Everything can be done faster and cheaper — or so clients keep telling us. The problem is that modern recording technology allows you to delay spontaneous (and sometimes brilliant) decisions as you save layers and layers of takes to evaluate later, instead of trusting your initial instincts. Come to think of it, technology doesn’t really save you any time. It just allows you to create more versions and gives you […]
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From left: Dave Bauman, Drew Sidner, Diane Hannes, Alissa Frick and Tim Sarquis For the 3rd consecutive year, Dave Baumann, our Marketing and Creative Director here at Stephen Arnold Music, hosted the popular “Battle of the Promo Superstars” session at the PromaxBDA Station Summit in Las Vegas, Nevada on June 28, 2018. And it did not disappoint! It’s a simple concept: Each of the four O&O TV station marketing panelists […]
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SAM is returning to the PromaxBDA Conference and Station Summit this month, and we’ll be bringing – and giving away – some really cool, unique guitars. This year’s two giveaways feature replica guitars that were popular during the ’60s. At the PromaxBDA Conference, a lucky winner will go home with a custom Gibson SG, hand-painted with bright colors, peace signs, and other nods to the culture of that time. A […]
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Summer is on the way, and so is PromaxBDA’s Station Summit! Stephen Arnold Music (SAM) will be there with the best music in the local broadcast television industry. We hope to see you there. If you are attending the conference, then save this date: Thursday night, June 28th. That’s when we’ll be hosting our 8th annual “After Hours SAM JAM” featuring the versatile Byron Bordeaux and his band. This year […]
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Our team at Stephen Arnold Music was thrilled to participate once again in the Scripps Howard Awards, one of the nation’s most prestigious journalism competitions, by providing all of the music supervision services utilizing our production library, The Vault. Many of our clients and friends in the industry are journalism and news media professionals, so our involvement in this event has been particularly meaningful. Held this past April 19, 2018 in […]
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After an unprecedented response of over 300 entries, we have drawn a winner for our The Vault: Tom Petty Autographed Guitar Giveaway. A big congratulations to Russell Streit of TruTV! Thanks to everyone for checking out The Vault and entering our drawing! Stay tuned to S.A.M. for more music and, of course, MORE GUITARS!
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UPDATE: We have our winner! Our team at SAM is excited to announce a significant expansion of our production music library, The Vault. Now encompassing over 125,000 tracks, The Vault represents the new standard for production music, with highly curated content that builds on Stephen Arnold Music’s status as an internationally-renowned source for music and sonic branding. The Vault has experienced steady growth, most recently adding a wealth of selections […]
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Let’s face it. Sometimes, giving a musical instrument as a Christmas gift can be a bummer. That expensive guitar or keyboard can lay dormant in the corner after the initial excitement wanes, and eventually end up for sale on Craigslist. But given the right circumstances, it can also be the best gift you can ever give anyone, especially a child! Here are a few reasons why a musical instrument can […]
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Congratulations to our READY Image Campaign Guitar Giveaway winners: Always Ready – Collapsible Travel Guitar, Journey Overhead Model OF420: JessicaGrace DeVries, WCTV-TV Morning Ready – Sunburst Vintage Epiphone Les Paul Standard Pro: Roger Ingram, KTXS-TV Weather Ready – Weatherproof Martin Compressed Laminate (HPL) Acoustic Electric Cutaway: Karen Yarbrough, KTAB-TV And we’d like to thank everyone who checked out the campaign and entered the drawing. Stay tuned for more from SAM!
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Is the electric guitar really fading away? Maybe you’ve read the articles or heard the stories. The big guitar makers Fender and Gibson are deeply in debt with plummeting sales, and PRS Guitars is laying people off. Some new innovations, like Gibson’s “robot” self-tuning guitars, have been a bust. The “digital” guitar promise still has not paid off. And the big retailer, Guitar Center, is floundering with $1.6 billion in […]
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