Hunnypot's coverage from the pre-party of the 5th annual Guild of Music Supervisors Awards, hosted by John Anderson aka Hot Tub Johnnie.

Hunnypot is proud to announce our 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 interviewed some of the nominees and special presenters of the night:

-Frankie Pine
-Mickey Dolenz
-Andrea Von Foerster
-Daryl Berg
-Paul Stewart
-Robin Kaye
-Gary Miller
-Dana Childs
-John Fulford
-Tim Bickford
-Thomas Golubic
-Frank Fitzpatrick
-Lindsay Bea-Davis
-Pesci Jeff Gray
-Heather Boyd

Recorded Live on Wednesday, January 21st, 2015

And the winners are...

BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION – TELEVISION COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Nashville (Season 3) - Frankie Pine

BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION – TELEVISION DRAMA
Reign (Season 2) - Madonna Wade-Reed

BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION – REALITY TELEVISION
The Voice (Seasons 6 and 7) - Clyde Lieberman and Jill Meyers

BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION – TELEVISION LONG FORM AND MOVIES
The Normal Heart - PJ Bloom

BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION – FILM OVER 25 MILLION
Guardians of the Galaxy - Dave Jordan

BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION – FILM UNDER 25 MILLION
The Fault In Our Stars - Season Kent

BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION – FILM UNDER 10 MILLION
Begin Again - Matt Sullivan and Andrea von Foerster

BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION – FILM UNDER 5 MILLION
Whiplash - Andy Ross

BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION IN GAMES
FIFA 15 - Cybele Pettus [Electronic Arts]

BEST USE OF MUSIC, BRAND
Nike - JT Griffith

BEST USE OF MUSIC, MUSIC HOUSE / AGENCY
Media Arts Lab - Peymon Maskan

BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION – TRAILERS
Inherent Vice (Teaser) - Vanessa Jorge [Aspect Ratio]

Honorary Awards:
2014 STUDIO AWARD FOR MUSIC IN TELEVISION-
20th Century Fox Television

2014 STUDIO AWARD FOR MUSIC IN FILM – a tie with 2 honorees- The Walt Disney Studios and 20th Century Fox Studios

Where do you go when you want to escape? What do you think about? Well we think about The Great Escape. A Los Angeles rock band that stole our hearts from the moment they play their very 1st show together on Hunnypot Radio! Their raw sound is a celebration of emotional storytelling and bold statements poured into lavish melodies and harmonies. The Great Escape has just released their first video for “All I Think About”, and this video will be all you think about for the next few days, so sit back and get ready to go on a great escape.

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]

DJ Serafin & Jared Lee Gosselin individually have conquered the music industry but together they form one of the newest and most watched production teams today The West Coast Bouncers. They have just released their new video “24K” and this one is guaranteed to make you bounce. Check it out and come out to the Hunnypot Radio Show on January 26^th to see The West Coast Bouncers perform live!

Thanks to Whitney Parsons/Gideen Blog for the profile piece.

http://gideen.com/blog/post/6d26eec13131d73e7696726145072418

Los Angeles-based music publisher John Anderson moved to LA from a small town in Wyoming with dreams of becoming a music supervisor. He loved both music and film, and as music supervision works with both mediums, that naturally felt like the right direction to move in. When John started his first internship in the industry, however, he found his true calling; not in music supervision as he had anticipated, but in music publishing. “I realized that in publishing, I could work all aspects instead of just specializing in one or two shows.”

In the 25 years that he’s been in the business, John has worked with a ton of amazing artists that he’s gotten to represent for film and TV, including (but definitely not limited to!) Kings of Leon, The Cramps, Snow Patrol, and The Who.

