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We’re back!!!!!!
Hi there – we’re back!!! While we’ve been hard at work on growing music opportunities to compliment Georgia’s $6 billion film and TV industry (see http://georgiamusicpartners.org/gmp/blog), we’ve also been working on signing some great new artists and recording BRAND NEW Placement Music Originals with the creative team. So stay tuned and check back soon. In…READ MORE
Georgia Musicians Bring the HITS to the Sundance Film Festival
When Emmy™ Award-winning writer, actor and comedian, David Cross presented his directorial debut, “HITS,” at the Sundance Film Festival recently, he chose four songs composed by Georgia artists to underpin its musical soundtrack. Working with Joel C. High of Creative Control Entertainment, the film’s music supervisor, Placement Music secured: a re-record of Sara Bareilles’ “Brave”…READ MORE
A Detailed Look at the Super Bowl’s Best Commercial
Tribute to the Declaration of Independence The Declaration of Independence was written in 1776 and every day since then, brave men and women in uniform have protected its principles. This is a tribute to the ideas contained in this document and its guardians. History of this Tribute: Twelve years ago, FOX Sports had the honor…READ MORE
Will the best Super Bowl “commercial” air at 5:51 pm ET?
UPDATE (2/2/14): Now that Phil the Groundhog saw his shadow, we know what that means: President Josiah Bartlet (aka Martin Sheen), bad ass astronaut Buzz Aldrin, and Honor of Medal recipient Dakota Meyer will appear in tonight’s tribute. But who will be the surprise duo appearing at the end? Tune in tonight to find out.…READ MORE
FOX Sports Commissions Placement Music for Musical Score for Second Consecutive Super Bowl for a Salute to the Declaration of Independence
— Steve Dancz scores “Heart of Independence” for one of the world’s biggest broadcast events– JANUARY 27, 2014 (ATLANTA) — Placement Music, a company specializing in custom music for film and TV, was chosen by FOX Sports to create an original score for “Declaration of Independence,” a six-minute segment for its FOX SUPER BOWL SUNDAY…READ MORE
Georgia Music Partners Member Meeting: A Conversation with Wilbur Fitzgerald and Ric Reitz, Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Georgia Music Partners Member Meeting: A Conversation with Wilbur Fitzgerald and Ric Reitz Join us as GMP President, Tammy Hurt moderates a conversation with two of the key architects who brought Georgia’s film and TV tax incentives into law in 2008. Ric Reitz – Ric is an actor, writer, composer, director, and producer. He is a…READ MORE
A NIGHT TO SUPPORT GEORGIA MUSIC – JOIN THE RECORDING ACADEMY ATLANTA CHAPTER AND GEORGIA MUSIC PARTNERS AT THE BUCKHEAD THEATER, WEDNESDAY, JULY 17TH
TO ALL GEORGIA MUSIC INDUSTRY PEOPLE AND INDUSTRY SUPPORTERS – WE ARE BRINGING GEORGIA’S MUSIC INDUSTRY TOGETHER – Please join The Recording Academy Atlanta Chapter and Georgia Music Partners (GMP) at The Buckhead Theatre, WED. 7/17 for a night out to support Georgia music, Georgia artists and Georgia’s music industry. Recording Academy and GMP members…READ MORE
Placement Music provides support for Lifetime / Jewel for The June Carter Cash Story
Jewel will will play country legend June Carter Cash in an upcoming Lifetime biopic, an original movie based on the memoir “Anchored In Love”. Placement Music was pleased to provide vocal production, mixing services and behind the scenes video production support for music supervisor Marianne Goode and the team at Lifetime.
Placement Music proudly welcomes new artists to our roster – Collective Soul’s Will Turpin, The Dreaded Marco, Paul Warner, Perfect Project, Whizzercone, Lumanikus, K Michelle DuBois, L.A. Story, Tim Tucker, and von Grey!
Click this link to check out new music: http://placementmusic.com/music/?l=2&pl=136
Atlanta’s Placement Music records featured track on Drop Dead Diva Soundtrack – Music From the Original Television Series, Vol. 2
Digital EP features an original recording by comedian and “Drop Dead Diva” series regular Margaret Cho, recorded by Placement Music Creative Team Members Mark Dannells, Derek Murphy, Matt Still and Vanessa Olivarez Madison Gate Records will release Drop Dead Diva: Music From The Original Television Series, Vol. 2 on September 4, 2012 exclusively on iTunes. The digital…READ MORE
How I Got Into the Business, Oz Magazine, May 2012: Tammy Hurt – Placement Music
APRIL/MAY – FOUNDING PARTNER OF PLACEMENT MUSIC Tammy Hurt Founding Partner Placement Music, LLC www.placementmusic.com How did you get into the business? My start in film and TV music came from the most organic, authentic place possible. I was fulfilling my favorite professional passion – playing drums. I was performing live on stage with a loud, experimental,…READ MORE
The Recording Academy Atlanta Chapter and Georgia Music Partners Declare Georgia Music Day
Guess how many GRAMMY winners we fit under Georgia’s Gold Dome for #GAMusicDay? Spot them in the video coverage http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-736315?hpt=us_bn2 iReporter and rocker JOHNNYCOLT was among the group of several musicians to go to the Georgia state capitol on Tuesday to receive a resolution declaring Jan. 24 as Georgia Music…READ MORE
Steve Dancz, Tammy Hurt and Placement Music thank you for a banner year for “Declaration Anthem”, the multiple award-winning score commissioned by FOX Sports for Super Bowl XLV
WOW! What an outstanding year for “Declaration Anthem”! Although we came up short in our hunt for a GRAMMY nomination, composer Steve Dancz and Placement Music WERE honored this season with 2 Silver Telly Awards and a Hollywood Music In Media Award for “Best Score-Special Feature”. Check out the props from the HMMA Awards red carpet in…READ MORE
DECLARATION ANTHEM TO DATE
Click on the image to see Declaration Anthem highlights, awards, nominations and submissions.
