hard to find professional gear. The slightly longer history begins in the family basement, where the Nehra brothers first recorded and produced projects together as teenagers. As their experience grew, so did their studio, leading them to establish their own facility, the White Room. As working musicians and studio owners, the Nehras were always on the lookout for boutique and vintage gear to outfit the studio. In the early ‘90s, with exchange rates favorable, Mike headed to London for Neve gear he’d tracked down using a stack of trade magazines and classifieds. They put a good deal of the gear to work, electing to sell a few select pieces. With sales interest higher than expected, Andrew and Mike soon found themselves as the sole buyers and sellers for their fledgling business, assuming the roles of shipping, receiving, repair and customer service departments along the way. What started as a vehicle to feed their gear habit officially evolved into Vintage King Audio. They soon began expanding their staff (currently 60), client list and ever-growing roster of high end equipment. They also hired a full-time tech staff (currently 12) to restore everything from consoles and mics to modules. Vintage King Audio offers a unique “Premium VK Serviced Warranty” on all serviced gear, whether purchased from Vintage King or elsewhere. All service work and warranty repairs are performed in-house by the company’s highly credentialed technical staff, offering over 150 years of combined experience in the industry. In addition to free gear consultations, the multi-million dollar company offers gear trade-in and refurbishing services and on-site turnkey installations, ensuring exceptional service and support after the sale. Far surpassing the basic functions of an audio dealership, however, Vintage King Audio values its long-standing partnerships with manufacturers and stays connected with the professional audio community through hosting frequent events, panel discussions and product launches. Twenty percent of its business is still selling vintage gear, while the other 80 percent of its business is selling handmade boutique vintagestyled gear that is hard to find anywhere else, as well as the highest end new equipment. While Vintage King Audio’s home base consists of two buildings in Ferndale, MI (including a 10,000 sq. ft. warehouse and tech shop), the company recently opened VKLA, a Los Angeles (Echo Park) showroom and demo studio. The 3,000 sq. ft. facility functions as a cultural center for L.A.’s bustling audio community as well as a premium destination for experiencing boutique gear the way it’s meant to be seen and heard. In contrast to standard online gear outlets, VKLA makes choosing gear a multidimensional sensory experience. Customers can explore a vast selection of boutique and vintage options, all under one roof and in an acoustically tailored listening environment. They can bring their own Pro Tools session or sound files and audition “the finest audio gear in the world, in a proper studio environment, allowing for informed buying decisions” says Tom Menrath, head of Strategic Development. VKLA’s frequent educational events, high-profile workshops, gear shootouts, and product launches provide the L.A. audio community with a key cultural center that reflects the area’s tremendous impact on the industry. The flagship Los Angeles showroom includes over one hundred 500 Series Modules, seven world class recording consoles (including the API 1608 with automation and the SSL AWS 948) and 40 of the world’s best vocal mics. Vintage King Audio has sales representatives around the country, including Boston, New York, and Chicago. Contact Vintage King Audio, 888-653-1184, http://vintageking.com
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STUDIO MIX CENTURY MEDIA’S WATAIN HAVE ENTERED STUDIO: Black metal band WATAIN have returned to Sweden’s Necromorbus Studio to begin working on what is to become the band’s fifth full-length album. The tentative time of release is set for August 2013. For further details on the band’s new release, head over to http://temple ofwatain.com BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE TEAM WITH GILMORE ONCE AGAIN: UK shredders Bullet For My Valentine are set to release their fourth studio album entitled Temper Temper. The record was produced by Don Gilmore (Linkin Park, Pearl Jam) who worked with Bullet on their previous album Fever, which debuted in the Top 10 in the UK, US, Japan, Australia, Austria, Canada, Germany and Switzerland. Temper Temper was
tracked in Thailand and Wales and is slighted for a Feb. 12 release. Check out http://bulletformy valentine.com for more. DREAM MAKER STUDIO NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS: Dream Maker Studio founders and staff welcomed over 100 guests, including a number of hip-hop celebrity artists, record label executives, producers and engineers, to the new state-of-the-art full service music and video production studio. Guests commented on the studio’s ability to record music in the audio studio one day and shoot a music video in the adjacent video studio the next. The 3,200 sq. ft. Dream Maker Studio is located at 1645 Locust Ave., Ste. E in Bohemia, NY. For more information contact Patricia Kaspiev at 631319-1376 or visit http://dreammaker studio.com.
// Ohio Music School Now Open //
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// NRG Recording Surpasses 20 Years // NRG Recording Studios is a facility featuring two tracking rooms and one mix vocal room located in North Hollywood, CA. Founded just over 20 years ago by legendary producer-mixer and music industry vet, Jay Baumgardner (pictured), NRG was designed to enhance the recording experience. Clients such as Linkin Park, Bush and John Fogerty have camped out in each room for months at a time. Aside from NRG Recording Studios, Baumgardner owns an artist services company, NRG Artists, Inc. dedicated to the development of new and ßupcoming artists. See http://nrgrecording.com for further information.
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GROOVE U, a two-year music career program in Columbus, OH, is now offering a career-centered approach to music education. The full-time program offers small, personalized classes with both a broad, solid foundation and specialized areas of study in: live music, production, business, video and interactive. The school officially opened its 30,000-sq. ft. campus in September 2012, and is currently enrolling for Fall 2013. GROOVE U students are in the midst of producing a central Ohio battle of the high school bands called Instaband as part of their coursework. Pictured is Dwight Heckelman, Founder and Director of GROOVE U. Learn more at http://grooveu.net.
“We have to remind ourselves that when an artist brings in a song, it’s their baby. It’s so easy to jump in and make changes. We have to remember to respect their ideas.” —ZK Productions
// Nikki Holiday In EastWest // OME Records recording artist Nikki Holiday has entered EastWest Studios to produce her upcoming single, “Is She Beautiful,” with engineer Adam Moseley. For more information about Nikki Holiday's music visit http:// nikkiholiday.com 18 February 2013
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// Ford & Perry Take a Break at Echo Bar //
Rocker Lita Ford stopped by The Echo Bar Studios, in North Hollywood, CA, for a visit with guitarist Mitch Perry. Perry, who toured with Ford alongside Def Leppard and Poison earlier this year, is currently in The Echo Bar tracking a solo record featuring WAR drummer Sal Rodriques. Visit http://bit.ly/UQGqDr for further information.
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DAVID GOGGIN
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// Mark Woodcock’s Board Choice On Tour //
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As an independent sound engineer, production manager and head of Man In Motion Productions, Mark Woodcock (pictured) has worked with artists ranging from Merle Haggard and Godsmack to Rob Zombie and Gavin Rossdale. On his two most recent front-of-house gigs, mixing for Richie Sambora’s solo tour and for long-time client Bush, he opted to go with MIDAS digital consoles. Woodcock used the Sambora tour to delve even deeper into the MIDAS digital world, opting to add the KLARK TEKNIK DN9331 Rapide graphic EQ controller to his arsenal. For more details on Midas Consoles, visit http://midasconsoles.com.
// Vintage King, Pensado’s Place Team For Contest //
Vintage King Audio teamed up with Pensado’s Place to give five lucky winners a banquet and grand tour of the new $3.5 million House of Rock home studio designed in collaboration with multi-Grammy winning producer-mixer Jack Joseph Puig and top industry partners, including Vintage King, SSL, Blue Mics, Audio Perception, JSX Audio and more. The studio occupies the top floor of a $22 million Santa Monica, CA estate, created by House of Rock, a Los Angeles-based entertainment company. Pictured (seated): Grammy Award-winning producer-engineer Jack Joseph Puig and (standing l-r): Nick Blomberg, Switzerland; Chad Wilson, CA; Davide Fant, Italy; Kyle McAnlay, CA; and Rick Juarez, Ohio.
// The Small Hours Track At Ocean //
British-American rockers the Small Hours have recorded and mixed two new tunes at Ocean Way Recording in Hollywood, CA. Their upcoming EP, entitled When We Are Careless, follows the band’s four-song EP Ether and Make Believe. The group are often compared to early Muse, Radiohead, Elbow and Queens of the Stone Age. Pictured (front, l-r) in Ocean Way’s Studio B: John Bennett, guitar; Robin Goodchild, lead vocals, guitar; Wesley Seidman, engineer; (Rear): Edward Shiers, drums; and John Armstrong, bass.
// will.i.am Screams & Shouts In Studio Malibu //
will.i.am stopped into Studio Malibu recently to track Britney Spears’ vocals on the producer’s track “Scream & Shout.” Pictured (l-r): studio owner and engineer David Levy, will.i.am and second engineer Norm Banton. For further studio updates, see http://studiomalibu.com.
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PRODUCER CROSSTALK
Ian Shaw
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oward the end of the punk rock era, producer and mixer Ian Shaw launched his career with a 4-track recorder in his grandmother’s south London attic. He soon graduated to a 16-track studio and spent the next 17 years working with artists such as Neneh Cherry and Living in a Box. Ultimately he segued into work with Bikini Kill and quickly became the go-to producer for a number of riot grrrl bands. Last year he relocated from London to Key West, FL, where he launched Warmfuzz Studios. Shaw is noted for capturing particularly strong vocals, which he achieves The three most important through a number of hardware and things he’s learned as a manual tuning techniques. “I’m lucky producer are: that I’ve got almost perfect pitch,” he explains. “I can tell when stuff is just • The client is always right. fractionally out of tune. I adjust vocals Even if you don’t think they are. with the standard Pro Tools’ pitch You’re making their record. bender, attacking them syllable-by-syllable. The advantage is that there are • You can’t make a silk purse out of none of the artifacts that you find with a sow’s ear. But I can make it a very Auto-Tune or Melodyne. The secret good-sounding sow’s ear. I can give with tuning vocals is to not go too far. it something: a life or an energy to Sometimes things aren’t tunable and satisfy myself as a producer and to believable. Most of the great records satisfy the artist. that we’ve grown up with have loads of tuning issues. • Try to stay one step ahead during “Recording-wise, I usually go with a session. When I come into the the same setup,” he continues. “I’ve studio, I’m well prepared for the got some ‘70s Neve mic amps that I day’s work. If there are going to be almost always use. I’ve also got an questions or problems, I know what ancient MXR Dual Limiter compressor. they’re going to be. I’ll have some It’s very smooth; you don’t hear it work- ideas or solutions ready to throw in, ing viciously. That’s been my go-to if needed. compressor for 30 years. Neumann mics are my standard for vocals.” To date, the biggest challenge he’s faced was when he produced a project for Island Records in the late ‘90s. The band wasn’t getting along and there were additional pressures from the label and management. “The singer was an old friend and it was a big-budget record,” Shaw recalls. “When the band arrived in the studio, it was clear that they hated each other; the singer wanted to go in a different direction from the others. Recording became a logistical challenge: the singer wouldn’t be in the studio at the same time as the guitarist. It was a non-stop scenario for three months. “Things didn’t work out well with that record,” he continues. “I believe that if you’re not happy when you’re recording, somehow that’ll translate into the product. As soon as we finished, the A&R rep that had signed the band left the company. Then the label released what I considered to be the wrong singles. Eventually they got dropped. That seemed inevitable, in a way.” Shaw finds that the industry challenges of today are very different from the challenges of yesterday. “Unsigned clients ask what they should do with the record they’re making,” he explains. “Fifteen years ago everyone’s goal seemed to be a major label deal, a big indie deal or they were making records for a label to which they were already signed. These days there’s no certain path for an artist. ... The industry needs a bunch of well-funded great new indies to take some chances and find a few new things.” Currently Shaw is balancing work between his English clients and getting new projects underway in Key West. He’s working with blues artist Matt Backer and British socialist R&B band Thee Faction. He’s also doing more live recording, most recently with American band Rob Ernest & The Real Malloys. Contact Tammy Brackett / Moonstruck Promotions, 804-365-8222, tammy@moonstruckpromotions.com; http://warmfuzz.com/ianshaw
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EXEC PROFILE
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Christian “Slydoggie” Davis Owner Slydoggie Productions Years with Company: 6 - 7 Address: San Fernando Valley, CA Phone: NA FAX: NA Web: slydoggie.com E-mail: studio@slydoggie.com Clients: New Kids on the Block, Chad Brown, Melani Taylor, Snoop Dogg, Warren G, Travis Barker, El DeBarge, Street Corner Renaissance, Day26, Cash Money, Ludacris, Boyz II Men
BACKGROUND: Born into music, Christian Davis toured with his parents as a child. As an artist for BMI, he opened for acts like Christina Aguilera, ‘N Sync and Backstreet Boys. When he came to L.A. looking for a new record deal, he failed to find one. Instead, he transformed into one of the industry’s most sought after writer / producers. His recent work with El DeBarge netted him a nomination for R&B Album of the Year. His Slydoggie Productions provides artists with a one-stop, artist-focused shop that includes a label in addition to a wide network of industry professionals.
building a successful production company and that is just to stay humble and don’t put all your eggs in one basket. Always be creative and innovative and new. And never get content, because there are a thousand guys younger and better than you nipping at your heels. Creating, Not Recreating: [Slydoggie] started out with just me, but then being with Darkchild [Rodney Jerkins] and seeing the model of a warehouse, a factory if you will, of a production company, I took some of those elements. You’ve got to be careful not to get too factory and just be pushing out records or whatever is the flavor of the week, but you’ve
the Internet who don’t have any musical background. If Adele walked in and sang for them, they would say she was too fat and has an okay voice. That’s not what an A&R’s supposed to do. So now the production companies have been able to step up and become the A&R to cultivate that talent, polish and find that star-ism that they have. What is the catch? What is the hook for that artist? And capitalize on and build a plan around that. Be Real: What makes a hit is realness. It’s got to be believable. A listener wants to fall in love with something. They want it to be real. What makes a
Know your genre, know your lane, know your song. Because you can’t do anything for anyone else until you know yourself. Born to Sing: At three days old, I was put on a 35foot 4104 tour bus until I was nine. That was my home. My father used to play organ with Mark Farner of Grand Funk Railroad and then did a Christian album. I left the road at 10, came back to music at 14 and got my deal at 16. I opened for all the pop era of the late-‘90s and sold about half a million records.
still got to keep it moving. You can get too into the music and lose sight of the actual business. You can end up broke and heading out of L.A. on the same bus you came in on if you don’t keep the business in sight.
Two Ladders: Every label loved my sound, wanted to cut and demo my songs, but wasn’t looking to sign an artist. So I took the job in front of me and became a writer and producer. I had to learn to be the artist that I am in the studio for other artists. It’s one thing to be an artist, it’s another to transition over to a credible writerproducer and sign with an artist production company, Darkchild. I climbed a totally different ladder in the industry. The funny thing is now I’m being talked about on an artistry level again, with everybody being 30 and white and cool. I happen to be 30 and white and cool. I might do something again. If not, I’m content.
Just What You Need: The reason we’ve become a record label and have gotten our own distribution is because the record labels are a little scared. They’re still doing their thing, but the cool thing about being a production company with distribution is we can help cater to what they are lacking. If they’ve got a great live performance and the record doesn’t stand up to it, we’re there for you. If you need to break a single, need to do some remixes, we’re there for you. Your sound might be the right sound but the wrong place. We’re here to help. We’re taking all the years we’ve screwed up and helping people learn how to get it right. So our deals are normally a partnership with the artist in some capacity. We can help them break themselves or, if they’re into doing a major label thing, we’ll get the package put together properly.
Stay Thirsty: There’s definitely a challenge in
Star Polish: Unfortunately, A&R now are kids on
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great movie is a great actor. You’ve got to have the right artist for the right song with the right delivery. It’s all got to be real and make sense. Litigation: I found it kind of funny to wake up and see on TMZ that an artist is suing me and Puff Daddy. I was trying to capitalize on the publicity, but I didn’t want to come off as that guy because I was working with Puff Daddy on other situations. I had written the song that Day26 took about a year before. The demo artist [I’d worked with] was shopping it around. I guess he wanted to use it as a publicity stunt to say that was his song before Day26. But he had no intention of actually filing any paperwork. They actually called us and said we’re just trying to get some publicity. It looked bad. It looked bad on us; it looked bad for them. It actually worked not in his favor. Know Thyself: Know your song structure, know your market. A lot of people aren’t looking for real songs right now, which is disappointing because I’m a real songwriter. When I say real songwriter, I mean more than three vowels in a 15-bar chorus. Know
who you are as a writer and market yourself and work in that genre. If you write, “We’re in the club and we’re drunk, yeah yeah yeah,” don’t try to sit down with a folk artist and write them a record. Know your genre, know your lane, know your song. Because you can’t do anything for anyone else until you know yourself. Fate: It has taken my entire life and every left and right turn that has happened to make who I am. And if any one of those turns wouldn’t have happened, I probably wouldn’t be here. If I never would have moved back to my father’s house at 14, I would’ve been playing baseball at Florida State. I would have taken my full scholarship there and then I would’ve ended up selling car insurance in Jacksonville, Florida with the rest of my friends. I’m backing off Slydoggie and letting other people bring some ideas and seeing which way it can go. So I’m letting go of the wheel and enjoying the ride. Marketing-wise, we’re doing whatever we have to do. As it changes, we’re going to change with it. You’ve kind of got to roll with the punches. And we’ll continue to roll with the punches. Do It: Your phone has a camera that you can sing into and put on YouTube. Every producer that I’ve dealt with lately has their entire record on their laptop. They’ve produced it there, they’ve mixed it there. The playing field is leveled. So my advice is get it done. Get a $100 track if you can’t afford professional people. No one’s going to do it for you. There are two things you’ve got to remember in life —no one believes in you like you believe in yourself and it takes money to make money. Selling Colors and Feelings: People aren’t listening to artists anymore; they’re listening to genres. They’re listening to things based on their feelings. They used to walk in and want you to impose your feeling on them and that’s what they loved. Now, they walk in and want you to perform to what they want to feel. They want a sound, they want color. And we’re trying to produce that color, whether it be rock, folk, pop or rap. The clientele still wants to either get hyped up or be partying or loving someone or losing love with someone. We’re facilitating feelings and colors now. The industry is just finding ways to market and distribute that. Stepping Aside: There are too many producers trying to be artists. You have to let the artist shine. A producer needs to step out of the way and accompany an artist and put that artist on a pedestal. What you’ll find with my company is that we focus 100 percent on the artist.
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OPPS • An A&R tip blog wants to profile the hottest up-and-coming artists, producers and songwriters. They are looking for acts who have mass commercial appeal (think Katy Perry or LMFAO), as well as artists whose sound is unconventional but still accessible (like Marina & the Diamonds or Foster The People). You can go to http://ithinkiloveit.com and see if your music fits the bill. • The Upper 11 Group is seeking artists, producers and songwriters of all genres. They are in signing mode right now and looking to sign record, management and publishing deals. If you have a song that has hit potential, they encourage you to send it. However, you will not receive a personalized critique unless they are blown away by what they hear. Upper 11 is an independent record, management and publishing company that is dedicated to putting music first. They are distributed by Universal (Fontana in the US and Absolute in the UK). See http://upper11.com.
• Suzi Quatro will give the keynote address at the first annual Meow Con. A legendary “rock chick,” Quatro first came to prominence as Leather Tuscadero on the ‘70s TV show “Happy Days.” She will also receive the prestigious “Woman of Valor Award” at a dinner in her honor on Oct. 24, 2013 at the Renaissance Hotel in Austin, TX. Meow Con is the first conference of its kind. Not only will it feature panels, workshops, performances, a trade show and networking opportunities, but it will also examine the cultural impact of how women in music are perceived through film, literature, blogs and traditional music journalism. “Our goal is to elevate the state of women in music in every way,” explains Meow Director Carla DeSantis Black. The conference will be held from Oct. 24 - 26, 2013. To find out more, or to purchase tickets, visit http://meowonline.org. • Pickers, instrumentalists and bands can take part in the nationally recognized RockyGrass Band & Instrument Contests. Select artists will vie for beautiful instruments, cash prizes and well-deserved recognition. The RockyGrass Music Competitions are traditional bluegrass contests that began at the 1st Annual Rocky Mountain Bluegrass Festival in 1973. Instrumentalists compete on flatpick guitar, mandolin, banjo, dobro and fiddle. Contestants will play two songs (no longer than three minutes) in the preliminary round and two songs in the final round if they finish in the top three. Go to http://bluegrass.com for details and information. • Astral Radio has launched a new iPhone/iPad edition of the Virgin Radio and NRJ Radio mobile applications. These new applications make Astral Radio the only radio broadcaster to offer an on-
MUSIC PRODUCERS GUILD HONORS MARTIN
The Music Producers Guild is honoring renowned producer, composer and musician Sir George Martin (CBE) at its 2013 Awards ceremony by presenting him with the “Award for Outstanding Contribution” to UK Music. Best known for the integral part he played in the success of the Beatles, Martin’s career spans more than six decades, with 30 No. 1 hits and over one billion records sold. In 1962, he signed the Beatles to EMI Parlophone, forming a partnership that revolutionized studio recordings and the creative process. Following their split, Martin continued to push creative boundaries with acts such as Jeff Beck, Jimmy Webb, America and the Mahavishnu Orchestra. For more information, visit http://sirgeorgemartin.com and http://mpgawards.com.
HELLOPHONIC LAUNCHES SOCIAL ENT. PLATFORM
Hellophonic has launched “Hellovision” (HVSN), a social entertainment platform that promotes brand association and social commerce. Its debut program featured MC’s DIY Spotlight artist Marina V. The company platform represents the future of fan engagement and revenue generation, combining live streaming entertainment (performances, studio sessions and more) with fan interaction. The concept generates revenue by strategically placing brand sponsors into the fabric of the show, and offers viewers incentives to share feedback for an unparalleled level of consumer engagement. Pictured during the shoot (l-r): artists Marina V and Nick Baker; sound producer-engineer Marcus Brown; and (behind the cue board) Hellophonic’s co-founder Brian Julianel. Visit http://hellophonic.com for details. demand music and video streaming service through mobile apps. The deployment fits with Astral Radio’s desire to promote emerging artists to Canadian consumers and to provide new platforms for music discovery throughout Canada. For more information, go to http://astral. com/en. • For those who love live concerts and events, you can get affordable tickets—some as low as $5— at http://ticketnetwork.com. For example, music lovers can attend Bon Jovi’s latest tour for less than $40, or see Taylor Swift live. Since its launch in 2007, TicketNetwork. com has helped connect thousands of live entertainment fans to the vast network of independent sellers that list tickets on the TicketNetwork Online Exchange.
LABEL • RELEASES • SIGNINGS • The Beach Boys: Live in Concert —50th Anniversary Tour is available on DVD and Blu-ray via Blastmusic. For music fans raised on the harmonies and melodies that defined a generation, the Beach Boys’ 50th Anniversary was celebrated with an album featuring all new material and a special 75-date world tour. The band played to soldout crowds garnering rave reviews at every stop—from the Hollywood Bowl to its conclusion at London’s Wembley Arena with an epic 55-song set. To learn more, go to http://thebeachboys.com. • Illinois-based label Turkey Vulture Records has joined forces with Bungalo Records and will be exclusively distributed by Universal Music Group Distribution. Established in 2001, Turkey Vulture has made a name for itself by signFebruary 2013
ing and releasing several independent worldwide releases in different genres from metal to acoustic. “This is the deal of a lifetime and we couldn’t be happier to work with one of the greats in the industry,” exclaimed Jason Zarnowski, president of Turkey Vulture Records. “The deal offers us a great opportunity to move our label to a new level and get releases out to new markets previously unobtainable.” For additional details, you can visit http:// bungalorecords.com and http://tur keyvulturerecords.com. • Metallica has announced that all music spanning the band’s 30-year history is now available on Spotify. Currently in effect, fans across the globe can stream music from every single Metallica album including Kill ‘Em All, Master of Puppets, Metallica (The Black Album), …And Justice for All and much, much more. “Metallica has always tried to control the way we present our music to our fans, which is why we’ve waited to see the way these online retailers and streaming services operate and gauge the overall fan experience before deciding to include our music” said Lars Ulrich. The announcement was made by Ulrich, Daniel Ek and Sean Parker at a Spotify press conference in New York City. For further news, go to http://metallica.com. • Tori Amos’ new album Gold Dust is a personally handpicked collection of songs spanning her entire catalog. It was produced by Amos with arrangements by longtime collaborator John Phlip Shenale. It features reworkings of songs in orchestral settings, which Amos recorded with the renowned Metropole Orchestra, conducted by Jules Buckley. The album commemorates a 20-year solo career by an artist who has sold over 12 milwww.musicconnection.com 23
BUSINESS AFFAIRS lion albums, played over a thousand shows, won numerous awards and, more importantly, touched, healed or changed the lives of millions of fans. And, the result has garnered rave reviews internationally. To check in with the intriguing diva, you can go to http://toriamos.com or visit http://facebook.com/toriamos. • Snoop Lion has inked a deal via his newly established production company, Berhane Sound System, with RCA Records to release Reincarnated, the reggae and dancehall influenced album executive produced by Diplo and the Major Lazer Production Team. The album is slated for a Spring 2013 release in conjunction with Vice Music and Mad Decent. The recording process in Jamaica was documented in the film of the same name, which was officially selected by the critically acclaimed Toronto International Film Festival. Check out tracks at http://snooplion.com.
PROPS • Hard Rock International and superstar group U2 have collaborated in support of Amnesty International, a global movement dedicated to ending grave abuses of human rights across the globe. To raise awareness and funds, U2 teamed with Hard Rock and launched the U2 Signature Series: Edition 30 T-Shirt. The limited edition T-shirt was launched at select Hard Rock Cafe locations in New York, London and Dublin to coincide with International Human Rights Day. It is available online at http:// hardrock.com and will be at local cafe Rock Shops worldwide in February. Hard Rock is donating 15 percent of the retail price to Amnesty Intentional. • Anthrax’s stunning comeback continues with a surprise Grammy nomination. The surprise isn’t that Anthrax’s “I’m Alive” received a Grammy nomination for “Best Rock/Metal Performance;” the surprise is that it comes more than
—BERNARD BAUR a year after the track’s September 13, 2011 release on the band’s critical smash, Worship Music, which was named one of the best metal albums of 2011 by numerous media outlets. Fans waited eight long years for the band’s first studio album since 2003’s We’ve Come For You All that features the return of “classic era” vocalist Joey Belladonna making his first Anthrax album in 20 years. Drummer Charlie Benante revealed, “I had lost all hope of ever being nominated for another Grammy, but I guess I was wrong.” For more news, go to http:// anthrax.com. • Singer-songwriter Charlie Scopoletti has endured a lifetime of challenges, beating back cancer twice, overcoming physical adversity (a collapsed lung and a horribly broken leg) and more. But rather than be undone by his battles they’ve inspired him, and the result is a soulful pop-rock collection, Truth, which he defines as “perspective music.” On March 7, Scopoletti will give something back to his hometown of Port Chester, NY, headlining a benefit at the new Capitol Theatre. As a kid growing up in Westchester County, Scopoletti recalls, The Capitol “was my Madison Square Garden…I passed it every day, hoping that one day I would perform there. Dreams do come true.” To find out more about this inspiring artist, visit http://csband.com.
THE BIZ • Music industry veteran, Arthur Fogel has signed a long-term extension with Live Nation Entertainment. In a storied music career that spans three decades, Fogel has been involved with promoting or producing 11 of the top 15 tours in history, including U2’s 360 Tour (2009-2011), which is the single most successful tour ever, with over 7 million tickets sold. He produced Madonna’s last five tours, including the most recent MDNA recognized as the top tour of 2012. Fogel is currently producing/promoting Lady
WHITE HAS BEST SELLING VINYL OF 2012 Third Man Records, in conjunction with Columbia Records, has announced that Jack White’s Blunderbuss was the biggest selling vinyl album of 2012 according to Nielsen Soundscan’s vinyl charts with over 33,000 copies sold. Knocking the Beatles’ Abbey Road off the top spot (a position it held the previous three years), Blunderbuss sales are the highest for a new album since Soundscan began tracking vinyl in 2008. White is currently nominated for three Grammys in connection with Blunderbuss, including “Album of the Year.” For additional details and the latest news, go to http://thirdmanrecords.com. 24 February 2013
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DIY Spotlight:
Marina V
Marina V is a DIY darling who has nurtured an incredibly devoted fan base. So much so, her fans are willing to do anything for her, including booking shows and financing her recordings.
