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Locals Only News Music Package Wins 2012 PromaxBDALocal Award

We are proud to announce our “Locals Only” News Music Package has won a PromaxBDALocal Award in the “Music Package/Post Score or Instrumental Theme with or without Vocals” category. Locals Only is the first user-sourced station/news music branding package. Driven by an entirely new user/client-sourced workflow, Locals Only is an innovative syndicated music package that provides its clients with music branding that constantly evolves and refreshes. Users share a market […]

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Guitar Giveaway & Book Signing at PromaxBDA 2012

It’s that time of year again – yep, it’s time to head off to one of our favorite creative conferences – PromaxBDA 2012. This years conference will take place from June 12-14th in downtown Los Angeles at L.A. Live. We’re always excited to be part of the show and this year we have a couple of great guitars to giveaway plus a Mary Francis guitar shaped leather purse. Stephen will […]

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The Vault

Stephen Arnold Music and The Vault set up shop at the Texas Production Roundup!

The Grapevine Convention Center just off Historic Grapevine Town Center was host to the Texas Production Roundup on Thursday, presented by the Dallas Producers’ Association Of course we couldn’t miss a chance to meet our local clients and make new friends. Local Film and TV producers and directors were there to see the latest offerings in mobile production, cameras, post-production, and great custom and library music. These days, hyper-local is […]

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Stephen Arnold Music Creates Sonic Brand and Original Music Package for CNN International’s ‘World Sport’

Sonic Branding Experts Compose Evocative Soundtrack to Match the Global Leadership of Network’s Sports Coverage DALLAS, April 24, 2012 | SHOOT Publicity Wire | — Viewers who tune into CNN International’s long-running show, “World Sport,” see sports news unfolding on a global scale, with breaking information on soccer, golf, tennis, motorsports, the Olympics, and more. Sonic branding experts Stephen Arnold Music composed the enduring new theme and music package for […]

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The Vault

The Vault ‘Anti-Library’ from Stephen Arnold Music Expands with Addition of PMOL, Elite UK Collection of Music for TV Licensing

Partnership to Significantly Expand The Vault’s Catalog of Ready-to-License Music DALLAS, TX March 26 – The Vault, the licensed music collection from sonic branding experts Stephen Arnold Music, have expanded the size and scope of their catalog through a partnership with the elite UK collection Production Music Online (PMOL). The development adds hundreds of titles across multiple genres to The Vault – the extremely selective “anti-library” of ready-to-license music for […]

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Edward R. Murrow

RTDNA – Edward R. Murrow Awards

Today the 2012 Edward R. Murrow Awards were announced by RTDNA (The Radio Television Digital News Association). Congratulations from all of us here at Stephen Arnold Music to this years winners. RTDNA (formerly known as RTNDA) has been honoring outstanding achievements in electronic journalism with the Edward R. Murrow Awards since 1971. Murrow’s pursuit of excellence in journalism embodies the spirit of the awards that carry his name. Murrow Award […]

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Name That Riff

How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice. Practice. Practice.  This guy, Brodie Cumming, might not be playing the Hall, but he’s cornered the internet with almost five million views of his video, “100 Famous Rock Guitar Riffs – one take”, so maybe a new standard has been set. It’s pretty impressive how Brodie strings together a medley of 100 of Rock’s most memorable licks (the ones that have been […]

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CCTV America

Stephen Arnold Music Creates Sonic Brand for China Central Television America Launch Mainland China’s Predominant Network Debuts US Programming from Washington, DC Studios with Custom Music from Sonic Branding Experts —– DALLAS, TX – With the launch of China Central Television America (CCTVA), the network has expanded the presence of mainland China’s predominant television outlet – with 42 channels reaching some 1.2 billion people — into the U.S. market for […]

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Adele

Adele Behind the Scenes

What do Latvian Festivals, nights out in Manchester and the current Billboard #2 song all have in common? Why, Stephen Arnold Music, of course!! Before being brought in to oversee Stephen Arnold Music’s library – The Vault – I was “lucky” enough to be a gigging Sound Engineer most recently based in London. But before I could spend my days relaxing in my corner office listening to music all day, […]

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SAM Sonic Branding vinyl

Vinyl – It’s not just for breakfast anymore.

The funeral for vinyl records was held thirty years ago, but something of a resurrection is under way and we here at Stephen Arnold Music know why. Nothing sounds like vinyl. An analog recording has a quality, a warmth and expansiveness, that digital just can’t equal. For those of you too young to remember what it’s like to drop a needle on a record, it’s hard to explain how it […]

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