Hunnypot Live #452 was the last one for 2021. Yule see us again in January.
Lauren Brinker co-hosted with stories of ghosts from her recent past in the music business and redemption through her current endeavors and projects.
Myke Anthony returned to Hunnypot, fronting his own group, and performed amped up Rock 'n' B/pop bangers.
Love Stallion finally made it to Hunnypot Live and bucked up thoroughbred glam rock music.
Hot Tub Johnnie kept it festive with the party hits all night.
Recap/Photos: J. Gray 12/13/2021
Lauren Brinker is a native of Hollywood, CA. She’s a singer, budding songwriter, chorister, and general lover of all things music. Lauren began singing as a young child in the LA Children’s Chorus. She was lucky to attend L. A. County High School for the Arts, where she was immersed in music every day of the school week. From high school she went on to study opera and vocal pedagogy at UC Santa Cruz, where she stayed to do their master’s program. Since then, she’s taught music to kids, worked for regional opera companies, dabbled in session singing, conducted a community musical and worked as a ringer for Catholic churches up and down California.
Currently, Lauren heads-off her own music clearance company, Smoketree Music. She’s also a proud member of Nevenka East European Folk Ensemble, a non-profit women’s folk chorus that was founded in 1976. Lauren’s husband, Ray Brinker, is a renowned jazz drummer. She’s grateful to have a life and career that is music centered.
LA based, Michael Anthony Marigliano, p.k.a. Myke Anthony. is an American musician, singer, songwriter, rapper and record producer. He has released two albums (Broken Love & These Days), one EP, and one mixtape. Myke's newest single "Rockstar" is a must hear.
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Grant Owens, from We Found New Music, guest hosted with us, shared his love of music discovery and promotion, and shot us up with an anti-"bodied" playlist to tell his tale.
Poe The Passenger enlarged and warmed our telltale hearts with energetic powered pop rock to cure what ails you.
Mr. Max took us beyond the capacity limits with a 3 piece triple dose of punk, pop, and rock.
Hot Tub Johnnie administered doses of party music before, during and after our bi-weekly musical clinic.
Recap: J. Gray
Photos: J. Gray 11/29/2021
Innovative and resourceful music industry professional with extensive experience in talent discovery and development. Introduced artists such as Billie Eilish, LAUV, Yungblud, Arlo Parks, and Kim Petras through his popular Industry focused weekly showcase and artist discovery platform, We Found New Music.
Grant has been an official SXSW showcase Presenter since 2015 due to his oracle -like track record in artistic discovery, and vast network of industry professionals.
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Energy-fueled, Alt Rock trio Poe the Passenger is an indie force set on stimulating their community with togetherness, honesty and sustainability. The consistent theme running through their music is the aspect of loving yourself for being authentically you and spreading love to others despite our current turmoil. Their music is a constant reminder to listeners around the world that we are all in this together. Their fans voted them to #1 on The World Famous KROQ Locals Only in Los Angeles, proving their dedication to the band. Their Instagram engagement is consistently high, around 24%, and their reach is over 7,000. Likewise, their Spotify audience has grown 138% in a matter of months to about 10,000 monthly listeners. A considerable base of these listeners reside in LA, and they have 1,600 trackers on Bandsintown providing a reliable audience for local shows.
With Andrew Goodfriend of TKO added to their team and over 100 live shows completed to date, Poe the Passenger is ready to bring their infectious, raw, and energetic live show to the masses. They instantly convert attendees to fans, and they have been honing their live set during the pandemic into a visually captivating and sonically stunning event for 2021 & 2022. Fans are hoping to see them on opening tours with Palaye Royale, Nothing But Thieves, The Hunna & other Alt Rock groups.
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Mr. Max is a Los Angeles-based Indie/Punk band founded by frontman/guitarist Max Cohen. Growing up in Los Angeles' South Bay, Max was heavily influenced by the punk rock music native to that area. Mr. Max combines these early influences with more modern sounds from the surf, psych, garage rock and indie rock worlds to create something new and original.
Mr. Max has grown into a 3-piece band with Marisa Testa on drums and Arion Salazar (Third Eye Blind) on bass and has been putting on high-energy shows in Los Angeles and the surrounding areas.
Mr. Max recently released their new single "I Hate My Life" along with a wild music video featuring animation by Youtuber Harvey Seasalt- The song was featured on 2 Spotify official playlists- "New Noise and Noisy," Three Official Apple Music Playlists and received praise from Allison Hagendorf- Global Head of Rock at Spotify.
