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Do TV Show Music Placements Lead to Greater Artist Awareness?
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HypeBot
By Liv Buli, Resident Data Journalist for Next Big Sound. You've just tuned in to your favorite television show, be it Gossip Girls, Grey's Anatomy, or Glee, and are enthralled by familiar characters and gripping plot, but how often do you take note of the songs that score these scenes? In the right instance, television syncs can serve as an incredible opportunity. Beyond the obvious benefits in terms of additional income and branding opportunities for an artist, in a single ...
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NCIS: Los Angeles Heats Up On Tuesday With Basinet's Santa Baby
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Cynthia "c." Basinet
A modern Christmas classic, Santa Baby by Cynthia Basinet's is headed to one of the hottest shows on TV. On Tuesday the 18th, the 10th episode of season four, entitled “Free Ride” will air, and the sultry and smooth voice of Basinet will be bringing holiday cheer to the cast as well as millions of viewers. The number four ranked action drama will air on CBS in its regular timeslot, right after perennial favorite NCIS. The episode features an undercover ...
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Cinema Documentary About Maja Ratkje Seeking Support
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IJ.Biermann
"Voice - Sculpting Sound with Maja S K Ratkje" is a cinematic feature documentary about the charismatic Norwegian composer, performer, innovator, multimedia artist and cult figure in various music genres, who also speaks up regularly about environmental issues. “Voice" is not only the portrait of a singular musician and artist, but the film will explore and pay homage to sound and to the nature of the human voice in all its facets, and will question deep-seated perceptions about our individual ...
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Legendary Jimi Hendrix Live At Woodstock Performance Set For Global Theatrical Release From November 26, 2012
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1888 Media
London, UK – In Celebration of the 70th Anniversary of Jimi Hendrix's Birth, for the first time ever, see Jimi Hendrix’s unforgettable August 1969 Woodstock concert in select cinemas globally. This special edition theatrical presentation, under the auspices of Experience Hendrix, L.L.C. has been carefully reassembled from the extensive archive of film footage helmed by Academy Award winning director Michael Wadleigh and his hand picked team of skilled camera operators and support personnel under the auspices of Experience Hendrix, LLC, ...
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Encore Screenings Of The Led Zeppelin Concert Film Celebration Day To Take Place On Tuesday November 13 At 7:30 PM
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1888 Media
Following the worldwide success of LED ZEPPELIN: CELEBRATION DAY, the cinema concert event which presented live footage of the band’s 2007 reunion concert at London’s O2 Arena, there has been an enormous response from fans – 1.7 million fans have visited the fan’s website. The film was screened in 15,000 cinemas around the world for a strictly limited engagement on Wednesday, October 17, 2012. Fans who were unable to attend the original tribute concert for Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun ...
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Hammond B3 Organ Film In Post Production
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Lori Glenn
TAMPA , Fla. – A seven-year labor of love, “Killer B3” features some of the greatest Hammond organists in the U.S. Three have died since the project began, most notable among them the king of the B3, Jimmy Smith of Philadelphia, who brought the instrument from the church to the club in the 1950s. “Killer B3” captures gripping personal stories and performances on the iconic Hammond organ. Tampa filmmakers Murv Seymour and Joe Bamford documented Philadelphia great Jimmy McGriff delivering ...
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Led Zeppelin Celebration Day On October 17 With Global Theatrical Release Of Band's 2007 Concert At London's O2 Arena
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1888 Media
Celebration Day Premieres In Four Countries Announced Film To Debut At Ziegfeld Theater In New York On October 9; Press Conference With John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, And Jason Bonham To Precede New York Premiere Hammersmith Apollo To Host London Premiere On October 12 Premieres In Berlin And Tokyo Also Scheduled In Advance Of Global Theatrical Release On October 17 Los Angeles, CA – Led Zeppelin have announced upcoming premieres in four countries for Celebration Day, which documents ...
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