In fact, fans have financed all of her recordings via multi-tiered marketing plans. Indeed, two years ago she raised over $30,000 from fan donations alone. V also created an amazing array of merchandise, from CDs and posters to handwritten lyric sheets, sheet music and Russian artifacts from her homeland. But, this artist doesn’t only rely on innovative marketing schemes. She’s also a serious performer. Marina has toured with Howard Jones, opened for Ben Harper, and played over 600 international shows at: NAMM, NACA, SXSW, the Kodak Theatre, the Nokia Theatre, the US Embassy in Moscow, the Russian Embassy in Washington, D.C. and a two-month
residency at the Hollywood Hard Rock Café.
And all that work paid off… She received an award from Sir Bob Geldof for the “International Awards Project” and was flown to London to perform. She also performed live on Good Morning Arizona, NBC LA, KUSI San Diego, and others. Many of her songs have been featured in documentaries, films and TV shows, such as Days of Our Lives, The Good Wife, the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN), and National Geographic’s Amish: Out of Order. She even wrote and produced a song for a major Pepsi campaign. Last month Marina was invited to be the debut act for Hellophonic’s social entertainment platform, and is currently working on her latest recording Inner Superhero, while her music video “Run” is in rotation in over 8,500 retail outlets across the US. To find out more, go to http:// MarinaV.com.
Have a successful DIY strategy to share? Email bbatmc@aol.com. Gaga’s world tour, Born this Way Ball, and he produced and promoted Lady Gaga’s Monster Ball tour, the highest grossing debut tour in history. “We are delighted that Arthur has decided to continue his illustrious career at Live Nation,” said Michael Rapino, president and CEO of Live Nation. “And, we look forward to continuing to expand our global touring activity under his leadership.” In other company news, Irving Azoff has stepped down at Live Nation. After just two years at the helm, Azoff has officially announced his departure from the company. According to an official statement from Live Nation (curiously issued to a half-drunken industry on Dec. 31): “Chairman Azoff is resigning from the Live Nation Board of Directors and as an employee.”
In response, Azoff issued the following statement: “After successfully overseeing the integration of Live Nation and Ticketmaster, my job here is done. I’m now looking forward to returning to the entrepreneurial world.” • Award-winning event producer Gary Bowman has launched Nashville Live!, a full-service live entertainment event company. Visit http://nashville-live.com. MICRO-BIO: Voted one of the “Top Music Business Journalists” in the country, Bernard Baur is the connection between the streets and the suites. Credited with over 1,200 features in a variety of publications, he’s a Contributing Editor at Music Connection.
The Check’s in the Mail–Literally! Jacqueline Van Bierk – TAXI Member
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I love writing music and performing with my band. I love to do the things people say are impossible, and I never take “No,” for an answer. I’m a dreamer, a believer and I am most definitely stubborn. I never really bought into the “struggling musician” mentality. I knew there had to be a way to turn my talent into a full-time career. I've been writing music for a very long time, and had tons of songs sitting on my computer with no purpose; they just didn't fit my band’s style. A friend told me about TAXI and brought me to their free, members-only convention, the Road Rally. Like many musicians, I was skeptical but thought, “Well, I’ve been asking for a sign, so I’d better go.”
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I signed up with TAXI and started writing for specific music industry requests. All of the sudden I had a purpose, became very focused, and was finishing a lot more songs and tracks because I had targets and deadlines.
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I've become a much better musician and songwriter, and I’ve made friends with talented and established collaborators I've met through TAXI. Now I’m signed to two major music libraries, and my music is on two huge daytime TV shows, and several more.
The wealth of information there just blew me away. Everything that previously seemed so "far out of reach," was now within my grasp.
There's nothing more gratifying and inspiring than getting checks in the mail for doing what you love. Seriously, I never thought I would be writing for the TV shows I now write for. I’m so grateful my friend encouraged me to join TAXI. If I hadn’t, I’d probably still have a computer filled with “brilliant little orphans” that might have never been heard.
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There are so many opportunities right in front of us that sometimes we don’t see them. I was spending more on coffee than what a TAXI membership costs. I used every excuse possible to delay joining. Ironically, I wouldn't be where I am today if it weren’t for TAXI and all the great friends I’ve made on its Forum and at the Road Rally. And this is just the beginning. If our purpose in life is to do what we truly love, then I’m living my dream. What’s stopping you? Call TAXI now!
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Matrimony
Ivan & Alyosha Date Signed: July 2012 Label: Missing Piece / Dualtone Music Group Type of Music: Folk-Pop Band Members: Tim Wilson, lead vocals, acoustic guitar; Ryan Carbary, guitar, piano, vocals; Tim Kim, electric guitar, vocals; Pete Wilson, bass, vocals. Management: Michael Krumper / Missing Piece Group, 862-234-0801, michael@missingpiecegroup.com Booking: Ryan Craven / Windish Agency, 773-489-3500, ryan@windishagency.com Legal: Paul Sommerstein, 212-260-6899, psommers@earthlink.net Publicity: Chris Vinyard / Big Hassle Media, 718-249-3738, vinyard@ bighassle.com Web: http://ivanandalyosha.com A&R: Will McDonald
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eattle, WA band Ivan & Alyosha released its single “Don’t Wanna Die Anymore” as a demo through Missing Piece, its management teamcum-label. The band connected with Missing Piece through an earlier relationship with Cheap Lullaby Records. When the single garnered some media as well as Nashville-based Dualtone Records, a dinner meeting took place but the band held out few expectations. However, once the full-length record was released by Missing Piece, Dualtone came calling once again. Soon after, a partnership was cemented and a deal was reached.
Date Signed: Nov. 8, 2012 Label: Columbia Records Type of Music: Alternative Folk/Rock Band Members: Jimmy Brown, lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitar; Ashlee Hardee Brown, lead vocals and piano; C.J. Hardee, banjo; Zack Smith, bass; Jordan Hardee, drums. Management: sarahkesselman@gmail.com . Booking: Zachary Cepin and Frank Riley, High Road Touring, 415-332-9292 Legal: John Strohm, Loeb & Loeb Publicity: melissa.levine@sonymusic.com / 212-833-7144 Web: http://facebook.com/matrimonync A&R: Mark Williams / Columbia
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usband and wife team Jimmy Brown and Ashlee Hardee Brown had played around the Charlotte, NC, music scene as a duo and, occasionally, with family members Jordan and C.J. Hardee, for a few years. “We all grew up with a lot of acoustic instruments around the house so it was natural that we would eventually form a band,” says Jimmy. “We all had different things going at first and worked on each other’s projects. But it was a dream for me and Ashlee to bring on C.J. and Jordan and let them do their thing on some of the songs we were writing.”
“You hear stories about “Dualtone was one of how major labels make you your sound. It's been the few that told us when change the opposite for us.”
they’d put out the record.”
“Paste magazine did a feature on our single back in 2011,” recalls Tim Wilson, singer and acoustic guitarist with the band. “Will McDonald over at Dualtone heard it and came out to see us live. We had dinner and hit it off. But you don’t think anything will come of those things; it’s always hard to tell from just one meeting. We didn’t think about it again; we recorded our fulllength and started shopping it around.” Dualtone loved it and wanted to release it. “It was a year and a half working out the details,” Wilson continues. “I tell people that it was a slow build, but one day it just made sense to everyone and all the stars aligned. All along they have been complimentary of the songs and they’re a great team over there. We’d talked to several labels, but Dualtone was one of the few that told us when they’d put out the record. A lot of other labels liked it but were very noncommittal; they wouldn’t give us a firm release date. Dualtone gave us a ballpark date, which made us more comfortable.” All The Times We Had will drop on Feb. 26th. The first single “Running for Cover” was released on Dec. 4th. The band has a number of West Coast dates planned and will also hit South by Southwest for the fourth time. ——Rob Putnam 26 February 2013
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The band Matrimony made their working partnership official in 2009. After three years of writing, recording and playing live venues fate played a role in their trajectory to the next level. “There were a few record labels that we were talking to before Columbia, but nobody made a concrete offer,” explains Irish-born Jimmy. “When Columbia came along their offer was awesome and we felt really good about it.” The alliance with the legendary major label came about via a journalist from Los Angeles who was doing a story on North Carolina music. Hearing positive things, the reporter sought the band out for an interview and connected with their vibrant acoustic-oriented sound. Soon after their meeting she contacted her boyfriend who had industry connections with Columbia. The label reps liked what they heard and flew out from New York to see the band live in their hometown. A deal was offered almost immediately. Their debut album Montebello Drive was recorded in Nashville and is slated for a spring 2013 release. But an advance buzz has been already afoot on the band through Columbia’s placement of their powerful single “Obey Your Guns” in a current Chevrolet Malibu TV spot. “It’s really awesome to have a label like Columbia behind you,” expresses Jimmy. “They really are into helping the band grow. You hear all those nightmare stories about how major labels make you change your sound. It’s been the opposite for us. They want us to do the music we wanna do.” ——Eric A. Harabadian
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SIGNING STORIES
Night Beds
Chris Richardson Date Signed: August 28, 2012 Label: Cash Money Records Type of Music: Pop Soul Management: Josh Berkman Booking: ICM/Robert Gibbs Legal: Evan Freifeld Publicity: Erica Gerard, PMKBNC; Vickie Charles, Cash Money / Young Money / Republic Records Web: http://chrisrichardsonmusic.com A&R: Josh Berkman
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tep one: Stand in line for what feels like forever. Step two: Come before a panel of judges, cameras, bright lights, and sing yourself hoarse. Step three: Make it to next round and repeat steps one and two for as long as the contest allows. Even if you don’t win, you’ll get national attention, which leads to a music career, right? Not exactly…. Meet Chris Richardson, an American Idol finalist from Season 6. After placing fifth in 2007, the pop-soul singer-songwriter was ready to take the industry world by storm. “I got off American Idol thinking I would get a deal,” explains Richardson, “based on the way they build you up, but I didn’t.” After returning from the 2007 Idol Tour, the soulful solo artist learned that connections make a successful signing story, not reality TV. “I remained persistent and started writing with multiple camps, producers, songwriters; started my own publishing company; found a couple of writers-producers to sign under me,” he continues. “But [I was also] building my brand, hoping to find someone who would give me a deal.” A little over three years passed before Richardson ran into fellow Virginia Beach native, Joshua Berkman, A&R, Cash Money Records. “We listened to some music together, and two weeks later he flew me down and I showed my music to Cash Money,” says
“What solidified the deal for me was that they wanted to let me be me, an individual artist.” Richardson. “What solidified the deal for me was that they wanted to let me be me, an individual artist." Rather than sweating the gulf between Cash Money artists (Drake, Nicki Minaj, Tyga) and his own style, the singer utilized connections. “I listened to [Tyga’s] record and I was a fan. Later, his producer hit me up and said, 'I got a track Tyga wants you to jump on; you interested?’” That partnership resulted in “Far Away,” which made it to No. 86 on Billboard’s Hot 100. Tyga returned the favor on Richardson’s “Joy & Pain.” "I got real lucky with this label,” admits Richardson. “Solo artists don't spawn off that much anymore. It's the ones that you genuinely see putting records out: Usher, Katy Perry, Miguel. ...They just love what they do. At the end of the day if you lose that love, you shouldn't be doing music.” Richardson’s “Joy & Pain” produced by Detail (Lil Wayne, Akon) is out now with an album slated for early 2013. ——Andy Mesecher
Date Signed: Spring 2012 Label: Dead Oceans Type of Music: Alt-Country Band Members: Winston Yellen Management: Thomas Winkler / Votiv, thomas@votiv.is Booking: Adam Voith / Billions, adam@billions.com Legal: John Strohm / Loeb & Loeb, jstrohm@loeb.com Publicity: Andy Silva, asilva@shorefire.com Web: http://nightbeds.org A&R: Chris Swanson, Phil Waldorf
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retty much everything I can’t do, they can do,” says Winston Yellen, the man behind Night Beds, about the people he’s been working with at the Dead Oceans label. “They gave us a shot and took a risk on a bunch of lame guys. There are certain times I can’t really wrap my head around it.” Yellen’s manager, while shopping Night Beds around before any record deal had happened, got a fair number of doors slammed in the face before Dead Oceans co-founder Chris Swanson took an interest in seeing Night Beds play. Yellen sums it up: “We kind of threw a show together and got signed.” The only “true” member of Night Beds, Yellen has a rotating cast of musicians to back him, on past records and on his debut LP with Dead Oceans, Country Sleep, released Feb. 5th. Releasing music through a label is a first for Yellen, who says, “It’s really exciting to have the instant reward of releasing your album, but the better way to go is to have people who are good at their jobs, rather than sending it to your grandma and putting it on Myspace.”
“We kind of threw a show together and got signed.” Night Beds’ music is ambient and pensive, yet still fits within the bounds of country western and is influenced by everything from Walt Whitman to Harmony Korine films. It’s fitting that Yellen would sign with a label whose roster is brimming with off-the-beaten-pathers like John Vanderslice and Califone. A Nashville artist, Yellen says he stood removed from the music scene, opting to “stay home with my cats, recording,” and had to take his country songs out of Music City before he ever found success through Dead Oceans. As for the finer print of Yellen’s record deal, all he has to say on the matter is, “If they want me to do another record, I’m going to do one. I like them. It’s one of those things where we just have to wait and see how this one goes. I’m pretty sure,” he laughs, “that if Country Sleep doesn’t go well, they won’t have me back.” ––Jessica Pace February 2013
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LATIN SONGWRITERS: BUSCANDO CASA PERMANENTE
MCKEE: POPSTAR IN TRAINING
Multiplatinum songwriter, producer and Miami Beach native Desmond Child (l) who wrote “Livin’ La Vida Loca” for Ricky Martin, has joined forces with Rudy Perez (r), a fellow Miami Beach CubanAmerican songwriter, to create a Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame. The organization is seeking a permanent home. Contact Angela Rodriguez, AR Entertainment, acrent@aol.com.
With eight No. 1 singles in the last two years including “Teenage Dream” and “California Gurls” by Katy Perry, Song Biz profile Bonnie McKee is breaking out again as a solo artist on Epic Records. Her new video series, Popstar In Training, documents her development. See it at http:// idolator.com.
Money for Songs
Alicia Keys Sued
The Nashville startup company, TweelX, plans to sell shares of songs, in the form of a percentage of publishing royalties, to individuals, record labels and anyone else willing to part with $100 or more per investment. In its most basic sense, the company operates much like a crowd funding service. Songwriters upload their songs to a website, and people who like the work give them money. Unique to the TweelX model, is that when a song is uploaded, songwriters agree to a nonexclusive, “song-by-song” publishing contract that requires them to relinquish exclusive publishing rights for a particular song in favor of the TweelX shared model, which gives a cut of any royalties earned by the song to the songwriter, along with TweelX and investors. The money invested by individuals is split between the songwriter and TweelX. The idea is to raise $500 to $1,000 per song. Songwriters maintain rights to master recordings and are not required to sign an exclusive agreement giving TweelX the rights to all of the songs they write. About 150 songs by 25 artists have been uploaded to the site since its launch. The startup company has received one investor so far. A fan paid $250 for a share in a song called “Jim Beam, Nicotine” by Justice Adams Band. See http://tweelx.com.
“She’s a lonely girl in a lonely world.” Those two key lines are the basis of a copyright lawsuit filed by Earl Shuman against Alicia Keys. The lines come from Shuman’s song “Lonely Boy” which he wrote in 1962 with Leon Carr and became a hit in 1970 for Eddie Holman as “Hey There Lonely Girl.” They are also the words from Alicia Keys’ latest hit “Girl on Fire” that Shuman believes are uncomfortably close to his original. The suit alleges that all of the defendants (Keys, songwriters Salaam Remi and Billy Kravan and Sony Music) have infringed on his copyright and he is seeking damages, profits and interest.
Fox Plays with Google The Harry Fox Agency, Inc. (HFA), which provides rights management solutions for the music and other intellectual property-based industries, is working with Google Play to deliver rights management services for its digital music service for Android devices and the web. HFA’s rights management service, Slingshot, will support Google Play as it taps into HFA’s comprehensive rights database and extensive publisher relationships to facilitate the licensing of music for use in its music locker and music
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Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame The Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Foundation, also known as NaSHOF, has elected Pat Alger as its new chairman and Ken Paulson, president and CEO of the First Amendment Center, as its new vice chairman. For 42 years, the Hall of Fame has been a virtual one, until the announcement that it would occupy an actual space in the new, state-ofthe-art Music City Center, scheduled to open in summer 2013. In addition to funding and operating the Hall of Fame, the broader mission of the NaSHOF is to educate, archive and celebrate the songwriters that are uniquely associated with the Nashville music community. The Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame includes such songwriting luminaries as Bobby
BROWN’S REACH DEVELOPS Making the Scene: Nashville authored by Liam Sullivan is a practical guide to this storied town, its music hangouts and info everything from gyms to medical practitioners to pet care boutiques. Interspersed are interviews with songwriters, musicians and executives whose own accounts make for solid career blueprints. Essential reading for the Nashville-bound. See http://halleonardbooks.com for more about this title.
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store. HFA will also provide license administration and process royalty distributions to publishers. Google Play now offers digital music, movies, books, magazines, apps and games for Android devices and on the web. More than 1.3 million new Android devices are activated each day around the world. Pay a visit to http://harryfox.com for additional details.
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Reach Music Publishing has signed a worldwide publishingadministration agreement with Zac Brown, founder of the Zac Brown Band. In addition, Reach Music will administer publishing for artists signed to Brown’s record label, Southern Ground. Get more details at http:// reachmusic.com.
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JEWEL SHINES WITH DOWNTOWN MUSIC
CALVIN ROSEKRANS FOR BMI
Downtown Music Publishing has signed singersongwriter Jewel to a worldwide, long-term publishing agreement. This deal covers the artist's complete song catalog as well as future works. For complete details about this alliance, visit http:// downtownmusicpub. com.
Braddock, Garth Brooks, Johnny Cash, Rodney Crowell, Hal David, Bob Dylan, Don and Phil Everly, Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs, Vince Gill, Harlan Howard, Alan Jackson, Bob McDill, Roger Miller, Bill Monroe, Roy Orbison, Dolly Parton, Carl Perkins, Dottie Rambo, Jimmie Rodgers, Don Schlitz, Cindy Walker, Jimmy Webb, Hank Williams Sr. and Hank Williams Jr. To learn more, visit http://nashvillesongwriters foundation.com.
Tyng Pays It Forward Songwriter, composer, producer Christopher Tyng is offering a great opportunity to aspiring songwriters and independent bands. Tyng is launching the Grow Music Project, providing an opportunity for up-and-coming artists to receive full production of an original song at no cost, no catch to them. GMP will serve as a launchpad for emerging artists and independent bands, offering selected applicants a 2-3 day intensive studio session in Tyng's world class studio, Star Hill Studios. Tyng wants to “pay it forward” to deserving artists on the rise, just as was done for him early on in his career. To learn more about the project and the application process, visit http://growmusicproject.com. Christopher Tyng has written and produced music and worked with artists as diverse as
BMI welcomes Calvin Rosekrans as Associate Director, Writer-Publisher Relations. As a new member of the team in BMI’s New York office, Rosekrans will build BMI’s brand by scouting songwriters and acting as a liaison between BMI writers and publishers while coordinating events and showcases. He can be reached at 212-220-3000.
Michael Stipe (of R.E.M.), Beck, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Coolio, and CeCe Peniston. As a composer, Tyng has scored more than 45 films and television projects including Futurama, Suits, The OC and Rescue Me.
USA Songwriting Winners Los Angeles-based songwriter Mike Schmid won the top position of the USA Songwriting Competition. Schmid won Overall Grand Prize as well as the first prize of the Children’s Music category with his song “Can You See All The Colors.” This is the first time that the winner of the Children’s music category won the Overall Grand Prize. Mike Schmid is a professional keyboard musician and has toured with Miley Cyrus and Jessica Simpson. Jonathan Ferreri, Chris Upton and Ashley Upton of Nashville, TN, won the Overall 2nd Prize with “20 Years.” Charlotte Sometimes of New York, NY, won the Overall 3rd Prize with “Paint The Sky.” She also appeared on the hit TV show The Voice. American Idol contestants have also placed on the USA Songwriting Competition: Ashley Robles and Marissa Pontecorvo (both in the show’s 2012 Season) won honorable mention awards. Helle Hansen from Denmark is an 11-time
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consecutive year honorable mention winner, making her the most consecutive year winner in USA Songwriting Competition’s history. Sherri Gough (Nashville, TN) won First Prize in the Lyrics category, making this her second win. She won also First Prize in 2010. Other winners came from Australia, Canada, France, Spain, Belgium, Singapore and Austria. Entries are currently being accepted for the 18th Annual USA Songwriting Competition. Winning songs of the 17th Annual USA Songwriting Competition will receive airplay on a nationally syndicated radio program Acoustic Café as well as Sirius XM Satellite Radio. Visit http://songwriting.net for a complete list of winners and to get all details about how to enter the current Competition.
MICRO-BIO: Dan Kimpel’s newest book, It All Begins with the Music, is penned with legendary A&R exec Don Grierson. Hear Dan’s audio interviews worldwide on Delta Airlines.
OTTO IN SANTA BARBARA Jessa Gelt is joining BMI as Associate Director, WriterPublisher Relations, in the Los Angeles office. She will be responsible for recruiting and developing indie/ alternative and pop songwriters and producers while nurturing existing relationships with BMI writers. To contact Gelt, call 310-659-9109.
Country artist James Otto will be making his first appearance at this year's eagerly anticipated Durango Songwriters Expo at the Santa Barbara Wine Country, scheduled for Feb. 28 March 2nd. This is a highly regarded event where singersongwriters can get heard. To enquire about the Expo's classes, panels, workshops and song pitch opportunities, and to register, visit http:// durango-songwriters-expo. com.
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anis Ian can fan the fires of controversy, beginning with “Society’s Child,” (recorded when she was 15 and released three times from 196567) her song about an interracial teen romance. Decades later, writing about the Internet in Performing Songwriter, she noted, “As to artists being ‘marginalized out of our business,’ the only people being marginalized out are the employees of our Enron-minded record companies, who are being fired in droves because the higher-ups are incompetent.” With more lives than an indestructible cat, Ian, 61, is celebrating her fifth decade as a songwriter and a recording artist with a Grammy nomination in the Spoken Word category for her self-narrated title, Society’s Child: My Autobiography, competing with Bill Clinton, Michelle Obama, Ellen Degeneres and Rachel Maddow. “It sounds like the beginning of a joke,” laughs Ian, “an ex-president, a first lady and three lesbians walk into a bar…” Ian has called Nashville home since 1986. “It’s where the songwriters are. The town has been good to me and good for me. They gave me a home when no one else wanted me.” Ian’s book illustrates fame, catastrophic illnesses, horrific business practices, economic meltdowns and tangled relationships. Particularly telling is how—despite massive hits like “At 17” and “Stars” and with songs recorded by artists including Cher, Bette Midler and Roberta Flack (“Jesse”)—the music industry dealt with her. “I remember when it was business and not an industry,” says Ian. “With all the demographics and number crunching we forget that the consumer is what matters. Why is Taylor Swift doing so well? She’s changed the face of music, songwriting and guitar playing for girls worldwide to astonishing effect. There is an authenticity there.” Ian grew up in New York and New Jersey with parents who were frequently under FBI surveillance for their left wing politics. On her inaugural trip to California, concert audiences in Encino greeted the creator of “Society's Child”—her song about interracial dating—with chants of “Nigger-lover,” while a radio station in Atlanta that dared to play the song was burned to the ground. Romantic dramas, and Ian’s coming out as a lesbian, are key components in her book’s narrative as is her marriage to an abusive Portuguese filmmaker. “It’s a sucking in process, but I had no experience in dealing with that. The flip side was that he could be absolutely marvelous.” To record the 10 CDs that comprise her autobiography, Ian went into the closet, literally. “I sat in a tiny room with a guitar and a microphone, and the book laid out in front of me so I could do two pages at a time. I was conscious that since I didn’t have music as a prop it had to be the flavor of the moment and the time of the book.” Throughout the narration, she drops in pieces of songs to illustrate her dialogue. The artist, who will be traveling to Los Angeles for the Grammy Awards, laments that she doesn’t have a new release. She says it reminds her of the Internet article. “It’s so typical that I would accidently have this huge article that is quoted in USA Today and in The New York Times and I don’t have another album coming out. The Grammy is like that. It’s my fate.” She remains enthralled by the art of songwriting. “I have a song I’ve almost finished called ‘The Dark Side of the Sun.’ It’s Lucifer talking about how much he misses heaven. I think I’m on page 40. It has been draft after draft to try to get three verses and a bridge to say exactly what I need to say, no more or no less.” Ian continues, “The older you get, the more different directions you can take it in. The more you know, the more choices you have, and you’ve got to try a lot of them to find out what’s right or wrong. It’s very frustrating; at this age and with this experience they should just trip off of my tongue. I should be writing ‘Jesse’ and ‘At 17.’ But that’s not how it works.” Contact Jo-Ann Geffen, JAG Entertainment, 818-905-5511
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FILM•TV•THEATER Divorce Party the Musical-The Hilarious Journey to Hell…and Back! will have its West Coast premiere at the El Portal Theatre in Los Angeles, CA, as a limited engagement from Feb. 26-April 7th. Broadway and professional theater producer Mark Schwartz (Menopause the Musical) teamed up with Dr. Amy Botwinick, author of Congratulations on Your Divorce -The Road to Finding Your Happily Ever After to create this new production, which features direction, lyrics and choreography by Jay Falzone (Shout! The Mod Musical). See http://elportal.theatre. com or call 1-866-811-4111 for details. Known as a rock & roll, animal-free circus that adults and children can enjoy together, Circus Oz, the acclaimed national circus of Australia, returns to the US for the first time since 1984 to present five performances of From the Ground Up, the newest work from this ingenious and highly theatrical cadre of multi-talented performers. These shows will happen at UCLA’s Royce Hall in Los Angeles, CA, presented by UCLA Center for the Art of Performance. For complete details see http://cap.ucla.edu. Expect two hours of breathtaking agility, awe-inspiring acrobatis, irreverent comedy and a spectacular live band. Cole Plante
DROPS Walt Disney Records has the soundtrack for TRON: Uprising, the Disney XD animated television series inspired by the films TRON (1982) and TRON: Legacy (2010). The TRON: Uprising soundtrack features the original score from the series composed by Joseph Trapanese written in cooperation with Daft Punk who recommended the composer for the project and is only available in digital format. In addition to the 16 tracks provided by Trapanese, TRON: Uprising soundtrack also includes remixes from 3OH!3, Opiuo, David Hiller, and a brand new track from Hollywood Records’ rising star, 16-year-old Cole Plante, entitled “Rezolution.” Visit the official Disney XD site for TRON: Uprising for more information http://disney.go.com/xd/tron or contact cinemedia promo@yahoo.com. Now in its 15th season, Lincoln Center’s acclaimed series American Songbook celebrates the best in American singing and songwriting with a second week running from Feb. 6-9th. February 6 belongs to music director Rob Fisher and
Sigur Rós’ ambitious plan to make a film for every track on this summer’s Valtari album, out now on XL Recordings, draws to a close with one of the series’ most ambitious submissions via director Floria Sigismondi. The 10-minute mini-epic mystery features indie movie stars Elle Fanning and John Hawkes as father and daughter, one of whom may be dead. On March 5, all 16 Valtari films will be collected together for a limited edition, one time pressing, standalone DVD respectively known as the Valtari Film Experiment. Contact Jen Appel, jen@pressherepublicity.com. On Feb. 12, Eagle Rock Entertainment and earMusic will release Tarja Turunen & HARUS In Concert – Live At Sibelius Hall on CD, Digital Audio, and Blu-ray/CD. This is the first official release from Tarja’s new project HARUS. Turunen achieved worldwide recognition as a premier heavy metal/hard rock vocalist fronting the multimillion selling band Nightwish. Now, she steps away from the hard rock/heavy metal to return to her classical music roots with HARUS. Filmed in Lahti, Finland in December 2009, In Concert presents a blend of traditional Finnish music with classical and modern elements. The fusion of organ, electric guitar, percussion, and the artist’s enchanting vocals filled Sibelius Hall with a spellbinding energy. For all details, contact Carol Kaye at carol@kayosproductions.com.
