Hunnypot, throw back video pick, PRIMA DONNA can be seen at Gary Calamar's "Mimosa Music Series" held upstairs at the Federal Sunday, January 21 11am-2pm. Prima Donna's video "Deathless" premiered in to 2015 which was named the "Coolest Song In The World" by Little Steven’s Underground Garage.  Prima Donna has co-headlined tours and collaborated with Green Day and D Generation. The band has traded in black leather for a black background and matching shirts, arena rock guitars for a steady groove, and an outlandish style for one more subtly nonchalant. 

Currently prepping for their upcoming European tour, you can check Prima Donna and their new record Nine Live and Forty Fives here 

Come out and spend a Sunday afternoon with us. Let us know if you want to be on the guest list; regardless, the show is free and open to everyone. 

Hunnypot Live! created a petition to eliminate Paul McCartney's song "Wonderful Christmastime" from the historical record. Right after that we hosted show #356 and our holiday party. Hot Tub Johnnie started the night with a set yule love to listen to on the rebroadcast. Gary Calamar spoke with us about the reason for the season, rock n' roll and gave us a set of his picks of the past year. Eric & Happie provided the folk spirits, Auditorium rocked our precious snowflake ears, Whiskey Dix brought the whole family home for the holiday and Angelo Moore was the tree topping star for the evening.  -J. Gray  12-12-16

Gary Calamar

Gary Calamar, president of Go Music, is a five time Grammy-nominated producer and music supervisor who has overseen the music on some of the most acclaimed and popular shows on television including “True Blood”, “Six Feet Under”, “Dexter”, “Entourage”, "Weeds" and "House.”  Gary’s current projects include “The Man In The High Castle” (Amazon) , “Good Girls Revolt” (Amazon), “Wayward Pines” (Fox), and the forthcoming indie film “Carrie Pilby.”  Gary is also a songwriter and co-wrote the song “Let’s Boot and Rally” performed by Iggy Pop and Bethany Cosentino for True Blood. His debut EP as a recording artist, “You Are What You Listen To” was released on Atlantic Records to excellent reviews and airplay. His new single ‘The Prince of Pico Blvd.” / “Little Tokyo” will be released in January. Gary is also the author of "Record Store Days" (with Phil Gallo), and DJ at public radio tastemakers KCRW.

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Eric & Happie

Based out of Austin, Eric & Happie bring warm folk harmonies and indie sensibilities with their debut project, It’s Yours. The album debuted at #11 on the iTunes Singer Songwriter Chart and broke into the iTunes Top 200 albums overnight. From DC and Memphis respectively, Eric & Happie grew up with a love for American Folk and Pop alike. The two blend these styles seamlessly in their freshman effort. With a sound reminiscent of Tennis, The Strumbellas, and a hint of the Civil Wars, Eric & Happie are in the midst of a national tour. 

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Auditorium

Auditorium is Spencer Berger. Berger began performing at the age of nine as a member of The Metropolitan Opera’s Children’s Chorus, singing onstage with such golden-throated legends as Luciano Pavarotti and Placido Domingo. His self-released 2011 debut album (Be Brave) and 2012 EP (Nights Worth Living) dropped jaws thanks to Berger's goosebump-inducing voice and his gift for crafting lush, genre-defying arrangements that framed his instant-earworm melodies. Now, Berger is returning with his second LP, The First Music due out January 2017 — grand in scope (15 songs) yet tightly constructed (33 minutes), it pulls off a magic trick by unearthing beauty and hope in some of life's darkest, most harrowing corners.

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The Whiskey Dix

Los Angeles group The Whiskey Dix is a four-piece featuring the much loved Film/TV Placement industry professionals Gary Miller of Universal Music Group, Tony Von Pervieux of AppStage and TVPmusic, Derek Syverud, and Emily Weber of Position Music.  This talented group plays cover songs, "We rock the classic hits that we know you LOVE like Backstreet Boys and George Michael." We're thrilled to have them rock our Holiday Get-Down!

