Archive for September, 2009

Angus Kahn brings the Rawk to Bully Beatdown

Thursday, September 24th, 2009

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One of our favorite new shows is Bully Beatdown on MTV. It helps that this is a show that:

A- We do music for
B- Involves Bully’s getting their asses whooped by MMA fighters for cash and cheap laughs
C- Is bringing back the Rawk to MTV

And one of our favorite bands of the moment is Angus Kahn. These guys are rude, loud and rock really really hard. So it’s no surprise that Bully Beatdown is featuring their debut single “Big Balls” in this Thursday’s episode during the MMA fighter intro.

Angus Khan

Angus Khan

Please tune in and watch the madness. Help spread the word anyway you can. This show is a must watch and this band is going to be HUGE! Take it all in and enjoy!

Guitar Center GAIN Artist of the Month

Thursday, September 24th, 2009

Jingle Punks has recently announced a strategic partnership with Guitar Center which involves GC sending us music by employees of theirs from across the country.

An Inconvenient Polar Bear

An Inconvenient Polar Bear

We recently put one of these bands in the spotlight on our homepage because we feel they are a band worthy of some Jingle loving. In their own words ” An Inconvenient Polar Bear is like a strong arctic wind blowing in from north and taking the country by storm. Funny thing is they’re from LA? With their new EP, An Inconvenient Polar Bear debuts an enthralling new sound to the music world–a seamless blend of punk, funk, crunk, electronica.” Sounds like a mouthful… and we’ll take it. We hope that more of these Guitar Center bands continue to bring us their A material so we can place them in shows and get them some exposure.

Spiritual Raises for Everyone

Monday, September 21st, 2009

Jingle Blog #10 from Jingle Punks on Vimeo.

Sometimes at Jingle Punks we have down time. This past friday we had to update the OS system on the Jingle machines, so I took this as an opportunity to treat some of the employees around our offices to my musical stylings. While I was in college, I learned how to play thousands of songs on the guitar so I could entertain friends at parties. Over the years my guitar chops have improved in some areas (original composition, jingle writing and shredding). and diminished in other areas (cover songs and stupid 90′s repertoire). Anyways, this is just a taste of the dazzling performance I delivered as a spiritual bonus for our employees last week.

Jingle Brazil

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

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As some of you may remember (those who follow our tweets and facebook shenanigans), a few weeks back a writer from Brazil asked to do a story on Jingle Punks Music for a magazine called PEGN, which is akin to the Business Week of Brazil.  Little did we know this story was going to be epic and feature pictures of Dan and I jumping through the air like David Lee Roth and Sammy Hagar on crack.  There’s mention of “Milionaria” in the title too, which is worth a laugh (and some raised eyebrows from our girlfriends!).

I still don’t know exactly what the article actually says but I’m a shallow guy and it looks cool, so its good enough for me.  For anyone that wants to know what is the meat of the story I can tell you only what I told the writer.

Once upon a time Dan and I went to concert, got really watsed, threw drinks on one another and the next day we started a company.  OK, there is a little more to it than that, like the 120 hour work weeks we put in, our empty bank accounts, the constant travelling, the never seeing our loved ones and other boring things the kids may not want to read about…

Oh, and any Brazilian readers out there how can get a hold of a copy and let us know what it says… we’d appreciate it.
Minor note… we have a new Jingle Video blog coming live this week, so stay tuned.

Jingle All the Way!

Jingle Jared and Spongebob in ASCAP Profile

Tuesday, September 1st, 2009
Profile from this months ASCAP Playback Magazine

Profile from this months ASCAP Playback Magazine

On my last trip to LA I took the opportunity to take a photo opp with one of my favorite people in the entertainment industry. Little did I know he would overshadow my chance to get a solo snap in my profile piece in the pages of ASCAP playback. Oh well, I was glad just to get a chance to let more of our ASCAP affiliated composers know about our service and how they can get involved with us.

The past few weeks have seen Jingle Punks in the trade press quite a bit and I just wanted to post a pic of the Variety Music for Screens issue which has us sharing the front cover with Penelope Cruz and The Beatles (never in my wildest dreams did I ever see myself in a pop culture sandwich of this magnitude).

Jingle Punks on cover of Variety with the Beatles

Jingle Punks on cover of Variety with the Beatles

In the next few days we will be launching our 2nd Jingle Punks taste maker compilation which will be a collection of the hottest cues we have from our roster.