Moshpit XR LLC, a Los Angeles based 3D concert entertainment company releases a new hyper-realistic, daytime virtual festival concert with Sean The Star Emperor
Moshpit reveals an entirely new approach in virtual concerts by presenting a daytime virtual concert Festival with huge intelligent AI fans and the ability for human avatars to join in as well. The show features popular Los Angeles based music artist Sean The Star Emperor.
We sat down with Sean for a Q&A regarding his artistry, performance in this virtual festival, and his outlook on virtual concerts:
Q: Sean, How was the experience shooting this show?
A: Filming the show was great. It was so easy and it was actually more comfortable to have just a crew and a green screen. Sometimes the audience gives me anxiety, and shooting this way made me feel like I was free to perform freely. So yes; I enjoyed the uniqueness of this new medium.
Q: What motivated you to choose to participate in this with the Moshpit team?
A: The virtual/VR/AR world is so cutting edge, who wouldn't want to break new earth with such an endeavor. Also the potential reach of viewers is far more than I could get at a concert of my own at this stage of my career, or during a pandemic.
Q: Has the company been pleasant to work with?
A: The courteous nature and full transparency of the Moshpit team are such valued traits in the Music Business and rare. I never felt abused, or disregarded , and I was always informed of updates. It is pleasing to have entertainment professionals making you feel treasured and valued and that's what Mosphit does. I feel like a valued asset around them, like a Picasso.
Q: What are your thoughts on the future of Virtual concerts and music experiences?
A: Yes, this is the future. We already have online concerts as seen through Fortnite and other examples. Also, organizations like "School Night" have partnered with Twitch and are doing great 'digicasts' like "School Night At Home." Society, culture, and technology, and social habits are forcing us even more toward this realm. The aforementioned shows us that companies are redefining themselves. One would be a fool to not follow suit. As an independent artist, I am highly invested in seeking ways to contend with artists signed to major labels with huge support. I can't compete with their dollars and their nexus. However, if I find the right platform to invest in, accompanied by a new technology, then I have hope. This is the beauty of Moshpit.
Moshpit will be showcasing its innovative virtual concert technology in coming months. If you're an artist and want to collaborate with Moshpit. You can reach out to them: info@moshpit.live - Darryl Swann
Hunnypot Live #450 was such an NFTeam effort
Co-Host Jonathan Lane block chained our attention with a ledger of his music supervision history.
Jalaina turned us bored apes in to pop music lovers.
Honest Family Outlaws put us in a quantum realm of trap and country music simultaneously.
Ellee Duke pumped our stock with unique crypto pop hits.
And Hot Tub Johnnie dripped hits like a drum and coinBass hero all night long.
Recap: J. Gray 11/8/2021
Jonathan Lane is a music licensing executive and Music Supervisor with over 10 years of experience in the industry. Providing Music Supervision services to many top film marketing and advertising agencies since 2015, Jon is the founder of Clearly Music – A full scope Music Supervision company with a focus on film marketing, advertising content and podcasts. In addition to Clearly Music, Jon is the Senior Director of Synch & Licensing at 5 Alarm Music (an Anthem Entertainment company) where he is instrumental in developing and overseeing their overall licensing strategy, key partnerships, music supervisor relationships, and more.
Jon currently serves on the Board of Directors for the California Copyright Conference (CCC) and is a Friend of the Guild of Music Supervisors.
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JELAINA (Justina Shandler + Elaine Ryan) is a pop duo based in LA and SF. From roll-the-windows-down upbeat bangers to heartfelt acoustic vibes, JELAINA celebrates the girliness in all humans. Both Elaine and Justina are solo singer-songwriters, as well as activists and business partners. They co-founded Sync Music For a Change (syncmusicforachange.com), an initiative that hosts listening sessions with music supervisors in exchange for musician activism.
They also run up and coming boutique sync agency, Unicorn Sync (www.unicornsync.com). A singular intention fuels all three projects: the vision of a kinder, more inclusive world, beginning with a fierce devotion to self discovery and healing. JELAINA’s music reflects a commitment to community, connection and joy as part and parcel of dismantling oppressive systems. And best of all- it’s delivered to a tasty indie pop groove.
Formed in the Spring of 2021, Honest Family Outlaws is a trap country family band from Tujunga, California. Veterans of the stage, studio and music business, each member brings their own unique personality and skill set to the table forming a super-group with great crossover multi genre potential.
