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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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“So Do I Need To Tell The Brass Players To Go Home?”

Even the best of recording gear occasionally needs a tune up. After the LCD display on our DM2000 console bit the dust major surgery was required. Fortunately we have some of the best techs in the business. And in case you’re wondering, everything is back up and running.

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PromaxBDA Recap: In A Word…’Golden’

Stephen Arnold Music had an award-winning run at PromaxBDA 2010. First we won the prestigious “Network Sound Off,” as FOX network executives chose Stephen Arnold Music’s score to launch their new drama “Ride Along,” by the creators of “The Shield.” The :90 promo will debut during Super Bowl XLV. In addition, we took home two Gold awards at the conference: “Use of an Original Composition in a Promo, New Orleans […]

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SAM Wins PromaxBDA “Sound Off”

At yesterday’s PromaxBDA Network Sound Off, Fox network execs selected our score to launch their new drama series “Ride Along,” (from the producers of The Shield), which breaks during SUPER BOWL XLV. How cool is that! Yesterday’s session featured us against three other top music houses on stage competing for this high profile assignment. Thanks to the Fox judges Brian Dollenmayer, SVP, On-Air Promotion and Creative Marketing, Matt Fife, VP-Creative […]

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Hey, you! Want a brand new iPad?

UPDATE:  Registration is closed. The drawing will be held shortly. UPDATE:  We’ve received so much interest in this giveaway, we’ve decided to extend the registration period until 2:00PM CDT Wednesday, June 30th.  The drawing will be held shortly thereafter.  Thanks to everyone for registering, and good luck! It’s that time of the year again.  Time to head off to PROMAX/BDA 2010.  And guess what?  We’re giving away four spiffy new […]

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The Vault Welcomes Diana Krall

The Vault by Stephen Arnold Music continues to add top tier talent to it’s Artist Collection. The most recent artist being nine-time Grammy Award winning jazz singer/pianist Diana Krall. Check out “Sunshine Express”

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Young Directors + South African Band = Cool Music Video

A few good friends of mine are burgeoning film directors in Cape Town, South Africa. I met them in Cairo and later worked with them on the music for Dorotea Vucic’s “Wamkelekile: Welcome Home,” an Oscar nominated short-film from the Western Cape. They recently sent me this, a music video for the South African band “Hot Water.” Claude and Daniel Morcos, “the Morcos Brothers” as they have been coined, directed […]

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“…And all under heaven there is entire repose.”

All of us, by which I mean all people in general, are artists of sorts – we strive to become better at the things we love, whether that be songwriting or parenthood (or both), and we do so with such conviction that we are able to shake off the ever-present naysayers, those agents of cynicism who always manage to be standing on the street corner when we stumble by, whispering […]

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If you can’t have an apple a day…

I love music, so working for a music company is a great thing. But for the blog,  I wanted to dig deep and explore the reasons why I love music. After some brief thought, I came up with a simple answer- I love it because it makes me feel good. Still, I wanted to learn more about how music affects us and why, so I hit up the all-powerful google. […]

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