John spent the first 20 years of his career in the music industry as an integral member of Windswept Music Publishing.  He helped take the company from a fledgling start-up to the largest independent Music Publisher in the world, a feat that recently resulted in one of the most lucrative catalogue sales in Music Publishing history. (Hunnypot.com)

In recent years, John has focused all of his efforts on Hunnypot Unlimited, “a multifaceted Music Publishing, Artist Representation, Marketing and Film & Television Placement organization specializing in discovering and cultivating fresh music talent.” Working in a very relationship-driven industry has taught John a lot about where he wants to take his business and how he can get there. He is constantly looking and listening for new, fresh talent. Sometimes he even uses Twitter to reach out to artists he hears potential in. “If I find a track I like, it’s easy to reach out to a band and suggest working together; to help build the team and break the band.”

John works with a lot of already-existing tracks, but there are times that he takes a leap of faith in an artist/band and asks them to create a new, original tune for a placement. “Sometimes we say: “we’re looking for this sound…do you want to take a crack at it?” Then they’ll kick out a song in a 24-hour period and we’ll present it.

I get great joy out of seeing the writers and artists that I work with become successful….to see them rise out of the unknown band world and become a successful touring group with people reacting positively to their music. My advice to the artist is to focus on your fan base and release singles that create real reactions. Past that, it is about participating in the club scene; go out and see other bands, meet other people. This is a natural way to connect and share, as compared to blank e-mails and cold calls. You will be better off in the long run.

As a music publisher, John faces some of the same challenges that music supervisors do, but he faces them with a different stake. Many music supervisors have pointed out the challenge of working with shrinking music budgets in their productions. John’s challenge is to take these shrinking music budgets into consideration and find monetization opportunities for music within them. “The industry has changed considerably over the last 15 – 20 years. Fees are down, which means a lot of micro-licenses. The bigger licenses that we used to negotiate aren’t so easy to come by.”

That isn’t to say that there aren’t ANY big licensing opportunities anymore. Just last month, one of Hunnypot’s most successful singles (Far East Movement’s Like a G6) was licensed for a Carl’s Jr. commercial. In the past four years, it has been placed in multiple television shows, including CSI New York. One great licensed track could mean the world in publishing. “Some other personal placement triumphs for John include Snow Patrol “Chasing Cars” in Grey’s Anatomy, The Who songs featured in the entire CSI franchise, Kings of Leon’s “Molly’s Chamber” for Volkswagon, and The Dollyrots “Because I’m Awesome” for both Hewlitt/Packard and Kohl’s Department Stores (Hunnypot.com)”

The industry is changing and John is changing with it. HunnyPot started out simply as a party, as an industry mixer. But it has grown into something much more, today symbolizing “an electrifying, exhilarating and stimulating experience for the entire creative community.” John started his career as the first employee for a publishing company that grew to be enormously successful. He rose from office runner answering phones and going through boxes of 45s of old songs to Sr. VP of Film & TV Music/Creative to CEO of his very own successful multifaceted music publishing company. He knows the industry inside and out; take his words to heart!

by Whitney Parsons

Thank you John for sharing some great stories and tips with us!

Find John on Twitter @JAHunnypot and at janderson@hunnypotunlimited.com

Meet Mighty Mark!

East Coast representative is taking names and playing the game right with his tight beats. Hell, he has been working so hard, he is successfully running his own label, Zoo On Mars Entertainment, including but not limited to: Mike-Mike, Dollas Tha Producer, K.S, and TT The Artist who raps on this specific track. Bringing in the new school with a touch of old school club sound, it's undeniable that this Baltimore native is bringing, "some heat to the kitchen!" We chose his cooked up song, "Ping Pong," for our Hunnypot video pick! Guaranteed to get the party started! The music video is filled with funky visuals and booty shaking which compliments the song perfectly. You got some competition Miley Cyrus!