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Ellee Duke is an American Artist/Songwriter. Born in Utah, she began writing songs at age 5. By the time she was 17, she had written hundreds of songs and began making trips to Nashville with big dreams of breaking into the music industry .During these Nashville trips, she came in contact with Big Machine Music and signed an artist/publishing deal. She graduated high school early, moved to Nashville shortly after, and began writing and recording with different writers and producers.
Shortly after Ellee moved to Nashville, she realized how much she loved pop music. In 2015, Ellee opened 11 west coast shows for LeAnn Rimes. During this tour, Ellee wrote in LA with some pop writers and producers and made some of her favorite music. She felt a strong sense that LA was where she wanted to be and moved there six months later. Later that year Ellee signed a new publishing deal with Big Yellow Dog Music. Then in 2018, after a long struggle of fighting to stay true to her self, she decided to step away and become an independent artist.
Since then, Ellee got her first Billboard #1 with a song she co-wrote called “Craving” that she collaborated on with Arty and Audien. She’s gotten cuts with J Lo, Charlotte Lawrence, Walk the Earth, Alexander Stewart, Ali Simpson, and has a lot more in the works.
Ellee opened for Rachel Platten in 2016 and has played shows all around the US since a very young age. She’s currently working on her next roll out of original music, and telling her story in a vulnerable and profound way.
Zeus Rebel Waters is an American hip hop artist/songwriter, entrepreneur, single-dad, community leader and philanthropist. The St. Louis native brings a distinct sound and style to hip hop known simply as Gumbo - a gritty blend of all genres mixed with melodic cadence and eclectic rhymes.
The indie rapper brings raw energy to the stage and unleashes it to all his fellow "Rebels" making his live show an experience of high-intensity and positive vibes.
From humble beginnings to Hoo Bangin’ Records, Waters has become a major player throughout the bi-state region. Now, the deity rapper is setting his sights on the global market. With business ventures in fashion, film, and community development, Zeus’ imprint goes far beyond bars and tracks. Make no mistake, Zeus Rebel Waters is here!
Zeus has a hit with his latest single/video "LUV". Check it out here...
Hunnypot is proud to be Zeus Rebel Waters official sync representative, both Master & Publishing, ask us about LICENSING!
Hunnypot Live #449 was a post Halloween treat.
Spirits broke our camera so some cellphone photos are all we have.
Xhaania costumed the position in the interview chair and a short performance.
Nick and the Old Sport haunted Hunnypot for the 4th time.
Pacific Radio performed fun sized pop music, and Hot Tub Johnnie spilled a cauldron of party music all over the packed house. 11/1/2021
Xhaania (Pronounced ZA-NEE-AH) is a singer, song writer from Los Angeles, California with Jamaican heritage. Xhaania grew up listening, singing and dancing to raggea music throughout her childhood, one of the foundations of her unique sound. In addition to raggae music, much of Xhaania's inspiration comes from R&B, Gospel, Rap and hip-hop.
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Pacific Radio is a 4 piece sonic collision of energetic garage rock and LA heartbreak.
4 out of 5 toothpaste users recommend Hunnypot Live for a balanced breakfast.
Hunnypot Live #448 tipped the scales.
Nicole Sanzio returned to update everyone on INDIGI Music happenings and her own new solo piano record!
The roar in the wild, Rora Wilde, belted out ballads and bangers. Fairhazel, thrilled with subdued, meaningful pop music.
Hot Tub Johnnie kept the hits flowing all night and in to the after party.
As the Owner of InDigi Music and Executive Producer, Nicole Sanzio has helped their Artists, Writers and Composers get music placed music in Film, TV & Video.
Her accomplishments as an independent contractor has made her a sought-after expert within the fast-changing industries of licensing/publishing. Her music placements read like a “what’s hot” list in Film & TV programming, among them: MGM’s RESPECT (Aretha Franklin biopic starring Jennifer Hudson), Universal Pictures “Despicable Me 2” and “Fast & Furious” (4, 5 and 6), STX Films “Hustlers”, Better Things (FX), All American (CW), Ginny & Georgia (Netflix), Last Chance U (Netflix), Showtime’s “Ray Donovan” and “Shameless”, Empire (Fox), NBC Olympic Games, NBC “Today Show” and “Meet The Press”, NCIS (CBS), The Hype (HBO Max), In The Dark (CW), Batwoman (CW), etc. Her company has also secured a hefty list of other music placements on AMC, CBS, NBC, TLC, PBS, USA Network, Lifetime, Nickelodeon, MTV, Animal Planet, Netflix, Hulu and Amazon.
