When PopMatters and Team Rock agree on something, it is cause for curiosity. In this case, the mystery is Prima Donna's new single "Deathless". Known for high-strung, heavily distorted, bulls on cocaine type energy the LA Rock scene mainstay has taken a nonchalantly wide turn towards proto-americana; a change in direction that's as refreshing as it is unexpected.
Written in a Spaniard hostel (because of course it was) and featuring a driving yet deftly danceable shoe gaze beat, "Deathless" feels like a winding, tumbleweed-laden dirt road in a Robert Rodriguez movie: while scorpions, banditos, and all kinds of precarious dangers most definitely lurk just beyond the horizon, Prima Donna is just too goddamn cool to care.
We’re invoking ole-ole-ole all around. In a rare (collect) call E.T. told us it was A.O.K. to feature him in his Arc de Dumpdump Atari 2600 video game.
Not only did we make a video from a previous album without having finished videos for our current album, but we also used archival footage from Lost in Space and the US Army. On the video game front, Defender also makes an appearance.
Nothing says alienation from people like aliens. Enjoy.
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A surf-rock/oldies inspired band with a new twist and shout. Like a hydro-electric Surfaris Mothra rising from the ashes of an African village burned to the ground by minotaurs from Buddy Holly's personally shaded zoo garden in the sky. http://thenewelectricsound.com
Playing Hunnypot Radio Live at The Mint Feb. 9th 2015!
Kicking off our live music segment was Indie Folk Singer/Songwriter, JULIET PIPER. Juliet performed songs from her Wonder & Time EP. Our next guest was London based songwriter, CHESNEY HAWKES. Best known for his 90's pop smash "The One and Only", Chesney is still at it and continues to write and produce based in LA. Chesney joined us for a special sit down interview and live performance where he delivered a calming and joyful acoustic guitar and piano set. Joining us from our own backyard, was SWING HERO performing a tasty alternative post-punk rock that left us all with a rebel attitude. THE WEST COAST BOUNCERS hit the stage real hard! Residing in LA, they spun a killer set, you need to experience. Closing out the night was N0VEL who's Dance/Pop styling sparked the dance party.
BIG THANKS to all who came out and enjoyed the 308th Hunnypot Radio Show!! If you were unable to see the show or missed one of these special performances head over to the Hunnypot Radio page and continue to join us every other Monday night at The Mint as we continue to push the envelope with exposing today’s bubbling music talent.
Once called “the L.A. scene secret weapon” by Billboard Magazine, Greg came to Angry Mob after years in the Southern California underground music scene: touring in bands; booking concerts, tours, and festivals; producing recordings; running an independent label; managing a radio station; doing PR for artists; scouting and signing new talent for music companies; DJ’ing; pitching songs for synch licensing; and throwing SXSW and CMJ showcases. Follow him @gkla
Mara Schwartz President and founder of Superior Music Publishing since January 2014. "Independent music publishing for independent thinkers" is Superior's focus. Mara is a DJ, a fan and especially an indie rock lover. Tweet her @Mara_Schwartz
"I am a tiny, glowing creature. I take words and place them into songs. Endlessly perfecting the art of being an independent singer-songwriter in gigantic LA."Follow her @JulietMusic julietpipermusic.com
Approximately 50,000 singles were released in the UK during the nineties. With five weeks at the top, the twentieth most successful release of that entire decade was ‘The One and Only’, the lead song from the soundtrack of the film “Buddy’s Song” sung by a 19 year old Chesney. The song has gone on to be the subject of numerous compilation albums, TV ads, TV theme music, film soundtracks and, now a student anthem, continues to top ‘Best pop song of the nineties’ polls.
Chesney has worked with writers and producers from a broad section of the industry, among them Mark Goldenberg (The Eels), Jesse Valenzuela (The Gin Blossoms) and Counting Crows producer Marvin Etzioni. Other collaborators include Howard Jones, the Police’s Stuart Copeland, Nik Kershaw, Bijou Phillips and more Rob Davis (co-writer of Kylie’s Can’t Get you out of My Head). Artists continue to cover his songs and he has had material recorded by three international Pop Idol winners. Tweet @ChesneyHawkes chesneyhawkes.com
Conceived by Marshall Gallagher (ex-Solar Bear, touring guitarist for 3OH!3) in 2011, Swing Hero is an amalgam of shimmery dreamo and virtuosic post-grunge. The delivery is heavy, pretty and deceptively straightforward. The subject matter: growing up and dealing with heartbreak is exhausting, no matter who you are. Music fans will find a nostalgic comfort in layer after layer of warm guitar, mid-tempo pocket grooves and vocals that are both lyrically sharp and melodically contagious.
