Ellie Goulding's track name 'Hate Me' included to her album Brightest Blue discussed working with the late rapper Juice Wrld, who died of a seizure last December. Ellie exclaims, " I wish I'd got to spend more time with him".
Music Consultant Art Ford actually wears many hats - one he's probably most recognized with in this interview :). Art has been in the industry for many years and knows his way around. Having had a physical location and $40K/month overhead, he now operates virtually just from his laptop. He'll reveal a few gems about how…
By David Goldstein
Watch the music industry's revenue sources evolve over the years. Our friends over at Business Insider posted this interesting article and chart that shows how things have changed. The CD has slowly but surely been dying with the advent of the Internet. P2P services like Napster and Bittorrent have accelerated its demise, but…
How artists get discovered on YouTube
And yet another artist gets discovered on YouTube: Daniela Andrade’s cute rendition of the Gnarls Barkley hit song “CRAZY” is proof that artists can also pitch cover versions of hit songs to A&R’s and Hollywood music supervisors to get noticed.
After her version of the song was featured on the…
Music Supervisor Mara Schwartz
Based in Los Angeles, Mara has been selecting and licensing songs in films, television shows, videogames, commercials, trailers and interactive media. Her prior roles included Senior Director of Creative / Film, Television, Advertising and New Media at music publisher Bug Music.
What recent projects have you been working on?…
Music Supervisor Alexandra Patsavas
It’s a pitch black night, on a lonely road where all you can see is a flaming car. Somewhere right in front of you, Ryan is carrying an unconscious Marissa away from the fire and it strikes you that she’s going to die;you hear the sorrow and regretfulness in the melancholic…
Music Supervisor Dan Hubbert
How did you get into music supervision?
Music Supervisor Dan Hubbert: You know I started my career, I was a musician I grew up playing guitar. My older brother wanted to play guitar and I was like 11 years old and said, “I want to play guitar too!” It was one of…
Music Supervisor Gary Calamar
For most of us, music is a pleasant addition to our daily events, a concentrated expression of our own feelings and a pretty revealing source of information regarding our attitudes and individual tastes. The songs that fill up your iPod are very much a personal statement and they delineate a specific…
Music Supervisor Lindsay Wolfington
Music has become, more than ever, human kind's magical ointment; it heals us in times of grief, provides hope in times of despair and makes the smile on our face widen considerably in the presence of the small,yet so enjoyable things in life. Music is no longer a complicated, tragic opera…
Music Supervisor Adam Swart
We sat down with Adam Swart who is the music coordinator and co-supervisor at music supervision and consulting firm 35Sound in Los Angeles, California.
Together with his partner and veteran music supervisor G. Marq Roswell, who founded 35Sound, Adam handles music supervision projects ranging from TV, and documentaries to major…