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his night honoring the great composer and lyricist team of John Kander and Fred Ebb. The music of Kander and Ebb (Cabaret, Chicago, Kiss of the Spider Woman) will be performed by Broadway stars Marin Mazzie and Jason Danieley, along with the legendary performers Chita Rivera and Joel Grey. Next, on Feb. 7, is Bonnie “Prince” Billy, the pseudonym of singer-songwriter Will Oldham performing roots music with elements of country, folk, and rock in its unique sound. Rounding up the series is opera great Stephanie Blythe performing the songs of Kate Smith. For tickets see http://americansongbook.org.
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Two-time Oscar winning composer, A.R. Rahman, has released a new music video and single called “Infinite Love.” The inspirational song and short film delivers a powerful message about how individuals can effect positive change in the world by tuning to one strong pure will. The video was directed by Paul Boyd (Lenny Kravitz, Sting) who traveled across four countries in 20 days to shoot the footage. Contact Allison Elbl, aelbl@ id-pr.com. Lionsgate Records has the release of The Impossible: Original Motion Picture Score, showcasing music by composer Fernando Velazquez. A powerful story based on one family’s survival of the 2004 tsunami, The Impossible stars Naomi Watts and Ewan McGregor and is directed by J.A. Bayona (The Orphanage). Velazquez’s captivating score is currently available at iTunes and Amazon with the film in limited release. For further information, contact Chandler Poling at White Bear PR, 818-605-2237 or chandler@ whitebearpr.com.
OPPS A new weekly podcast is launching in the Pacific Northwest airing 8-9 p.m. Sunday nights on nwczradio.com. The call has gone out specifically for female artists or female fronted bands who are either located in the area or travelling through for a sit-down interview. Message http://facebook.com/rebekahanncurtis for complete details.
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Paul Gregerson, host of a music Internet show in Melbourne, Australia called Ben TV, is looking to interview artists and have them perform live on air. Interviews and performances are conducted via Skype. Interested artists should email Gregerson’s Ben TV account: paul@wiya.com.au. MMTV Network, a social television network creating opportunities for indie artists, filmmakers, entreprenuers and small businesses worldwide, is looking for content of all types. The station is cable cast on Cable Vision, Time Warner, RCN, and Verizon Fios stations reaching 5 million+ subscribers. See http://tinyurl.com/bth2fre. Producers of an upcoming documentary film about the great almost-forgotten musicians of jazz such as Herschel Evans, Bix Beiderbecke, Fats Navarro and a dozen others, is seeking film footage, photographs plus any documents, contacts for family members, musicians and others who knew these great artists. Through their music, archival film footage, photographs, reminiscences and expert discourse we will learn more about these artists, develop an appreciation of their artistry and reveal how and Herschel Evans why their careers were cut short. The film is being produced and directed by Howard E. Fischer, an attorney who represented jazz musicians and arts organizations and was the founder of the New York Jazz Museum in 1972 and its Executive Director until 1977. He also produced, wrote and directed the acclaimed film The Holland Avenue Boys: A Success Story that appeared on over 50 PBS stations. If you can help, contact Fischer directly at 212-864-1479 or hfis646942@aol.com.
PROPS Univision Communications Inc. has selected Man Made Music as its sonic branding agency of record for the creation of the company’s sonic rebrand. Man Made Music will create an overall sonic anthem for the brand, including a sonic logo and full identity packages for Univision’s news, sports, telenovelas and movie offerings, plus the Univision Radio group, segmented by radio playlist. Joel Beckerman’s Man Made Music is a full-service music for media and sonic branding company. For additional information, visit http:// manmademusic.com or contact Pamela Lipshitz at Workman Entertainment, 212-256-0592 or pamelal@workmanentertainment.com. The Milk Carton Kids, the singer-songwriter duo recently signed to Anti-, have three of their songs featured prominently in the new Gus Van Sant-directed drama Promised Land, which is written by and stars Matt Damon and John Krasinski. Van Sant first heard the Los Angeles-
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based duo of Kenneth Pattengale and Joey Ryan when they performed in his hometown of Portland, OR. The twice Oscar-nominated director made a similar musical discovery for his 1997 film Good Will Hunting, fusing the songs of songwriter-musician Elliott Smith with a screenplay co-written by star Damon. Smith went on to receive an Oscar nomination for his song “Miss Misery.” For additional information, contact Hilary Okun at hilary@epitaph.com or Ray Costa, rcosta@costacomm.com The new Sony Playstation 3 game, The Unfinished Swan, is all about exploring the unknown. The same is also true for composer Joel Corelitz of Waveplant Studios, whose personal creative journey with the project found him writing some 60 minutes of original music that blends traditional and nontraditional elements into a wholly original score. “As you play the game, the music is constantly evolving,” Corelitz says. “It’s never quite the same no matter how many times you play. The music is not just background noise, it’s part of the world, it’s part of how you feel, how the character feels. We didn’t want those things to be separate, we wanted it to be all one experience.” Visit http://waveplantstudios.com or contact Ray Ecked at Right Word Media, 973-726-3797 or ray@rightwordmedia.com. On Stage Touring, LLC, in association with Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc. (EPE), has the tribute artists performing in the touring company of Elvis Lives as well as expanded dates that will continue to take the production across the US well into May. The high-energy show features Ultimate Elvis Tribute Contest winner Bill Cherry, along with top five finalists Kevin Mills, Leo Days and Ben Klein joined by the professional talent of Lorri Russo as Ann-Margret. The multimedia and live musical journey across Elvis’ life featuring finalists from Elvis Presley Enterprises’ annual worldwide Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist Contest each representing Elvis during different stages in his career. For complete information reach out to booking@ broadwaycat.com or visit http://columbiaartists theatricals.com. Bill Cherry
MICRO-BIO: In a 20-year career that includes extensive experience as an artist, producer and performer, Tom Kidd has promoted, marketed and developed Emmy- and Oscar-winning composers. He is President of Pres Pak Public Relations.
Tony Verderosa President, KBV Music Email: info@kbvrecords.net Web: http://kbvmusic.com Most Recent: Beware the Gonzo t is easy for an artist to get lost in the shuffle of a music library, KBV Music President Tony IVerderosa points out. Like being signed to a major label, an artist or song can easily become overlooked when the model calls for holding a vast selection just in case something there fits a particular project. Verderosa set up KBV Music, a hybrid company established to produce, provide and release soundtracks and scores for the TV and film industry, and the newly launched KBV Records as a distinct philosophy change. “We’ve gone back to basics,” Verderosa explains. “We are not interested in having 50 million pieces of music. KBV is client and artist focused.” The company’s philosophy leads to Verderosa and the team he leads being very selective about which artists find a home at KBV. “I have a good sense of whether a song will stand the test of time,” says the hands-on executive. “If someone is playing in front of me, I have a good sense of whether there’s something there. We have to be really careful about quality.” As someone who has worked as a musician with such big names as Katy Perry, Joe Perry and Dream Theater, Verderosa feels he has developed a solid commercial ear. Though KBV puts most of its emphasis on the still-growing world of film and TV, Verderosa notes that finding a song for placement isn’t all that different from recognizing a good pop hit. “For the types of productions we work, there’s no difference,” he says. “We’re very adept at editing a 4-minute hit down to a 30-second hit.” Despite their success with multimedia placements, KBV Records is first and foremost a label. As Verderosa says proudly, “We’re moving our emphasis back to the studio where I can work with the musicians I love.” February 2013
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KEY CLUB GETS BOOTSY: Sean Healy Presents brought the one and only Bootsy Collins to the Key Club in West Hollywood, CA. The former James Brown/P-Funk bassist performed with a new band and proved once again why he is a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, a funk legend and a pop culture icon. See http://webookbands.com for more.
GREEN VISITS NASDAQ TO DISCUSS PARTNERSHIP WITH eDIETS: Grammy winning artist CeeLo Green visited the NASDAQ to discuss his new role as the Brand Ambassador of eDiets. This new partnership developed after CeeLo released a video to his fans expressing his self-motivated New Year’s resolution to make “health a habit” in 2013. Pictured (l-r): Glenn Hechler, Sr. Investment Specialist of National Securities; Shawn Janifer, CeeLo Makeup/Grooming; Anne Watkins, Dir. of P.R., Primary Wave Music; Larry Mestel, Founder & CEO, Primary Wave Music; CeeLo Green; Kevin Harrington, Chairman of the Board, As Seen On TV, Inc.; Robert Dippold, Head of Digital Marketing, Primary Wave Music / BrightShop Digital.
REACH MUSIC PUBLISHING AWARDED PUBLISHER OF THE YEAR: Awarded by AIMP (Association of Independent Music Publishers), Reach accepted their award at the annual L.A. Chapter Holiday Mixer And Benefit held at a luncheon in Beverly Hills, CA. The event also raised money for Hurricane Sandy victims. Pictured (top row, l-r): Michael Cusimano, Director of Royalties; Shilpa Das, Manager, Publishing Administration & Operations; Nancy Matalon, VP of Creative; Scott Rubin, Executive VP; Megan Grosz, Manager of Copyright Administration. Bottom Row (l-r): Joe Mondry, Director of Synch Creative; Michael Closter, President; Mike Phegley, Director of Synch Licensing; and Jean Montiel, Senior Director of Administration.
NEIGHBORHOOOD MUSIC SCHOOL ACCEPTS EDISON GRANT: The Neighborhood Music School in Boyle Heights, CA, has been awarded a $2,000 grant from Southern California Edison to provide scholarships to Boyle Heights-area music students. The Edison grant follows a $25,000 grant from The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation received last month. Pictured (l-r): Wendy Kikkert, Neighborhood Music School and David A. Ford, Regional Manager Public Affairs SCE. Visit http://neighborhoodmusicschool.org. 34 February 2013
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MONKEES STRIKE GOLD ONCE AGAIN: Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith and Peter Tork of the Monkees were recently presented plaques in celebration of the Gold certification by the RIAA of The Best Of The Monkees. Originally released by Rhino in 2003, the album features 25 of the band’s biggest hits including “Last Train To Clarksville,” “I’m A Believer” and “Pleasant Valley Sunday.” Pictured backstage at the Greek Theatre in L.A. (l-r): John Hughes, Rhino’s Senior Director of Online Marketing; Nesmith; Tork; Dolenz; and Kevin Gore, Rhino’s President and CEO.
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DEBBIE AND FRIENDS PERFORM TO BENEFIT SANDY HOOK: The Debbie and Friends Band did a benefit concert for the Sandy Hook School Fund at the Coolidge Corner Theatre in Brookline, MA recently. The show sold out and 100 percent of the ticket and merch proceeds went to the United Way created fund. Get a full recap at http://kidsmusicmatters. com/2013/01/sold-out-benefit-concert.
STARTING LINE SAY IT LIKE THEY MEAN IT: The Starting Line have wrapped up their Say It Like You Mean It 10th Anniversary Tour. The band brought along Weatherbox and More Amor to support the Southern California stops. The tour commemorated the anniversary of the Starting Line’s debut album, Say It Like You Mean It, which earned them a No. 1 slot on the Billboard Heatseekers chart and sold over 300,000 copies on DriveThru Records. Get a full wrap at http:// startinglinerock.com. M ichael Cygan
HAWK, HARPER CREATE BOARDS + BANDS: Legendary skateboarder Tony Hawk (pictured) and Grammy-winning musician Ben Harper have invited their friends in the skate and music worlds to join them for the very special Boards + Bands project. A member of the nonprofit Tony Hawk Foundation Board Of Directors, Harper conceived the idea to have pro skaters’ favorite musicians write their song lyrics on old decks and sell them to raise funds to build positive recreational outlets for at-risk youth. Get the full scoop at http://boardsandbands.org.
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NEDERLANDER HANG BACKSTAGE WITH JONAS BROS.: The Jonas Brothers were greeted backstage by Nederlander Concerts’ execs Rena Wasserman and Paola Palazzo prior to the band's first of three sold-out shows at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood, CA, at the end of 2012. Pictured (l-r) with the Bros.: Wasserman, VP of Operations and Palazzo, VP of Talent.
1984—Morris Day—(Issue. #21): In Music Connection’s candid cover story interview with the Time's frontman, he mused about aiming for stardom: "When you're a kid," said Day, "stars aren't accessible to you. ... You don't know how they did it. ... But I knew Prince didn't know how he did it." Elsewhere in the issue, MC chatted with manager Mike Gormley (the Bangles) about transitioning from being a frustrated publicist, and producer Michael Omartian talked about restoring fallen stars to a state of grace. "When things start going down the toilet, they call me––I'm the plumber."
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1994—The Ramones—(Issue. #4): In Music Connection's feature on punk rock kingpins the Ramones, guitarist Johnny Ramone stated, "Being a band is about going out and playing live. Today, too many people sit on their asses and send their videos around, but video is really not what rock & roll is about." Elsewhere, A&M Records Promo Director Mark Tindle stated, "The corruption in the music industry is no worse than what goes on in any high pressure, high stakes industry." Finally, MC's live reviews section covered club gigs by Mazzy Star, Lava Diva, Overwhelming Colorfast and the Grabbers. www.musicconnection.com 35
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—ANDY MESECHER andym@musicconnection.com 1977– 2013
36 Years
Tidbits From Our Tattered Past
DEBBIE AND FRIENDS PERFORM TO BENEFIT SANDY HOOK: The Debbie and Friends Band did a benefit concert for the Sandy Hook School Fund at the Coolidge Corner Theatre in Brookline, MA recently. The show sold out and 100 percent of the ticket and merch proceeds went to the United Way created fund. Get a full recap at http://kidsmusicmatters. com/2013/01/sold-out-benefit-concert.
STARTING LINE SAY IT LIKE THEY MEAN IT: The Starting Line have wrapped up their Say It Like You Mean It 10th Anniversary Tour. The band brought along Weatherbox and More Amor to support the Southern California stops. The tour commemorated the anniversary of the Starting Line’s debut album, Say It Like You Mean It, which earned them a No. 1 slot on the Billboard Heatseekers chart and sold over 300,000 copies on DriveThru Records. Get a full wrap at http:// startinglinerock.com. M ichael cygan
HAWK, HARPER CREATE BOARDS + BANDS: Legendary skateboarder Tony Hawk (pictured) and Grammy-winning musician Ben Harper have invited their friends in the skate and music worlds to join them for the very special Boards + Bands project. A member of the nonprofit Tony Hawk Foundation Board Of Directors, Harper conceived the idea to have pro skaters’ favorite musicians write their song lyrics on old decks and sell them to raise funds to build positive recreational outlets for at-risk youth. Get the full scoop at http://boardsandbands.org.
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NEDERLANDER HANG BACKSTAGE WITH JONAS BROS.: The Jonas Brothers were greeted backstage by Nederlander Concerts’ execs Rena Wasserman and Paola Palazzo prior to the band's first of three sold-out shows at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood, CA, at the end of 2012. Pictured (l-r) with the Bros.: Wasserman, VP of Operations and Palazzo, VP of Talent.
1984—Morris Day—(Issue. #21): In Music Connection’s candid cover story interview with the Time's frontman, he mused about aiming for stardom: "When you're a kid," said Day, "stars aren't accessible to you. ... You don't know how they did it. ... But I knew Prince didn't know how he did it." Elsewhere in the issue, MC chatted with manager Mike Gormley (the Bangles) about transitioning from being a frustrated publicist, and producer Michael Omartian talked about restoring fallen stars to a state of grace. "When things start going down the toilet, they call me––I'm the plumber."
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1994—The Ramones—(Issue. #4): In Music Connection's feature on punk rock kingpins the Ramones, guitarist Johnny Ramone stated, "Being a band is about going out and playing live. Today, too many people sit on their asses and send their videos around, but video is really not what rock & roll is about." Elsewhere, A&M Records Promo Director Mark Tindle stated, "The corruption in the music industry is no worse than what goes on in any high pressure, high stakes industry." Finally, MC's live reviews section covered club gigs by Mazzy Star, Lava Diva, Overwhelming Colorfast and the Grabbers. www.musicconnection.com 35
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utch Vig’s production credits read like the roll call at a meeting of platinum record recipients. He’s been the guiding force behind such albums as Green Day’s 21st Century Breakdown, Foo Fighters’ Wasting Light––both Grammy winners––and Nirvana’s Nevermind, among many others. In 1994 he co-founded Garbage, a multiplatinum band that recently completed a European tour. Music Connection gets Vig’s take on a number of production issues in this exclusive Q&A. Music Connection: Do you still enjoy production? Butch Vig: I do. I’m a studio rat. I love the process of writing, arranging and recording songs. It’s still extremely exciting. I don’t look at it as being tedious or boring. Part of it is that every project is an adventure. My film instructor at UW Madison once said to me: ‘It’s not really the end result. It’s the process.’ To me, that’s what’s fascinating. You can try to predict how a record will flow and what’s going to happen, but inevitably it always ends up being different somehow. And that’s a good thing because surprises are what keep it interesting. MC: You’ve had some stellar successes. How do you continue to challenge yourself when you begin work on a new record? Vig: I’m still obsessed with music. I listen to it all the time. I’m constantly writing and fiddling with stuff in my home studio. When I start a project, I dive all in; I don’t take anything lightly or for granted. I’ve been lucky to have a career both as a producer and as a musician. I love making music. It still drives me. MC: What has changed about how you perceive your own work? Vig: When I started out, I was obsessed with the engineering and sonic aspect [of recording]. I’ve realized as a producer that much of what I do is psychological; trying to understand an artist’s vision; what you need to do to motivate them and understand how to make the best song or album that you can. Often it’s psychotherapy–– being a cheerleader. Sometimes you have to kick the artist in the ass and challenge them. Yet every song and every project is different. I’ve realized over the years that there’s a lot more that encompasses making a great album than the sonic aspect. MC: How do you know when a record is going in the right direction and when it isn’t? Vig: That’s the million-dollar question. You have to trust your instincts. If something is bothering me, I’ll say so. Maybe something in the arrangement or performance doesn’t feel right. With an artist, it’s trickier. Sometimes they can be passiveaggressive, sometimes they’re blunt about what they like and don’t like. Other times you have to look for clues or signs to tell you that things aren’t working out. If I had an easy way to describe that, I would. But it’s about instinct; trusting your gut. You have to understand exactly how things are flowing and when you need to make a detour. MC: How do you know when a record is done?
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Vig: When the budget runs out (laughs). I’m guilty of this more in Garbage. I’m co-writing songs with my bandmates and I can get obsessed with details and the possibilities of what can be done. It’s like a big canvas and you keep throwing paint on it. It’s hard to know when it’s done. You can listen to a rough mix and go ‘I have this idea for one more bar in the bridge.’ I’m lucky because I have Shirley Manson, who has no patience for the constant tweaking that Duke [Erikson], Steve [Marker] and I like to do. When I’m a producer [for other artists], I’m looking at their music, not mine. I’m much more objective about their songs, performance and arrangement being good. It’s easier for me to understand that.
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MC: What are common problems that bands have in the studio? Vig: With younger artists, they’re used to playing live or in their practice space. Often times they overplay. You have to come in during pre-production and simplify the parts or arrangements so that everyone is focused and understands what everybody else is playing. Also, when the recording light goes on, there’s a tendency for younger artists to freeze up. They can get neurotic and uptight about what they’re doing. Part of my job is to get them to relax and forget that the light is on and enjoy the session. I’m pretty low-key in the studio and I try to keep the vibe fun and interesting. I’m not a dictator and I don’t yell and scream at people. In general, I’ve
been lucky at getting artists to relax and getting good performances out of them. MC: What does a song lack that you, as a drummer, can bring to the table? Vig: Being a drummer has allowed me to get an overview of what arrangements sound like. If I were a lead guitarist or keyboard player, I would probably be more focused on individual parts. Having been in bands as the drummer, you have to sit back and listen to what’s going on. I’m a basic 4/4 drummer; I play pretty simple parts. I’ve always let the arrangements come out and the drums support them. I’m a firm believer in that. The one thing I’ve realized is that drum parts can be hooks. One of the greatest examples of that is Dave Grohl with Nirvana’s Nevermind. All of the drum fills and little changes that he wrote on that record were hooks. For a three-piece band, the drums are an integral part of that. MC: Performing live is more important than ever. Are you mindful of that when working with a band in the studio? Vig: It’s pretty easy to make a terrible band sound good with Pro Tools and digital editing. Bands have to understand that they’ve got to be able to deliver [live]. Whatever you do in the studio you have to be able to duplicate on stage. People can tell. If a band isn’t good live, they’re never going to see it again. If you want to have a career these days, you have to focus on live performance. No one can count on record sales and digital downloads to help them survive in the long term. You’ve got to be damn good at proving yourself on stage night after night. I tell that to young bands especially. MC: Are you optimistic about music’s future? Vig: I listen to a lot of new music, especially online. People keep saying that music is dying, but I think the opposite. There are so many exciting new bands and they have more hunger for music now than 10 years ago. Music is the soundtrack to everyone’s life. The hardest thing is that there’s a whole generation of music fans who believe that they don’t have to pay for it. That’s the thing that bums me out. The digital revolution has leveled the playing field and made it possible for bands in their basement in Akron, Ohio to make an incredible-sounding record. Fifteen years ago that would have been very difficult. Now a song can go viral in 24 hours. MC: Have the changes we’ve seen in the past several years helped or hurt the industry?
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Vig: If you look at the way the industry used to function, everyone would say that it’s hard out there. Everyone’s had to struggle, especially with budgets being what they are now. Record deals are a fraction of what they used to be. A number of studios have closed, including my own––Smart Studios. We shut our doors last year. We kept bringing our prices down, but bands didn’t want to pay our rates when they could record their music for free on their laptop. I’m not going to complain about how tough it’s gotten. I love digital technology and there’s a lot of exciting new music out there.
MC: Are there still surprises on each record on which you work? Vig: Every album I do is a process. There are always speed bumps and detours as well as moments when songs are elevated to another level that you didn’t think was possible. That’s one of the things that’s exciting about making albums. It’s an adventure, not only in terms of where the music goes but usually in terms of the relationships you form with the people you work with. That’s a big part of making a record for me. It’s an intimate experience and that’s part of what’s exciting about making albums.
MC: If there were one thing you could change about the music industry now, what would it be? Vig: That if you download a song, a few pennies would go into the publishing domain––BMI or ASCAP. Unfortunately, no one had the foresight to work that out 10 or 20 years ago so we’re trying to play catch up.
MC: Do you miss recording on tape? Vig: I still use tape from time to time. With [Foo Fighters’] Wasting Light, we recorded and mixed everything on analog tape. We also did it in Dave’s garage. It was very old-school and it was challenging, but also one of the most fun things I’ve done in years. Me and James Brown, the
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recording engineer, started out with analog tape. We had to rewind our brains to go back to that time and remember all of the things we did with analog. In a way, it made us and the band work harder. When you record analog, it’s all about performance; you have to be on your A-game. MC: You’ve said of Garbage’s first record––the self-titled Garbage––that it contained a number of accidents. Other producers have observed that accidents have often been valuable. Do you agree? Vig: Garbage was quite experimental. When we’d started writing and recording the songs, I’d done something like a thousand punk records. I was getting bored recording guitar, bass and drums. Some of the bands that were exciting to me at the time, like Public Enemy, had the most scary, crazy, exciting production. That was more rock & roll than a lot of the rock & roll music out there. They were using samplers, so I became obsessed with samplers and what you can do in a studio. I bought an Akai S1000 and a Kurzweil K2500 and those became writing tools for us. Since we didn’t know how to use them at the time, there were several bizarre accidents. At one point in “Queer” we were trying to take a mono drum sample and put it back to tape. Somehow I actually patched it into the converter. But it sounded great. Those are the drums in the bridge section and outro. On “Stupid Girl” there’s this scratchy sound. It was some computer glitch––I don’t remember what happened, exactly. Maybe the Akai froze up. We rolled tape and printed about five minutes of it. We found a two-bar sample that sounded cool. In all B sections and the outro, that became the hook. But it’s completely nonmusical. Rock & roll should be about mistakes. You don’t want everything [to be] perfect. MC: With Green Day’s 21st Century Breakdown, how did you begin to guide the band? It sounds like there were a lot of ideas and potential directions. Vig: That was an incredible experience. And a long and daunting one. I spent about 13 months total working on the record. Easily the first six or seven months of that were pre-production, rehearsals and just talking about where the songs should go. After the success of American Idiot, the band could have done many different things. They could have gone back and made a punk rock record like they did with [recent releases] ¡Uno! ¡Dos! or ¡Tré! But they set the bar high with the ambitious arrangements on American Idiot and I was glad that they decided to push the bar even higher. Once we started working on the arrangement and they brought in song ideas, we spent a lot of time trying different approaches and seeing which songs spoke to each other. Billy was trying, thematically, to get his head around what he wanted to say. We tried different things every day, but we recorded the record in about 14 weeks. It went pretty fast because at that point we had a lot of the ideas and the arrangements were fairly focused. It was just a matter of executing. MC: Did you feel pressure to match the success of American Idiot? Vig: I did and so did the band. Especially Billy. But I’d felt that before with Nirvana and the [Smashing] Pumpkins. Even when I started with Foo Fighters, people were saying ‘Butch Vig and Dave Grohl are working together. It’s the first time since Nevermind.’ There’s a point when that pressure is good because you want to bring your A-game. I’m able to acknowledge that, but also shut it out and focus in the studio. I was able to do that with Green Day. Ultimately we sequestered ourselves. We tried to shut out outside influences and just focus on work. Green Day was very good at that. They’re obsessive workaholics. MC: How do you choose the projects you work on these days?
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Quick Facts • Vig produced both Smashing Pumpkins’ Gish and Nirvana’s Nevermind in 1990-91, among other projects. • He started Garbage partially because he wanted a change from the many conventional three-piece bands he’d produced. • Places a strong emphasis on process over results.
MC: Are you open to working with unknown bands? If so, how can they contact you? Vig: In the past few years, I’ve worked with relatively new or obscure acts. I’ve worked with Never Shout Never. Christofer [Drew Ingle] is an amazing pop writer with great pop sensibilities. I’ve also worked with Against Me! I love that band. To me, they should be as big as the Clash. They’re so intense and powerful. Unsigned bands can contact me through Garbage’s management––Paul Kremen at Big Picture. Garbage has been on tour for the last six months and at every show, fans give me CDs or, more often, memory sticks with their music. I try to listen to everything. I may only get to 30 seconds or so of each song, but I put each one on. We’ve heard some cool new stuff.
January. We’ll be doing some shows in Australia probably at the end of February, early March. I’m also helping Dave Grohl finish up the soundtrack for his documentary Sound City. It’s an amazing film. Dave bought the Neve console from Sound City studio, which is where we recorded Nevermind 20 years ago. He interviews a bunch of people who worked there and has them tell stories.
MC: What are your current and future projects? Vig: I just got off the road with Garbage. We’d been on tour since April. I’ve got some time off now but will record some new Garbage songs in
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MC: Do you have a dream project on which you’d like to work? Are you in talks with anybody? Vig: I absolutely adore Neil Young. Someday it would be cool to record a song with him. I think he’s an amazing musician and an icon. He’s as good as you can get. He’s followed his own path, has an incredible body of work and is still doing it.
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• Listens to music given to him by fans. • Acquired his first drum kit as a child in trade for his piano. • He is sometimes referred to as “Nevermind Man” for his production of Nirvana’s Nevermind. Vig: There are a couple of criteria. One, I have to feel that I have a vision I can bring to the band’s ideas. I have to go through the process of meeting them, understanding what they’re about and feeling that I can help; bring them up a notch from or help them get where they want to go. Two, it’s a matter of the songs: do I fall in love with them? It’s not necessarily “do I hear a hit single?” It doesn’t matter if they’re signed to a major label or an indie. It’s a matter of whether the chemistry is right and if it feels like the right thing for me to do. MC: Given your taste in music now, are you happy working outside of your comfort zone? Vig: The great thing about being in Garbage is that over the years we’ve dabbled in almost every genre: orchestral, techno, hip-hop, folk, punk. I listen to a lot of Internet radio stations and they play a ton of crazy stuff. I’m genuinely interested in listening to music that pushes the envelope, whether it’s lo-fi or crazy electronica. I’m not elitist when I listen to music. I listen to everything.