For the band, 2014 brings the prospect of at least one brand new release, shows spanning the west coast and midwest, and a chance to prove their true prowess in the wake of their recent relocation to Los Angeles. Swing Hero is climbing steadily, gunning for soft spots and sentimental hearts around the globe. swingheroband.com Follow @swinghero
DJ Serafin & Jared Lee Gosselin
Individually these two have conquered modern music. From underground dance to classic rock, these two super DJ/Producers have energized every note and beat possible. But together they form one of the newest and most watched production teams of today “The West Coast Bouncers” featuring guest vocalists Fatman Scoop & Blake Lewis will soon be a name to surpass the countless number of awarded songs and remixes the duo has individually accomplished. Tweet @WestCoastBounce thewestcoastbouncers.com
N0vel is a Canadian native, but now with dual citizenship in the United States. Over the years N0vel has performed in several dance and musical theater productions. N0vel has graduated with the Royal Conservatory of Ballet in 2009 and danced on The Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines.
It didn’t take long for N0vel to turn her focus to music.She began writing and performing original songs all over Canada. She wrote and recorded a 5 song demo which got into the hands of Poet Name Life, who has 2 Grammys for his work with the Black Eyed Peas. Poet and N0vel instantly clicked and started writing and producing new material together. Look for her first single, “H8Luv”, which was featured on iTunes under New & Noteworthy. H8Luv is also available on Virgin Airlines under the Listen Deep Channel. Follow @iamn0vel iamn0vel.com
Sophia Grace is your new #1 girl. She just dropped her new music video "Best Friends" and boy, do 2nd graders know how to party. Sophia and her best friends dance down catwalk have an elaborate shopping spree at Kmart and Sophia throws down some serious rap game. Whether or not the video was intentionally hilarious, it had us laughing pretty hard and left us thoroughly entertained. We can't wait for the next one Sophia!
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
Girls – Season 3 Manish Raval and Tom Wolfe
Glee – Season 5 PJ Bloom
Hit the Floor – Season 2 Joel C. High and Erin Dillon
Nashville – Season 3 Frankie Pine
Shameless – Season 4 Ann Kline
BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION – TELEVISION DRAMA
American Horror Story: Freak Show PJ Bloom
Peaky Blinders – Season 2 Amelia Hartley
Reign – Season 2 Madonna Wade-Reed
Teen Wolf – Seasons 3B and 4 Laura Webb
The Blacklist – Season 1 John Bissell
BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION – REALITY TELEVISION
American Idol – Season 13 Robin Kaye
America’s Got Talent – Season 9 Meryl Ginsberg
Best Bars in America – Season 1 Carrie Hughes
So You Think You Can Dance – Season 11 Nancy Severinsen
The Voice – Seasons 6 and 7 Clyde Lieberman and Jill Meyers
BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION – TELEVISION LONG FORM AND MOVIES
Drumline: A New Beat Tricia Holloway
Houdini Maureen Crowe
In My Dreams Andrea von Foerster
The Normal Heart PJ Bloom
BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION – FILM OVER 25 MILLION
Guardians of the Galaxy Dave Jordan
Annie Matt Sullivan and Wende Crowely
Get On Up Budd Carr and Margaret Yen
The Book Of Life John Houlihan
Into The Woods Paul Gemignani and Michael Higham
BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION – FILM UNDER 25 MILLION
Birdman Lynn Fainchtein
St. Vincent Randall Poster
The Fault In Our Stars Season Kent
Wild Susan Jacobs
Chef Mathieu Schreyer
BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION – FILM UNDER 10 MILLION
Beyond The Lights Julia Michels
JIMI: All Is By My Side Chris Mollere
Begin Again Matt Sullivan and Andrea von Foerster
BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION – FILM UNDER 5 MILLION
Boyhood Randall Poster
Whiplash Andy Ross
Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon John Houlihan and Willa Yudell
We Are The BestRasmus Thord
Rudderless Liz Gallacher
BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION IN GAMES
FIFA 15 Cybele Pettus [Electronic Arts]
Sunset Overdrive Laura Katz and Gregory J. Gordon [Insomniac Games and Pyramind Studios]
Hohokum Alex Hackford [Sony Computer Entertainment]
Forza Horizon 2 Kyle Hopkins, Maya Halfon and Rob Da Bank [Microsoft Studios]
The Sims 4 Steve Schnur and Cybele Pettus [Electronic Arts]
BEST USE OF MUSIC, BRAND
Coke Joe Belliotti
AllSaints Michael Gross
Nike JT Griffith
BEST USE OF MUSIC, MUSIC HOUSE / AGENCY
Walker Sara Matarazzo
Able Baker Jessica Dierauer and Peter Gannon
GSD&M David Rockwood
Deutsch David Rocco
Elias Arts Jason Kramer
Media Arts Lab Peymon Maskin
BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION – TRAILERS
Inherent Vice– Teaser Vanessa Jorge [Aspect Ratio]
Interstellar – Trailer #2 Bobby Gumm and Michael Paquette [Trailer Park]
Mad Max – Teaser Sanaz Lavaedian [Mocean]
50 Shades Of Grey – Teaser Serena Undercolfer [Concept Arts]
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 26th 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