AS IT ENTERS 54TH GRAMMY AWARDS NOMINATION CONSIDERATION, INSTRUMENTAL COMPOSITION “DECLARATION ANTHEM” ADDS HOLLYWOOD MUSIC IN MEDIA AWARDS NOMINATION TO GROWING LIST OF INDUSTRY ACCOLADES
FOX Sports commissioned Placement Music to create an original instrumental composition for its global Super Bowl salute to U.S. Soldiers that aired right before kick-off. “Declaration Anthem” (Steve Dancz, composer) became the soundtrack to a star-studded, emotional and incredibly moving salute that led directly into what would become the biggest event in television history with…READ MORE
“Declaration Anthem” submitted for 54th Annual GRAMMY® Awards Nominations
Placement Music was commissioned by FOX Sports to create an original instrumental score that was featured during FOX’s salute to U.S. Soldiers right before kick-off of Super Bowl XLV this year titled “Declaration Anthem”. We have submitted the track for the 54th Annual GRAMMY® Awards Nominations. The full “Declaration Anthem” score, a radio edit and…READ MORE
Winner of 2 Silver Telly’s our track “Declaration Anthem” is submitted for entry in 54th GRAMMY Awards!
See it here: http://www.placementmusic.com/about/placements
Placement Music Honored with Two Silver Telly Awards; Makes Music for Drop Dead Diva!
Placement Music has been recognized with two Silver Telly Awards (the organization’s highest honor) for our contribution to the FOX Sports “Declaration of Independence” feature which aired in February immediately before kickoff of Super Bowl XLX to 100+ million viewers in over 200 countries. And we are proud to announce our musical contribution to Lifetime’s “Drop…READ MORE
Placement: True Blood. Michelle Malone’s Restraining Order Blues airing July 10, 2011
Placement Music is proud to announce the placement of Michelle Malone’s “Restraining Order Blues” with GO Music Services, Gary Calamar and Alyson Vidoli, for HBO’s True Blood, airing July 10, 2011.
Placement Music Gathers More than 265 Million Consumer Impressions During Super Bowl Press Campaign
PLACEMENT MUSIC & “DECLARATION ANTHEM” BY THE NUMBERS Almost 75,000 Postings of Full Release(s) More than 53,300 Postings (more than 71%) Included Placement Music Logo or “Declaration Anthem” Bug Breakdown as follows: Release 1 – Placement Music / FOX Sports Release: 17,898 Postings of January 27th Release 2 – Placement Music / Super Bowl Release: 26,410…READ MORE
PLACEMENT MUSIC ROCKS AN AUDIENCE OF 100 MILLION+ IN MORE THAN 200 COUNTRIES. TUNE IN SUPER BOWL SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 6, AT 5:52 PM EST ON FOX TO HEAR PLACEMENT MUSIC’S “DECLARATION ANTHEM”
CHARITY DOWNLOAD OF “DECLARATION ANTHEM” FEATURED IN FOX SUPER BOWL SALUTE TO AMERICA TO HELP U.S. WOUNDED SOLDIERS. Track Available After Kick-Off on iTunes and Amazon.com to Benefit Non-Profit Wounded Warrior Project “Declaration Anthem,” the score produced by award-winning Placement Music, LLC for the FOX SUPER BOWL SUNDAY presentation of the ‘Declaration of Independence, will be available…READ MORE
PLACEMENT MUSIC SCORES BIG AT SUPER BOWL XLV WITH FOX SPORTS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ATLANTA’S PLACEMENT MUSIC SCORES BIG AS FOX SPORTS COMMISSIONS “DECLARATION ANTHEM” FOR SUPER BOWL’S SALUTE TO AMERICA JANUARY 27, 2011 (ATLANTA) — Placement Music, a new Atlanta-based company specializing in custom music and score for a wide range of media, was chosen by FOX Sports to create a commissioned original score for…READ MORE
Summer / Fall Updates
It has been a busy few months for us at Placement Music. Here is a breif recap: 1. 5 months – 5 trips to L.A. to meet with studio and network execs, music supervisors and production companies. 2. Attended the 2010 Billboard Film and TV Music Conference in L.A. and the 2010 Billboard Advertising Music Conference in Chicago.…READ MORE
Paramount Pictures Placement in Mean Girls 2
Placement Music places “Wake Up Call” (Johnny Andrews, Michael Wilkes, Elizabeth Elkins co-writers; Asyln – vocals) in Paramount Pictures, Mean Girls 2.