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MC: What advice do you offer to producers who are just starting out? Vig: Try to understand the artist you’re working with. Don’t lose what’s unique about them. Don’t feel that you have to genericize or over-commercialize their music to have success. Bands that have a true identity are the ones that rise to the top. A lot of people are obsessed with trying to get a hit that could be on the radio. But these days with the Internet, a lot of the songs that I hear that are “hits” don’t sound anything like commercial music that we’d listen to 10 or 20 years ago. I say to artists, be true to yourself. Don’t try to change your music to fit into a style or form. You have to write and perform material that you feel good and honest about. If you write good songs, you’re going to find success.
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hen it comes to mixing, one of the things that separates the pros from the wannabes is their use of effects. While it’s true that not every song needs a lot of effects, you’d be surprised just how many are on a modern mix, even though it might sound like not very many are used at all. That’s the trick. Many times you want something to sound larger than life, but you don’t want it to sound like it’s swimming in artificial sonic goo, and that’s where the effects tips and tricks of the pros come in. I’ve culled a number of the most important effects techniques from my two books on mixing (The Mixing Engineer’s Handbook and The Audio Mixing Bootcamp) into a short article that will hopefully raise the quality of your mixes immediately. By the way, these are the tricks that I’ve been collecting through the years from some of the biggest hit-makers in the business whose works you hear on the radio, Spotify and Pandora every day. Since we simply can’t cover everything in an article like this, we’ll look specifically at reverb and delay. 42 February 2013
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PRINCIPLES FOR ADDING EFFECTS Before we use any effects, it helps to know when and why they work. There are six principles that offer a general guideline on how effects can be used.
Principle 1: Picture the performer in an acoustic space, then recreate that space around them. This method
usually saves time, as it is a lot faster than simply experimenting with different effects presets until something excites you (although that method can work too). Also, the artificially created acoustic space doesn’t need to be a natural one. In fact, as long as it fits the music, the more creative the better.
Principle 2: Smaller reverbs or short delays make things sound bigger. Reverbs with decays under a second
(and usually much shorter than that) and delays under 100 milliseconds (again usually a lot shorter than that) tend to make the track sound bigger rather than push it back in the mix, especially if the reverb or delay is in stereo. Many times a reverb will be used with the decay parameter turned down as far as it will go (which may be as low as .1 second), but this setting is sometimes the most difficult for a digital reverb or plugin to reproduce, resulting
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in a metallic sound. If this occurs, sometimes lengthening the decay time a little or trying a different preset will result in a smoother, less tinny sound, or, try another plugin or hardware unit that performs better under these conditions.
DELAY TIPS AND TRICKS Here are a number of techniques often used for particular mix elements. Don’t limit yourself to the examples cited though, as they can easily work for other instruments, vocals or program sources as well.
Principle 3: Long delays, and long reverb predelay and reverb decay settings push a sound further away Delay Tips For Vocals A stereo delay with a 1/4 or 1/8th note delay if the level of the effect is loud on one side and a 1/4 or 1/8th note triplet or enough. Delays and predelays longer than 100 milliseconds are distinctly heard and begin to push the sound away from the listener. The trick between something sounding big or just distant is the level of the effect. When the decay or delay is short and the level is loud, the track sounds big. When the decay or delay is long and loud, the track just sounds far away.
Principle 4: If delays are timed to the tempo of the track, they add depth without being noticeable.
Most mixers set the delay time to the tempo of the track. This makes the delay pulse with the music and adds a reverb type of environment to the sound. It also makes the delay seem to disappear as a discrete repeat, but still adds a smoothing quality to the mix element.
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dotted note on the other provides movement along with depth and is a favorite trick of EDM mixers.
For a quick vocal effect to give it some space and depth during tracking or overdubs, set up a mono 220 millisecond delay with a couple of repeats.
every delay plugin provides a way for you to sync it to the tempo of the track and it’s as easy as a simple selection.
For getting a dry vocal to jump out, use two bandwidth-limited (at about 400Hz to 2.5kHz) delays in the neighborhood of 12 ms to the left and 14 ms to the right each panned slightly off center. Bring up the delays until you can hear them in the mix, then back it off to where you can’t. Occasionally mute the returns to make sure it’s still bringing the vocals out and they sit well into the mix. You can also time the delays to a 1/64th note on one side and a 1/128th note on the other.
2. Tap the tempo in. Most plugins allow
Delay Tips For Guitars
Timing the Delays
Three of the many ways to time the delay to the track:
1. Sync the delay in your DAW. Almost
for tapping in the tempo via the space bar on your keyboard. Although it can usually get a rough idea of the tempo by about the third tap, give it eight or 10 to average out and give you a more accurate reading.
3. If you want to easily find the right delay time to the track and you have an iPhone, grab my “Delay Genie” app from the iTunes App Store. It’s free and will make timing your effects to the track easy.
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To simulate a vocal double, dial in a 1/16th note delay, then modulate it so it slowly raises and lowers in pitch. If the modulation can be set so it’s random, it will sound more realistic.
During the 1980s, when guitars were often recorded direct, many L.A. session guitarists used a short stereo delay of 25 milliseconds on one side and 50 milliseconds on the other to provide some space around the sound. To make the guitar sound larger than life, set a delay at less than 100 milliseconds (timed if you can) and pan the guitar to one side and the delay to the other.
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Use a mono delay on the guitar set to about 12 milliseconds (or whatever the tempo dictates) and hard pan both the guitar and delay. This makes the guitar sound much bigger and almost like two people playing perfectly in sync, yet still keeps a nice hole open in the middle for the vocals. Pan the guitar track and the delay to the center (or put your monitors in mono), then slowly increase the delay time until it sounds bigger. Increase it a little more for good measure. You’ll probably find the result is in the area of 25 to 30 milliseconds.
REVERB TIPS AND TRICKS For many musicians who don’t have a lot of experience mixing, adding reverb to a track can sometimes be a chore trying to come up with something that seems to fit without it either sticking out or disappearing. Here are some things to think about the next time you reach for that reverb plugin. Don’t limit yourself to just these examples, as the settings can just as easily work for other instruments in certain situations.
Reverb Tips For Vocals Automate the delay or reverb return so that in the sparse parts of the arrangement, particularly
Principle 5: If delays are not timed to the tempo of the track, they stick out. Sometimes you want to distinctly
hear a delay and the best way to do that is to make sure that the delay is not exactly timed to the track. Start by first putting the delay in time, then slowly alter the timing until the desired effect is achieved.
Principle 6: Reverbs sound smoother when timed to the tempo of the track. Reverbs are timed to the
track by triggering them off of a snare hit and adjusting the decay parameter so that the decay just dies before another snare hit (or two in some cases). The idea is to make the decay “breathe” with the track. One way to achieve this is by making everything as big as possible at the shortest setting first, then gradually make the settings longer until it’s in time with the track.
* Of course, the biggest part of adding effects to a mix is experience, but keeping these principles in mind will provide a perfect place to start.
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Try mixing various reverbs. Set up three reverbs; short, medium and long (the specifics of what the actual lengths are varies with the song). On a non-ballad vocal, favor the short and medium over the long. The short (try a .3 to .6 second Room or Plate) one will thicken the sound. Blending in the medium (1.2 to 1.6 second Plate or Hall) will create a smooth transition that is quite dense but still decays fairly fast. Add a little of the longer one (2 to 3 second Hall) for whatever degree of additional decay you want. The three combined will sound like one thick reverb that will stick to the vocal and not muddy it up with excess length and diffusion. With a singer-acoustic guitar player, try to picture the performer in an acoustic space and then realistically recreate that space around them. This lends itself to a medium sized room or a small plate, with perhaps a little more reverb on the voice than the guitar. If the vocal is wet and the guitar dry (forgetting about leakage for a moment), it’s difficult to have them both appear to share a common acoustic space.
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If a vocal effect is too prominent, bring up the reverb to where you can hear it, then back off the level 2 dB. Add a dB or two at 800 to 1kHz to either the send or return of the reverb to bring out the effect without it being too in your face. For an interesting reverse reverb effect on a vocal where it’s whooshing in before the vocal begins, set a reverb to a very long decay time (over 4 seconds) then record the reverb only onto a second track. Reverse it and move it forward on the timeline so it begins before the vocal.
Reverb Tips For Drums For the Tommy Lee “Thunder Drums” effect, set a reverb on the “cathedral” or “large hall” setting and then add a little to each drum. Pan the reverb returns so the reverb sits behind each part of the kit. For this effect to work, the bass drum has to sound tight to begin with and have a decent amount of beater present, and all the drums should be gated with the release timed to the track. For an “exploding snare” type of effect, add a short slap from 50 - 125 ms with a touch of feedback to the bottom snare mic. Bring
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For the Tommy Lee ‘Thunder Drums’ effect, set a reverb on the ’cathedral’ or ‘large hall’ setting and then add a little to each drum.
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in the beginning of the song, the vocal is less wet and more upfront and intimate, which also makes the effect less obvious.
to make the sound bigger or to eliminate any metallic sounding artifacts from the reverb. For that early Eddie Van Halen sound, use either a chamber or plate reverb set to about 2 seconds decay time and around 120 ms predelay that’s timed to the track. Pan the guitar to one side and the reverb to the other.
Reverb Tips For Keyboards For a keyboard pad sound that melts into the track, use a hall reverb with a 2 to 2.5 second decay and a short (20 ms) predelay that’s timed
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to the track. Set any EQ or filters so that the extreme high and low ends are rolled off to about 8kHz and 150Hz.
Reverb Tips For Strings Use a hall reverb set to between 2.2 to 2.6 seconds with a predelay of at least 20 ms timed to the track.
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* To make an effect stick out, brighten it up. * To make an effect blend in, darken it up (filter out the highs). * If the part is busy (as with drums), roll off the low end to keep it out of the way. * If the part is open, add low end to the effect to fill in the space.
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* If the source part is mono and panned hard to one side, make one side of the stereo effect brighter and the other darker and pan the brighter side opposite the source track.
the slap back on a second channel. Using an aux, send signal from both top and bottom snare mikes and the slap to a short reverb of a second or less (timed to the song). By adjusting the proportions, phase and EQ, the effect will fit it into almost any situation.
Reverb Tips For Percussion For hand percussion like shakers and tambourines, use a medium (.8 to 1.2 seconds) room or plate reverb with either zero or very short (20ms) predelay.
Reverb Tips For Guitars To make guitars bigger, take a mono reverb and lower the decay time to as low as it will go (.1 seconds if it will go that low). Pan the guitar to one side and the reverb to the other. Try different reverb types to see which works best in the song. Increase the decay time slightly
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That’s a lot of things to try the next time you’re mixing, but you’ll find that at least some of the above will improve your mix by a mile. If you want more tips and tricks, check out the books and video courses cited below. miniBio: Bobby Owsinski
is the author of 16 books on recording, music and the music business as well as several video courses for Lynda.com, including Audio Recording Techniques and the Audio Mixing Bootcamp. Get additional info from his website at http://bobbyowsinski.com.
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INDUSTRY PROFILE
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hile February for most of the country means flowers, candy and awkward first dates, for us musicians, producers, engineers and songwriters it means heavy preparation, elaborate performances and hopefully recognition for last year’s release(s). That’s right, it’s Grammy season! Each year nominees and presenters have the opportunity to network backstage with various lifestyle-product companies in the “Grammy Gift Lounge”—a green room showcasing select cutting-edge products. Music Connection has featured several of these products over the years, including beauty products by Lacie and the British apparel company Bench Clothing. One of this year’s Lounge exhibitors is MTG Co., Ltd., maker of the sleek ReFa CARAT (pictured). The CARAT is a platinum coated “beauty roller” that generates micro-currents to help tighten/smooth out skin with solar power. ReFa CARAT—and its older brother product the ReFa PRO—generates a micro-current (a very low and safe amount of electrical current) to replicate a small electrical power produced by your own body. As your body’s natural current decreases with age, the micro-currents generated by ReFa can fill the void, and continue stimulating your skin cells to keep it smooth. However, according to MTG spokesperson Rie Nozawa, the ReFa can also be used as a health/wellness tool. “Even though people think the ReFa [beauty rollers are] only for facial treatment for rejuvenation, it [can also be used] to help release tension on your back, shoulder, neck, etc.” Since the company’s inception in Japan in 2009, ReFa products have been offered to professional athletes to use during their cool-down workout. Explains Nozawa, “We actually recommend [the ReFa] for Olympic Athletes and pro football players so they can use it right after a game.” Used to help muscular pain, improve blood circulation and release tension, the same technology could surely be used by musicians. (After that 25-minute drum solo perhaps?) And it’s waterproof… meaning sweaty stage proof. With the ReFa PRO included in last year’s “Grammy Gift Bag,” this year the company is giving away its newest beauty mist product GLALENT, which has yet to hit the US market. “The opportunity to be in the Grammy Gift Lounge [has played an integral role in the products’ US success],” concludes Nozawa. Since 2009, the ReFa PRO has sold over 1.4 million units in Japan, and MTG attests much of that success to Grammy promotions. The ReFa CARAT debuted in Japan in February 2012 (selling around 45,000 units a month) and will become available in the US on Feb. 1, 2013. For further details on the ReFa CARAT and PRO, visit http://refa-usa.com 46 February 2013
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CAREER CONNECTION
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Launches New Label, Studio Complex for Artists
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Other artists closely involved with Yamaha Entertainment Group include Sarah McLachlan and Jon McLaughlin, who participated in the Group’s first sweepstakes and contests. Via the website, http://yamahaentertain mentgroup.com, ongoing contests and sweepstakes are offered for fans to win opportunities for meet-and-greets at live performances, autographed items, and to purchase one-of-a-kind products. A recent contest invited aspiring producers to remix the LEOGUN track “Let’s Be Friends” for a chance to win a trip to Nashville, to record (one song) at the Yamaha studio. YEG plans to develop new talent in addition to enhancing its existing relationships with established artists. “We look at everything, and are ac-
“We look at everything, and are actively seeking exceptional talent.” ––Chris Gero tively seeking exceptional talent,” says Gero. “The best way to submit is through a manager directly to us.” According to Gero, this initiative is about getting to the talent and creating careers. “Yamaha has a long history of involvement and support of artists and their careers. This is a critical time for music, but there is great opportunity for developing careers. There will always be an audience and a market for music, and we want to be in it.” Contact David McTiernan / Shore Fire Media / dmctiernan@shorefire. com, http://yamahaentertainmentgroup.com
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he Yamaha Corporation recently launched the Yamaha Entertainment Group (YEG), a one-stop boutique label and artist development initiative. Based in Nashville, TN, YEG is working directly with rising and established artists, and has built a new studio complex for both sound and video recording. The label will support artists from recording to publishing, licensing, branding, publicity and video. YEG has partnered with ADA (Alternative Distribution Alliance) for the marketing, promotion and distribution of the releases. Isn’t this a risky time for anyone, even the world’s largest musical instrument manufacturing company, to launch such an ambitious effort? “This is a very focused initiative,” says Chris Gero, founder of Yamaha Entertainment Group. “For many years, Yamaha has helped to brand talent through endorsements, which work for both the artist and for us. We have a lot of experience in the development of artist careers.” The roots of the Yamaha Corporation go back to 1887 when founder Torakusu Yamaha built his first reed organ. Since then, the company has become one of the most influential and successful international companies, not just for the keyboard instruments it is best known for, but for a series of innovations. From recording equipment to motorcycles, Yamaha has developed and successfully marketed an array of products. So why not work directly with artists to create careers? Yamaha is already structured much like a label, with an international presence in the music business, an iconic name closely associated with all forms of popular music, long-standing relationships with major artists; concert, film and television ties, and existing artist relations departments. Taking that one step further by building a dedicated recording and video facility in Franklin, TN, YEG is able to streamline many elements of the production process. Additionally, with the resources of the Alternative Distribution Alliance and utilizing the Yamaha Artist Relations divisions the Group oversees in New York, Los Angeles, Nashville and Indianapolis, YEG has assembled the components to create a powerful machine to address all phases of artist development and marketing. Having some heavy hitters such as Elton John on your team doesn’t hurt, either. One of the first bands signed to Yamaha Entertainment Group is LEOGUN, a London-based band represented by Elton John’s management company, Rocket Entertainment Group. The band has released a single and an EP on the YEG label, with a full-length album in the works. Not restricted to audio releases, YEG is producing a documentary on the making of the custom-designed Yamaha piano featured in Elton John’s Las Vegas show, Million Dollar Piano. Yamaha Entertainment Group is also producing the DVD release of the live show. Such video projects are planned to be an integral part of YEG, utilizing and expanding the existing in-house video production infrastructure.
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Fresh off Going Out In Style, Boston’s notorious punks with bagpipes drop the pretense and execute a rock & roll mission of the purest kind—have maximum fun. It’s a shift audiences will appreciate. There aren’t any dreary, introspective dirges to detract from the genial debauchery, and the sharp lyrics paired with rollicking hooks will ensnare the most jaded music snobs. Nearly every track hits its target, the best being “The Season’s Upon Us,” a comical take on dysfunctional family Christmases. None of this negates the reality that their self-referential genre has grown long in the tooth, but Signed and Sealed proves that impactful music doesn’t necessarily prioritize seriousness. ——Andy—Kaufmann —Andy Kaufmann While an onslaught of producers and guest performers—Drake, Kendrick Lamar, YelaWolf, and Santigold among them—guests with A$AP Rocky, he cannot be overshadowed. As the swaggering overlord who boasts “I thought I’d prolly die in prison,” Rocky rules the roost of sparkling synths and sleek beats. Bridging bravado and humor (“But our roaches ain’t respect us,” he remembers about his childhood in “Suddenly,”) economic aspirations are defined by “Goldie,” and the wardrobe name check in “Fashion Killa.” The hypnotic “Hell” featuring Santigold is the standout with layered, dispassionate female vocals injecting harmonious counterpoint to the martial snare and Rocky’s facile lyricism. ——Dan Kimpel One of Oklahoma’s finest return with their sophomore effort. The title speaks to remaining true to one’s self in the face of change. And that’s exactly what this band have done—embracing their classic rock roots and, essentially, avoiding convention. Just give a listen to the anthemic ‘60s aesthetic of “Changes” or the spaghetti western meets surf guitar wall of sound on “The Gun (Part 1).” These guys immersed themselves in the culture of Haight Ashbury and the British Invasion groups. Of note are the distinctive vocals of frontman/guitarist Andy Brewer. His style is every bit as unique as luminaries like Johnny Rivers or Alex Chilton. Derivative, yes, but still original and fun! ——Eric A. Harabadian Upon first listen, longtime fans may write Heartthrob off as just another ode to the ‘80s record. However, like some pieces of fine art, the beauty lies in the finer details only found with multiple observations. After 13 years of songwriting, Tegan and Sara Quin have decided to shake it up with polished production, little-to-no guitars (come again?) and large doses of dance pop. And with the current trend of underground ‘80s synths (M83, Kavinsky), why shouldn’t they? The sexual pop single “Closer” starts this dance party, with “Goodbye, Goodbye” and “I Couldn’t Be Your Friend” keeping the hips in motion. Don’t worry, emotion still plays a heavy part in this record, just as expected. Tegan + Sara + major production - guitars = Heartthrob. ——Andy Mesecher
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Tune In To Mind Radio Kelly Keeling Surgeland Records Producer: Sandy Serge
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The Afterman: Descension Everything Evil/Hundred Handed Producer: Various
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Here Come The Girls Soul On 10 Records Producer: Various
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Keeling is one of those rare artists who can enter any type of musical situation and make it his own. He has done it in projects by Blue Murder, Yngwie Malmsteen, Trans-Siberian Orchestra and so many others. This disc is a tribute to Keeling featuring compositions written or inspired by him. And some of Keeling’s frequent collaborators, like Appice, bassist Tony Franklin and guitarist Marty Paris, show the love on this comprehensive and eclectic mix. “Perfect Day” spotlights soaring harmonies by Anthony Z’sler and “Rising of the Snake” is a Dokken-like track featuring Park Sipes. There is also a funky world-beat offering and new age-type ballad that suggest Keeling’s work reflects more than just a one trick pony. ——Eric A. Harabadian The Afterman: Descension marks Coheed’s seventh studio album and the conclusion to the Afterman concept (and double album). Just as with Ascension, this record tugs at the heart strings with seasoned bluesy guitar leads, powerful vocal melodies and a damn depressing story—words used to describe just about any Coheed album, right? Where Claudio and company really show their artistic growth is in the fourth track, “Number City.” It begins like any other prog-rock bit: distorted bass, effected vocals; but before you know what hit you, you’re snapping your fingers to a groovy, ‘70s influenced guitar line backed by full brass. Hooks are apparent, influences are vast and no doubt, the comic will keep Everything Evil nerds occupied. ——Andy Mesecher
Here Come The Girls is an inspired concoction of roots, pop, and rock. From the Beatle-esque ‘60s pop of “When I’m With You,” the rootsy grit via The Band of “Bobby James,” to The Zombies influenced “Alone,” the band crisscrosses through a myriad of classic tropes. One might appreciate this more if you’re a twenty-something unaware of the aforementioned bands, but to older listeners it’s pleasingly familiar. Their passionate set intertwines earthy production, crunchy guitars, and dynamic shifts for acoustic compositions. The band rocks on “Steady Are You Ready” and “All Tied Down.” The London Souls wear their influences on their sleeves, but they know their way around a good song. ——Oscar Jordan This autobiographical indie/folk timepiece is a fearless ride, with the ravenhaired acoustic songstress totally in her element. The arrangements are somewhat open and spare, but chock full of truth and emotional depth. “Taught to Lie” finds Crain addressing her years on the road and the resulting difficulty in maintaining honest connections with people. “Paint” is stark, haunting and further drives home the feelings of detachment, with her naked and introspective delivery. Perhaps her most self-effacing moment can be found in the title track where, in Crain’s words, she considers public perceptions of her and balances asymmetries “between the age I look, the age I am and the age I feel.” ——Eric A. Harabadian
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NEW MUSIC CRITIQUES Music Connection’s executive committee rates recorded music on a scale of 1 to 10. Number 1 represents the lowest possible score, 10 represents the highest possible score. A final score of 6 denotes a solid, competent artist. For more information, see Submission Guidelines on next the page.
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Contact: microscopiumoo@yahoo.com Web: microscopiumoo.com Seeking: Film/TV Style: Ambient World Electronic Username: microscopiumoo
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e hear ambient icons Aphex Twin and Harold Budd in the DNA of W these tracks, which show a composer-
tellar peformances, rich production and an ability to craft multi-level, S Tool-like tunes that would improve any
producer working at a high level. Such remarkable clarity and texture to some of these sounds! The eerie "Drone" and the subaquatic "e Distortion" transport you to wide-screen Ridley Scott territory. The former is a floating dirigible of sound with awesome lows and piquant highs; the latter is a fizzy feedback fest featuring giant audio gulps. Meanwhile, the hooky Mid-East flavors of "tfaadpo" show versatility. Filmmakers, here's your guy.
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by a well-seasoned backup group. We really dig "Me, John & Paul," about childhood friendship through the years, a song that no grown man could resist for its nostalgia value. We only wish the song had more vocal punch in the chorus. "My House" is a snarling, loud n' proud country rocker with a partyhearty singalong. "Coins" is Leary as storyteller again, and it conjures the best of '90s country crooners like Randy Travis.
Contact: iamseanhampton@gmail.com Web: belikesean.com Seeking: Booking Style: Hip-Hop/Rap Username: Sean Hampton
TAJ WASHINGTON
Contact: marcusleary40@gmail.com Web: marcusleary.com Seeking: Label Style: Country Username: marcusleary40@gmail.com
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ean Hampton puts time into his production, resulting in a natural S blending of track and flow, as on 8 7 8 8 8
Emmet Tinley
Contact: nr@nancyruth.com Web: soundcloud.com/nancy-ruth Seeking: Film/TV Style: Latin Username: nr@nancyruth.com bilingual singer-guitarist, Nancy Ruth brings impressive fretwork A and unique vocal melodies to the table,
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"Brooklyn Way" which kicks in with a Biggie intro, Asian-flavored textures and a catchy hook bolstered by agile beat drop-outs. "W.T.T.P." delivers a Caribbean touch and is your basic allout club beat with a Brooklyn shoutout that's all about the party. Hampton throws down a surprisingly southern beat for his sexed-up, slow-drawlin' "Dig Her Down." Though not overall distinctive, this artist's voice is a strong cog in a well-oiled machine.
Nancy Ruth
Contact: Jennifer Yeko, True Talent, jen@truetalentpr.com Web: feudalrecords.com Seeking: Film/TV Style: Singer-Songwriter Username: pending inley's emotive, bittersweet voice conveys a palpable sensitivity to life slings and arrows, while at the same time expressing a determined optimism that makes a song like "Takes a Long Time to Heal" so effective, especially for Film/TV placements. Yes, the songs tend to tred a similar path, but the ladies especially will be touched by "Wherever You Are" and "Marvelous Day" wherein Tinley shows his generosity of spirit and ability to craft acoustic arrangements full of subtlely deployed additions such as cello and EBow.
sci-fi/horror soundtrack. Yeah, the mix is a slight bit noisy, but "Epiphany" is a winner, a rock-radio-ready cut with singer Michael's whisper/whine riding well above the showers of cymbals and riffs. The driving, vigorous "Prodigal" is nearly as compelling, with production finesse that keeps the track peeling like an onion. An Aderol dream space tune, "Aisa Morta" is an ambitious opus that fans can savor repeatedly for subtle tones and touches.
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resulting in Latin-style pop that should please both natives and tourists alike. A relationship gone bad is related in "Para Ti," highlighted by Ruth's nylonstringed flamenco-spirited guitar and low-key handclaps. "Sigo Viviendo" is cut from the same cloth, her voice mixed perfectly to command attention. "Love Denied" has effective claps in the bridge. A mature artist, with a grown-up sensibility, Ruth could do quite well on the winery circuit.
NEW MUSIC CRITIQUES Temika Moore
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Vattica
Contact: vbgventures@hotmail.com Web: temikamoore.com Seeking: Label, Mgmt, Booking, Film/TV, Distr., Product Placement Style: Inspirational Soul Username: vbgventures@hotmail.com
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arge wide production, an effortlessly adept band, a full corps of Lbackup singers—and Moore goes
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toe to toe and note for note with all of them, impressing us with her allin commitment to her message of struggle, survival and salvation. Her songs such as "I Wish I Knew," "I'm Not Okay," and the ballad "Is It Really This Simple" address earthbound issues with inspirational overtones. Our only concern is that Moore's lyrics, rather than achieving concise commercial hooks, are generally wordy, expansive and conversational in nature.
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brings the fire. "Carousel" is a guitardriven pop-rocker and the trio perfectly nail the time sigs. Singer Alex Millar projects a ballsy magnetism and the fx'd guitar solo is nice, but it's a shame the lead vocals are buried. Vattica take a sudden stylistic detour with "The Peasants" bringing a heavier, muscular sound, like a whole different band. "My Hypnotist" veers back a bit in style, but we're left wondering if the band has its own signature style.
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their thoughtful lyrics and seasoned musicianship, and it results in something that's as life-affirming as it is promising. "When I Hit the Bottom" has a commercial hook and rises to a strong climax (though the drums should be upgraded), while "Her Love Is Like Glass" ably describes a woman who's as fragile as she is dangerous. An ode to peace, "War" showcases the duo's dexterous musicianship. The Saddics are an altogether promising pair.
Contact: glendgracia@gmail.com Web: fb.com/tinamaliamusic Seeking: Booking Agt, Bookings, Film/TV, Distr., Sponsorship Style: Pop/Electronic/World Username: Tina Malia
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Contact: LaFamos PR: amanda@ lafamos.com Web: TheGoAround.com Seeking: Film/TV, Label, Booking, Mgmt Style: Pop/Alt.Rock Username: TheGoAround
Tina Malia
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spacey and dreamy sophistication exudes from this artist's music, A which showcases chiming falsettos 8 7 7 8 7
mingling with subtle electronic effects. "Serendipity" is an excellent example of her work, a melodic track that is layered and luxurious, though perhaps ultimately a bit too long. "The Last Frontier" makes it clear that this artist aims to set and maintain a mood wth the intent to seduce and hypnotize her listener, and she is largely successful. What is most striking is the cinematic potential here—film/TV folks would do well to give these tracks a listen.
