Burger King – Buffalo Chicken Strips
Wardlaw Music composer Pete Diggens, at The Aurophonic Workshop, has composed the music behind 2 current commercials for ‘Burger King’ currently running across the USA. Burger King asked them to come up with something ‘dreamy’, they did and Burger King loved it.
Fall on the Road
Promoting their new album ‘A Place Where I Can Go’, Kiki Dee & Carmelo Luggeri take to the road this month details here
Dan Reed is on an acoustic tour of Europe, culminating in a headline appearance with ‘The Dan Reed Network’ at the ‘Enchanted UK’ festival on October 12.
Wretch 32 is ‘Doing OK’
Wretch 32’s new single ‘Doing OK’ featuring Jacob Banks is co-written by Abbas Shah talented guitarist & songwriter signed to Renowned Publishing and administered by Wardlaw Music.
Abbas also co-wrote the Jacob Banks track ‘Kids on the Corner’ that was recently synced in the Channel 4 drama ‘Top Boy 2’. Abbas continues to write with ‘Renowned’ artist Jacob, recently signed to Atlantic Records.
Debsey Wykes joins Wardlaw Music’s roster
Debsey formed her first band Dolly Mixture in Cambridge in 1978 with friends Rachel Bor and Hester Smith while still at school. Championed by John Peel the girls were soon playing regularly in London where they became the darlings of the music press.
Spotify – the Thom Yorke debate
Earlier this month, Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and his producer Nigel Godrich came out against music straming services, particularly Spotify.
As Spotify continues to grow into the Worlds #1 streaming site, so its detractors grow.
The Goodwin Games – Jon Allen
Wardlaw Music artist Jon Allen recently had 2 of his tracks synced on the FOX TV series The Goodwin Games. ‘Sweet Defeat’ was played on the 4th episode (June 10th), as we see the character Chloe go back to college to further her career as an actor. While having a chat with her friend at a restaurant, you can hear Jon Allen’s ‘Sweet Defeat’ playing in the background.
‘Joanna’ synced in the episode titled “The Box” and aired on July 1st.
Facebook – is it alienating music?
Facebook’s decision last year to start charging to send updates to all subscribers has alienated some independent labels. Helienne Lindvall’s piece on Digital Music News looks further into the issue.
Music Streaming: What is the future
Music Think Tank has produced an interesting article on the issue of Streaming, comparing music to film and how the music industry, from writer, artists, record companies and music publishers, is looking to catch up.
Winners World – New mixtape from Wizzy Wow
Fresh from his writing and production credits on Chrisette Micheles ‘Better’ album, Wardlaw Music artist Wizzy Wow is back with his ‘Winners World’ mixtape.
Happy Birthday
Interesting article on Billboard.biz by Eriq Gardner on the song ‘Happy Birthday’ and a lawsuit filed declaring that the work belongs in the public domain and should not be copyright to Music Publisher Warner/Chappell Music.
iTunes Radio – Good for Apple, Good for you?
Last week Apple announced the launch of iTunes Radio, one of the music industry’s worst kept secrets.
Safe Haven – Jon Allen – Joanna
Jon Allen’s track ‘Joanna‘ from the album ‘Sweet Defeat’ has been licensed to the film Safe Haven, a romantic film based on Nicholas Spark’s novel of the same name and starring Julianne Hough, Josh Duhamel & Cobie Smulders.
Chrisette Michele – “Better”
Chrisettes Michele’s new album ‘Better’ is released on Motown on June 11th, featuring 2 co-writes with Wardlaw Music writer/producer Wizzy Wow, ‘Charades’ & ‘Can The Cool Be Loved’.
HSBC sync – South Australia
HSBC has launched a multi-channel campaign, created by JWT London, to mark celebrating 125 years since The British & Irish Lions first sailed to Australia.
Dan Reed joins Wardlaw Music’s roster
We welcome Dan Reed to our roster.
As lead singer of The Dan Reed Network, Dan released three very successful albums to much critical and commercial success in the late 1980s early 1990s.
Adidas/Chelsea FC new kit launch 2013
A selection of Chelsea FC players including John Terry, Fernando Torres and Juan Mata were covered in blue paint for a new adidas campaign to launch the new Chelsea team 2013/14 home shirt. Music for the ad was created and produced by Wizzy Wow…
CBBC/Lion TV – Officially Amazing
Artist – Rob Castell
Various Tracks
Rob Castell composed and performed an original song in each of the 13 episodes of ‘Officially Amazing’ as well as the Title song and end song for each episode. Delving into the Guinness World Records, Officially Amazing reveals the most fascinating records and facts from around the world…
Showtime – Homeland
Artist – Jon Allen
Track – ‘JOANNA’
Jon Allen’s “Joanna” was featured on the Emmy Award winning drama/thriller series Homeland, Series 2 Episode 7. The song plays as source music at a party Brody attends for a D.C. power player.
HSBC – British and Irish Lions Rugby promotion
Artist – The Pogues (Phil Chevron, Darryl Hunt, Andrew Ranken)
Track – ‘SOUTH AUSTRALIA’
South Australia is being used to promote HSBC/the Lions on their 2013 Australian tour, on TV, Internet, Events & In-flight.