Rora Wilde is a pop r&b singer/songwriter Los Angeles, CA. Originally from The Rio Grande Valley, she began singing at the young age of 6 and fell in love with music. She studied cello in school, and taught herself piano and guitar.
At 13, she discovered songwriting and has been performing live ever since. The singer played any stage she could get her hands on; coffee shops, bars, clubs, theaters, etc.
At 18, Rora moved to Austin and continued to play live shows and further developed her sound. The singer explored different genres like alternative rock, synth pop, indie folk and even country-chasing a sound that truly represents her as an artist.
Today, Wilde's powerhouse vocals soar over her new Pop/R&B sounds with moody & introspective lyrics.
Fairhazel is the moniker of 23 year old British/South African singer songwriter Hugh Macdonald. Born in Brighton but raised in London, Cape Town and Paris, Hugh left Berklee College of Music in Boston in 2018 returning to London to work with Communion Music under the name Fairhazel, releasing his first single 7x7 in February to great critical acclaim. Roisin O’Connor of The Independent described it as having "tender, whispering vocals that recall the likes of Villagers, Ben Howard and Sufjan Stevens”. ?
Inspired by artists France Gall, Harry Nilsson and Andy Shauf among others, Fairhazel has established himself as a musical storyteller blurring the lines between fiction and true stories. ?
At his Los Angeles studio, he works on creating all aspects of his music himself from songwriting, arrangement, production, playing and engineering. Although Fairhazel is a solo venture, a band often accompanies him (Louis Giannamore, Alexander Naim Noorani, Karim Saber, Elliot Deubel, Matt Zajac, @yourfriendjuniper, Nate Daviau) at shows and he has opened for Agnes Obel, Banfi and Astræa. Recently he played Whispering Bob Harris's Under the Apple Tree, and featured twice on the lineup of the Counting Crows Underwater Sunshine Festival. His debut album, I'm a Friend of Fairhazel came out in January 2020, and his follow-up, I Sold My Soul For Fairhazel is out now.
Emoni Mathews returned as our guest host. She told her story of competing against hundreds of other players in music industry children's games to win big CEO prizes.
Litvar played tug of war with our hearts with emotional "indie" rock/pop numbers.
Zeus Rebel Waters brought his own team (Kent Grant, Lil Bimmy, Kendo & Keefo (feat Uno Escobar), Yerrty G, Moter Mouth, Zay$tacks, Scumlife Shotty, The Indigo Kid, SlymBoi Rakks, Montega Rebel) to compete in a Squid Game battle royale that resulted in all winners.
Bringing with her a distinguished reputation in the music industry, Emoni serves as the Co- Founder and President of Music Supervision and Creative Licensing for Blaze Unlimited, A creative Music Agency.
Zeus is an American Hip hop artist/songwriter/performer with a unique musical identity. Zeus builds his fanbase, called “The Rebels”, 1 fan at a time. Zeus got in to music early by singing and dancing in youth talent shows. In middle school Zeus formed the rap group P.O.G (Pimped Out Gangsters). The group tasted success by winning talent shows and touring on their hit single “Wobble”. Formerly and casually known as Rukapuff, his first solo single, “Angry”, immediately went in to full rotation on Q95.5(Radio one) in St Louis.
Zeus signed with Mack 10's Hoo Bangin Records. Mack 10 promoted a Rukapuff track, “Like this” featuring Nate Dogg. The song was used in TV commercials, NFL football games movies like Waist Deep, and various TV shows including The Sopranos.
In addition to recording and touring under his O.G. name, Zeus has his own indie record label, Born Ready Records, a clothing line called the Rebel Waters Collection, a film company called Trinity Films, and helps run a non for profit organization for young inner city youth called Rock the Community. Zeus Rebel Waters has arrived.
Did it hurt when Hunnypot Live #446 made you feel something?
Allison Shaw returned to update us on her music industry journey.
JAiRUS performed vintage-modern R&B Jams
MI$HNRZ (missionaries) spread the good word of mixed media music
Hot Tub Johnnie kept the party going from start to finish with music for the maskless.