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Jeff Powers
Contact: rbmusic619@gmail.com Web: robbondurant.com Seeking: Label, Booking, Film/TV, Reviews Style: Indie/Pop/Rock/Alt. Username: Rob Bondurant
Contact: dougdeutschpr@gmail.com Web: jeffpowers.net Seeking: Booking, Radio, Press, Film/TV Style: Roots, Blues, Americana Username: jeffpowers thoughtful, heartfelt blues-pop artist Jeff Powers complements his A seasoned tenor vocals with tasty slide
hanks to his smooth, soulful, rasp, Bondurant might remind you of Jack T Johnson with songs like "9 - 5" that are Production Lyrics Music Vocals Musicianship
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simple yet ultimately appealing. His "City Lights" is a catchy-ass funk-fueled outing, with a deft key change, about a lighthearted night of skirt-chasing. "Crossing Lines" is a pop-rock outing wherein the artist muses on taking steps to make changes in his life. He's a promising performer, but within his economical musicianship is perhaps a bigger opportunity to expand on the clipped guitar solos, which seem to promise more than they deliver.
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guitar. On "Longest Train" he achieves an appropriately lo-fi vintage feel for a casual cafe vibe. "13 Seconds...67 Shots" rekindles indignation of the infamous Kent State student massacre of 1970. Powers brings all of his strength to bear on the ballad "Take A Ride," and it is perhaps his most satisfying outing. While the musicianship is solid and assured all around, Powers' material is handicapped by lyrics that could benefit from more finesse.
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LIVE REVIEWS
Zion I
El Rey Theatre Los Angeles, CA Contact: nik@ballinpr.com, 323-334-6917 Web: http://zionicrew.com The Players: MC Zumbi; DJ AmpLive, producer. Username: Zion-I
Musicianship: MC Zumbi knows how to tailor his voice and wordplay with cadence, making sure to be constantly audible throughout his DJ’s instrumentals. DJ AmpLive is the ying to Zumbi's yang, completing each other on every song, not missing a beat. Even though MC Zumbi is more vocal than DJ AmpLive, the DJ’s energy from the 1’s and 2’s still gets positive feedback by the crowd when he plays songs like “Buck ‘Em” and the heavy synthesized “Rock On.” Performance: Zion I kept their live show interesting, turning a laid back audience into excited concert attendees. DJ AmpLive opened the set with a 10-minute mix blend of soul, hard knocking hip-hop and hometown
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Material: Zion I’s music offers a rich, eclectic mix of live instruments and retro funk samples with socially conscious lyrics that leave followers moving forward with optimism. They walk paths similar to A Tribe Called Quest, Hieroglyphics and Black Star. “Shadowboxing” sonically occupies a jumpy groove with martial arts influences while “Sex Wax,” featuring Collie Buddz, presents a smoother vibe devoted to a range of women. Ultimately, Zion I have commercial appeal in their ability to bridge the gap between early-‘90s nostalgic listeners and today’s mainstream hiphop/rap fans. Zion I: Bridging the gap between early-'90s hip-hop and today's mainstream rap. Bay Area music. Zion I were also accompanied by a hype man and keyboardist (playing from a Yamaha Motif ES6 Workstation) adding variety to their performance. MC Zumbi and his hype man occasionally gave handshakes to audience members; on a different track, their keyboardist came to the forefront of the stage out of nowhere to spit a freestyle, which also wowed the crowd. Zion I have been rapping as a group since 1996. One would think that their stage presence would be much more electrifying and alive. Nonetheless, they still know how to rock a crowd and engage with their fans. After performing over 20 songs ranging from
new to classic material, Zion I and crew ended their set telling the audience to leave in peace. Summary: Oakland, CA’s Zion I are an underground group that continue to remain true to what they believe real hip-hop is with the disinclination to compromise their integrity. They’ve established a cult following through the years, those that enjoy the group's rap/rock/soul infused music. They have seen some commercial light, being featured in a video game as well as a movie soundtrack, but the underground is where these two continue to thrive. ––Adam Seyum
Broken Anchor
The Silverlake Lounge Los Angeles, CA Contact: contact@brokenanchormusic.com Web: http://brokenanchormusic.com The Players: Austin Hartley-Leonard, guitar, vocals; Mike Duffy, drums. Username: Broken Anchor
Musicianship: The power source for Broken Anchor lies in its frontman, Austin HartleyLeonard, a classically trained cellist turned singer-songwriter. Having cut his teeth as part of the band St James Inc, including performances at Lollapalooza and South By Southwest, Broken Anchor represent a further evolution for this remarkably talented musician. Drummer Mike Duffy rounds out the duo. While he does a more than adequate job providing a backbeat for the songs, Hartley-Leonard’s powerful presence leaves Duffy somewhat in the shadows. Performance: The intimate setting of The Silverlake Lounge seemed tailor made for Broken
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Material: Weaving deeply personal lyrics with hauntingly catchy melodies, Broken Anchor push the boundaries of what an indie-rock duo can sound like. Imagine Death Cab For Cutie or the Shins with a darker, grittier edge and you’ll start to get the idea. From the lush and dreamy “Dear Diary,” to the rollicking, upbeat “Stencil Heart,” Broken Anchor’s songs have an uncanny ability to resonate long after each listen. Alt rock radio stations would be wise to jump on this bandwagon early, several of these songs seem primed for the airwaves. Broken Anchor: Weaving deeply personal lyrics with hauntingly catchy melodies. Anchor. Hartley-Leonard’s emotive voice resonated throughout the room on stripped-down songs like “Leave The Light On.” The anthemic and vividly descriptive “Always” appeared to have the crowd under some kind of spell, with each person hanging on every word sung. “Say Serenity” acted as a transition of sorts, starting slowly and then building to a soaring, rocking crescendo. By the time they’d reached their closing song, the upbeat, driving “Never Leave Me Alone,” Broken Anchor had taken their audience on a rollercoaster ride of tempos, themes and emotions.
Summary: Having toured extensively on previous musical endeavors, this is a “new” band only by name. Their chops are on par with road weary veterans and those experiences have inevitably added a depth to their songwriting that’s not found in younger up-and-coming bands. Three digital EPs are available for free on the Broken Anchor website. Download them while you can—this is a band on the brink of something special. ––Corey Irwin
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Jetset Getset Hard Rock Café Nashville, TN
Contact: fandersonmedia@aol.com Web: http://jetsetgetset.com The Players: Tori Little, vocals; Avery Eliason, vocals; Sadie Loveland, vocals; Jason Owens, guitar; Justen Jette, guitar; Duncan Mullins (filling in for Paul Kelley), bass; Gillian Bowman, drums; Terry Ranck, keys. Username: jetset_getset
Musicianship: The vocal harmonies of Little, Eliason and Loveland are good enough to have pulled renowned radio name Jack Gale out of retirement to offer a recording contract to Jetset Getset nearly a year ago. That’s saying something, considering Jetset Getset were formed back in 2011 just for the fun of it. Their vocal harmonies are good enough to have attracted Jim Pierce (Johnny Cash) to coproduce their second record, Saturday Night, and have a slew of Nashville session musicians as well as songwriters, like Tom Paden (Kenny Rogers), get involved. In Nashville, that’s more than enough said. Performance: The Hard Rock isn’t as much of an exclusive hangout as other Nashville venues;
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Material: With a full band behind them, this trio of girls aren’t even old enough to drink, but they draw on the influence of women who ruled country pop when Jetset’s vocalists were toddlers. The pop country stylings of women like Dixie Chicks and Faith Hill are poured into a kitschy, sparkling mold and come out as girlpower pop for the teenybopper—fun and sticky teen Disney schmaltz about love, life and friendship.
Jetset Getset: Mixing bubblegum pop with sprightly country twang. you’re more likely to see any and everybody there. There was very much a teen talent show vibe on this night with camera-toting parents moving around doubled over and crouched down to snap photos. Onstage, the girls were theatric, interacting with one another, even pulling a boy from the audience, seating him in a chair onstage and singing at him. They were personable, warm and bouncy, albeit mannered in stage presence—they would do just as well if not better sans choreography—as they moved through a 40-minute set that pivoted from cheery to emotional.
Also: heed the budding chops of 14-year-old drummer Gillian Bowman. Summary: Not to say a few outliers couldn’t get on board, but Jetset Getset are set to entertain a fairly narrow demographic of young girls, and they’ll surely get far within that niche. Mixing bubblegum pop with some sprightly country twang, and having three youths deliver it rarely fails to induce some sort of teenage cultural fever. ––Jessica Pace
Shoshana Bush Catalina Jazz Club Hollywood, CA
Material: Shoshana Bush and her band offer arguably some of the best and most popular music performed over the span of nearly a century. The list of composers is exactly what one would expect at a jazz club: Gershwin, Porter, Ellington, Strayhorn, Jobim, to name the most recognizable. The band generally keep the songs intact as they perhaps were originally written, not deviating much from the form or melody, and keeping the style choices safe and familiar rather than reinventing the wheel. One particularly fresh moment in the set includes two slightly more “modern” songs, “It’s All Right,” (Sam Cooke) and “For Sentimental Reasons.” Musicianship: Bush clearly demon-strates that she is a studied singer. She does very well to assemble a polished and sophisticated band. Isamu McGregor on piano is also credited with helping arrange and direct the music and is therefore a valuable collaborator. Guest soloist George Young is a solid veteran of the jazz world, and the rest of the group appear to be well within the top tier of standard professional jazz players. Bush herself, though consistent and fairly precise with melody and timing, does little to add creatively as a musician. The most successful
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Contact: Betsyann Faiella, bafaiella@icloud. com, 310-283-2415 Web: http://shoshanabush.tumblr.com The Players: Shoshana Bush, vocals; Isamu McGregor, piano; Larry Koonse, guitar; George Young, alto sax, flute; David Robaire, bass, Gene Coye, drums. Username: shana.bush@gmail.com
Shoshana Bush: A beautifully soft, smoky vocal tone in a slightly academic presentation. vocalists within the jazz world tend to be those who make their voice an equal or greater lyrical instrument of the ensemble. Bush shies away from improvisation (or “scat”) and her creative choices for individuality become redundant. Her dynamic expression is predictable and the moments of dramatic height, her go-to straighttone belt, can push her voice out of pitch without the connection of her spirit and soul to draw the listener past the point of scrutiny. The result is a detached sound with the intention of dynamic drama, but seeming forced and unnatural. Bush has a beautiful soft, smoky tone that suits perfectly for the Jobim classic “How Insensitive,” a highlight of the evening. Performance: The singer performed with a clear and cool confidence, though her personality was subdued and mild. The entire production was of a high musical and professional level,
and admirers of this style of music would likely find it generally pleasing though not particularly memorable or unique. Bush spent a great deal of time throughout the night in explanation, at times in rather lofty discourses on her philosophy and choices. In this case the emotion and experience didn’t translate in her expression of the material, making the lengthy dialogue less relevant. The result was a slightly academic presentation, rather than a unique, inspiring emotional experience. Summary: Jazz music is so loved because it presents the opportunity to be taken somewhere new while in the comfort of a familiar place. Soshana Bush appears comfortable in the familiar place. The next step is to make the material her own, living the music rather than analyzing it. By connecting her soul to the song, Bush’s voice has the potential to inspire. ––Tim Reid, Jr. February 2013
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Ari Hest
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Material: Singer-songwriter Ari Hest graced the stage to promote his new release The Fire Plays. Hest previewed songs from this release along with other mainstays from his repertoire. The springboard for Hest’s music is largely acoustic but he ventures into elements of pop and rock as well. Thematically, Hest deals mainly with intra-psychic issues and diametrically opposing desires. At times his material references pop songs from the '70s in style and feel; specifically Dan Folgelberg comes to mind; however, Hest successfully builds a bridge from past to present especially in “The Winter of Yes,” an uptempo ode to a deliberate attitude change. “The Fire Plays,” the title cut from the CD, starts out with a driving keyboard motif setting up a dynamic rhythmic vehicle which ultimately leads to its memorable tag line chorus: “I play with fire, I play with fire, I play with fire and the fire plays with me.” Musicianship: Hest has a voice that is rich in tone with a beautiful velvety quality. He doubles on guitar and piano equally rendered with musicality. His backup musicians are top shelf: Doug Yowell on drums (one of the more sought after drummers on the New York City club scene) is a great driving
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Contact: Katherine De Paul, rmpdepaul@aol.com Web: http://arihest.com The Players: Ari Hest, vocals, guitar, piano; Doug Yowell, drums; Thad Debrock, guitar, Jonathan Maron, bass; Daniel Mintseris, piano; Gerry Leonard, guitar; Rose Cousins, backup vocals. Username: ahest19@yahoo.com
Ari Hest: A fine craftsman possessing a voice that draws you in. force behind the band’s arrangements. Gerry Leonard (who also produced “The Fire Plays” and has worked with artists like David Bowie and Avril Lavigne) joins the band for several songs. Performance: A compelling performer, Hest appeared to be right at home on stage. Adept at engaging the audience with his self-effacing charm and commentary between songs he provided a snapshot into his life experiences while still maintaining the line between audience and performer. He also lent insight into some of his songwriting techniques. There was a moment in the show where he described what “life on the road” is like when a
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more reduced band is needed. By taking to the piano with Yowell on drums the crowd got a taste of his stripped down live touring show. Midway through the performance an audience member was invited on stage to assist with background vocals. Whether or not it was pre-planned, it was effective. Summary: Ari Hest creates an environment that involves both audience and performer. He is a fine craftsman and possesses a voice that draws you in burrowing deeper and deeper into your soul as the show progresses. He will continue touring in support of The Fire Plays in the coming months. ––Ellen Woloshin
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LIVE REVIEWS
The Field Effect Brighton Music Hall Allston, MA
Contact: booking@thefieldeffectmusic.com, info@thefieldeffectmusic.com Web: thefieldeffectmusic.com The Players: Doug Orey, vocals, guitar; Nick Grieco, guitar; Annie Hoffman, bass; Adam J. Hand, drums. Username: The field effect
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Material: Honest, energetic emotion is the ideal descriptor for this hyped-up alt-rock quartet. Prancing bassist Annie Hoffman throws down plucky bass lines as singer Doug Orey blurts out plaintive wails between choruses. Meanwhile, guitarist Nick Greico and drummer Adam Hand admirably complete the sonic bouillabaisse. Imagine the energy of MC5 fused with a college rock sensibility born out of undiluted artistic abandon. Musicianship: With their Berklee College of Music pedigree, the band’s abilities shouldn’t be underestimated. What animates their sound, though, is an emotive sensibility that transcends note placement. Performance: For the show commemorating the release of their first full-length album, the band hit the stage in corny Christmas garb, their sense of humor readily apparent. But it was the undiluted joy in their craft that electrified the room. Although most of their 45-minute set was packed with emotive originals, a sparkling cover of Wham!’s “Last Christmas (I Gave You My Heart)” was what brought home the holiday cheer. Sadly, that feeling of musicianship was irrepar-
The Field Effect: The energy of MC5 fused with a college rock sensibility. ably dulled for the first two songs, which were plagued by a mammoth feedback problem. Later, a finicky guitar cable interrupted their flow. The mix never felt right, with Orey’s vocals often sinking under the group’s sonic weight. Summary: If a love of music were the sole element in crafting a great artist, the Field Effect would be world famous. Music, however, is about
the artists’ connection with their audience and, despite embodying considerable skill, the band only made it halfway. Technical problems erected an insurmountable wall that vastly impeded access to their musical vision. Regardless, their plucky eagerness and uninhibited sense of fun mustn’t be ignored. One can easily imagine the bliss that awaits listeners on the group’s better ––Andy Kaufmann nights.
Carmel Liburdi Goldfish Tea Royal Oak, MI
Material: Carmel Liburdi is a rising young musical poet from the Detroit area who has a delightful and positively disarming approach to songwriting. The term “poet” is most apt because her use of clever wordplay and colorful imagery make her words come alive and have real staying power with her audience. The mostly original set consists of songs like the darkly comic “Love that Kills,” which depicts obsessive love from the perspective of a serial killer. There’s also “Cutthroat Casey,” with a sassy and bluesy Carole King meets Jerry Garcia vibe. And let’s not forget the beautiful and cautionary “Mia Culpa,” where Liburdi takes on first-person status in a heartfelt plea for standing behind one’s own convictions. Musicianship: The raven-haired singer-songwriter is equally adept on vocals, guitar and piano. And she employs all three in a manner that really serve the song. As a vocalist, Liburdi has an expressiveness and verve that perfectly suits the storytelling and cabaret-type aspects of her characters and subject matter. Her guitar technique is somewhat perfunctory but assured. Most importantly, it supports the intentions of the material. When she switches to piano for the latter part of the set, more of those cabaret and Tin Pan Alley dalliances emerge. There is
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Contact: Carmel Liburdi, 313-622-8289, carmelliburdi@gmail.com Web: http://carmelliburdi.bigcartel.com The Players: Carmel Liburdi, acoustic guitar, vocals, piano. Username: carmel liburdi
Carmel Liburdi: Singer-songwriter with multi-textured and idiosyncratic tunes. a certain whimsical and cinematic charm to her chord phrasing and arpeggios that add something unique.
amounts of laughter and pensive amusement. By the end of the evening the engaging chanteuse even had the audience join in on a sing-a-long.
Performance: The earlier reference to delightful and disarming not only apply to Liburdi’s songs but also her stage presence and connection with the audience. She was truly in her element and at key points addressed the people in a warm and welcoming manner. The setting of the Asianthemed tea room really supported her delivery and demeanor nicely, with soft lighting and a tranquil ambience. On many occasions the diverse crowd responded to her well-scripted tales, with copious
Summary: Liburdi is a young singer-songwriter who has a bright and brilliant future ahead of her. Her songs are multi-textured and idiosyncratic— much like, I suspect, the artist herself. And she has a real gift for connecting with a crowd in a very loving and interactive way. Judging from the rapturous applause and expressions on the faces of those in attendance, that circle of admiration was complete. ——Eric A. Harabadian February 2013
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AAM Advanced Alternative Media 7 W. 22nd St., 4th Fl. New York, NY 10010 212-924-2929 E-mail: info@aaminc.com Web: www.aaminc.com ALL STAR MUSIC GROUP/ GRAND SLAM ENT. 4919 Murietta Ave. Sherman Oaks, CA 91423 818-789-5964 E-mail: allstarmusicla@gmail.com Contact: Jeff Gordon Styles: all Notable Projects: Madonna, Mary J. Blige, TLC, Toni Braxton, Coolio, Nappy Roots, Stefy Rae (Columbia Records), Candice Accola (Maverick Records), Tay Barton, (Disney’s 2011 “Next Big Thing”) Kenton Duty (Shake It Up) Honor Society, Eminem, 50 Cent, Game, Usher, G-Unit, Pussycat Dolls, Ashley Tisdale, Miley Cyrus, Jordin Sparks, Lemonade Mouth, Adam Hicks, Mitchel Musso, Cee Lo Green, Slam Girls, Ron Artest, Diamond Artest, Kahlil Bell, Ashley Rodriguez (American Idol), Lloyd Banks, Diddy’s Day 26, A List, Natalie Aguero (School Girlz), P.J. Bianco (Jonas Bros., Demi Lovato, Metro Station, Mya, L.P., Sophia Black, Bonnie McKee, Haley Reinhart) & Alex Cantrall (Jojo, Dru Hill, Sisqo, Mya, Vanessa Hudgens, Zendaya, & Bella Thorne). *Call or email for latest updates. ARDENT STUDIOS 2000 Madison Ave. Memphis, TN 38104-2794 901-725-0855 Fax 901-725-7011 E-mail: drusso@ardentstudios.com Web: www.ardentstudios.com Contact: Dan Russo John Hampton Notable Projects: Gin Blossoms, The Cramps, The White Stripes, The Replacements, Alex Chilton, Travis Tritt Pete Matthews Notable Projects: North Mississippi Allstars, Against Me, Dust for Life, B-52’s, Alex Chilton, Skillet, George Thorogood Adam Hill Notable Projects: The White Stripes, Big Star, The Raconteurs, The Scruffs, George Thorogood Curry Weber Notable Projects: Gin Blossoms, Joy Whitlock, Guy Sebastian, Silent Parade, Beau Soleil Jeff Powell Notable Projects: Afghan Whigs, Centro-Matic, Sixteen Horsepower, Big Star, Susan Marshall Mike Wilson Jason Latshaw BK ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, THE 15300 Ventura Blvd., Ste. 203
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Sherman Oaks, CA 91403 818-728-8200 Fax 818-728-8213 E-mail: reception@ bkentertainmentgroup.com Web: www.bkentertainmentgroup.com BOARDWALK ENTERTAINMENT GROUP 8295 Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90069 Web: http://www.facebook.com/ boardwalkeg 310-385-5900 Contact: Gary A. Randall Tim Bogart Evan “Kidd” Bogart Notable Projects: Wallpaper, Rihanna, Jason Derulo, ZZ Ward CANADIAN RECORDING SERVICES 1867 Draycott Rd. North Vancouver, BC V7J 1W5, Canada 604-985-0679 E-mail: mimi@mikefrasermix.com Web: www.canadianrecordingservices.com Contact: Mimi Northcott C MANAGEMENT Studioexpresso c/o Rogers & Roland Instruments, LA 2295 E. Foothill Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91107 E-mail: info@studioexpresso.com Web: www.studioexpresso.com/chome. htm Ken Allardyce (engineer, musician, mixer, producer) Notable Projects: Green Day, Avril Lavigne, Goo Goo Dolls Web: www.studioexpresso.com/profiles/ KenAllardyce.htm Rafa Sardina (engineer, mixer, producer, musician, 10-time Grammy winner) Notable Projects: Shakira and Alejandro Sanz, Beyonce and Alejandro Fernandez, Stevie Wonder Web: www.RafaSardina.com JOE D’AMBROSIO MANAGEMENT, INC. 875 Mamaroneck Ave., Ste. 403 Mamaroneck, NY 10543 914-777-7677 E-mail: info@jdmanagement.com Web: www.jdmanagement.com Evo Music Kevin Killen Nic Hard Lawrence Manchester Mario J. McNulty Brian Moncarz Thom Monahan Rob Mounsey Jay Newland Hugh Padgham Mike Pela Eric Robinson Elliot Scheiner Ryan Stewart Tony Visconti Joe Zook
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Greg Charley Notable Projects: B2K, ATL, 702, Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin
Robert Eibach (rock, pop, indie, folk, R&B) Notable Projects: Truth & The Lies, Lakotah, The Simple, Every Reason, Juliet B. Rock, David Longoria, Michael Downey, Slackjaw Jezabel, Claire
Kookie Notable Projects: Trey Songz, Baby Bash, Twista, The 411, Ak’sent, Lemar
David Longoria (pop, jazz, dance, rock, R&B) Notable Projects: Sting, George Michael, Boyz II Men, Cece Peniston, Marc Antoine, Ottmar Liebert, Poncho Sanchez, Aretha Franklin, Andrae Crouch, Michael Downey, D’London, Larissa Lam, Lakotah, Marc Antonelli, Buddy Rich, Dizzy Gillespie, Oscar Peterson, Foreigner, April Diamond, The Coasters, Tata Vega, Juliet B. Rock, Michelle Jubilee Gonzalez, Zoon Baloomba, PBS Specials
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GENUINE REPRESENTATION 11271 Ventura Blvd., Ste. 225 Studio City, CA 91604 E-mail: genuinerep@earthlink.net Web: www.genuinemusicgroup.com Styles: R&B, hip-hop, pop, pop rock *Unsolicited material accepted *No phone calls please Pro-Jay Notable Projects: Robin Thicke, Jennifer Hudson, Usher, Christina Aguilera, Robin Thicke, Lil’ Wayne, Mya, BB Mak, Jordan Knight, EnVogue, 2PAC, Will Young Damon Sharpe Notable Projects: Ginuwine, Kylie Minogue, Big Time Rush, New Boyz, Anastacia, Monica, Kelly Rowland, Corbin Bleu, Stacie Orrico, Nelly Dj Khalil Notable Projects: Jay-Z, Eminem, Drake, Dr. Dre, 50 Cent, Jim Jones, The Game, G-Unit, Raekwon, Xzibit, Cypress Hill, Tony Yayo Brion James/Naked Soul Productions Notable Projects: Justin Timberlake, Nelly, Babyface, Total, EnVogue, Brian McKnight, Immature, Insomniax Notable Projects: JoJo, Bobby Valentino, Boyz II Men, Jada, Ak’sent Big City Notable Projects: Stella Mwangi, Charlie Wilson, Ak’sent, Jessie Chiang Organized Noize Notable Projects: Outkast, Ludacris, TLC, Cee Lo Green, Trey Songz, Raphael Saadiq, Brandy Mike K Notable Projects: David Archuleta, Jordan Cahill, Cartell, American Bang
Chin Notable Projects: Eminem, Drake, 50 Cent
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GLOBAL CREATIVE GROUP, INC. PMB180-4757 E Greenway Rd, Ste. 107B Phoenix, AZ 85032 800-884-4553. 310-386-7327 E-mail: info@gcgmusic.com Web: www.globalcreativegroup.com Contact: Ian Faith GPS/GLOBAL POSITIONING SERVICES 3435 Ocean Park Blvd., Ste. 107-191 Santa Monica, CA 90405 310-656-1350 Fax 656-1349 E-mail: info@globalpositioningservices.net Web: www.globalpositioningservices.net Contact: Jim Phelan, Jerimaya Grabher, Andrew DiDio or JW Johnson Mikal Blue (producer, engineer, mixer, songwriter) Notable Projects: Colbie Caillat, Jason Reeves, Angel Taylor, Jason Mraz Billy Bush (producer, engineer, mixer) Notable Projects: Fink, The Naked & Famous, Garbage, Foster the People, Maritime, Guy Sebastian, Tim Gabel, Ilse Delange, Pat Monahan, Eric Avery Mike Daly (producer, songwriter, arranger, musician) Notable Projects: Pet Shop Boys, Fun, T.I. & Jay-Z, Common, Kanye West, Destiny’s Child Andrew Dawson (producer, engineer, mixer, songwriter) Notable Projects: Kanye West, Common, Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, The Morning Benders, P.O.S., Beyonce, Big Sean, Chamillionaire, John Legend, fun, T.I., T-Pain, Rick Ross, Nas, Ne-Yo Noah Georgeson (producer, engineer, mixer, songwriter, musician) Notable Projects: The Strokes, The Dead Trees, Devendra Banhart, Mason Jennings, Joanna Newsom, Bert Jansch, Noah Georgeson, Little Joy Page Hamilton (producer, songwriter, musician) Notable Projects: Institute, Helmet, Bullets and Octane The Helio Sequence (producers, mixers, programmers, musicians) Notable Projects: October Ethan Johns (producer, engineer, mixer) Notable Projects: Whip Poor Wil, The
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Jon Gass Notable Projects: RuPaul’s Drag U, The Backstabbers, Boy George, Nothing Forever
Glyn Johns (producer, engineer, mixer) Notable Projects: Band of Horses, Ryan Adams
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Adam Lasus (producer, engineer, mixer) Notable Projects: The Orbans, Army Navy, Oliver Future, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Settle, Marching Band
Keith Cohen Notable Projects: Michael Jackson, Prince, Paula Abdul
