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Happy Turkey Day

Everyone at Stephen Arnold Music wishes you a Happy Thanksgiving. Here are a few great “Thank You” songs to accompany your dinner, football, tryptophan induced nap or crazy shopping on black Friday. 1. “The Thanksgiving Song” — Adam Sandler 2. “Thank You” — Led Zeppelin 3. “Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)” — Sly and the Family Stone 4. “Thank You” — Dido 5. “Thank You for the Music!” […]

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New Work for CNN World Sports

With a massive global audience watching, CNN World Sport needed a new show theme that would hold international sonic and visual appeal. That’s where we came in, creating a sonic brand that was powerful, but not in a traditional rock kind-of-way. Click the comments button below and let us know what you think.

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Fair Day 2010

So, last Monday the call went out from Stephen:  “You can either work your fanny off as usual on Friday, or you can join me at the Fair for some fried butter.” Did he even have to ask?  The annual Fair Day has become a bit of a tradition here at SAM over the last few years.  We usually hit it around the last weekend of the fair, hopefully timing […]

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Stephen Arnold Music in Orlando

I recently made a trip to Orlando, Florida with my colleagues Michael Finnegan and Noelle Alanis.  We were there to visit our clients and friends at Golf Channel and Central Florida News 13.  Here are some photos… Noelle and Michael on the set of Golf Channel’s Golf Central. Noelle and Michael on the set of Golf Channel’s Grey Goose 19th Hole  Michael and Noelle on the set of Central Florida […]

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RTDNA Murrow Awards – iPad Giveaway

First off, we’d like to congratulate all of the 2010 National Edward R. Murrow Award Winners (see here for the full list of winners). Now, on to the iPad.  If you attended the Awards Dinner, you received a copy of our new Sonic Branding LP.  That of course led you here with the promise of a trivia question you can answer to enter yourself in the drawing.  So, here is is: What […]

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Rules for Fender “Road-Worn” 60’s Telecaster Guitar Giveaway

Stephen Arnold Music is giving away a Fender “Road-Worn” 60’s Telecaster Guitar. Rules for Online Drawing: To enter the online contest, simply leave a comment on the “It’s an ‘iNERGY’ and ‘This Is The Place’ Guitar Giveaway!” blog post. To leave a comment you are required to enter your name and email address (only your name will be visible to other readers). Be sure you use a valid email address, as […]

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Get Your New Music Here

There’s a ton of new music coming out every day. We all need filters to help point us to what’s new, good and different. How do you get straight to the great stuff? Here’s some of my fast lanes: First, the New Music Tipsheet (http://www.newmusictipsheet.com/) where Scott Perry alerts us to what’s new on iTunes every week. Always good for staying on top. You might want to sign up for […]

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CNN HLN ‘Prime News’ — Behind The Music

Once again we were fortunate to work again with our friends at CNN HLN to develop a new high-energy theme and music package. This time their evening news program  “Prime News” looked to us to compose the third generation of the show’s memorable theme. We first developed a theme for “Prime News” in 2005, marking it with a punchy three-note mnemonic. The latest theme and package of opens, bumps and […]

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On the road…New York style

We were looking forward to escaping the searing Dallas heat only to land in New York City amidst their biggest heatwave in years. Weather be damned, we did have fun and made some new friends. We also: Ate some weird food in Chinatown; cruised rickshaw style through mid-town; and stayed in arguably one of the smallest hotel rooms known to man. Below are some pics from our trip to the […]

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