News & Press

It’s the Sound of the Story

Hey Clients & Friends! Happy Tuesday! I know many of you spend your days looking for new ways to promote your station, network, show or product. So the next time you need to produce a promo, try a different creative approach: login to your music library FIRST. That might sound completely backwards, but music is actually your most effective tool to evoke an emotional response. Login to a great production […]

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Fender Strat Giveaway

CBS Local – Guitar Giveaway

Update: We have our winner! Enter to win this Fender 60th Anniversary Stratocaster! 60th Anniversary Fender Stratocaster Imagine this exquisite Fender Stratocaster electric guitar – in YOUR hands! It’s easy … just take a listen to our new “CBS Local” news and branding music package from Stephen Arnold Music, and leave a comment below to enter* for your chance to win this spectacular axe!! Drawing to be held on Friday, […]

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2015-Is It Over Yet?

This Ain’t Politics As Usual!

Election season is upon us once again, and it’s shaping up to be a doozy! Between the caucuses and primaries – not to mention the late-night Twitter wars amongst the candidates – there’s a lot going on and a lot to cover. That’s why we’re so excited to announce our latest offering: Decision 2016. This market exclusive music package includes four sonically-branded themes for promo and in-show use, as well […]

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It’s VIEW-tiful up here…

How Killer Marketing, Great Music, and the Best in the Business Launched a Top Tourist Attraction in the City of Brotherly Love Well, as our company President Stephen wrote in our last post – it was a great a 2015! And featured in our greatest hits was a project I got to know VERY well… Let me take you back a bit. The year was 2014, and we were called […]

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2015 – Is it Over Yet?

Whew! 2015 was the hottest year on record. And things really heated up as well for all of us here at Stephen Arnold Music with new, exciting musical branding projects for some top corporations, news and sports networks and live attractions. Successful branding is all about making emotional connections. Music is the fastest way to evoke an emotional response, and the most efficient way for a brand to associate itself […]

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Local News Themes

A Look Behind The Curtain – Creating “Guardian”

We are really excited about our latest news music branding package “Guardian”. I was recently interviewed by NewscastStudio for a “behind the scenes” look at the new package and details about its creation and development. There is a great deal of thought that goes into producing branded music for media. Much more than just creating “cool” music, one must consider the brand objective, how it will live in various media […]

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Christmas Album benefitting Little Kids Rock

Season’s Greetings Everyone, We’re back again this Holiday Season hoping to make our industry aware of this great organization, Little Kids Rock™. Little Kids Rock™ provides free music lessons and instruments to underserved public school kids around the country. In the last three years, through the purchase of our CD by our peers in the broadcast industry, we have been able to put 100+ brand new acoustic guitars into the […]

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SAM’s Journey to the Far East!

We’re very proud of our international work for networks like Al Jazeera (Qatar), Alhurra (Middle East), India TV, GSP Sports (Romania), TRK (Norway), TRT1 (Turkey) … it’s a pretty long list! A decade ago, we delivered music via FedEx – now we can FTP our latest mixes instantaneously. But in either case, we’re usually tracking and mixing in our Texas studio while our clients are a VERY long way away. […]

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And the winner is….

We want to thank everyone for participating in our Name That News Package Giveaway. As you know, everyone who participated was entered to win a 2000 Fender Artist Series Stevie Ray Vaughan Stratocaster. We’ve drawn our winner, so congrats to Greg Suchanek from WHAG-TV! We also now have a killer name for our latest news music package. We got a ton of great suggestions and found the perfect fit: Guardian! […]

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Fender Strat Giveaway

Name That News Package – Guitar Giveaway!

UPDATE: And The Winner Is … Hey, you. Wanna win a guitar? We’ve got two chances for you to win! Straight from Stephen’s collection – a 15 year old, slightly abused 2000 Fender Artist Series Stevie Ray Vaughan Stratocaster could be all yours. To enter, just listen to the demo of our latest news music package, then leave a comment below suggesting a name for the package (serious suggestions only, […]

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