James Maddock (musician, songwriter) Notable Projects: James Maddock, Wood Iestyn Polson (producer, engineer, mixer, programmer, musician) Notable Projects: Chris Velan, David Gray, Simple Kid, Paul Hartnoll Jason Schweitzer (engineer, mixer) Notable Projects: Mayor Hawthorne, Pussycat Dolls, Eminem, Nelly & Fergie Charlie Sexton (producer, musician, songwriter) Notable Projects: Charlie Sexton, Poul Krebs, Edie Brickell, Marc Cohn, Los Super 7, Shannon McNally, Matt Morris, Lucinda Williams Duncan Sheik (producer, engineer, songwriter, composer, musician) Notable Projects: Spring Awakening Original Cast, Holly Brook, Duncan Sheik HITMIXERS MANAGEMENT P.O. Box 280010 Northridge, CA 91328 818-300-0400 E-mail: skipsaylor@gmail.com Web: www.skipsaylor.com *Call for more information Skip Saylor Notable Projects: Production: Bootstraps (Amazon Top Pick of 2013), Sardar, Ceasefire, LA Velvet, California Dreamers, End of Ever, Candyman 187 w/Snoop Dogg, The Ex-Hang-Ups, TJ Gibson, Oh My Stars, Spacifix, Brandon James, Riley Bray, Lynn Carey Saylor w/Brian May Mixing/Engineering: Jonathan Butler (No. 1 Contemporary Jazz Album, No. 9 Gospel on Billboard), Bobby Brown, Booker T. Jones, Distortion Music, Brainpower featuring W.C. Ralph Tresvant, Vintage Trouble, Jonathan Lashever, Mohammad Molaei, The Lost Boys, Dominique & Darius, Will Smith, Notorious, Iron Man 2, Michael Jackson, Diana Ross, Nashville Film Festival Award-Top Music, Parenthood, Cherie Currie, Layla Hathaway, Hung, Twentieth Century Fox Films, HBO Film/ TV, The Day the Earth Stood Still, X-Men, Obama Documentary, Mumtaz Morris, Phoebe Snow, Gospel Artist Karima Kibble, The Reddings, Gary Taylor, Vesta Williams, Linda Clifford, Con Funk Shun, Damion Hall, Whispers and many more Ian Blanch Notable Projects: Mary J. Blige, Missy Elliot, Nappy Roots, KRS-One and many more Keston Wright Notable Projects: Snoop Dogg,Tupac, Westside Connection Lance Pierre Notable Projects: Xzibit, Tupac, Eminem
ADAM KATZ Next Wave Management 3191 Casitas Ste. 145C Los Angeles, CA, 90039 323-522-4567 Web: www.nextwavemanagement.com Producer Roster: Robert Carranza (producer, engineer, mixer) Notable Projects: Jack Johnson, Los Lobos, Eels, Beck, Ozomatli, Molotov, Supergrass Joe Chiccarelli (producer, engineer, mixer) Notable Projects: Shins, White Stripes, My Morning Jacket, The Strokes, Christina Perri John Congleton (producer, writer, engineer, mixer) Notable Projects: St. Vincent, Explosions in the Sky, Polyphonic Spree, Black Mountain Gareth Jones (producer, engineer, mixer) Notable Projects: Depeche Mode, Erasure, Interpol, Clinic, Liars, Mogwai, Grizzly Bear Danny Kalb (producer, writer, engineer, mixer) Notable Projects: Ben Harper, Beck, A Fine Frenzy, Neon Neon, They Might Be Giants John McEntire (producer, writer, engineer, mixer) Notable Projects: Tortoise, Sea & Cake, Stereolab, Red Krayola, Richard Buckner, Tom Ze Mickey Petralia (producer, writer, engineer, mixer) Notable Projects: Flight of the Conchords, Beck, Ladytron, John Cale, Peaches Howard Redekopp (producer, writer, engineer, mixer) Notable Projects: Tegan & Sara, The New Pornographers, An Horse Chris Vrenna (producer, writer, engineer, mixer) Notable Projects: Marilyn Manson, Nine Inch Nails, Cold, Meat Loaf, Weezer, Evanescence Chris Walla (producer, writer, engineer, mixer) Notable Projects: DCFC, The Lonely Forest, Tegan & Sara, Decemberists, Nada Surf Brian West (Track&Field) (producer, writer, mixer) Notable Projects: Maroon 5, Nelly Furtado, K’Naan, Darren Hayes, Awolnation
Danny Romero Notable Projects: Raphael Saadiq, Whitney Houston, Ginuwine
LIPPMAN ENTERTAINMENT 23586 Calabasas Rd., Ste. 208 Calabasas, CA 91302 818-225-7480 Fax 818-225-7483 E-mail: music@lippmanent.com Web: lippmanent.com Contact: Michael Lippman, Nick Lippman
Enrico Depaoli Notable Projects: Ray Charles, Elton John, Marcus Miller
Tone Def Notable Projects: will.i.am, Green Day, Outkast, Chris Isaak, Santana, Third Eye
Tommy D Notable Projects: Michael Jackson, Paul McCartney, Madonna, Korn, Snoop
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McPhee, Guns N’ Roses, Tears for Fears, Bianca, Ryan, Jesse McCartney, Mig Ayesa, Something Corporate, Bon Jovi, No Doubt, Kenny Rogers, Thorns Nerina Pallot, Lucy Wash, Billy Steinberg & Josh Alexander (writers, producers) Notable Projects: “I’ll Stand By You,” “Night In My Veins” the Pretenders, “So Emotional” Whitney Houston, “Like A Virgin” Madonna, “Eternal Flame” Bangles, “True Colors” Cyndi Lauper, “I Drove All Night” Roy Orbison, “I Touch Myself” Divinyls, “When It All Falls Apart” the Veronicas, “Too Little Too Late” JoJo, “Over It” Katharine McPhee, “Give Your Heart A Break” Demi Lovato Danielle Brisebois (artist, songwriter, producer) Notable Projects: Natasha Bedingfield, Halestorm, Leona Lewis, Kylie Minogue, Charice, Boyzone, Kelly Clarkson, New Radicals, Donna Summer, Greyson Chance, Paula Abdul, David Archuleta, Mandy Moore, Clay Aiken, Kimberly Locke, Leigh Nash, Rod Stewart Chris Braide (writer, producer) Ivor Novello Winner Notable Projects: Sia, Lana Del Rey, Yuna, JLS, James Morrison, Cheryl Cole, Kylie Minogue, Diana Vickers, Pixie Lott, Westlife, The Saturdays, Victoria Beckham Steve Sulikowski aka 16 Frames (artist, songwriter, producer) Notable Projects: 16 Frames, Selena Gomez, American Bang, Brendan James Thom Panunzio (producer, engineer, mixer) Geffen Records Executive Notable Projects: New Found Glory, Bob Dylan, U2, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, Black Sabbath, Iggy Pop, Patti Smith, Ozzy Osbourne, Joan Jett Rob Jacobs (producer, engineer, mixer) 2006 four-time Grammy Winner (Shakira) Notable Projects: U2, Sheryl Crow, Weezer, Alanis Morissette, Shakira, Eagles, Don Henley, John Fogerty, Brian Jonestown Massacre McDONOUGH MANAGEMENT LLC 468 Pennsfield Place, Ste. 202 Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 805-446-3370 Fax 805-446-3371 E-mail: frank@mcdman.com Web: www.mcdman.com Contact: Frank McDonough Joe Barresi (producer, engineer, mixer) Notable Projects: Tool, Queens of the Stone Age, Bad Religion, Chevelle, Parkway Drive, ETID David Bianco (producer, engineer, mixer) Notable Projects: Bob Dylan, Del Amitri, Tom Petty, Frank Black, Ozzy Osbourne, TSOL, Blues Traveler Mike Clink (producer, engineer, mixer) Notable Projects: Guns N’ Roses, Pure Rubbish, I Mother Earth, Megadeth, the Glitterati Nick Didia (producer, engineer, mixer) Notable Projects: Powderfinger, Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots, Rage Against the Machine, Bruce Springsteen John Fields (writer, producer, engineer, mixer) Notable Projects: Jonas Brothers, Switchfoot, Andrew W.K., Bleu, Pink, Mandy Moore, Delta Goodrem, Backstreet Boys Paul David Hager (producer, engineer, mixer) Notable Projects: Goo Goo Dolls, Jonas Brothers, Miley Cyrus, American Hi-Fi, Selena Gomez, Devo
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Raine Maida (writer, producer) Notable Projects: David Cook, Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, The Veronicas
Alain Johannes (writer, producer, engineer, mixer) Notable Projects: Chris Cornell, Queens of the Stone Age, Eleven, Live, No Doubt, Eagles of Death Metal
Chris Badami (producer, engineer, mixer) Notable Projects: Jennifer Rostock, Ace Enders, The Starting Line, Socratic, The Early November
Pierre Marchand (writer, producer, engineer, mixer) Notable Projects: Sarah McLachlan, Rufus Wainwright, Stevie Nicks, the Devlins, Blue Rodeo Roger Moutenot (producer, engineer, mixer) Notable Projects: Guster, Paula Cole, Yo La Tengo, Sleater Kinney, Jill Sobule, Lou Reed, Elvis Costello, Jessie Baylin Nick Raskulinecz (producer, engineer, mixer) Notable Projects: Rush, Foo Fighters, Alice in Chains, Stone Sour, Ash, Velvet Revolver, Superdrag Andrew Scheps (producer, engineer, mixer) Notable Projects: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Johnny Cash, Jay-Z, Metallica, The Duke Spirit, Adele Philip Steir (producer, remixer) Notable Projects: Lillix, Athenaeum, Los Amigos Invisibles, Magnified, and remixes by Korn, No Doubt, etc. Matt Wallace (writer, producer, engineer, mixer) Notable Projects: Maroon 5, OAR, Ludo, Michael Franti/Spearhead, Sugarcult, Faith No More, the Replacements, Train Don Was (producer, engineer, mixer) Notable Projects: The Rolling Stones, Stone Temple Pilots, Bonnie Raitt, Iggy Pop, Bob Dylan Dave Way Notable Projects: Fiona Apple, Sheryl Crow, Macy Gray, Christina Aguilera, Babyface MIKE’S ARTIST MANAGEMENT P.O. BOX 35880 Tucson, AZ 85740 520-628-8655 E-mail: Mike@mikesmanagement.com Web: www.mikesmanagement.com Contact: Mike Lembo Stuart Sikes Dusty Wakeman Sean Slade & Paul Kolderie MIMI NORTHCOTT MANAGEMENT Vancouver, BC Canada 604-985-0679 E-mail: mimi@miminorthcottmgmt.com Web: www.miminorthcottmgmt.com Contact: Mimi Northcott NETTWERK PRODUCER MANAGEMENT 6525 Sunset Blvd., 8th Fl. Hollywood, CA 90028 323-698-1845 Fax 323-301-4195 E-mail: alia@nettwerk.com Web: www.nettwerk.com/producer Contact: Alia Fahlborg Jim Abbiss (producer, writer, mixer) Notable Projects: Adele, Arctic Monkeys, Noisettes, Birdy, Lamb, U.N.K.L.E., The Music, Goldfrapp Ron Aniello (producer, writer) Notable Projects: Lifehouse, Guster, Barenaked Ladies, Jars of Clay Howard Benson (producer, mixer) Notable Projects: Daughtry, Three Days Grace, Kelly Clarkson, My Chemical Romance
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David Bottrill (producer, mixer) Notable Projects: Tool, Peter Gabriel, Smashing Pumpkins, Silverchair, Placebo, Muse Bob Clearmountain (mixer) Notable Projects: The Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi, Sheryl Crow Mark Endert (producer, mixer) Notable Projects: Train, Madonna, Maroon 5, The Fray, Zac Brown Band, Paper Tongues Rhys Fulber (producer, remixer, programmer, writer) Notable Projects: Fear Factory, Delerium, Conjure One, Paradise Lost John Goodmanson (producer, engineer, mixer) Notable Projects: Weezer, Owl City, Los Campesinos, Hot Hot Heat, Death Cab For Cutie, Nada Surf Holly Knight (writer) Notable Projects: Tina Turner, Aerosmith, Bon Jovi, Heart, Pat Benatar, Antonia Bennett Chris Lord-Alge (mixer) Notable Projects: Green Day, Daughtry, Katy Perry, U2, Sugarland Tom Lord-Alge (mixer) Notable Projects: Weezer, Blink-182, Boys Like Girls, Faith Hill, Live Clif Magness (producer, writer, mixer) Notable Projects: Kelly Clarkson, Avril Lavigne, The Veronicas, Clay Aiken, Tyler Hilton Mike Plotnikoff (producer, engineer, mixer) Notable Projects: Daughtry, Three Days Grace, Buckcherry, All American Rejects, Kelly Clarkson
www.musicconnection.com/amp 323-465-4000, 818-842-8300, 818-760-8733 E-mail: info@paramountrecording.com Web: www.paramountrecording.com Styles: all *No Unsolicited Material Josh Berg (engineer) Notable Projects: Dr. Dre, The Game, Bone Thugs N Harmony, Lil Wayne, Jessta James, Jeff Dunham Aaron Dahl (engineer) Notable Projects: Kanye West, Snoop Dogg, Quincy Jones, DJ Quik, Kurupt, Lil Wayne, The Game Andrew Drucker (engineer) Notable Projects: Wiz Khalifa, Juicy, Lil Jon, 2 Chainz, Chris Brown, Lola Monroe, Busta Rhymes Scott Elgin (engineer) Notable Projects: Michael Jackson, Justin Timberlake, Tom Jones, Dr. Dre Nick Fournier (engineer) Notable Projects: Black Eyed Peas, Motorhead Geoff Gibbs (engineer) Notable Projects: Macy Gray, Nate Dogg Quentin Gilkey (engineer) Notable Projects: Dr. Dre, Olivia Newton-John, Eminem, Michael Jackson, Brandy, Asher Roth George Gumbs (engineer) Notable Projects: Fall Out Boy, Britney Spears, Nine Inch Nails, Aretha Franklin, Linkin Park, Alicia Keys Michael Houge (engineer) Notable Projects: Stevie Wonder, Erykah Badu, A Fine Frenzy, Black Eyed Peas, Evanescence Josh “Igloo” Monroy (engineer) Notable Projects: David Archuleta, Quincy Jones Sean Phelan (engineer) Notable Projects: Nicki Minaj, Drake, JoJo, Jay Sean, Nikki and Rich, Alex Da Kidd, Rick Ross
Noah Shain (producer, engineer, mixer) Notable Projects: Dead Sara, Window View, Orson, Goldsboro, SONNY, Endless Hallway, Run Run Run
Julian Prindle (engineer) Notable Projects: A$AP Rocky and Swizz Beats, DJ Afrojack, Earl Sweatshirt, RZA, Nichole Scherziner, Big Sean
Matt Serletic (producer, songwriter) Notable Projects: Rob Thomas, Gloriana, Matchbox Twenty, Santana, Collective Soul, Aerosmith
Randy Urbanski (engineer) Notable Projects: Ticky Stewart, Swizz Beatz, Teddy Riley, Danja, Jus Blaze, Ammo, LOS da Mystro
Randy Staub (engineer, mixer) Notable Projects: Metallica, Nickelback, Alice In Chains, 3 Doors Down, Stone Sour, Five Finger Death Punch
HOWARD ROSEN PROMOTION 1129 Maricopa Hwy #238 Ojai, CA 93023 805-382-2200 E-mail: info@howiewood.com Web: www.howiewood.com Contact: Howard Rosen Styles: AAA, pop, Alternative Specialty, top 40, college
Jeff Trott (producer, writer) Notable Projects: Sheryl Crow, O.A.R., Counting Crows, Stevie Nicks, Augustan, Martha Wainwright Victor Van Vugt (producer, engineer, mixer) Notable Projects: Chrissie Hynde, The Knocks, Gogol Bordello, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Beth Orton Cameron Webb (producer, engineer, mixer) Notable Projects: Social Distortion, Motorhead, Sum 41, Zebrahead, Silverstein, Pennywise PARAMOUNT / ENCORE / AMERAYCAN / TRACK RECORD STUDIOS (See also Ameraycan Recording, Encore Studios & Track Record Studios) Hollywood/Burbank/North Hollywood, CA
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SOS MANAGEMENT Address by request 928-308-8422 E-mail: sosmanagement@gmail.com Web: www.sosmanagement.com, www. fb.com/SOSmanagementInc *No unsolicited material accepted Sean Beavan Notable Projects: Nine Inch Nails, No Doubt, Unwritten Law, Kill Hannah, Marilyn Manson, 8mm, System Of A Down, Slayer, Thrice Herwig Maurer Notable Projects: Hypernova, Simone White, 8MM, Robbie D, Toddy, New World Revolution
Ben Rosen Notable Projects: Unwritten Law, Marylyn Manson, 8mm, Nikka Costa, Grinspoon, New World Revolution SPA MUSIC MANAGEMENT, INC. 2 Generations 275 Madison Ave., Ste. 1905 New York, NY 10016 212-661-6990, 917-951-3645 Contact: Aimee Berger E-mail: aimee@2generations.com Web: www.2generations.com Russ Desalvo Notable Projects: Celine Dion, Trisha Yearwood, Marc Anthony, Bebe Winans, Tina Arena, Sophie B. Hawkins, Mya, Anastasia, Jennifer Paige, Natalie Grant, Michelle Wright And Amber Glen Robinson Notable Projects: Voivod, Dave Grohl’s project Probot. The Ramones, The Steve Miller Band, David Bowie, ACDC, Gwar, The Cycle Slutz From Hell, Annihilator, Trevor Horn, Thomas Dolby, Keith Richards, David Crosby, Ringo Starr, Todd Rundgren, The Beach Boys, The Smalls, Tears for Fears, Teddy Pendergrass, Patsy Cline SURVIVAL MANAGEMENT INC. 30765 Pacific Coast Hwy., Ste. 325 Malibu, CA 90265 310-317-9223 E-mail: survivalmgmt@msn.com Web: http://survivalmanagementinc. com/?p=155 Contact: Bob Ringe *Please call for complete roster & credits Zakk Wylde Notable Projects: Black Label Society UNDERTOW MUSIC 5 Old Conant Rd. Lincoln, MA 01773 617-395-7746, cell 617-470-8663 Fax 617-249-0830 E-mail: jeff@undertowmusic.com Web: www.undertowmusic.com Contact: Jefferson Macklin David Z Notable Projects: Prince, Frank Black, Kottke/Gordon Jay Bennett Notable Projects: Wilco, Blues Traveler Doug Easley Notable Projects: Pavement, Willy Mason, Cat Power, Jeff Buckley, Guided By Voices Tom Mooney Notable Projects: American Music Club, Portastatic Matt Pence Notable Projects: The Drams, Aqueduct, Long Winters, Centro-matic Jeff Powell Notable Projects: Big Star, Bottle Rockets, Beth Orton, Afghan Whigs Seth Rothschild Notable Projects: Gingersol, Weedpatch Pete Weiss Notable Projects: Willard Grant Conspiracy, Kustomized, Chris Brokaw Dylan Magierek Notable Projects: Mark Kozelek, The Mother Hips, Call and Response WORLDS END (AMERICA) INC. 183 N. Martel Ave., Ste. 270 Los Angeles, CA 90036 323-965-1540 Fax 323-965-1547 E-mail: info@worldsend.com
Download This Directory From Our Website Web: www.worldsend.com Contact: Sandy Roberton, Colin Chambers, Paul Tao, Niki Roberton Producer, Mixer, Engineers: Jarl Aanestad Bacon & Quarmby Tom Biller Steve Booker Dave Cooley Max Dingel George Drakoullias CJ Eiriksson Jack Endino Don Gehman Matthew Gerrard Adam “Atom” Greenspan Stephen Hague Mark Howard Ted Hutt Peter Katis Larry Klein Danny Kortchmar Nick Launay Chris Lindsey Stephen Lipson Mocky Gavin Monaghan Hugo Nicolson Paul Northfield Tim Palmer Rick Parker Michael Patterson Vince Pizzinga John Porter Jesse Rogg Atticus Ross Noah Shain Chris “Frenchie” Smith Peter Stengaard Ed Tuton Matthew Wilder Howard Willing Alex Wong Brad Wood
INDEPENDENT PRODUCERS 21st CENTURY PRODUCTIONS Silverlake, CA 323-661-3130 E-mail: 21stcenturystudio@earthlink.net Web: 21stcenturystudio.com Styles: Original Music, Acoustic Music, Voice, Music for Movie, Books on Tape Notable Projects: Ocean Eleven, Silverlake Debutantes, Supercharged-the Reactors, Alias Means, French-Masters, Lewis&Means&Smith, Alabenlo WILLIAM ACKERMAN P.O. Box 419 Bar Mills, ME 04004 207-929-5777 E-mail: will@williamackerman.com Web: www.williamackerman.com Notable Projects: George Winston and Michael Hedges, Founder of Windham Hill Records, Grammy Award Winner, recipient of multiple Platinum and Gold Records. ROBERT SCOTT ADAMS Director of Job Placement & Student Services Omega Studios’ School of Applied Recording Arts & Sciences 5609 Fishers Ln. Rockville, MD 20852 E-mail: info@OmegaStudios.com Contact: Omegastudios.com 301-230-9100 VACHIK AGHANIANTZ 818-504-2065 E-mail: vachaghan@gmail.com Web: www.Vachik.net Styles: all Notable Projects: James Brown, Earth, Wind and Fire, Crazy Bone, Ice-T, Big House, Gloria Trevi, Next Friday
www.musicconnection.com/amp ELTON AHI Rusk Sound Studios 1556 N. La Brea Ave. Hollywood, CA 90028 323-462-6477 Styles: pop, dance, film scoring & mixer; general audio ALEX ALESSANDRONI c/o NuCircle 7080 Hollywood Blvd., Ste. 512 Los Angeles, CA 90028 424-242-4741 Fax 323-370-6756 E-mail: info@nucircle.com Web: www.nucircle.com/people/alex.html ALEX ALIGIZAKIS 5532 Woodchuck Pl. North Vancouver, B.C. V7R 4P1 Canada 604-783-9073 E-mail: condorbc@gmail.com Web: www.confluxrecords.com Contact: Alex Aligizakis/Darryl Romphf Notable Projects: Hail The Villain, Art Of Dying, Chad Brownley, Bastid Sons, Bluessmyth JOJO ALVES 1169 S. Crescent Heights Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90035 E-mail: info@jojoalves.com Web: www.jojoalves.com MATTY AMENDOLA/FRODUCTIONS Brooklyn, NY E-mail: Mattyamendola@825records. com Web: Froductions.com Styles: Production, Composing/Scoring, Artist Development, Tracks VIA FTP Notable Projects: Metlife, Jody Porter, Mark Hudson, Vinnie Zummo TIM ANDERSEN (engineer, producer) 651-271-0515 (cell) E-mail: tandersen2005@yahoo.com
Web: timandersenrecordingengineer.com Styles: rock, R&B, hip hop, rap, acoustic Notable Projects: House of Pain, Shaq, Judgement Night SDTRK, Set It Off SDTRK, Def Jef, Patti LaBelle, Temptations, Hiroshima, Krazy Bone, Snoop. Producers I have engineered for: John Shanks, Richard Perry, Warryn Campbell, Carey Gordy, Louil Silas, MC Hammer, Rodney Jerkins, Quincy Jones, D.J. Rectangle, Wron G. Latest Project: Silverseed from Minneapolis, produced a single with each of the Band from broadway plays Rock of Ages featuring Mig Ayesa and American Idiot featuring Dan Grennes. Mix Instructor: Minneapolis Media Institute JEFF ANDERSON 3710 E. 700 S. Lafayette, IN 47909 800-732-6476 E-mail: jeff@lafayettestudio.com Web: http://soundlogicrecordingstudio. com/history/ Styles: Emo, Rock, Pop Notable Projects: Amanda Overmyer, Andy Wood, Anna-Marie Stevenson, Anthony Glise, Bruce Barker, Jerry Forney, Jared Yates, Waltz for Venus FABIO BOI ANGELINI RedRum Productions 14737 McCormick St. Sherman Oaks, CA 91411 323-556-1172 E-mail: boi@redrumproductions.net Web: www.redrumproductions.net Styles: rock, pop, country ALDO ARGANA Tryana Productions 8567 Flower St. Bellflower, CA 90706 818-388-5550 E-mail: Tryanaproductions@hotmail.com
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Download This Directory From Our Website Web: www.tryanaproductions.com Styles: Any KIM ARMSTRONG K.C.’s Independent Sound 2401 E. Wardlow Road Long Beach, CA 90807 562-438-9699 Styles: rock, jazz, country Notable Projects: Big Jay McNeely *Unsolicited material accepted ARTIST ONE PRODUCTIONS 310-874-3691 E-mail: susan@artistoneproductions.com Web: www.artistoneproductions.com Contact: Susan Styles: singers, singer-songwriters, commercials and soundtracks Notable Projects: (producers & engineers) Eric Valentine, Roy Thomas Baker, Jim Steinman, Roger Sommers (past & current clients) Marion Cotillard, David Wenham, Stephen Graham, Eddie Van Halen, MTV BEN ARRINDELL BJA Sound New York, NY 10012 917-406-9036 E-mail: info@bjasound.com Web: www.bjasound.com, SoundClash.fm Notable Projects: Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Slick Rick, The Village People, Mary J. Blige, En Vogue, Kool & the Gang, Aretha Franklin, the O’Jay’s, and the Temptations, Crazy for K-Ci, Jo-Jo, Busta Rhymes *Call for mixing rates JOEY AYOUB/THE SOUND SALON Hollywood, CA 90028 323-962-2411 E-mail: joe@thesoundsalon.com Web: www.thesoundsalon.com Contact: Joe Ayoub Styles: all, rock, metal, pop, R&B, film Notable Projects: Cab 2, Nina Shaw, Seven Foot Wave, Down From Hollow, Dream Vampires, Czarina, Annie Calder, The Mac, George Lacava PETER A. BARKER Threshold Sound + Vision 2114 Pico Blvd. Santa Monica, CA 90405 310-566-6677 E-mail: Peter@thresholdsound.com Web: www.thresholdsound.com Styles: rock, acoustic, AAA, indie, live concert 5.1 mixing specialist Notable Projects: Amy Kuney, Bonnie Raitt, Heart, Elvis Costello, Death Cab for Cutie, Melissa Etheridge, OAR, Tim Fagan, Tim Myers, Libbie Schrader, Kaitlyn Anderson, The Pretenders, Lynyrd Skynyrd, God’s Of The Radio, ZZ Top, Winsome Kin, Chris Wilson, Babyface Greatest Hits DVD, Jason Aldean *No unsolicited material WILLIE BASSE (producer, engineer) 818-731-9116 Contact: James Wright E-mail: williebasse@gmail.com, James@ kerosenemedia.com Web: www.williebasse.com Styles: rock, blues, heavy metal Notable Projects: Canned Heat, Finis Tasby, Frank Goldwasser, Terry Ilous, Jeff Nothrup, Black Sheep (the Metal Band) BEATOLOGY MUSIC 909-843-5673 E-Mail: beatology@mac.com Web: www.multiplatinumproducers.com Contact: Gordon “DJ Stealth” McGinnis Styles: urban music Notable Projects: Dr. Dre, Notorious B.I.G., Xzibit, N.W.A., Above the Law, 2Pac, George Clinton, Ice Cube, Redman, Digital Underground, Stanley Clarke, George Duke, Kid Frost, Jayo Felony, Kam, W. C., Kurupt, K Dee, Mack 10, Luniz, Mac Mall, Kausion, H. W. A., Kokane, Mad Lion, Domino,
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SEAN BEAVAN SOS Management Address by request 928-308-8422 E-mail: www.sosmanagement.com, www.fb.com/SOSmanagementInc Web: www.sosmanagement.com Notable Projects: NIN, Marilyn Manson, No Doubt, Unwritten Law, Thrice, 8MM, POD, Guns N’ Roses, Hypernova, Envy on the Coast
RICHARD “Ric” BOWLS It’s Only Plastic Music Nashville, TN 818-848-5059 E-mail: ricbowls@gmail.com Styles: all, co-producing with Carmine Appice *Call for complete listing
EVAN BEIGEL Jojo Ocean Music 818-321-5472 E-mail: mail@evanjbeigel.com Web: www.evanjbeigel.com Styles: all *No Unsolicited Material JERMAINE BELL MaineBeatz 705-508-9816 E-mail: mainebeatzbang@gmail.com Web: www.facebook.com/Mainbeatz Styles: rap, hip-hop, pop, R&B Notable Projects: D Dimes (The Hustle Boys) Doggy Style Records, Joon Speaks (H&H Gang). Unsigned Artists, Done Deal. Recording Engineer: Bass Heavy Records. TV/Film Music Q Placement Projects: Full Frequency Media Vision Films (Beyond The Talent). LANCE BENDIKSEN Bendiksen Productions 3120 Saulsbury St. Wheatridge, CO 80033 720-234-1234 E-mail: lance@bendiksenproductions. com Web: www.bendiksenproductions.com Notable Projects: Fred Green, The Fray, Niccole Fentress RAY BENSON Bismeaux Productions PO Box 463 Austin, TX 78767 512-444-9885 E-mail: bismeaux@austin.rr.com Web: www.bismeauxstudio.com Styles: Swing, Jazz, R&B, Country Notable Projects: Asleep At The Wheel, Charlie Robison, Aaron Watson, Ray Benson, Suzy Bogguss, The Chieftains, Pam Tillis, Kelly Willis, Trace Adkins, George Martin BIG SCARY TREE Los Angeles, CA 213-680-8733 E-mail: jeb.lipson@gmail.com Web: www.bigscarytree.com, www.myspace.com/bigscarytreestudios Contact: Jeb Lipson Styles: Specializing in recording live humans on great gear in a great room! No computerized sequenced music allowed! Notable Projects: call for current client roster PRASANNA BISHOP Akashic Recording 1388 Deer Trail Rd. Boulder, CO 80302 303-444-2428 E-mail: prasanna@akashicrecording.com Web: www.akashicrecording.com Contact: Prasanna Bishop Styles: pop, rock, rap, reggae, jazz Notable Projects: DI2, Xzibit, Obie
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DANIEL BOSWORTH P.O. Box 93964 Los Angeles, CA 90093 818-766-3621 E-mail: danbosworth@hotmail.com Notable Projects: Rolling Stones, Bonnie Raitt, the Boneshakers, Don Was, Seidah Garrett, St. Leonards *Electronic or Email submissions only
JOHN BOYLAN 5900 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 2300 Los Angeles, CA 90036-5050 E-mail: info@greateasternmusic.com Web: www.greateasternmusic.com Notable Projects: Linda Ronstadt, Eliana Burki, Michael Flynn, Sara Miemietz, Kirsten Proffit CLIFF BRODSKY (producer, writer) Brodsky Entertainment, LLC E-mail: cliff@brodskyentertainment.com Web: www.cliffbrodsky.com Styles: all forms of modern and classic rock/pop Notable Projects: Rose Rossi, Jason Kirk, Warner Brothers, Universal, Sony, MCA, Virgin, Interscope *Unsolicited material accepted similar to: John Mayer and Sara Bareilles ONLY! DERRELL BROWN 13023 Old Highway 49 Gulfport, MS 39503 Studio: 228-574-8141 Cell: 228-547-8783 Contact: Derrell Brown E-mail: derrellbrown@me.com Web: www.demomanproductions.com Notable Projects: Greg BarnhillSongwriter: “Walkaway Joe”; Trisha Yearwood, “House Of Love”; Vince Gill and Amy Grant Wanda MalletteSongwriter: “Looking For Love”; Johnny Lee and title song for the movie Urban Cowboy; Brian Stoltz-Songwriter and Guitarist for The Neville Brothers; The Funky meters; and The Brian Stoltz Band MATT BROWN 4859 S Findlay St. Seattle, WA 98118 206-331-5837 E-mail: matt@emerson77.com Web: www.emerson77.com Styles: indie rock, alt. country, folk, shoegaze, experimental, ambient Notable Projects: Trespassers William, The Walkabouts, Memphis, Bill Frisell, Lucinda Williams, Lindsay Fuller, The Soft Hills ANDREW BUSH Grandma’s Warehouse 355 Glendale Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90026 213-484-8844 E-mail: andrew@grandmaswarehouse. com Web: www.grandmaswarehouse.com Styles: all ANDY CAHAN / THE DEMO DOCTOR Cathedral City, CA 818-489-4490 E-mail: andycahan@verizon.net Web: www.allentertainment.net Contact: Andy Cahan Styles: all Notable Projects: Ringo Starr, Harry Nilsson, the Turtles, Eric Carmen, Jimmy Webb, Little Richard, Chuck Berry *Unsolicited materials accepted
ERIC MICHAEL CAP (aka General Groove) Burbank, CA 818-567-1911 E-mail: avpost@goldstreetent.com Web: www.GoldStreetMusic.com Styles: pop, R&B, gospel Notable Projects: Calling From The Dream, Laurice Monica, Tai Lewis, Eric Michael Cap, Dariush Peykar, Nathan Sassover, C-Love, Rosy Morales, Devotion, Bruce Michael Hall & Donn Swaby, Melrose Place & Beverly Hills 90210 remixes BRYAN CARLSTROM c/o Tranzformer Studio 293 South Lake St. Burbank, CA 91502 818-748-8618 Contact: Annette Cisneros E-mail: bryancarlstrom@mac.com Web: www.bryancarlstrom.com JOHN CARLTON 614 Center St. Bangor, PA 18013 610-588-4968 E-mail: mail@hilltopstudios.com Web: www.hilltopstudios.com Contact: Dave Mosca Styles: Country Notable Projects: A Tennessee Tradition, Country State of Mind, Tom Kozic CAZADOR RECORDING (ProTools HD 6) Hollywood, CA 323-655-0615 E-mail: jimmy@jimmyhunter.com Web: www.jimmyhunter.com Original Music: www.reverbnation.com/ jimmyhunter Styles: rock, pop, R&B, most styles, live drumming or programming, Hunter has produced over 4000 songs since 1986. Notable Projects: Todd Stanford, Ivy Lite Rocway, Savannah Phillips, Mr. Smoove 1, Tim Fleming’s Selective Amnesia, Mark R. Kent, Dr. Alias, The West Hollywood Cheerleaders, Fransis Schulte, Crimson Crout, Dre Charles, Steve Warnick, Lisa Gold, Thorn, Tom Powers, Jeff Rients’ Prairie Land Band, The Della Reese Ministry DAVID CHAMBERLIN DBW Productions Woodland Hills, CA 818-884-0808 E-mail: info@dbwproductions.com Web: www.dbwproductions.com, www.myspace.com/dbwproductions Styles: rock, indie, blues, hard rock, pop, country, adult contemporary, folk, celtic, new age, hip-hop Notable Projects: Zach Galifianakis, Paul Jackson, Jr. Have produced over 70 indie CD’s, most of which are singersongwriters. Check website for details and sound samples. ANDRE CHAMPAGNE PRODUCTIONS North Hollywood, CA 818-890-6913 E-mail: andremedia@aol.com Web: www.andrechampagne.com Contact: Andre Notable Projects: Director & supervising editor and engineer / mixer for “Rock ‘n’ Roll Chop Shop” HD post production supervision and Behind-the-Scenes featurette director/producer on “Sutures” (feature) Surround sound editing and mixing for “The Colombian Connection” (feature), dialog mastering for “Johnny’s Gone” (feature), additional post production on “Sun City Picture House” and “Baseball in the Time of Cholera” (documentaries), second unit cinematography on “Beast Beneath” (feature), Publicity editing, DVD authoring and broadcast clip delivery for Discovery Channel, Lifetime, TLC, Comedy Central.
