2019 brings NEW placements in television and film.
Dean H. Anderson
As I type a blizzard rages outside the studio in Chicago! While it is definitely cold outside, here in the studio the fall months of September, October and now November it's been absolutely scorching! We've placed dozens of new trax on Pond5 and AudioSparx, and are currently shopping a collection of television acoustic music to a few select libraries - stay tuned for the release information. As promised, I've posted new high definition clips to the site which feature our music used in Hard Core Pawn, Anthony Bourdain's Parts Unknown - as well as re-posting "Smallville" and "The Bernie Mac Show" in HD. To see them move to the "MORE" menu and click on the "Coming Soon" tab - you'll see the thumbnails...I hope to get clips from Law & Order and Hawaii Five-0 posted soon as well. ASCAP released it's quarterly International distribution statement and our music is being played around the world more than ever! We had placements in 52 countries including Ireland, Israel and Tahiti! Our music appeared in programs ranging from Tour Le Monde En Parlait in Canada to Galaxy Park in Belgium and the shows which used our work last quarter continue to use it and in some cases have added a track or two. For the "big boys" this news probably wouldn't be 'fit to print' but for us it's quite EXCITING to see so many placements in so many places!
As of this writing, a piece I co-wrote with a dazzling Chicagoland talent - Joanna Marie - "Song Glow" has been selected by the producers of Animal Planet for potential use as the theme for one of their most successful shows: "Amanda To The Rescue". Ryan Sager at Scorekeepers Music in Los Angeles (where the tune resides for commercial licensing) asked us to provide "alts", alternative edits/mixes so that the Producers can determine flexibility of use - it's one of the things we're worked out in August. A shout out to Z3 Studios' owner Terry Reid! who has just opened his awesome new recording studio in Lincolnwood, IL where yours truly will be doing some engineering and producing of my own work and some of Terry's incredible pool of young artists. Helping out with the room also want to say YO to Seth and Bernie - as well as Terry's bro Sean: Thanks for the helping hand fellas! And once again my partner in songwriting, Shay Jones, and I are collaborating on new material starting with "Gently" - in many ways a follow-up to our uber-successful "Color Of My Love" (Bernie Mac, CNN, ABC, CBS, TBS, others). There's A LOT GOING ON in this hot month of August, and we're shifting it into another gear to cover it! Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber's latest single - "I Don't Care" - is one of those tracks that move me from heart to soul - and reminds me why I chose music as a career. LOVE.
With each quarterly distribution, our PRO (Performing Rights Organization) issues a list of where our music has been placed, including the name of the program, the country, and of course the title. I still get excited every single time our works are used, so here's a few that surprised and thrilled the home office, though there were many:
Composer Rick Sankey's "It's Your Bling" has basically become a theme on the comedy channel hit Impractical Jokers. The show used "Bling" over a 150 times in 2018, and is on track for more this year! "Mastermind", a track written by yours truly, saw similar numbers of placements in Pawn Stars and Hard Core Pawn. Two tracks which I penned with songstress Shay Jones made new inroads after long runs on The Bernie Mac Show: "Step Into My World" and "Get Funky" made regular placements in The Mentalist, Hawaii Five-0, and The Office over the past year! Etric Lyons' "Fleet Of Dreams" drew dozens of placements in both Television (Place In The Sun & Galaxy Park) and Internet radio, while Jr. Williams has seen widespread and multiple uses from his Blues collection "From The Delta To Detroit" (SCDV 224). Another blues release - "Memphis Blues" (SCDV 461) featuring Castro Coleman is tearing up both U.S. and European television shows, more specifics on Castro's success to come. ALL of our composers have received multiple plays from their respective releases - space allotted here limits us from mentioning them all - CONGRATULATIONS TEAM!
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