Allison Shaw is the founder/CEO of Manic Monkee, a firm that does artist mgmt, strategic business development, brand partnerships for artists/music/brands and produces and talent buys for festivals/events/livestreams. Allison started her career in music writing for MTV/VH1 and founded national music magazine Hyperactive,. She also started the Hyperactive Conference and Music Festival and was the executive director for Santa Fe Muzik festival and was a commissioner on the New Mexico Music Commission. Allison currently is the SVP of Festival Operations, talent & strategy for Pure Imagination Music Festival in Arizona, talent buyer for livestream platform Ursa Live and Creative Director of A&R for syncing/licensing platform MDIIO. Allison is also on the Board Of Directors for Nonprofits Sweet Relief Musicians Fund and Charity Bomb.
Allison worked for Rachael Ray's entertainment company where she formed the music division and was co-creator and producer/talent buyer for the Rachael Ray Feedback SXSW. She also ran the label Listen Records/Sony. Shaw is also co-creator/talent buyer for the Annual Whole Foods SXSW showcase which produced the first ever Amazon SXSW appearance. Allison formerly was the Director of Brand Strategy for Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame Inductees Public Enemy. Shaw was also the talent buyer for Moogfest in North Carolina. Allison has worked with many companies across the music/tech/brand space including Fitbit, Stageit, Moogfest, Ticketfly, .music, MDIIO, Muzooka, Kickstarter, Ford, Comedy Central, Gopro, New Amsterdam, and more
JAiRUS, born in Prince George's County, Maryland now based in Los Angeles is a 21-year-old singer/songwriter. He grew up singing in the church where he discovered his passion for singing. After realizing, at a young age, his dream of becoming a musician he went to study voice at The Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington DC, where he was classical trained and worked with stars like Ledisi, Patrice Rushen, Bobby McFerran and Kenny Latimore. After graduation, he set off to LA where he recently received a degree in jazz studies from The University of Southern California.
His music can be described as the “new classics”. A nostalgic feel good sound that propels the past to the present. He aspires to create a timeless sound inspired by classic R&B/Soul, jazz, funk, and pop. With a rich creamy tone, he sets a mood and serenades audiences with songs that groove. And encourages everyone to Stay Groovy.“
Mi$HNRZ (pronounced Missionaries) is an independent Latin band Los Angeles based band formed by multi-instrumentalists Ismael "ISH" Cano and Matt "REEZY" Rey. The duo alternate lead musical vocals, rap and sing in both English and Spanish, and produce a captivating mix of dreamy latin electro pop, suave retrowave beats and subtle reggaeton flavors.
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Another Labor Day holiday Hunnypot where everyone put in a lot of work.
3 time Hunnypot guest host champion, Stephan Pine, painted out a hard rock curated playlist to accompany a metal as fuck interview.
Archer Valentine dug in and sweated out a sweetheart set of songs for young lovers.
Ariel Beesley hammered us with bossed up anger pop filled with full time hooks and hot looks.
The foreman, Hot Tub Johnnie, constructed a super set of party music that stood all night.
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Guest DJ Stephan Pine moved out from Ohio a decade ago and is living the LA dream. He began his career working within the ABC Music Dept under the mentor-ship of the great Dawn Solar, Stephan has learned the ins and outs of music supervision, clearance and licensing. And being a guitar player he loves ROCK! Recently Stephan joined the music department at LIONSGATE FILMS
Stephan has supervising several popular Netflix originals from the Marvel universe, Jessica Jones, Daredevil and The Punisher. BIG SHOWS! Come on out for the hang and congratulate Stephan on his move to Lionsgate!
23 year old Singer/songwriter from LA, thriving through the live music scene. Began writing music in Nepal while working for the IUCN. Archer Valentine is now making music full time and playing everyday he can. When he’s not making music or skateboarding, He’s looking for Sugar mamas and a good time.
Ariel Beesley is an artist who puts feminism and the belief that anger is power at the forefront of her music. Hard hitting, honest pop songs is what she is all about. From cultivating a loyal fanbase headlining shows in Los Angeles and New York City, to founding and running her own nonprofit for sexual assault survivors (@ustarthere U Start Here,) Ariel Beesley’s music is built on the power of believing in yourself and your worth.
Her self titled debut EP was written in New York, Los Angeles, London, and Stockholm, and touches on themes of love, heartbreak, and whatever being in your 20s is all about. She is currently finishing her full-length debut album.