Download This Directory From Our Website TIMO CHEN Los Angeles (Silver Lake) E-mail: timochenmusic@gmail.com Web: www.t-monicmusic.com Styles: ambient film music, alt-pop, electronica, outsourced Asian pop Notable Projects: Coco Lee, Janina Gavankar, “Kissing Cousins,” Ford Motors, Burger King GABE CHIESA (producer, mixer, engineer) E-mail: gabechiesa@yahoo.com Web: www.myspace.com/gabechiesa Styles: R&B, rap, hip-hop, jazz, rock, orchestral, TV, film and animation Notable Projects: Rize (Documentary), Tupac Shakur, Eve, Eminem, DMX, Xzibit, Coolio, E-40, Bone Thugs, tha Alkaholics, Wu Tang Clan, Bobby Digital, Ashanti, Chico DeBarge, Nikka Costa, Aaliyah, Tony Braxton, Pharcyde, Salt N Peppa, Herbie Handcock, El DeBarge, Goo Goo Dolls, Simple Plan, W.B. Animation (Batman, Tiny Toons, Animaniacs, Tazmania). ARIEL CHOBAZ E-mail: ariel.chobaz@mac.com Web: www.arielchobaz.com, www.facebook.com/arielchobaz Notable Projects: Nicki Minaj, Drake, Keyshia Cole, Lil Wayne, Rihanna RANDY CHORTKOFF (C.E.O.) Delta Groove Productions, Inc. 16501 Sherman Way, Ste. 100 Sherman Oaks, CA 91423 818-907-1600 Fax 818-907-1620 E-mail: deltagroove@earthlink.net Web: www.deltagroovemusic.com Notable Projects: Ana Popovic, Phantom Blues Band, Phillip Walker, Mitch Kashmar, Finis Tasby, King Ernest, Kirk Fletcher, the Mannish Boys, Rod Piazza & The Mighty Flyers, The
Hollywood Blue Flames, John Long and Billy Boy Arnold CLEAR LAKE AUDIO 10520 Burbank Blvd. North Hollywood, CA 91601 818-762-0707 E-mail: contact@clearlakerecording.com Web: www.clearlakeaudio.com Contact: Brian Levi Notable Projects: Asia, No Doubt, Terry Bozzio, Tony Levin, Steve Stevens, Melissa Etheridge, Crosby & Nash, Usher *Please call for complete roster & credits STEVE BARRI COHEN c/o Lake Transfer Artist Management 11300 Hartland Street, North Hollywood, CA 91605 818 508-7158 Email: info@laketransfer.com Web: www.laketransfer.com Recent Projects: Patrice Rushen & Sheree Brown (Hidden Beach / UMG), Candyboy featuring Mari Y. (Hip Pop Intl Records), Jacky Cheung (Hong Kong / Univ Music Grp), Sylvia St. James (House of Blues Gospel Program), UNIV/ NBC (“Let It Grow” film), “13” (The Band - Rock), Taylor Dayne (Arista/BMG), Friends of Distinction (RCA/BMG), El Chicano Project (The Brown Sound / SOLA Label), “Fair Game” (Film score) Shanice Wilson (Motown/UMG) Sam Salter (LaFace/Sony) Evelyn Champagne King (RCA/BMG) JOSE CONDE Brooklyn, NY 11217 E-mail: jlc3d@aol.com Web: www.olafresca.com 718-230-8140 Styles: funky, jazzy, Latin dance music *No unsolicited materials ERIC CORNE (engineer, producer, mixer, composer)
www.musicconnection.com/amp Los Angeles, CA 310-500-8831 E-mail: ericcorne@gmail.com Web: www.ericcornemusic.com Styles: rock/indie rock, Americana/ country, blues/jazz, folk/singer-songwriter Notable Projects: Glen Campbell, Michelle Shocked, DeVotchKa, Instant Karma Darfur, Anne McCue, Lucinda Williams, Nancy Wilson, John Doe, Tsar, Walter Trout/John Mayall, Joanna Wang, PF Sloan, Tim Easton JIM D. Pyram-Axis Music Redondo Beach, CA 90278 310-802-3376 E-mail: music@pyramaxis.com Web: www.pyramaxis.com Styles: pop, rock, hip-hop, electronic, contemporary Christian Notable Projects: Currently producing tracks for top Universal artists. Global reach, Artist Consulting, placement ASCAP, GRAMMY, HMMA *Call before submitting JEAN MICHAEL DANTON 10009 Stonehurst Ave. Sun Valley, CA 91352 818-974-0348 E-mail: jeanmicheldanton@mac.com Web: http://metropolisconcert.com, http://jeanmichelguirao.com Styles: techno, dance, pop, R&B, rock, movie soundtracks, cartoons soundtracks, advertisements tracks, Stage Opera Notable Projects: Chateau D’Herouville, Palais des Congres, studio des Abesses, Abbey Road Studio, Rocket Music Studio, Ocean Way, Entourage Studio, Elton John, Serge Gainsbourg, Michel Magne, Jean Michel Jarre, Mike Picirillo (Janet Jackson, Latoya Jackson, Smokey Robinson, Kim Carnes, Tiffany), Freddy Cannon, Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman,
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KEVIN LACY Valley Cottage, NY 845-623-0252 E-mail: studio@freudiansliprecording. com Web: www.freudiansliprecording.com Styles: indie/rock, folk, pop, country, jazz Notable Projects: Johnny Bravo, Jackie Tohn, Meghan Cary, Jewtopia, Say Goodnight, Gracie LEW LAING c/o Jordan/Balter Music P.O. Box 27673 Los Angeles, CA 90027-0673 E-mail: jobamusic@gmail.com Contact: Van Jordan, 213-605-1300 Robert Balter, 323-804-7071 Web: Facebook.com/lewlaing, twitter.com/lewlaing Styles: hip-hop, R&B, pop, rap, gospel Notable Projects: B2K (Pandemonium! and B2k, SONY), 4th Elament, AJ, 4MULA1 (SoBe/Warner Bros.), Jackiem Joyner (ARTizen Music Group) Jeanette Harris, Loyiso (South Africa), Galatia (South Africa), IMx, TG4, Neeta-S, Gospel Gangstaz, Coolio, Epicenter, Jesse Powell, Chante Moore, Lariland, Pro2Call (jazz), Sekou Bunch,Carmichael, Dee Lucas, Judith Nicholas, DW3, Soulcrush and EMG. GEORGE LANDRESS Emily’s Basement recordings 323-462-3220, 213-509-3678 E-mail: george@emilysbasement.com Web: www.emilysbasement.com Styles: alt, acoustic, retro, contemporary Notable Projects: No Doubt, Gary Wright, Jon B, Laura Nyro, Jimmy Cliff, Art Garfunkel LAUREN INTERNATIONAL INC. Reseda, CA 310-770-8108 E-mail: tvfilmandmusic@gmail.com Web: www.slydoggie.com Contact: Christian Davis Stalnecker Styles: All SCOTT LEADER Brick Road Studios 7944 E. Beck Ln., Ste. 160 Scottsdale, AZ 85260 480-788-3573 E-mail: scott@brickroadstudio.com Web: www.brickroadstudio.com Styles: All Notable Projects: Taylor Jane, Ross M. Levy, Peter and Ellen Allard, Abby Gostein, Todd Herzog, Bryan Zive, Emily Aronoff BOB LUNA (composer, arranger, conductor, producer, keyboardist) Hollywood, CA 310-508-1356 E-mail: bobluna@earthlink.net Web: www.boblunamusic.net Styles: all styles, Film/TV, and New
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MELROSE MUSIC STUDIOS 5254 Melrose Blvd., Ste. 108 Hollywood, CA 90038 On the Raleigh Pictures Lot 818-216-5409 E-mail: melrosemusic@mac.com Web: www.melrosemusicstudios.com Styles: All styles Notable Projects: George Clinton, Taylor Dane, MTV and American Idol Artists, Pointer Sisters, Vivian Campbell (Def Leppard), Barry Goldberg, Brian Holland, Carmine Appice, Carla Olson, Howard Leese (Heart) BILL METOYER (producer, engineer) 818-780-5394 16209 Victory Blvd., Ste. 132 Lake Balboa, CA 91406 E-mail: bill@skullseven.com Web: www.billmetoyer.com, www. skullseven.com, http://www.fb.com/bill. metoyer Notable Projects: Slayer, Fates Warning, Armored Saint, D.R.I., C.O.C. Company: Skull Seven Productions. MIKE MILCHNER 818-269-7087 Fax 818-352-9307 E-mail: info@sonicvisionmastering.com, mike@sonicvisionmastering.com Web: www.sonicvisionmastering.com Styles: all THOM MONAHAN Joe D’Ambrosio Management, Inc. 914-777-7677 E-mail: info@jdmanagement.com Web: www.jdmanagement.com Styles: rock, pop, folk, electronic, produce/engineer/mix Notable Projects: produce, engineer and mix Little Joy, Vetiver, Beachwood Sparks, Fujiya and Miyagi, Devendra Banhart, Fruit Bats, Neal Casal, Jonathan Wilson, Papercuts, Gary Louris, Tussle Johnny Irion and Sarah Lee Guthrie and others BRUCE MONICAL 10907 Magnolia Blvd., Ste. 222 N. Hollywood, CA 91601 818-994-4849 E-mail: brucemoni@yahoo.com Styles: rock, funk, pop, R&B, soul, country, jazz, classical, scoring, etc. Notable Projects: Please call for credits GILLI MOON Warrior Girl Music 925-892-6735 E-mail: info@warriorgirlmusic.com Web: www.warriorgirlmusic.com Notable Projects: International recording artists - Gilli Moon, Paulina Logan, Holly Light, Dina Gathe, Rhonda Stisi, Ari Inkilainen, Jessica Christ, Deborah Bishop, Shamballa, Nocy, J. Walker, Songsalive! and Females On Fire CD compilations
Download This Directory From Our Website PHILIP MOORE It Philz Good Productions P.O. Box 431874 Houston, TX 77243 281-408-3403, 713-816-5114 E-mail: noiserus@gmail.com Styles: R&B, gospel, hip-hop, neo-soul, jazz, rap, Pop, country, contemporary DAVID MORSE Master Groove Studios Northridge, CA Nashville, TN 818-830-3822, 615-799-9366 E-mail: davejavumorse@msn.com Web: www.mastergroovestudios.com Styles: rock, pop, country, and R&B. 32-year veteran of mixing and mastering Notable Projects: R.E.M., Commodores, Warrant, Incubus, LA Guns, Bowie, Rose Royce, Earth, Wind & Fire, Quiet Riot, Motley Crue, YES, Badfinger, Alice In Chains, Gene Loves Jezebel. ADAM MOSELEY (producer, engineer, mixer) Music and Film Los Angeles, CA 323-316-4932 (cell) E-mail: adammoseley@mac.com Web: www.adammoseley.com, www.accidentalmuzik.com Styles: rock, alternative, eclectic, acoustic, Latin. film, documentary and soundtrack mixing Notable Projects: Inc., Claudio Valenzuela, Lisbeth Scott, Wolfmother, Nikka Costa, Abandoned Pools, John Cale, AJ Croce, Lucybell, The Cure, KISS, Rush, Roxette, Maxi Priest ROB MOUNSEY (producer, engineer, mixer, arranger, composer, musician, film composer) Grammy Nominated Joe D’Ambrosio Management, Inc. 914-777-7677 E-mail: info@jdmanagement.com Web: www.jdmanagement.com Styles: All genres, Grammy-nominated Notable Projects: Produced Jackie Evancho’s 2011 Christmas album, arranged Celtic Woman’s 2011 Christmas show, MD\Arranger for Idina Menzel live shows, Steely Dan, Madonna, Elton John, Rihanna, Usher, Billy Joel, Tony Bennett, George Michael, Aaron Neville, Deborah Cox, k.d. Lange, Michael jackson, Mary J. Blige, Trisha Yearwood, Toni Braxton, James Taylor and scores of others RONAN CHRIS MURPHY Veneto West 4712 Admiralty Way, Ste. 536 Marina Del Rey, CA 90292 310-200-9010 E-mail: rcm@venetowest.com lliz@lizredwing.com Web: www.venetowest.com Contact: Redwing Management 818-415-7674
Styles: all Notable Projects: King Crimson, Steve Morse, Chucho Valdes, Terry Bozzio, Steve Stevens, Martin Sexton, Jamie Walters, Ulver, Pete Teo *Call before submitting material NASHANGELES N. Hollywood, CA 818-506-3850 Contact: Paul Lawrence Moyer Styles: country Notable Projects: working with Mitch Marine, Skip Edwards, Bob Glaub, Cari Park ZAVE NATE Tehachapi Ca 93561 661 839 6370 - Fax. 661 750 4734 E-mail: zave2004@yahoo.com Web: http://xavierjnathan.com, www. reverbnation.com/zave, www.facebook. com/zavenate Styles: rock, blues, new country (guitar based music) Notable Projects: Headsandwich, Sahaloop, The Joy House, Dan Bern, Edouardo Torres, Indya, Impulse, Kamleon Fil, Lori Chako, Meredith Marshall, Zave AERON K. NERSOYA 411 E. Huntington Dr. #170-372 Arcadia, CA 91006 626-236-5591 Web: www.abetmusic.com Contact: Aeron K. Nersoya Styles: producing, recording, mastering, arranging, concept and packaging Notable Projects: effusion, 5th Element, Chanson du Soir, Pirates of New Providence, Cherly D. Barnes JAY NEWLAND (producer, engineer, mixer) 9x Grammy winner Joe D’Ambrosio Management, Inc. 914-777-7677 E-mail: joe@jdmanagement.com Web: www.jdmanagement.com Styles: rock, pop, soul, standards Notable Projects: produced, engineered and mixed Norah Jones’ first two albums (32 million sales), Ayo two #1 debut releases, Missy Higgins smash debut release, recorded Esperanza Spaulding’s Grammy-winning debut release, Etta James, Lizz Wright, Richie Havens, Charlie Haden, Linda Thompson. CARLA OLSON E-mail: contactcarla2@aol.com Web: www.carlaolson.com Notable Projects: Jake Andrews, Barry Goldberg, Phil Upchurch, Joe Louis Walker, Mare Winningham, And individual tracks by: Walter Trout, Charlie Musselwhite, Denny Freeman, Sugar Blue, Tommy Castro, Roy Gaines, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Taj Mahal, Otis Rush, Son Seals, Ernie Watts, Kim Wilson
www.musicconnection.com/amp HUGH PADGHAM (producer, engineer, mixer) four-time Grammy Winner Joe D’Ambrosio Management, Inc. 914-777-7677 E-mail: info@jdmanagement.com Web: www.jdmanagement.com Styles: rock, pop Notable Projects: Produce, engineer and mix The Police, Sting, Genesis, Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel, Melissa Etheridge, Julia Fordham, XTC, Yes, Paul McCartney and David Bowie among many others. JOHN ANDREW PARKS Los Angeles, CA 310-455-3672 E-mail: johnandrewparks@ PlanetTexasEntertainment.com Web: johnandrewparks.com Styles: pop, rock, country Contact: Mike Lane 818-3500-2785 Notable Projects: call for current roster DAVE “HARD DRIVE” PENSADO c/o Larrabee Studios 4162 Lankershim Blvd. Universal City, CA 91602 818-753-0717 Web: http://www.pensadosplace.tv E-mail: info[at]pensadosplace.tv Notable Projects: Mary J. Blige (“Be Without You”), Pink (“Get The Party Started”), Brian McKnight, Destiny’s Child (“Emotion”), K-Ci & Jo Jo (“All My Life”), Christina Aguilera (“Beautiful,” “Car Wash” & “Lady Marmalade”), Keyshia Cole (The Way It Is), Ice Cube, Kelly Rowland (“Simply Deep”), Beyonce Knowles, Michelle Williams, Will Smith, the Pussycat Dolls, Mya (“My Love Is Like...Wo”), Coolio, Esthero, Black Eyed Peas, Sisqo, Mystic, Sticky Fingaz, Kelly Clarkson (“Ms. Independent”), Dru Hill & Warren G PETTING:ZOO MUSIC, INC. Topanga, CA 90290 310-455-4551 Web: http://on.fb.me/13oziSq E-mail: bernhardpenzias@mac.com Contact: Bernhard Penzias Styles: rock, pop, neo-folk Notable Projects: Sarah Bettens, Louise Fraser, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, SOCADia, Sonoton, Sugarplum Fairies, IMPROMP2, HBO PLATINUM STUDIOS 818-994-5368 E-mail: paulhilton123@sbcglobal.net Web: www.paulhiltonmusic.com Contact: Paul Hilton Styles: Latino (all), rock, blues Notable Projects: Society 1, Los Neighbors, Kanary, Bob Moss, The Dogs, Janet Klein, ‘Lectric Chairs, Marshall O Boy. *Call for approval before sending material
KC PRICE Price Productions New York City - Los Angeles 917-855-8954 Contact: sera@priceproductionsnyc.com Web: http://www.priceproductionsnyc.com Styles: pop, rock, R&B, urban, singersongwriter, soul, dance MICHAEL RAPHAEL 26030 Franklin Ln. Stevenson Ranch, CA 91381 661-312-1616 E-mail: earthtonesounds@hotmail.com Web: www.facebook.com/mikeraphael, www.earthtonesounds.com Contact: Michael Styles: rock, pop, metal, R&B Notable Projects: Hannah Montana (Disney Records), Ana Maria Perez De Tagle (Camp Rock, Fame, Jonas Tour), The Faculty Soundtrack (Columbia Records), George Lynch (Dokken), Jani Lane (Warrant), Busted (Universal Records), Social Code (Interscope Records), Nelson (Geffen Records), Demo deals for Columbia Records, Randy Jackson, ESPN Television, Paramount Pictures, Fox Television, Hollywood Records, Capital Records. Worked with American Idol and American Jr’s and I was called “the song doctor” by members of the Sony staff. *Unsolicited material accepted. WILL RAY P.O. Box 9222 Asheville, NC 28815 828-296-0107 E-mail: will@willray.biz Web: www.willray.biz Styles: country, folk, blues Notable Projects: the Buzzards, Hellecasters, Solomon Burke, Kacey Jones, Wylie and the Wild West Show *Unsolicited material accepted PAUL RISER c/o IMC Entertainment Group Inc. 19360 Rinaldi St., Ste. 217 Porter Ranch, CA 91326 818-700-9655 E-mail: sr@imcentertainment.com Web: imcentertainment.com Contact: Sylvester Rivers Notable Projects: Motown Records, Dennis Edwards (the Temptations) *No unsolicited material ERIC ROBINSON Joe D’Ambrosio Management, Inc. 914-777-7677 E-mail: info@jdmanagement.com Web: www.jdmanagement.com Styles: rock, pop, producer-engineer-mixer Notable Projects: Natasha Bedingfield, Rachel Yamagata, Brooke Fraser, Matt Nathanson, Aqualung, William Fitzsmimmons, The Silent Comedy, Kimberly Caldwell
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Van Nuys, CA 91411 E-mail: barry@barryrudolph.com Web: www.barryrudolph.com Notable Projects: Pat Benatar, Hall and Oates, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Rod Stewart *No unsolicited material
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MARK SAUNDERS Beat 360 Studios 630 9th Ave., Ste. 710 New York, NY 10036 212 -262-4932 E-mail: ollie@rocketmusic.com Web: www.marksaunders.com Contact: Ollie Hammett Styles: Electronic, Rock Notable Projects: The Cure, Tricky, Depeche Mode, Erasure, Marilyn Manson, David Byrne, Shiny Toy Guns, Neneh Cherry, Siouxsie & The Banshees, The Human League, Gravity Kills, Femi Kuti, The Mission, Yaz, Madness, Robert Plant, Lisa Stansfield, The Sugarcubes
ANDY R. SEAGLE Phoenix, AZ 85020 602-371-8992 E-mail: cca@amug.org Web: www.andyseagle.com Styles: All Styles Notable Projects: Paul McCartney, Lyle Lovett, Placido Domingo, Yo Yo Ma, Hall and Oates, George Strait, Phil Ramone, HBO
SKIP SAYLOR P.O. Box 280010 Northridge, CA 91328 818-300-0400 E-mail: skipsaylor@gmail.com Web: www.skipsaylor.com *See HITMIXERS MANAGEMENT Notable Projects: Production: Bootstraps (Amazon Top Pick of 2013), Sardar, Ceasefire, LA Velvet, California Dreamers, End of Ever, Candyman 187 w/Snoop Dogg, The Ex-Hang-Ups, TJ Gibson, Oh My Stars, Spacifix, Brandon James, Riley Bray, Lynn Carey Saylor w/Brian May, Mixing/Engineering: Jonathan Butler (#1 Contemporary Jazz Album, #9 Gospel on Billboard), Bobby Brown, Booker T. Jones, Distortion Music, Brainpower featuring W.C. Ralph Tresvant, Vintage Trouble, Jonathan Lashever, Mohammad Molaei, The Lost Boys, Dominique & Darius, Will Smith, Notorious, Iron Man 2, Michael Jackson, Diana Ross, Nashville Film Festival Award-Top Music, Parenthood, Cherie Currie, Layla Hathaway, Hung, Twentieth Century Fox Films, HBO Film/TV, The Day the Earth Stood Still, X-Men, Obama Documentary, Mumtaz Morris, Phoebe Snow, Gospel Artist Karima Kibble, The Reddings, Gary Taylor, Vesta Williams, Linda Clifford, Con Funk Shun, Damion Hall, Whispers and many more ELLIOT SCHEINER Joe D’Ambrosio Management, Inc. 914-777-7677 E-mail: info@jdmanagement.com Web: www.jdmanagement.com Styles: rock, pop, world-renowned 5.1/ live mixer. multiple Grammy winning producer-engineer-mixer
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SIMONE SELLO RedRum Productions Los Angeles, CA 310-428-6209 E-mail: simone@redrumproductions.com Web: www.redrumproductions.net Styles: rock, pop, electronica Notable Projects: Billy Sheehan, Warren Cuccurullo, The Faboulous Miss Wendy JOHN SEYMOUR P.O. Box 358 Greendell, NJ 07839 908-684-9400 E-mail: eugenefoleymusic@aol.com Contact: Eugene Foley/Foley Entertainment Notable Projects: U2, Dave Matthews, Santana, Vertical Horizon, Bruce Hornsby, Bouncing Souls, Thursday JON SINCLAIR Singclear.com P.O. Box 4694 Valley Village, CA 91617 800-231-6135, 818-433-8803, 805-669-8614 E-mail: js@singclear.com Web: www.singclear.com Styles: British Rock producer, vocal coach & artist development alt., pop, country, alt rock and gospel Notable Projects: E-mail or check website for testimonials & discography *No Unsolicited Material. SKYLAB SOUND / ELECTRODYNE MUSIC Please see website for phone number E-mail: skyko@skylabsound.net Web: www.skylabsound.net Contact: SKYKO Styles: electronic, rock, industrial, dance, classical, pop Notable Projects: Sting, Madonna, Boyz II Men, Paul Oakenfold, Ton T.B., Jan Johnston, etc. *Unsolicited material encouraged DAVID SNOW Little Hipster Music
Van Nuys, CA 818-731-1043 E-mail: contact@littlehipstermusic.com Web: www.littlehipstermusic.com Styles: All styles. Truly versatle, multiinstrumentalist. Notable Projects: Faith Hill, Arista, EMI, Sony, BMG, singer-songwriters and indie artists. RO SMITH Def Ro Inc. 33 Prospect St., Ste. 1R Boomfield, NJ 07003 973-200-8247 E-mail: defronic@msn.com Web: www.members.tripod.com/~sirRO/ index.html Styles: R&B, Hip-Hop, Pop Notable Projects: Mary J. Blige Accepts unsolicited material - NO CALLS JOE SOLO PRODUCTIONS, INC. E-mail: joe@joesolo.com Web: www.joesolo.com Styles: pop, rock, alt., hip-hop Notable Projects: Famous Music, Macy Gray, Quincy Jones Publishing, Myka Nyne, Luminaries, FOX Sports *No unsolicited material. SOUND MATRIX STUDIOS 18060 Newhope St. Fountain Valley, CA 92708 714-437-9585 Fax 714-437-9877 E-mail: info@soundmatrix.com Web: www.soundmatrix.com Contact: Chris Whiting Styles: all, Digidesign Certified Pro Tools Operators Music Notable Projects: Sugar Ray, “Day n’ Night,” The Track “Stand by Me,” with Dave Lombardo of Slayer SCOTT SPELBRING 571-249-4667 E-mail: info@dragonflyeast.com Web: www.spelbring.com Styles: pop, rock, hard rock Notable Projects: Sr-71, The Speaks, Chris Kirkpatrick (N’Sync), Evenout, Webilt, Field of Grey, Superbeing, Andy Zipf CHRIS STAMEY Modern Recording Chapel Hill, NC 919-929-5008 E-mail: info@chrisstamey.com Web: www.chrisstamey.com Styles: rock, singer-songwriter Notable Projects: Alejandro Escovedo, Patrick Park, Jeremy Larson, Chatham County Line, Holsapple & Stamey, Sarah Dessen SHELDON STEIGER Major Who Media 440 W 41st St., B-2