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Angelo Moore

Angelo Moore began his career in the early l980s as lead singer, saxophonist, and creative force behind the legendary band, Fishbone. Fishbone’s ability to blend social commentaryand humor with a blazing fusion of rock, punk, funk, jazz, ska, reggae, gospel and R&B led to their recognition as one of the most notable acts in American music. After over 25 years in the biz, Moore continues his role as frontman of Fishbone. The band has released l0 full-length albums. They have created the music for movies such as “Last Action Hero” (Arnold Schwarzennager), “The Mask” (Jim Carrey) and been featured with roles in movies such as “Idlewild” (Outkast) and “I’m Gonna Get You Sucka” (Keenan Wayan). Angelo has additionally collaborated with the likes of Little Richard, Curtis Mayfield, George Clinton, Rick James and Spike Lee to name but a few.

A versatile artist, Angelo performs under the guise of his wildly energetic alter ego, Dr. Madd Vibe. Linking poetry, performance and music, this visceral artist’s solo performances range from pure spoken word and movement to playing the Theremin and various saxophones as well as reciting poetry accompanied by the Dr. Madd Vibe Aukestra. Stemming from his experiences growing up as a “fly in the buttermilk” in the predominantly white suburbs of Los Angeles, Angelo Moore addresses “Real Racism,” “Social Corrosion,” “SpiritualOvertones,” “Family Affairs,” “Personal Satisfactions and Suffocations” and the human condition in a world gone mad. Dr. Madd Vibe brings a spiritual and cathartic dimension to his performances in the tradition of innovators such as George Clinton, Sun Ra and Jean-Michel Basquiat.

Between l997 and 2010, his solo efforts have spawned literary books and comic books that come equipped with soundtracks and the full-length album entitled “Dr. Maddvibe’s Medicine Cabinet” in which he wrote and played all of the music and instruments. Angelo has also created a Dr. Maddvibe orchestra with whom he has directed and performed in venues in the United States and in Europe.

Angelo Moore has taken his spoken word and sound power to the stage throughout the world and has appeared on The Arsenio Hall Show, The Magic Johnson Show, Late Night with Conan O’Brien, and Roseanne show. Angelo has performed as a poet at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Black Rock Coalition benefits and was featured speaker of the Spitfire Tour. Most recently, he has published “Dr. Madd Vibe’s Ivy League Invasion,” a book of poetry published in conjunction with his artist residency at Yale University (2007). 

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A unique fundraising gala for World Sight Day, Sound for Sight is a concert experience in which audience members wear sight-loss simulator glasses to replicate what it's like living with sight loss. The attending artists (see full lineup below) will be playing special, 15-minute sets throughout the night. Tickets are $10 and all proceeds will go to the sight loss charity RP Fighting Blindness.

Lineup:

• 7:05pm -John Anderson (Hot Tub Johnnie DJ-Set)
• 7:15pm - Chesney Hawkes
• 7:30pm -Gary Calamar
  
• 7:55pm -Lady Low
• 8:20pm -Samuel Jack
• 8:45pm -Jaime Wyatt
• 9:10pm -Ghost Lit Kingdom  
• MORE INFO HERE
  

In January, Hunnypot hosted the very first LIVE broadcast of the 2015 Guild of music Supervisors Awards pre-party! The Guild of Music Supervisors are comprised of film, television and multi-media music professionals dedicated to establishing and promoting the highest performance standards which exemplify and enhance the value of their specialized services within the entertainment and media industries. We interviewed many of the nominees and special presenters of the night.

