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…
Indie Music on TV - The New Mainstream in Film and TV Music supervisors and their ingenious music selections are quintessential, although we are sometimes unaware of it, in the success of a movie;”Titanic” would not be the heart-breaking and inspiring colossus of a movie it is if it weren’t for Celine Dion’s masterpiece and the…
Review of the Song Tipsheet SongQuarters By David Goldstein When you're ready to take the training wheels off your bicycle, SongQuarters (http://www.songquarters.com) is probably the next best song tipsheet semi-professional and professional songwriters and record producers upgrade to. Like the grandpa of song tipsheets Songlink, SongQuarters features dozens of solicited song placement opportunities in any…
Music Placements That Seem Never Out Of Place There are some things common to all human beings, regardless of gender, nationality, upbringing, cultural or religious beliefs: a sense of humor, a desire for communication, love and security, a taste for good food, a handful of embarrassing moments and at least one time in our lives…
Music Licensing in Bollywood It is hardly a trade secret that the Indian film industry, or Bollywood, as it is practically universally-known, is one of the fastest growing and most successful film industries on the planet – India actually overtook America as the world’s most prolific film producer back in the 1970s. Bollywood film producers…
Multi-platinum Production Team DEEKAY Founders Lars Halvor Jensen and Martin Michael Larsson make up the production and songwriting team DEEKAY (new songwriting/production members include Tim McEwan, Obi and Josh). The multi-platinum production team are on speed-dial on many of today's top artists, including A-list artists such as the Sugababes (lead single for their…
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 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…