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How to Land a Synch [A.K.A. Song Placement] in an Ad, T.V. Show or Film [Emily White]
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By Emily White of Whitesmith Entertainment, Readymade Records & Dreamfuel. Back in the day, associating one’s music with advertisements was basically the most sell-out move an artist could make. So much so that Neil Young parodied those who did so in his 1988 song and video, “This Note’s For You." A decade later, Moby shattered this notion after his album Play was rejected via traditional promotional outlets such as radio. The decision was made that every track on the album ...
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Actress, Singer Cynthia Basinet Releases Her New Music Video Of "Santa Baby" Tributing Eartha Kitt
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Cynthia "c." Basinet
New York- Cynthia Basinet releases her new music video of “Santa Baby" with a tribute to Eartha Kitt, the song's original siren on the 60th anniversary. “I thought it was a perfect time to give tribute to the singer that had inspired me not only vocally but with her joie de vivre." said Miss Basinet. Long considered “one of the most sultry and seductive voices around", Cynthia felt it important to pay tribute to Eartha because Cynthia's version is often ...
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'Tonight Show' Theme: Evolution
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Back in 1962, when Johnny Carson was named to take over as host of The Tonight Show in New York, he needed a theme song. Carson quickly found one, and for the next 30 years, Johnny's Theme—with its drum-driven intro, brassy fanfare and swinging arrangement—became associated with late-night programming, adult humor and jazz. Most of the band's musicians were East Coast jazz artists and, later, the West Coast jazz scene, and Carson was a big fan. But while Johnny's Theme conjures ...
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Texas Jazz Featured On Jazz At Noon Series
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Austin, TX - A live stream broadcast from Austin is giving music fans a great opportunity to see and hear what Texas Jazz is all about. Berklee grad Masumi Jones is producing the monthly Jazz At Noon series and taking it worldwide via Ustream TV. A recent episode included visiting multi instrumentalist /composer Alex Coke (Creative Opportunity Orchestra, Worthy Constituents, Willem Breuker Kollektief ), prolific post bop pianist composer Rich Harney (Gene Ramey, Carmen Bradford, Countenance, Worthy Constituents), bassist Evan ...
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Early Stan Kenton on Film
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Back in the 1940s, when radio, record company and movie studio efforts began to merge, shorts were viewed as a highly strategic way to promote bands in movie theaters before feature films came on. Here's a series of short films made with Stan Kenton... Jammin' in the Panoram (1942), with Howard Rumsey on bass... Reed Rapture (1942)... Tampico with June Christy in 1945... Eager Beaver (1945)... It's Been a Long, Long Time with June Christy (1945)... ...
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How TV Sabotaged Racism
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Radio's greatest achievement in the late 1940s and early 1950s may have been its ability to narrow America's racial divide. As independent radio stations flourished after World War II and the wattage of radio towers grew more powerful, young listeners had access to all types of music. Favorite records weren't chosen based on the race of musicians but whether or not the music knocked them out. With the rise of R&B during these years—an offshoot of jazz that filled the ...
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The Most Popular Version Of "Santa Baby" For Over A Decade; Hint: It Was Never Marilyn
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Cynthia "c." Basinet
CBS just aired Cynthia Basinet's “sultry, seductive" version of “Santa Baby" for the second year in a row in their NCIS LA. Her vocal styling has had reviewers comparing the latest “Santa Baby" offerings to this rendition for over a decade, unbeknownst to fans believing it to be Marilyn. Los Angeles - CBS just aired Cynthia Basinet's version of “Santa Baby" for the second year in a row in their NCIS LA Holiday episode starring LL Cool J, preceding the ...
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NCIS Los Angeles Reairs Holiday Episode Tonite Featuring Cynthia Basinet's "Santa Baby"
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Cynthia "c." Basinet
With her gorgeous voice a part of our modern Christmas heritage, actress/singer Cynthia Basinet brings romance to the very popular CBS show with her sultry Santa Baby. Cynthia's iconic rendition of Santa Baby, oft miscredited to Marilyn Monroe will be featured again in the December 6th episode of NCIS: Los Angeles (episode 410, entitled “Free Ride"), starring Chris O' Donnell, LL Cool J, and the rest of the cast of CBS's #4 ranked show. Santa Baby, available on her latest ...
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