Here's a full list of the nominees, (winners in bold) :

BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION – TELEVISION COMEDY OR MUSICAL

1. Girls – Season 3 Manish Raval and Tom Wolfe

2. Glee – Season 5 PJ Bloom

3. Hit the Floor – Season 2 Joel C. High and Erin Dillon

4. Nashville – Season 3 (Frankie Pine)

5. Shameless – Season 4 Ann Kline

BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION – TELEVISION DRAMA

1. American Horror Story: Freak Show PJ Bloom

2. Peaky Blinders – Season 2 Amelia Hartley

3. Reign – Season 2 (Madonna Wade-Reed)

4. Teen Wolf – Seasons 3B and 4 Laura Webb

5. The Blacklist – Season 1 John Bissell

BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION – REALITY TELEVISION

1. American Idol – Season 13 Robin Kaye

2. America’s Got Talent – Season 9 Meryl Ginsberg

3. Best Bars in America – Season 1 Carrie Hughes

4. So You Think You Can Dance – Season 11 Nancy Severinsen

5. The Voice – Seasons 6 and 7 (Clyde Lieberman and Jill Meyers)

BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION – TELEVISION LONG FORM AND MOVIES

1. Drumline: A New Beat Tricia Holloway

2. Houdini Maureen Crowe

3. In My Dreams Andrea von Foerster

4. The Normal Heart (PJ Bloom)

BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION – FILM OVER 25 MILLION

1. Guardians of the Galaxy (Dave Jordan)

2. Annie Matt Sullivan and Wende Crowely

3. Get On Up Budd Carr and Margaret Yen

4. The Book Of Life John Houlihan

5. Into The Woods Paul Gemignani and Michael Higham

BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION – FILM UNDER 25 MILLION

1. Birdman Lynn Fainchtein

2. St. Vincent Randall Poster

3. The Fault In Our Stars (Season Kent)

4. Wild Susan Jacobs

5. Chef Mathieu Schreyer

BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION – FILM UNDER 10 MILLION

1. Beyond The Lights Julia Michels

2. JIMI: All Is By My Side Chris Mollere

3. Begin Again (Matt Sullivan and Andrea Von Foerster)

BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION – FILM UNDER 5 MILLION

1. Boyhood Randall Poster

2. Whiplash (Andy Ross)

3. Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon John Houlihan and Willa Yudell

4. We Are The BestRasmus Thord

5. Rudderless Liz Gallacher

BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION IN GAMES

1. FIFA 15 Cybele Pettus [Electronic Arts]

2. Sunset Overdrive Laura Katz and Gregory J. Gordon [Insomniac Games and Pyramind Studios]

3. Hohokum Alex Hackford [Sony Computer Entertainment]

4. Forza Horizon 2 Kyle Hopkins, Maya Halfon and Rob Da Bank [Microsoft Studios]

5. The Sims 4 Steve Schnur and Cybele Pettus [Electronic Arts]

BEST USE OF MUSIC, BRAND

1. Coke  Joe Belliotti

2. AllSaints  Michael Gross

3. Nike  (JT Griffith)

BEST USE OF MUSIC, MUSIC HOUSE / AGENCY

1. Walker Sara Matarazzo

2. Able Baker Jessica Dierauer and Peter Gannon

3. GSD&M David Rockwood

4. Deutsch David Rocco

5. Elias Arts Jason Kramer

6. Media Arts Lab  (Peymon Maskin)

BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION – TRAILERS

1. Inherent Vice– (Teaser Vanessa Jorge) [Aspect Ratio]

2. Interstellar – Trailer #2 Bobby Gumm and Michael Paquette [Trailer Park]

3. Mad Max – Teaser Sanaz Lavaedian [Mocean]

4. 50 Shades Of Grey – Teaser Serena Undercolfer [Concept Arts]

5. Birdman – Teaser Chase Casanova [Mark Woollen]

Hunnypot is proud to announce that we'll be live broadcasting the 2015 Guild of music Supervisors Awards pre-party! The Guild of Music Supervisors are comprised of film, television and multi-media music professionals dedicated to establishing and promoting the highest performance standards which exemplify and enhance the value of their specialized services within the entertainment and media industries. We'll be interviewing many of the nominees and special presenters of the night. Tune in live on Wednesday, January 21st 6:30pm to 8pm and join us for the hottub pre-party! Here's a full list of the nominees:

BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION – TELEVISION COMEDY OR MUSICAL

1. Girls – Season 3 Manish Raval and Tom Wolfe

2. Glee – Season 5 PJ Bloom

3. Hit the Floor – Season 2 Joel C. High and Erin Dillon

4. Nashville – Season 3 Frankie Pine

5. Shameless – Season 4 Ann Kline

BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION – TELEVISION DRAMA

1. American Horror Story: Freak Show PJ Bloom

2. Peaky Blinders – Season 2 Amelia Hartley

3. Reign – Season 2 Madonna Wade-Reed

4. Teen Wolf – Seasons 3B and 4 Laura Webb

5. The Blacklist – Season 1 John Bissell

BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION – REALITY TELEVISION

1. American Idol – Season 13 Robin Kaye

2. America’s Got Talent – Season 9 Meryl Ginsberg

3. Best Bars in America – Season 1 Carrie Hughes

4. So You Think You Can Dance – Season 11 Nancy Severinsen

5. The Voice – Seasons 6 and 7 Clyde Lieberman and Jill Meyers

BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION – TELEVISION LONG FORM AND MOVIES

1. Drumline: A New Beat Tricia Holloway

2. Houdini Maureen Crowe

3. In My Dreams Andrea von Foerster

4. The Normal Heart PJ Bloom

BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION – FILM OVER 25 MILLION

1. Guardians of the Galaxy Dave Jordan

2. Annie Matt Sullivan and Wende Crowely

3. Get On Up Budd Carr and Margaret Yen

4. The Book Of Life John Houlihan

5. Into The Woods Paul Gemignani and Michael Higham

BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION – FILM UNDER 25 MILLION

1. Birdman Lynn Fainchtein

2. St. Vincent Randall Poster

3. The Fault In Our Stars Season Kent

4. Wild Susan Jacobs

5. Chef Mathieu Schreyer

BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION – FILM UNDER 10 MILLION

1. Beyond The Lights Julia Michels

2. JIMI: All Is By My Side Chris Mollere

3. Begin Again Matt Sullivan and Andrea von Foerster

BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION – FILM UNDER 5 MILLION

1. Boyhood Randall Poster

2. Whiplash Andy Ross

3. Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon John Houlihan and Willa Yudell

4. We Are The BestRasmus Thord

5. Rudderless Liz Gallacher

BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION IN GAMES

1. FIFA 15 Cybele Pettus [Electronic Arts]

2. Sunset Overdrive Laura Katz and Gregory J. Gordon [Insomniac Games and Pyramind Studios]

3. Hohokum Alex Hackford [Sony Computer Entertainment]

4. Forza Horizon 2 Kyle Hopkins, Maya Halfon and Rob Da Bank [Microsoft Studios]

2. The Sims 4 Steve Schnur and Cybele Pettus [Electronic Arts]

BEST USE OF MUSIC, BRAND

1. Coke  Joe Belliotti

2. AllSaints  Michael Gross

3. Nike  JT Griffith

BEST USE OF MUSIC, MUSIC HOUSE / AGENCY

1. Walker Sara Matarazzo

2. Able Baker Jessica Dierauer and Peter Gannon

3. GSD&M David Rockwood

4. Deutsch David Rocco

5. Elias Arts Jason Kramer

6. Media Arts Lab  Peymon Maskin

BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION – TRAILERS

1. Inherent Vice– Teaser Vanessa Jorge [Aspect Ratio]

2. Interstellar – Trailer #2 Bobby Gumm and Michael Paquette [Trailer Park]

3. Mad Max – Teaser Sanaz Lavaedian [Mocean]

4. 50 Shades Of Grey – Teaser Serena Undercolfer [Concept Arts]

5. Birdman – Teaser Chase Casanova [Mark Woollen]

Previous Hunnypot Radio Show guest/DJ and Go Music Supervision's Gary Calamar released his music video for "She's So Mid-Century" from his You Are What You Listen To Ep. Check it out, let us know what you think!

