Author ArchiveModern Music’s Victory Park DisplaysSeptember 4th, 2008 by Modern Music Daron Walker’s photos from Victory Park in Dallas, Texas. Modern Music composed original music for Target’s Art Evokes campaign. Here are some images of the screens along Victory Park’s walk. You can also view the spots on Modern’s reel . Thank you to everyone who attended.
Modern Music’s First Party Ever!August 5th, 2008 by Modern Music Thanks to all who visited Modern Music’s kick off last week at the Kitty Cat Klub. We hope everyone had a great time! Click on the links below to visit all the great pics from that evening! Modern Music Relaunches New IdentityAugust 1st, 2008 by Modern Music FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, August 1, 2008 Modern Music Launches New Identity with Addition of New Staff Composers (Minneapolis, Minn.) Modern Music , creator of original music, sound design, music licensing and supervision for advertising, film, television, gaming and new media, welcomes two composers to its team. Both veteran musicians, John Hermanson (composer) of art-rock Alva Star and acoustic duo Storyhill (Red House Records), and Eric Fawcett (director of client services) drummer for N*E*R*D and Spymob are welcomed by Modern Music’s resident composers Daron Walker (creative director), Bryan Hanna (director of production) and Joanna Jahn (producer).
Hermanson’s music has been featured on MTV, HBO and ABC including episodes of “Six Feet Under ” and “Dirty Sexy Money .” A multi-instrumentalist and engineer, his music is also featured in the Lifescapes kiosks in Target stores. Under the name John August, he has sold more than 850,000 CDs nationwide.
In addition to working with Pharrell Williams , Fawcett is set to tour with China pop sensation Lee Hom Wang , playing on his song for the 2008 Bejing Olympics. Fawcett, also a multi-instrumentalist and record producer, is the writer of the monthly column “Mind Set” in Drummer Magazine and is contributing editor of his “dumbdrummer ” blog. The pair has worked together for 15 years, playing in Minneapolis-based The Hopefuls and collaborating as partners in Fiction Music from 2006 to 2008.
Modern Music has a long-standing reputation in the music industry. Most recently, Daron Walker’s original score was commissioned into the Museum of Modern Art in New York, as part of a spoken-word commercial for Target’s Art Connects campaign. Both he and Bryan Hanna collaborated on music for an art installation at Victory Park in Dallas, Texas and in Union Square in New York City. Under Target’s direction Modern Music has helped to re-write and record two years of “Hello Good-bu y” commercials.
The relaunch kicked off Thursday, July 31st with a reception in Minneapolis for industry leaders and advertising executives. For more information about Modern Music, their work or their staff, contact Natalie Kane, 612-332-6299. Runner Runner Launches Production CompanyMay 29th, 2008 by Modern Music
Runner Runner Launch Video from Runner Runner on Vimeo.Josh Thacker and Brian Slater have launched their production company, Runner Runner. Congrats, guys! Bowling and PancakesJanuary 7th, 2008 by Modern Music
Modern Music Scores Sesame Street SegmentDecember 15th, 2007 by Modern Music
Each episode of Sesame Street’s 38th season is focused on increasing literacy among children and begins with a “‘What’s the Word on the Street?” interview segment that defines the episode’s “Word on the Street.” These 26 new words, such as “tricycle,” “predicament” and “squid,” are repeated later in the show in celebrity clips, featuring stars such as Jon Stewart, Ellen DeGeneres and Brian Williams, that reinforce the meaning of the day’s word to Sesame Street’s young viewers. [flv:2008/01/celeb_word_promo_h.flv 320 240] “Scoring music for these Sesame Street segments gave me the chance to dig in and use ‘non-standard’ instruments that I just don’t normally use every day — like xylophones and marimbas, pots and pans, whatever’s laying around. I recently released two children’s albums and I know that kids really love percussion. So, I punctuated the high-energy of the ‘Word on the Street’ segments by using these instruments. Music for kids should sound friendly, but never ‘condescending.’ I wanted to keep the music fresh and I enjoyed getting to play around with fun musical instruments. Kid’s are smart and I like to play to that!” That’s the word from Rick Meyer. THE TEAM (CREDITS) Creative Director: Chris Lange Music House: Modern Music Production Company: HyperActive Sound Design: Wow & Flutter Press Contact: jMatt Keil at Modern Music Riding Bikes + Raising MoneyNovember 7th, 2007 by Modern Music For the third straight year, our team of riders from Modern Music and Fischer Edit participated in the Minnesota MS-150. With the help of our friends and clients, and an amazingly generous matching grant from Tony Fischer (on behalf of our company), we were able to raise almost $8000 to contribute to the fight to find a cure for Multiple Sclerosis. The MS-150 is truly an amazing event. The energy of all the participants, the volunteers, and the MS society is astonishing. Throughout the weekend everyone you meet is in a good mood. Even though everyone is suffering from the bike ride to some degree, everyone is having fun. In contrast to everyday life, it feels natural to strike up a friendly conversation with anyone you see. This year our group of riders was bigger than ever with Jess Ford and Daron Walker of Modern Music, Bill Rogina, Brian Slater, and jMatt Keil from Fischer Edit, Karl Madcharo from Kerker, and Barb Smith (former Fischer Edit business manager). Next year we’re hoping to lure even more of our friends and clients to do the ride with us. If you have taken the time to read this far, then maybe you’d like to join the party!? The highlight of the weekend (of which there were many) was a cookout with friends and family who made the trip up to Hinckley on Saturday and camped out for the night. The food, the weather, the company, and the riding were unforgettable. Hope to see you next year! Check out the 2007 slide show by mousing over the player window. Then click the play button. Enjoy. [flv:2007/11/ms150.flv 399 298] |