LAUNCH: PRESS RELEASE
Click here for the official press release on our launch: http://www.prlog.org/10834813-placement-music-officially-launches-website.html
Placement Music Officially Launches Today: More Than 350 Licensable Songs from 40+ Artists & A World-Class Creative Team
Atlanta’s Placement Music launches today with an incredible catalog of more than 350 tracks from rock, pop, country and urban artists. Each track was hand-picked to insure only the best and the brightest songs are available. The company is a one-stop shop for 100% pre-cleared music for film, television, advertising, video games and additional media.…READ MORE
Extraordinarily successful pre-launch trip to LA last week
With the forthcoming “official” launch of the Placement Music website, we had the fortunate opportunity to meet with several major television networks, sports properties, film studios and production companies last week in LA. The result… stay tuned!!!
New updates to www.placementmusic.com!
With a major launch planned for late February, you may notice a few advances in our website. The navigation around the site and to our music catalog is easier, individual artists and bands now have their own webpage and we have quadrupled the number of on-line tracks, with several additional artists queued to be added.…READ MORE
Atlanta Music Industry Veterans Launch Placement Music, Llc,
November 5, 2009 – Atlanta music industry gurus Tammy Hurt and Elizabeth Elkins announce the creation of Placement Music, a company specializing in the licensing, creation and placement of high quality music in films, television, gaming, advertising and all other forms of media.
another successful team studio session at southern tracks
Atlanta, GA: Killer session at Southern Tracks Recording Studio yesterday with Placement Team members Russ-T Cobb, Mark Dannells, Kevin Spencer, Steve Moretti and Nick DiDia. Check out our new music on the website later this week. A great start to the new year!!
PLACEMENT! Michelle Malone in “Rough Hustle”
We are proud to announce our very first licensing placement: Michelle Malone’s “Feather in a Hurricane” is a part of the soundtrack to the indie film ‘Rough Hustle’.
Our music – broadcast debut on ‘NFL on FOX’ – this Sunday!
Elizabeth and I are elated to announce that original tracks from last week’s session have been officially cleared for placement on ‘NFL on FOX’ for this Sunday, December 13, 2009. The game is the Washington Redskins at Oakland Raiders, 4:05 PM, ET. Be sure to tune in to hear music by the Placement Music Team.…READ MORE
Sports-themed original content is now LIVE at www.placementmusic.com
Our first session of original content was written and recorded by Placement Music team members for potential “sports-themed” broadcast and in-stadium opportunities. We recorded at Southern Tracks Recording Studios in Atlanta. The music was produced by Nick DiDia with Peter Stroud on guitar, Tony Reyes on bass and Steve Moretti on drums. An official announcement…READ MORE
Calling All Voices at Tree Studios
Placement Music is spending the weekend at Tree Studios for the Calling All Voices project. BET dropped by Friday for filming during the tracking of the song “Mother Earth” which was written by Placement Music team member Tony Reyes. Placement’s Tammy Hurt is the Project Manager, and contributed some percussion – alongside Placement Music drummer…READ MORE
Press release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Tammy Hurt 404.982.1640 Direct 404.234.3072 Cell tammy@placementmusic.com ATLANTA MUSIC INDUSTRY VETERANS LAUNCH PLACEMENT MUSIC, LLC, A COMPANY SPECIALIZING IN LICENSING, CREATION AND PLACEMENT OF HIGH QUALITY MUSIC November 5, 2009 – Atlanta music industry gurus Tammy Hurt and Elizabeth Elkins announce the creation of Placement Music, a company specializing in the…READ MORE
GRAMMY event tonight!!!!
Tammy Hurt and Elizabeth Elkins will be attending the Atlanta Chapter “In The Mix” GRAMMY event tonight in Atlanta.
This is REALLY good
KILLER meeting with the Placement Music writing team last night. Sessions are forthcoming. This is going to be REALLY good. Stay tuned.
Billboard Film & TV Music Conference in LA
Placement Music is tearing it up at the Billboard Film & TV Music Conference in Los Angeles. The company is meeting with tons of television and film supervisors and enjoying the gorgeous LA weather – though we cannot say the same about the city’s traffic. On Thursday, we connected with more than 20 heavyweights in…READ MORE
Placementmusic.com is live!
The placementmusic.com website is now live. Stay tuned for additional news!
Welcome to the Placement Music Blog!
Placement Music, based in Atlanta Georgia, is a boutique entertainment firm specializing in the licensing, creation and placement of high-quality, well-recorded, pre-cleared music for television, film, gaming, animation, advertising, and all other forms of digital media. What makes Placement Music stand out from every other music licensing firm is the quality, sound and integrity of…READ MORE