The 299th Hunnypot Radio Show was a jam packed night of music as we welcomed all the Sync Summit Conference goers for an exciting night of up-and-coming music acts that took over The Mint!

Hunnypot Radio Host, HOT TUB JOHNNIE dropped another hard hitting set with new tunes from PANAMA, JAJA KISSES, WIZ KHALIFA, CURTIS WILLIAMS x JUICY J, BASEMENT JAXX and many more.

Our special industry guest DJ was none other than Go Music's right hand lady, ALYSON VIDOLI. Making her second appearance on the show Aly prepared a smoking set of her favorite tunes at the moment. A playlist which featured tunes by THE BEATLES, ALT-J, EX COPS, TOM VEK, JESSIE WARE and many more.

As we noted above this past radio show was in association with the Sync Summit, so it was loaded with some of today's top trend-setting artists who put on one helluva show. last week's performances spanned across The Mint's Main Room as well as the newly redesigned Mid-City Music Lounge located in the back of The Mint. Last week's performers included Grammy winning music supervisor, GARY CALAMAR who joined Hunnypot for his very first live show. Gary performed a brilliant set of tunes off his forthcoming debut album "You Are What You Listen To" due to drop on 10/14 through Atlantic Records. Kicking things off at The Mid-City Music Lounge was Barbados based rock quartet, THE LONGEST NIGHT who brought out a loud and blistering set of pop, rock tunes. DEBBIE REIFER, took to the Mid-City stage next followed by CARUSO. Rounding out the night at the Mid-City stage was UK based DJ/Production duo, SMOOVE AND TURRELL and kicked out a banging set of upbeat soul jerkin' tunes. Back over at the Main Stage, NY based retro-soul artist, MAYAENI took over with a rockin' set. Melbourne based folk, blues-rock singer-songwriter, HAMISH ANDERSON dropped a killer set of Hendrix inspired guitar hooks. Closing out the night was our headlining act, Grammy award winners, DIRTY VEGAS. This electronic duo of Steve Smith and Paul Harris opened with a stripped down performance of their smash hit from 2001, "Days Go By". The boys were in town to promote their forthcoming album, "Let The Night" due out later this year and released through Rostrum Records. This is the groups first-ever self-released album. So keep your eye's and ear's peeled for new music from Dirty Vegas!  9/08/2014

ALYSON VIDOLI

In 2006, Gary Calamar founded GO Music with colleague Alyson Vidoli to manage various music supervision projects. Her credits over the years as a supervisor and coordinator include True Blood, House, Big Tips Texas, Weeds, Wilfred, and Dexter. GO Music also hosts a very popular concert series, The Mimosa Music Series which showcases great artists on Sunday mornings.

www.gomusicsupervision.com

https://twitter.com/alywoman

GARY CALAMAR

Gary started his career in the music industry working at a record store in Los Angeles in the 80’s. Years later he got involved with KCRW as a volunteer, and eventually he began hosting his own show with the station (currently airing Sunday nights from 6-8pm). In ’98 Gary broke into Music Supervision, a career which has quickly grown since. Credits of his company GO Music include the film Varsity Blues along with hit show Tru Blood, Six Feet Under, House, Dexter, Entrouage, and Weeds. His more recent personal musical project is kicking off with an upcoming album release.

http://www.gomusicsupervision.com

https://twitter.com/GoMusicServices 

THE LONGEST NIGHT

Barbados-based rock group The Longest Night is made of Robbi Selin, Evil Will, and Bobby Havoc. The unsigned band came together in 2011 and have been performing, recording, and touring since.

