On April 19, MSNBC aired the two-hour special The McVeigh Tapes: Confessions of An American Terrorist, narrated by Rachel Maddow. NYC’s G&E Music scored the special alongside its writer and producer, Toby Oppenheimer. G&E composers Glenn Schloss and Erik Blicker faced the challenge of creating a score that would set a suitable mood for the […]
Laurie Anderson, Nonesuch Records and Indaba Music have created an opportunity for collaborators to remix Anderson’s song “Only an Expert” from her upcoming album Homeland. The remix will be featured on iTunes Edition of her new album, set for release on June 22. Anderson developed many of Homeland’s songs while on the road, constantly re-working […]
Dum Dum Girls, an all-girl pop band from Los Angeles, recently mastered their Sub Pop debut album, I Will Be, at NYC’s The Lodge, with mastering engineer Joe LaPorta. The band consists of front woman/founder Dee Dee, guitarist/vocalist Jules, bassist Bambi, and drummer/vocalist Frankie Rose (previously of Vivian Girls and Crystal Stilts). Resonating with sounds of 1960’s girl […]
The Harry Fox Agency, Inc. (HFA), a music rights licensing organization based in NYC, announced on April 6 that Maurice Russell has been promoted from Vice President to Senior Vice President of Licensing, Collections and Business Affairs. Russell became an HFA employee in 2002 and began working with HFA’s President and CEO, Gary Churgin. According […]
Sony Masterworks has launched a new comprehensive Broadway website, Masterworks Broadway. The site upholds the history of music from the “Great White Way” of Broadway, containing cast recording’s from Finian’s Rainbow in 1947 to last year’s Grammy and Tony Award-winning West Side Story. In celebration of the site’s beginning, masterworksbroadway.com is kicking off their opening with the month-long […]
Sonic Union has formed an alliance with voice casting director Maria Pappalardo who’s now screening talent for TV, film, web and radio out of Sonic Union’s Union Square facilities. Pappalardo opens the independent casting service, Pappalardo Casting, following 15 years as BBDO, NY’s Head of Voiceover Casting where she cast thousands of large-scale campaigns for […]
Independent, NYC-based Razor & Tie Entertainment released The Edge last week: a compilation CD with some of the biggest rock hits of recent years. The CD debuted at number 4 on Billboard’s Top 200 and sold 53, 141 copies in its first week. Razor & Tie started the trend of selling albums via TV spots […]
RootMusic has announced a new editing tool called BandPages that allows artists to quickly and intuitively create a Facebook fan page and music profile. The full service is set for availability sometime during April. The purpose of BandPages is to eliminate any minor annoyances when trying to create a web presence for artist promotion. There […]
Founded by two former NYU students, JDub Records is launching a new digital-only label, JDub Digital, with several new releases in the works by artists including The Gangsta Rabbi and Can!!Can. JDub Records is a not-for-profit dedicated to innovative Jewish music, community, and cross-cultural dialogue, and has released albums by Matisyahu, Balkan Beat Box, Golem, […]
According to Hal David, Chairman/CEO of the Songwriters Hall of Fame, Phil Collins will be receiving the 2010 Johnny Mercer Award for being “among the most respected musical creators of our generation.” The Annual Awards ceremony will take place on Thursday, June 17 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City. The Johnny Mercer […]