|
|
Join us as we talk with some amazing creative people about what they love most:
all things music and the arts.
We like to break it down - how they got started, obstacles they faced, and what inspires their work.
Our interviews include the best of the best at what they do -
music supervisors like Chris Douridas & Amanda Krieg Thomas,
Grammy-nominated DJ and composer Matt Lange, trance artist Cold Blue,
and Halo composers Brian Trifon and Brian White, and more.
WE'RE HOSTING A GIVEAWAY!
EPISODE 8: BIRD YORK
Kathleen “Bird” York is a study in creative versatility: an Oscar nominated songwriter and recording artist, (IN THE DEEP from Oscar winning film CRASH), a screenwriter who has developed pilots for Warner Bros, Sony, Paramount and Fox, and an accomplished actor having starred or costarred in dozens of films, miniseries and Emmy award-winning television series.
A musician since fifteen, Bird’s songwriting ability got the attention of Warner Chappell which then lead to her critically acclaimed record with EMI. Her love for writing to picture found her composing and producing songs for several projects including Oscar winning film maker Paul Haggis’ CBS drama FAMILY LAW, Sony’s SEVEN POUNDS, Magnolia Pictures DUMBSTRUCK, and Warner Bros’ SUBLIME, as well as for television series CSI:NY, HOUSE, AMERICAN IDOL, ARMY WIVES, STAND OFF, NIP TUCK and WAREHOUSE 13. As an actor, she is best known for her work as Congresswoman Andie Wyatt on the West Wing, and can currently be seen as a series regular on the CBS/CW series IN THE DARK.
A musician since fifteen, Bird’s songwriting ability got the attention of Warner Chappell which then lead to her critically acclaimed record with EMI. Her love for writing to picture found her composing and producing songs for several projects including Oscar winning film maker Paul Haggis’ CBS drama FAMILY LAW, Sony’s SEVEN POUNDS, Magnolia Pictures DUMBSTRUCK, and Warner Bros’ SUBLIME, as well as for television series CSI:NY, HOUSE, AMERICAN IDOL, ARMY WIVES, STAND OFF, NIP TUCK and WAREHOUSE 13. As an actor, she is best known for her work as Congresswoman Andie Wyatt on the West Wing, and can currently be seen as a series regular on the CBS/CW series IN THE DARK.
EPISODE 8: JAY WEIGEL
Jay Weigel is a distinguished composer, producer, conductor, arranger, orchestrator, and contractor for film, television, recordings, and concerts. Based in New Orleans, he has worked in the film and television industry for over 35 years. His recent scores and soundtrack recordings can be heard in the Warner Brothers films including, The Campaign, Green Lantern, Grudge Match, Get Hard, and Midnight Special; over 19 of Tyler Perry’s films including Nobody’s Fool, Acrimony, For Colored Girls, Meet the Browns, Madea Witness Protection, and Madea Goes to Jail; Universal’s Girl Trip; HBO’s Little Britain; I Love You Phillip Morris, Bullet to the Head; Netfilx’s The Last Laugh, The Highwaymen; and numerous documentaries and independent films, including Angela Shelton’s Heart, Baby! and The Eagle and the Albatross; Lisa Arnold’s, Caged No More, Camp Cool Kids, One Nation, Jowan Carbin’s Cut Off; and scored season two of Tyler Perry’s TV series Too Close To Home. Upcoming projects include Tyler Perry’s A Fall from Grace I and The Oval, Paramount’s Paradise Lost, and Jason Berry’s City of a Million Dreams. He has for the past 10 years taught Film Scoring and Midi Orchestration at Loyola University in New Orleans.
EPISODE 7: ALEX KELMAN
"I get to work with the most creative and intelligent people alive. I’m dedicated to discovering new music throughout the world while continuing to educate myself on the cultural context in which those ideas stem."
Alex Kelman is a fixture in the music industry, both as a DJ and musician as well as a publisher responsible for finding new talent. As an executive for many years with Warp Publishing and ZYNC Music, he signed some amazing new artists including The Glitch Mob, Danny Brown, and Khruangbin. He is now co-EVP of Creative/ A&R at Third Side Music (the company who represents such artists as Flying Lotus and Sofi Tukker).
Join us as we talk negotiating deals, collaborating with artists, and what he's learned along the way.
Alex Kelman is a fixture in the music industry, both as a DJ and musician as well as a publisher responsible for finding new talent. As an executive for many years with Warp Publishing and ZYNC Music, he signed some amazing new artists including The Glitch Mob, Danny Brown, and Khruangbin. He is now co-EVP of Creative/ A&R at Third Side Music (the company who represents such artists as Flying Lotus and Sofi Tukker).
Join us as we talk negotiating deals, collaborating with artists, and what he's learned along the way.
