We really dig this video and think you will too, so without further adieu, we present, Gambit.

If you need a reason to believe why they are awesome check this out…They landed in the season premiere of Entourage on HBO (ok We helped make that happen…just wanted to toot our own horn..hehe)

Thirdly, we just started a series about Jingle Punks artists playing in odd places. We have selected I Love Monsters as the test band for this pilot program…so look for clips from this soon…In the meantime feast your eyes on this excellent clip from Entourage featuring your new favorite band.

It’s that time of year again – the time of year where we get our face plastered amongst the pages of Billboard magazine. And being the shy, bashful company that we are, we almost kept this amazing accomplishment to ourselves… But alas, the opportunity for shameless self-promotion got the better of us, so we’ve taken to shouting it from the mountain tops!

In this, the latest issue, Billboard tapped Jingle Jared to provide some helpful advice and key insight into placing your music in advertising, television and film. We feel very honored that we’ve become one of the leading voices in this industry, and proud to help influence the careers of many independent artists – and also just a little thrilled to see our name printed up in a big fancy magazine.

You can see a clipping of the article below and if you’d like to read it just check it out here.

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Anyways… for this project Jingle Punks called in reinforcements – we enlisted the help of Barry Danielian (Tower of Power) and Ozzie Melendez (Marc Anthony) along with Jingle Jared on guitar and bass and came up with a track that’s so amazing we want to show it off to you. If you recall (and I’m sure you do!) our earlier blogs about recording the authentic Mexican band… it should be noted that they were initially brought onto the project but the client eventually opted for a different direction with Jared writing comical lyrics and Ozzie translating and singing them in Spanish. What was produced can only be summed up in a single word – magic. Check it out.

For this spot we want to give big ups to Angus Kahn who provided this blisteringly epic rock song. If you don’t know who Angus Kahn are please check out their Myspace page.

Recently Jingle Punks was asked to make some music for Season 2 of MTV’s Bully Beatdown, one of the most insane shows on television. So our friend Clyde L hit us up and told us he needed some audio stings to help move the show along and also serve notice for people who just got their a** beatdown by a pro MMA fighter. Of course for this we turned to our favorite metal singer, Phil Costello, of Stanicide / Tragedy fame to jump in and help the cause. What ensued was utter mayhem. Yes, our ears are still ringing from the noise… and our stomachs still hurt from laughter. Please watch how we created these audio stings and enjoy.

We want to congratulate Adam Arcuragi on one of our coolest synchs to date.
His track “Bottom of the River” got selected by Walmart as their official Song of Summer for their Rollback campaign. If you haven’t heard this track yet we recommend doing some good ole fashioned Googling and tracking it down. (psst… or you can just watch it here – look out below…) At any rate here’s a link to Adam’s site. Check em out and discover his music now so you can say you knew him before he was big time!