Download This Directory From Our Website New York, NY 10036 917 312-9574 E-mail: sheldon@sheldonsteiger.com Web: Sheldonsteiger.com Styles: indie, rock, pop, contemporary classical Notable Projects: Joe Jackson, David Sanborn, Diane Birch, Care Bears On Fire, Paula Valstein, Eric Hutchinson, Kathleen Supove. ABBEY STJOHN P.O. Box 12746 Lahaina, HI 96761 808-214-6910 E-mail: mail@thesongwriter.net Web: www.abbeystjohn.com. http://www.facebook.com/abbeystjohn Notable Projects: Chris Squire STUDIO 5109 1110 N. Western Ave., Room 206 Hollywood, CA 90029 213-369-7094 E-mail: info@studio5109.com Web: www.studio5109.com Contact: Mike Wolf Styles: hip-hop, R&B, rock, pop, all BRIAN TARQUIN (producer-engineer) Two-time Emmy Winner Bhp Music, LTD. Gracie Station PO Box 409 New York, NY 10028 E-mail: tvfilmtrax@gmail.com, bhpmusic@gmail.com Web: www.bohemianproductions.net Styles: guitar virtuoso instrumental Notable Projects: Asphalt Jungle, Steve Morse, Billy Sheehan, Hal Lindes. Creator of Guitar Master Series featuring Jeff Beck, Joe Satriani, Stanley Clarke, Zakk Wylde DEVIN THOMAS Southwest Sound 49 S. Baldwin Ave. Sierra Madre, CA 91024 626-355-1367 Web: southwestsound.com E-mail: swsrecording@earthlink.net Styles: All TOM THOMAS Granada Hills, CA 818-366-5588 Styles: all Notable Projects: call for current roster RANDALL MICHAEL TOBIN Theta Sound Studio 2219 W. Olive Ave., Ste. 226 Burbank, CA 91506 818-955-5888 E-mail: rmt@rmtobin.com Web: www.rmtobin.com, www. thetasound.com Styles: solo and group vocals, pop, rock,
R&B, jazz, alternative and country Notable Projects: “The Heart & Soul of Mel Carter” - Mel Carter; “A Magical Time of Year” - Bettie Ross; “Across the Waters” - Isla St. Clair, Cabar Feidh Pipe Band; “BARK! - the musical” - Original Cast Album; “My Favorite Gentlemen” - Susan Kohler; “Rain on the Roof” Margaret MacDonald, “Vocalessence” by Amy, “At the Corner of God and Broadway” - Katheryne Levin; “The Snow Queen - ballet redefined” - RM Tobin. DAVE TOUGH 5801 Tee Pee Tr. Nashville, TN 37013 615-554-6693 E-mail: dave@davetough.com Web: www.davetough.com Styles: country, pop Notable Projects: Come & Go, Cindy Alter, Matt Heinecke, Craig Winquist ALEXANDER TRACK (producer, engineer) Track Entertainment Studios Sherman Oaks, CA 818-259-7244 E-mail: trackentertainment@yahoo.com Web: www.facebook.com/ trackentertainmentstudios Contact: Alexander Track Styles: all, Pro Tools recording, mixing, mastering, music videos, post production sound, scoring for film/television/radio. Grammy winning producer-engineer *Please see web for more info and pics TRAIN TRAX STUDIO 213 Agostino Rd. San Gabriel, CA 91776 626-291-5100 E-mail: Info@TrainTraxStudios.Com Web: www.traintraxstudios.com Contact: Alex Truberg Styles: rock, electronic, indie, experimental, singer-songwriter TRIPOPS MUSIC PRODUCTION 1700 S Main St., PMB 188 Las Vegas, NV 89104 E-mail: tripops@poppermost.com Web: http://www.tripops.com Contact: Alex Oliver (702-9852278), Roy Rendahl (702-340-6748) Styles: indie, singer-songwriter, folk, pop rock, rock, vocal, and instrumental music TTAM TROLL 55 Pebble Beach Ln. Pottstown, PA 19464-7200 610-326-2664 E-mail: troll@floatingfish.com, Web: www.floatingfish.com, www.floatingfish.com/Studios/contacts.htm Styles: Electronic Notable Projects: Any Questions?, Punch Drunk, Obomatic, Imbued Vagary
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Web: www.jdmanagement.com Styles: rock, pop Notable Projects: David Bowie, Morrissey, Razorlight, Dashboard Confessional, Fall Out Boy, Anti-Flag, Angelique Kidjo, Alejandro Escovedo, T. Rex, The Moody Blues, Thin Lizzy, Strawbs, Gentle Giant, Sparks and countless others BIL VORNDICK 6090 Fire Tower Rd. Nashville, TN 37221 615-352-1227 E-mail: bilinstudio@comcast.net Web: www.bilvorndick.com Styles: Acoustic Music Notable Projects: Alison Krauss, Rhonda Vincent, Jerry Douglas, Bela Fleck, Jim Lauderdale, Ralph Stanley, Lynn Anderson, Charlie Hayden with Pat Metheny, Bob Dylan, John Oates, Mark O’Connor DICK WAGNER Desert Dreams Productions 10645 N. Tatum Blvd., Ste. 200-463 Phoenix, AZ 85028 480-331-5225 E-mail: wagnerrocks@gmail.com, info@ desertdreamsllc.com Web: www.wagnermusic.com, www. desertdreamsllc.com Styles: rock, s/s, pop, modern country, spiritual Notable Projects: Wensday, Robert Wagner, Chris De Marco, Bleedstreet, Janis Leigh, Matt Besey, Darin Scott, Skinner Rat, Gwen Goodman, Adam Smith DUSTY WAKEMAN Mad Dog Studios 293 South Lake St. Burbank, CA 91502 818-0557-0100 E-mail: dustywakeman@me.com Web: www.maddogstudio.com Styles: americana, rock, country, world, jazz Notable Projects: Dwight Yoakam, Lucinda Williams, Jim Lauderdale, Anne McCue, Buck Owens JAMES WALSH Threshold Recording Studios NYC 440 W 41st St., B-2 New York, NY 10036 212-244-1871 E-mail: majorwho@gmail.com, James@ majorwho.com Web: www.majorwho.com Styles: rock, s/s, blues Notable Projects: Paul Simon, Ricky Martin, Todd Alsup, Paula Valstein, Wes Hutchinson, Shayna Zaid, Alec Gross DAVE WATERBURY Magnolia & Laurel Canyon
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Download This Directory From Our Website Valley Village, CA 818-505-8080 E-mail: davewaterbury91607@yahoo.com Styles: Rock, Dance, Electronica, Electro Notable Projects: The XOTX, Robbie Krieger of the Doors, Pink, Mark Kendal of Great White, Spirit, David Eagle of Tina Turner and Rick Springfield, Terri Nunn of Berlin, Irv Kramer of Ray Charles Band CHARLIE WATTS Hollywood, CA 818-613-7363 E-mail: charliewatts57@gmail.com Styles: rock, pop, R&B, country & hiphop Notable Projects: Sting, The Who, Kiss, Usher, Jose Feliciano BOB WAYNE Sunburst Recording 10313 West Jefferson Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232 310-204-2222 E-mail: bob@sunburstrecording.com, info@sunburstrecording.com Web: www.sunburstrecording.com Contact: Bob Wayne, Director of Sunburst Recording Styles: All...We Specialize in acoustic based instruments and voice Notable Projects: George Carlin (Grammy Winner), Hepcat, Doug MacLeod, Adam Sandler, Plas Johnson, Ernie Andrews, Micky Dolenz, Tim Robbins & Gabriel Roth WEBERWORKS ENTERTAINMENT GROUP P.O. Box 1451 Beverly Hills, CA 90213 805-701-4890 Fax 818-981-9121 E-mail: weberworks@earthlink.net, clarkwworks@earthlink.net Contact: Michael Clark: 323-485-4722 Styles: R&B, jazz, pop, latin, rock *Unsolicited material accepted TOM WEIR STEVE VALENZUELA 4412 Whitsett Ave. Studio City, CA 91604 818-505-9368 E-mail: eharrison@studiocitysound.com Web: www.studiocitysound.com Contact: Estelle Harrison Styles: all Notable Projects: Rod Stewart, Scott Weiland, Heather Youmans, Josh Freese, Phantom Planet, Michael Damian, Eric Clapton, PBS World Cafe, Nightmare & The Cat, Juke Kartel, Shaggy, Light: Celebrate Hanukkah Live In Concert (PBS), Brian O’Neal, Warren G, Biffy Clyro, Vertical Horizon, Weezer, Tom Morello, Runner Runner, Chris Cornell, No Doubt, Neil Peart, Chuck Negron.
TERRY WENDT PRODUCTIONS 2719 Donna Hill Dr. Nashville, TN 37214-1411 615-573-0162 E-mail: wmi1@wminashville.com Web: www.myspace.com/ terrywendtproductions Contact: Terry Wendt - producer/ musician Notable Projects: Shania Twain, the Lynns, Chace Roberts, Jeannie C Riley, the Wendt Brothers, Bliss Bujard, River County, Corrina Ann, WMI Nashville
5609 Fishers Ln. Rockville, MD 20852 E-mail: info@OmegaStudios.com Contact: Omegastudios.com 301-230-9100
WESTBOUND STUDIOS Hollywood, CA 310-985-5509, 323-933-3251 E-mail: gelowphotos@gmail.com Web: www.westboundstudios.com Contact: Gelow Styles: hip-hop/rap, pop, R&B
FABIO BOI ANGELINI RedRum Productions Los Angeles, CA 323-556-1172 E-mail: boi@redrumproductions.net Web: www.redrumproductions.net Styles: rock, pop, country
MICHAEL WOODRUM 818-848-3393 E-mail: michael@woodrumproductions.com Web: www.woodrumproductions.com Styles: all Notable Projects: Prince, Eric Clapton, Joss Stone, Snoop Dogg, Wayne Kramer, the Neptunes
TIM ANDERSEN (engineer, producer) 651-271-0515 (cell) E-mail: tandersen2005@yahoo.com Web: timandersenrecordingengineer.com Styles: rock, R&B, hip-hop, rap, acoustic Notable Projects: House of Pain, Shaq, Judgement Night SDTRK, Set It Off SDTRK, Def Jef, Patti LaBelle, Temptations, Hiroshima, Krazy Bone, Snoop. Producers I have engineered for: John Shanks, Richard Perry, Warryn Campbell, Carey Gordy, Louil Silas, MC Hammer, Rodney Jerkins, Quincy Jones, D.J. Rectangle, Wron G. Latest Project: Silverseed from Minneapolis, produced a single with each of the Band from broadway plays Rock of Ages featuring Mig Ayesa and American Idiot featuring Dan Grennes. Mix Instructor: Minneapolis Media Institute
WOODY Allied Post Audio 310-392-8280 E-mail: info@alliedpost.com Web: www.alliedpost.com Styles: rock, jazz, remixes, hip through trip-hop, sample friendly *No unsolicited material WYMAN RECORDS 1908 W Burbank Blvd. Burbank, CA 818-845-8787 E-mail: studio@wymanrecords.com Web: http://wymanrecords.com/site Styles: All styles Contact: Tip Wyman Notable Projects: Mansions on the Moon, Ledisi, Three 6 Mafia, Kem, Billy Wes Contact: Tip Wyman SAUL ZONANA E-mail: zonana@comcast.net Web: www.saulzonana.com Contact: Nicole Poveromo Notable Projects: Crash Test Dummies, Adrian Belew, Nicole McKenna, Ace Frehley, Taylor Dayne
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ELTON AHI Rusk Sound Studios 1556 N. La Brea Ave. Hollywood, CA 90028 323-462-6477 Styles: pop, dance, film scoring & mixer; general audio
KIM ARMSTRONG KC’s Independent Sound 4333 E. Second St., Ste. 307 Long Beach, CA 90803 562-438-9699 Styles: all DONNY BAKER ES Audio Services Glendale / Burbank, CA E-mail: studio@esaudio.com Web: www.esaudio.com Styles: all including rock, pop, R&B, rap, hip-hop, etc. *Now accepting submissions via Social Media link EVAN BEIGEL Jojo Ocean Music 818-321-5472 E-mail: mail@evanjbeigel.com Web: www.evanjbeigel.com Styles: ALL *No Unsolicited Material
RICHARD “Ric” BOWLS It’s Only Plastic Music Nashville, TN 818-848-5059 E-mail: ricbowls@gmail.com Styles: all, co-producing with Carmine Appice *Call for complete listing CLIFF BRODSKY (producer, writer) Brodsky Entertainment LLC E-mail: cliff@brodskyentertainment.com Web: www.brodskyentertainment.com Styles: all forms of modern and classic rock/pop Notable Projects: Rose Rossi, Jason Kirk, Warner Brothers, Universal, Sony, MCA, Virgin, Interscope *Unsolicited material accepted-but please, no rap, hip-hop or Urban, R&B ANDREW BUSH Grandma’s Warehouse 355 Glendale Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90026 213-484-8844 Styles: all GABE CHIESA (producer, mixer, engineer) E-mail: gabechiesa@yahoo.com Web: www.myspace.com/gabechiesa Styles: R&B, rap, hip-hop, jazz, rock, orchestral, TV, Film, and Animation Notable Projects: Rize (Documentary), Tupac Shakur, Eve, Eminem, DMX, Xzibit, Coolio, E-40, Bone Thugs, tha Alkaholics, Wu Tang Clan, Bobby Digital, Ashanti, Chico DeBarge, Nikka Costa, Aaliyah, Tony Braxton, Pharcyde, Salt N Peppa, Herbie Handcock, El DeBarge, Goo Goo Dolls, Simple Plan, W.B. Animation (Batman, Tiny Toons, Animaniacs, Tazmania). STEVE BARRI COHEN c/o Lake Transfer Artist Management 12400 Ventura Blvd. Ste. 346 Studio City, CA 91604 818-508-7158 Fax 818-505-1811 Email: info@laketransfer.com, Web: www.laketransfer.com Recent Projects: Patrice Rushen & Sheree Brown (Hidden Beach / UMG), Candyboy featuring Mari Y.(Hip Pop Intl Records), Jacky Cheung (Hong Kong / Univ Music Grp), Sylvia St. James (House of Blues Gospel Program), UNIV/ NBC (“Let It Grow” film), “13” (The Band - Rock), Taylor Dayne (Arista/BMG), Friends of Distinction (RCA/BMG), El Chicano Project (The Brown Sound / SOLA Label), “Fair Game” (Film score) Shanice Wilson (Motown/UMG) Sam Salter (LaFace/Sony) Evelyn Champagne King (RCA/BMG) ERIC CORNE (engineer, producer, mixer, composer) Los Angeles, CA
Download This Directory From Our Website 310-500-8831 E-mail: ericcorne@gmail.com Web: www.ericcornemusic.com Styles: rock/indie rock, Americana/ country, blues/jazz, folk/singer-songwriter Notable Projects: Glen Campbell, Michelle Shocked, DeVotchKa, Instant Karma Darfur, Anne McCue, Lucinda Williams, Nancy Wilson, John Doe, Tsar, Walter Trout/John Mayall, Joanna Wang, PF Sloan, Tim Easton JIM D. Pyram-Axis Music Redondo Beach, CA 90278 310-802-3376 E-mail: music@pyramaxis.com Web: www.pyramaxis.com Styles: pop, rock, hip-hop, electronic, contemporary Christian Notable Projects: Currently Producing tracks for top Universal artists, Global reach, Artist Consulting, placement ASCAP, GRAMMY, HMMA *Call before submitting JULIAN DAVID (engineer, mixer, producer) Los Angeles, CA & Germany/Europe 626-233-2927 E-mail: info@soundphile.de Web: www.juliandavid.org Notable Projects: aVid*, Andy Gillmann, Any of Both, Biohazard, Bud Shank, Fraunhofer IIS, Larry Goldings Trio, Pacific Symphony, Patrick K, The Spyderz, Trenchtown, UCLA Bruins Band, Walter Trout. HANS DEKLINE Culver City, CA 310-621-1896 E-mail: hdekline@gmail.com Web: www.soundbitesdog.com Styles: Mastering for all genres Notable Projects: Tim Finn, Morcheeba, The Von Bondies, Diplo, The Shore, DJ AM, etc MARC DESISTO Sherman Oaks, CA 818-259-4235 E-mail: marcdmix@gmail.com Web: www.marcdesisto.com Styles: modern recording Notable Projects: U2, Pink Floyd, Melissa Etheridge, Michele Branch, Ingram Hill, Warren Zevon, Robin Trower, DVD mixing of the WHO 5.1 PETER DOELL Universal Mastering Studio 3400 Cahuenga Blvd. Bldg. C Los Angeles, CA 90068 818-286-6233 E-mail: nick.d@umusic.com Styles: any and all styles - particularly strong in R n’ R and jazz Notable Projects: R.E.M., Otmaro
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Planet, Poor Yorick, Wayne Stylez, Arturo G. Alvarez, Lorelei Carlson, Caviar Content, iQimedia, Vox Pop Films *E-mail for more information
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GO GETTAS MUSIC GROUP LLC 3940 Laurel Canyon Blvd. #1574 Studio City, CA 91604 323-473-3110 E-mail: contact@thegogettas.com Web: www.thegogettas.com Contact: Shane Anderson Clients: Hit Play, Sony, Universal, MTV, BET, Spike, E-Networks
JOHN FALZARANO L.A., Nashville, Atlanta 818-419-0323 E-mail: recordingtruck@aol.com Web: www.recordingtruck.com Styles: All Notable Projects: call for details MAURICE GAINEN PRODUCTIONS 4470 Sunset Blvd., Ste. 177 Hollywood, CA 90027 323-662-3642 E-mail: info@mauricegainen.com Web: www.mauricegainen.com Styles: Any and all musical styles, film, TV, etc. Notable Projects: Starbucks (Mastered 160 CD’s), Disney, KCRW, Rita Coolidge, Rafael Moreira, Alex Skolnick, Andy McKee, Darek Oles w/Brad Mehldau, Jim Hershman w/ Lee Konitz, Patty Austin (Sound Design), The Hues Corporation, Angela Carole Brown. Other noteables upon request. *No unsolicited material ARNIE GEHER (engineer, producer, mixer) Studio City, CA E-mail: arno@westworld.com Web: www.myspace.com/arniegeher DAN GERBARG Howie Weinberg Mastering, Inc. 8331 Lookout Mountain Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90046 Studio - 323-524-8776 Email: dan@howieweinbergmastering.com Web: howieweinbergmastering.com Notable Projects: Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do (Grammy Nominated) DAVID GIELAN c/o Melody Maker Productions 453 S. Spring St. Los Angeles, CA 90013 (310) 266-9506 E-mail: info@melodymakerproductions.com Web: www.melodymakerproductions.com Recording Academy Member Styles: all, pop, rock, alt, hip-hop, electro, TV/Film/video game composer, singersongwriter, audio post-production, studio owner. Notable Projects/Clients: Joey Lawrence, Universal Music, EMI, Animal
BILLY GRAZIADEI (producer, engineer) Co-Founder of Biohazard.com Fire Water Studios 310-658-8261 E-mail: markchristopher13@me.com Web: www.firewaterstudios.com Notable Projects: 9 Biohazard Records, Cypress Hill, Onyx, Hate Breed, Life of Agony, Pantera, Sick of it All, SlipKnot Sid # 9, Type O Negative, Agnostic Front ROSS HOGARTH Hoax Productions E-mail: contact@hoaxproductions.com Web: www.hoaxproductions.com Contact: Ross Hogarth Styles: all J.E. SOUND Hollywood, CA 323-850-0765 E-mail: jesound@jps.net Web: www.jesound.com Contact: John Styles: all Notable Projects: see website for client roster and samples of my work JIMMY HUNTER (producer, audio engineer, studio drummer, studio vocalist, vocal coach, composer, songwriter) Cazador Recording (ProTools HD 4) Hollywood, CA 323-655-0615 E-mail: jimmy@jimmyhunter.com Web: www.jimmyhunter.com Original Music: www.reverbnation.com/ jimmyhunter Styles: rock, pop, R&B, most styles, live drumming or programming, Hunter has produced over 3000 songs since 1986. Notable Projects: Todd Stanford, Ivy Lite Rocway, Savannah Phillips, Mr. Smoove 1, Tim Fleming’s Selective Amnesia, Mark R. Kent, Dr. Alias, The West Hollywood Cheerleaders, Francis Schulte, Crimson Crout, Dre Charles, Steve Warnick, Lisa Gold, Thorn, Tom Powers, Jeff Rients’ Prairie Land Band, The Della Reese Ministry MICHAEL HUTCHINSON Los Angeles, CA
818-489-1911 E-mail: studiopig@aol.com Web: www.thingsihear.com Contact: Michael “Hutch” Hutchinson Styles: rock, pop, R&B, jazz, funk, all post for movies/TV CHRIS JULIAN 4872 Topanga Canyon Blvd., Ste. 406 Woodland Hills, CA 91364 310-924-7849 E-mail: chris@chrisjulian.com Web: www.ChrisJulian.com, www.ImaginePost.com Styles: rock, pop, AAA, alt., R&B, artist development, all budgets, 2006 Emmy Winner, Multiple Gold & Platinum winner, Grammy noms *Unsolicited material accepted SAMUR KHOUJA (manager, producer, engineer) Mad Dog Studios 293 S. Lake St. Burbank, CA 91502-2111 909-210-2317 E-mail: info@maddogstudio.com Web: www.maddogstudio.com KEVIN KILLEN Joe D’Ambrosio Management, Inc. 914-422-0022 E-mail: joe@jdmanagement.com Web: www.jdmanagement.com/ kevinkillen Styles: rock, pop, alternative Notable Projects: U2’s The Unforgettable Fire and Wide Awake In America, Peter Gabriel’s So, Bryan Ferry’s Bete Noir, Patti Smith Dream of Life, Kate Bush’s The Sensual World, Elvis Costello’s Mighty Like A Rose, The Juliet Letters and Kojak Variety, Burt Bacharach and Elvis Costello’s Painted From Memory and Duncan Sheik’s Phantom Moon STEVE KRAVAC Hollywood, CA. E-mail: steve@stevekravac.com Web: www.stevekravac.com, www.facebook.com/steve.kravac Twitter: @stevekravac Styles: rock, pop punk, indie rock, power pop, Americana, roots rock Notable Projects: RIAA Gold Accredited Producer, Engineer, Mixer, Composer. Blink 182, M.X.P.X., Less Than Jake, Pepper, Bad Religion Tommy Stinson. Label Credits Include: Epitaph, Capitol, Atlantic, Side OneDummy, Fat Wreck, A&M, Tooth & Nail. *Contact through website LAUREN INTERNATIONAL INC. Reseda, CA 310-770-8108 E-mail: tvfilmandmusic@gmail.com Web: www.slydoggie.com
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contain promises by you, the artist, that everything you deliver to the label is an original work. These “warranties” or “representations” are coupled with “indemnifications” that make you responsible for footing the legal bill for infringement suits. So if sampling without obtaining permission and licenses leads to infringement lawsuits, the pocket that may be emptied could be yours. You could also breach––and lose––your record contract. Mimicus Emptor indeed. 9 Sampling and the Damage Done: Illegal sampling can carry stiff penalties. An aggrieved victim of sampling can choose between two forms of money damages: statutory damages or actual damages. Statutory damages are fines established by law and imposed by the court. They can range from $750 - $30,000 for each single act of infringement. If the infringement is found to be willful, the penalties can skyrocket to $150,000 per infringement. So if you sample fragments from multiple recordings without getting a license or clearance, statutory damages can become steep. The copyright owner can elect to forego statutory damages in favor of recovering the infringer’s profits, which also can be considerable if the new, infringing song hits it big. And adding still more pain, the court likely will block all future sales and can order the destruction of all existing copies.
10 The Girl Talk Paradox: If you choose to ignore these tips, is trouble sure to follow? Not if you’re Greg Gillis, better known by his stage name “Girl Talk.” Gillis blends dozens of songs to create mesmerizing works. But Girl Talk operates without the safety net of copyright licenses. Girl Talk would seem to be America’s Most Wanted Infringer. Yet he has never been sued. Some think the recording industry fears that a court might validate the “Fair Use” defense, threatening their entire business model. So for Gillis the adage may be true, sometimes the best defense is a good offense. But for most artists, especially one’s not willing to risk their livelihoods, the lesson from the Girl Talk Paradox is this—don’t try this at home.
miniBIO: Rob Litowitz is a partner at Finnegan, one of the world’s largest IP law firms. Rob has touched many aspects of the music industry, from representing musicians and radio personalities, to founding a record label, to managing artists and promoting concerts. Music Connection recognized him as one of “50 Innovators, Iconoclasts, Groundbreakers, and Guiding Lights of 2008.” To read Litowitz’s thoughts on the intersection of IP law, media and entertainment, visit his blog at http://softrightsblog.com.
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Mix it down. Open the Capture file in Studio One Artist and mix it while the band loads out.
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