Written by Leah Adams

About the Author

Leah Adams joined All Access Music Group in August 2011 and has been enjoying getting to know a new side of the music industry ever since. Having worked to promote radio stations in the past, seeing what makes a successful radio hit has been a thrill. As a lover of all genres of music, working at All Access Music Group is a perfect fit for Leah, and she loves learning about up and coming musicians as well. Most of her friends have come to rely on her for new music. Leah grew up overseas attending American international schools and attended The University of Arizona, where she earned a BA in Music Management. She roots for the Wildcats every chance she gets. Leah has been able to work at a variety of music-related jobs including several internships at small independent labels, ClearChannel Radio and Journal Broadcasting Group. She also spent time working retail at a store that specializes in vinyl, which was a lot of fun for her. Her favorite movie is Empire Records, so that makes perfect sense. Leah has been living in Los Angeles for four years and loves all that the crazy city has to offer; from entertainment to culture and food and, of course, music. When Leah isn't working, she helps promote a non-profit Pin-Up Calendar project; she loves reading, seeing movies, running and attending concerts.

Read more: http://music.allaccess.com/hunnypot-unlimited-hosts-a-night-of-live-music-at-west-las-the-mint/#ixzz3P28iEa2i

Thank you Leah and All Access Music for coming out and covering the event!

BAD LANDS does it again! Mowgli and Rocky's, "Shotgun," leaves you with your head in the clouds thinking about your old high school lover.

BAD LANDS sings in their catchy hook, "Take Me Anywhere," and so we brought them here...

VIDEO PICK of the week!!

Popping champagne in slow motion is always attractive, especially when you got this tune bringing it to life.

The good vibes definitely echo when listening to BAD LANDS and it makes sense that they are from LA!! 

Props to BAD LANDS, for a killer single!

I think I speak for all of us when I say we want more!

Combining sounds from a Slavic discotek, a Gypsy campsite, a Venetian gondola ride and set to a clandestine affair, Elena's first release with NYC-based Robbins Entertainment, "Mamma Mia (He's Italiano)", is as culturally varied as Elena herself. 

The daughter of a Romanian priest and folk singer, Elena Gheorghe's international success was cemented with her Romanian chart-topping single "Disco Romancing" which made Elena the first female artist to reach the #1 spot of the Romanian charts twice. Shortly after, America came calling. We're excited to hear more from this Eastern European enchantress!

Apologizes for the missing recorded audio elements :(

Hot Tub Johnnie and the Hunnypot Radio crew kicked off 2015 with a bang! It was an incredible evening of music, The Mint was perfectly packed throughout the night. HOT TUB dropped a set of tunes that jumped off w. BLACK STROBE, CHELA, HOLYCHILD, BAD LANDS, LEIKELI47 and many more!

Hunnypot’s own BOOM SHACK filled in for the industry DJ set. Boom Shack provided new jams from RAINY DAY WOMAN, IAIN WOODS, TIMEFLIES, THE DISTRICTS, PINK MURDER, ANDERSON .PAAK and lots more. 

We kicked off the live music with LA’s own, CELESTE STONEY who with her 8-piece band belted out an incredible cover of Sam Smith’s “Stay With Me” and her catchy debut single “My Kinda Crazy”. After Celeste warmed the stage up we all were treated to a dynamic performance from LA based jazz, funk, pop, rock outfit, MAGNOLIA MEMOIR. Fronted by lead singer, Mela Lee, Magnolia Memoir played a variety of songs off their latest album, Pale Fire…including the single “Odds & Ends” and the soulful, “No One Like You”. Next to hit the stage was long-standing LA based rockers, THE JANKS who dropped in for a sit down interview to plug their new EP and title track, “Living In Denial”. Once they hit the stage The Janks delivered catchy rock gems with songs like “All Mine”, “Millionaire” and “Old Enough”. After The Janks shook us we decided to smooth it out with the soothing and sultry vocal stylings of LYDIA RENE. Pure talent was definitely on display as Lydia’s beautiful piano playing and her smoothed out, jazz infused soul captivated the crowd. Closing out the night was LA based rapper, QUINN who turned out a killer set of laid back hip hop jams off his recently released debut album, No Time Wasted. Quinn was backed up on the 1s and 2s by producer/DJ, CHRIS PAUL who even provided some hard bangers for the Hunnypot Dance Party.

BIG THANKS to all who came out and helped us kick off our first show of 2015, the 307th Hunnypot Radio Show!