The Hit Factory: The Stock Aitken & Waterman Story

The Hit Factory: The Stock Aitken & Waterman Story Check out this brilliant documentary charting the success of Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman, the songwriting and record-producing trio who scored more than 100 top 40 hits in the 1980s and 90s, including a string of number ones, with acts including Kylie Minogue, Jason…

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Music Supervisor James Hyman

Music Supervisor James Hyman Music Supervisor James Hyman worked for over 12 years at MTV producing and directing content, including all of the evolving Pop culture shows, documenting protege and big name people in the industry before anyone else did. A highly sought out DJ, James put his skills to the test by successfully…

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Platinum-winning Record Production Team Banana Toons

Multi-platinum Record Production Team Banana Toons We recently interviewed Sean Hosein, who owns and operates Banana Toons with songwriting partner Dane DeViller. The duo has crafted and/or produced hits for: Jessica Simpson, Kelly Rowland, Amy Grant, Stacie Orrico, 98 Degrees, The Corrs, Gloria Gaynor, as well as Laura Pausini. Hosein and DeViller’s works have earned numerous worldwide Gold and Platinum awards and have amassed…

ByPMMJuly 1, 20120Comments

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Music Supervisor Alexandra Patsavas

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…

ByPMMJuly 1, 20120Comments

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Music Supervisor Dan Hubbert

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…

ByPMMJune 1, 20120Comments

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Music Supervisor Gary Calamar

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…

ByPMMJune 1, 20120Comments

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Film Score Supervisor Amanda Street

Score Supervisor Amanda Street Amanda Street is score music supervisor and composer agent at DNA Music Ltd. in London. Her work includes score music supervision on major motion pictures, such as Anand Tucker's 'And When Did You Last See Your Father?' (starringColin Firth and Jim Broadbent) for Number 9 Films / FilmFour (Sony Picture Classics / Disney), Tucker’s 'Shopgirl' (starring Steve Martin and Claire Danes) for…

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Music Supervisor Lindsay Wolfington

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…

ByPMMMay 1, 20120Comments

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Music Supervisor Adam Swart

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…

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Music Supervisor Jim Laquidara

Music Supervisor Jim Laquidara We had the chance to catch up with Music Supervisor Jim Laquidara to talk about some of his latest projects as well as tips and tricks to get your music placed in film, TV, ads and video games. About Music Supervisor Jim Laquidara: Jim is the owner of Audio Motion Musicand…

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The Hit Factory: The Stock Aitken & Waterman Story

Music Supervisor James Hyman

Platinum-winning Record Production Team Banana Toons

Music Supervisor Alexandra Patsavas

Music Supervisor Dan Hubbert

Music Supervisor Gary Calamar

Film Score Supervisor Amanda Street

Music Supervisor Lindsay Wolfington

Music Supervisor Adam Swart

Music Supervisor Jim Laquidara

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will.i.am on the music business

Justin Bieber in the studio