EPISODE 6: LILI HAYDN
GRAMMY winner Lili Haydn has played with, sung with, and opened for everyone from Roger Waters, Herbie Hancock, Sting, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and George Clinton's P-Funk All Stars, to name a few. In addition to Lili's extensive touring career and critically acclaimed recordings, her music has been licensed for TV, film, and commercials, and she is the featured voice and violin on several films with Hans Zimmer, Marco Beltrami, and other illustrious composers. She's also a composer herself, with 15 feature films/documentaries to her credit including Netflix’s hit Feminists: What Were They Thinking?(2018) with Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin and Oscar winner Freida Lee Mock’s forthcoming documentary RUTH: Justice Ginsburg in Her Own Words. Lili is a social activist in her spare time, and performs for humanitarian organizations like Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch.
EPISODE 5: FINISHING MOVE: BRIAN TRIFON AND BRIAN WHITE
Finishing Move Inc. is an award-winning production duo composing music and sound design for games, television, and film. Formed in 2013 by long-time collaborators Brian Trifon and Brian Lee White, Finishing Move is known for their work on Borderlands 3, Crackdown 3, Halo Wars 2, Massive Chalice, Halo 2: Anniversary and Halo: The Master Chief Collection. With a sound best described as hybrid electronic score, the duo prides themselves on cutting edge sound design that combines synthesis, sampling and live instrumental performances into unique sonic textures. In addition to their multiple game score albums, Finishing Move released the artist albums 'Hypecine' (2016) and 'Inharmony' (2018). In 2017, they released a signature software instrument called 'Posthuman' for the Kontakt Sampler.
EPISODE 4: AMANDA KRIEG THOMAS
Amanda Krieg Thomas is one of the most in-demand music supervisors for TV and film, with an impressive list of projects including the ground-breaking anthology series American Horror Story (FX), ballroom drama Pose (FX), wicked dramedy Claws (TNT), and the critically acclaimed series The Americans (FX). Amanda began her career in the music department at Lionsgate before moving to Format Entertainment, where she worked on projects such as Pitch Perfect 1 and 2 (Gold Circle Films/Universal), The Other Woman (Fox) and ABC comedy, Trophy Wife. She is currently working on feminist horror series, Ratched (Netflix), the film adaptation of Tony Award-winning play, The Boys In The Band (Netflix), and the new season of hit procedural, 9-1-1 (FOX).
Amanda is on the Board of Directors for the Guild of Music Supervisors and a proud member of the Television Academy. She also recently published her first e-book, Thinking In Sync: A Primer on the Mind of a Music Supervisor, which is available on Amazon.
Amanda is on the Board of Directors for the Guild of Music Supervisors and a proud member of the Television Academy. She also recently published her first e-book, Thinking In Sync: A Primer on the Mind of a Music Supervisor, which is available on Amazon.
EPISODE 3: COLD BLUE
Cold Blue’s ascension into a Trance superstar over the last two years has been nothing short of extraordinary. He has consistently delivered release after release for the world’s top Trance labels including Subculture, Kearnage, WAO138, Pure Trance and FSOE. It is momentum like this that has now put Cold Blue in the Top 10 Trance artists on Beatport achieving three #1’s and countless Top Ten hits.
As a DJ he has performed at some of the biggest Trance festivals - EDC Las Vegas, Dreamstate, So Cal, Tomorrowland, and Airbeat One, alongside arena shows in Australia, the United States and the UK. This year he has big releases on Subculture and an upcoming debut artist album. It’s these artistic capabilities that have cemented Cold Blue as a premier league artist who has a massive part to play in shaping the future of Trance Music.
As a DJ he has performed at some of the biggest Trance festivals - EDC Las Vegas, Dreamstate, So Cal, Tomorrowland, and Airbeat One, alongside arena shows in Australia, the United States and the UK. This year he has big releases on Subculture and an upcoming debut artist album. It’s these artistic capabilities that have cemented Cold Blue as a premier league artist who has a massive part to play in shaping the future of Trance Music.
EPISODES 1 & 2: CHRIS DOURIDAS
As music director at KCRW-FM in Santa Monica, CHRIS DOURIDAS built a powerhouse on-air team at one of the most respected and progressive radio stations in the world. He helmed KCRW's popular daily new music program Morning Becomes Eclectic, and became creator/curator of KCRW's long-running all music channel Eclectic24. Douridas is among the premier radio taste makers in the country. His live performance series School Night! thrives as a weekly party in Hollywood and monthly in Brooklyn. In film circles, he is probably best known as a multi Grammy-nominated music supervisor for feature films and television including American Beauty, As Good as It Gets, Austin Powers, Captain Fantastic, Shrek 2, In a World, House of Lies, 24: Legacy, and others.
His new film The Addams Family is in theaters October 11th.
As music director at KCRW-FM in Santa Monica, CHRIS DOURIDAS built a powerhouse on-air team at one of the most respected and progressive radio stations in the world. He helmed KCRW's popular daily new music program Morning Becomes Eclectic, and became creator/curator of KCRW's long-running all music channel Eclectic24. Douridas is among the premier radio taste makers in the country. His live performance series School Night! thrives as a weekly party in Hollywood and monthly in Brooklyn. In film circles, he is probably best known as a multi Grammy-nominated music supervisor for feature films and television including American Beauty, As Good as It Gets, Austin Powers, Captain Fantastic, Shrek 2, In a World, House of Lies, 24: Legacy, and others.
His new film The Addams Family is in theaters October 11th.