https://www.facebook.com/thelongestnight

DEBBIE REIFER

Debbie Reifer is a singer-songwriter originally from Barbados. Her sound is often compared to Norah Jones and takes influence from Sade, Amel Larrieux, and Corinne Bailey Rae. Debbie’s writing style reflects a tender articulation of the human condition and offers musical therapy for the soul. Since her professional debut in 2012, she has been on the music fast track with the release of her EP, being nominated for Best New Artist at the 2014 Barbados Music Awards, and being chosen to perform at this year’s Canadian Music Week. Debbie is currently recording her first full length studio album. 

https://www.facebook.com/debbiereifermusic/info

https://twitter.com/DebbieReifer

http://www.reverbnation.com/debbiereifer

MAYAENI

Mayaeni is a retro-soul singer-songwriter based in New York, NY. She started out recording demos for other artists and working with a number of producers. She released her first self-titled indie album in 2007, resulting in shows throughout the US as well as, a tour of Japan. Mayaeni has worked with Toby Gad, Boots Ottestad, Sam Bisbee, Martin “Dock McKinney,” and Linda Perry among others in her time as an artist. Her music has been placed Converse and Targets ads as well as ABC’s Detroit 1-8-7. 

http://www.mayaeni.com 

CARUSO

Caruso is the brainchild of Shane Ó Fearghail. An Irish Singer/Songwriter and multi instrumentalist from Dublin, Shane created Caruso to launch his debut album The Watcher & The Comet. Two albums in, a Publishing deal in Europe for the first album, a Distribution and Licensing deal in North America for the second, 2014 is set to be another big year. Shane’s unique voice and superb songwriting serve to encapsulate and deliver Caruso’s alternative philosophy, incorporating a colorful mixture of Alternative Folk and Indie Rock and roll.

http://caruso.ie

SMOOVE AND TURNELL

 Smoove and Turrell are a Newcastle, UK based duo that have been creating soul music since 2009. Since their debut album release, Antique Soul, their musical lives have grown exponentially with writing, producing, recording, and touring.

http://www.smooveandturrell.com/blog

https://www.facebook.com/smooveandturrell

https://twitter.com/SmooveTurrell
 

Hamish Anderson

Having made a name for himself across the local scene for his impressive live show that encompasses a mix of blues, rock and folk with moments of loud, electric blues-soaked songs as well as delicate acoustic balladry, Hamish and his band have released a debut EP with a host of noteworthy tunes and a songwriting and vocal maturity well beyond his twenty-one years. While he continues to write and record on a continuous basis, his EP is available now on iTunes. 

http://hamishanderson.com.au

https://www.facebook.com/hamishandersonmusic

http://www.twitter.com/hamishkanderson

STEVE SMITH/DIRTY VEGAS & NEVER GIVE UP

In a career that started over 10 years ago, the Grammy winning duo of Steve Smith and Paul Harris are ready for the next step in the evolution of Dirty Vegas. They have spent the first half of 2013 working on new material,and have completed their next official release; an EP titled Let The Night that will be released towards the end of the year. In the US, Let The Night will be the band’s first release self-released independent record, an exciting opportunity that was not a reality when any of their previous albums. Let The Night will be represented for sync-licensing in the US by Pig Factory and will be released on Rostrum in North America and D:Vision Records in the rest of the world.

http://www.dirtyvegas.com

https://www.facebook.com/dirtyvegasmusic

https://twitter.com/WeAreDirtyVegas
 

Event Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/710499955682189/?source=1 

Special thanks to our guests…

Gary Calamar, Phill Gallo, Marvin Etzioni, Larken Phillips, Brittany Burgos, Sammy H. Greenspan, Ajisha Glaspy, Diana Szyszkiewicz, Kevin Coogan, Scilla Siekmann, Susan Koc, Jill Pedime, Adam Schlachter, Petrina Foley, Colleen Crumb, Lindsay Nourse, Marvin Bonilla, Mark N. Foley, Tim Bickford, Christopher Hawley, Karen Henry, Lee Anna James, Gayle Day, Juan Gonzales, Ira Cord, Ryan Bradley, Brandon Dorsky, Kevin Soriano & Marcel.