Recently, while in LA for the opening of Jingle Punks’ West Coast office, Jingle Jared sat down with Jim Hill of Guitar World magazine to discuss all things Jingle Punks. The resulting interview was released today and covers a variety of topics including Jared’s recent ASCAP Award for the theme to Pawn Stars. It’s certainly a great read and you can check it out HERE.
A special thanks Guitar World and Jim Hill
Jingle Punks CEO and co-founder, Jingle Jared, and our VP of Strategy, Brian Wahlund, are back in the United Kingdom, this time for Ogilvy Digital Labs “Lab Day Live” event. The focus of this years event is “Making music matter to brands as much as it matters to consumers” and will feature panels and talks from a range of key figures from across the music industry as well as performances on the three stages they have set up. Jingle Punks is on hand as an exhibitor and you can check out some exclusive photos of Jingle Jared and Jingle Brian below. Ogilvy is also live streaming the performances at www.labdaylive.co.uk.
Our resident Canadian, Jingle Jared, is headed back to Toronto soon for the Toronto International Film Festival. The 2011 TIFF boasts an exciting and diverse lineup featuring industry heavyweights, insiders, and trendsetters and will take place from September 8-15 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel. Jared will lend his expertise to the “In Tune: The Right Music for Your Film” panel which explores “the synergy between music and moving image” and will present new tools (like the Jingle Player) to source and license great music. They will also review the different options for building an original score within any film’s budget. Jared will be joined on the panel by Jason Collett, singer/songwriter from Broken Social Scene, Michael Dowse, Director of Goon, and moderator Kieran Roy, GM of Arts & Crafts. This should be an exciting panel and an awesome festival, we’re looking forward to it!
Jingle Punks also had a hand in the Morgan Spurlock documentary “Comic-Con: Episode IV – A Fan’s Hope” which Spurlock himself will be discussing during his keynote conversation with fellow documentarian, Nick Broomfield (Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam, Kurt & Courtney) on Monday, September 12. JP is responsible for the full score of the film and we’re anxiously looking forward it’s release.
For more information on TIFF, go to their website tiff.net or call 416.599.TIFF/1.888.599.8433
Just the way to start off your Tuesday… a brand new Video Blog from your friendly neighborhood music licensing specialists. The latest edition features Jingle Jared and Aaron Neville (aka Jingle Liam) running through an acoustic set that includes some classic pop hits. As always, there’s some hilarious moments and great music. Check it out below and don’t be afraid to share!
Video Blog ’11 – Ep. 3 “Aaron Neville” from Jingle Punks on Vimeo.
The first Jingle Punks video blog of 2011 is here and it’s chock full of “firsts.” Not only does it follow Jingle Jared around as he gets ready to accept his very first ASCAP Award, but it’s also the first time I’ve been able to showcase my recently certified video editing akills. This is also going to be the first time someone mixes up the name of Men’s Wearhouse… but you’ll see. Of course there’s plenty of those “laugh out loud” moments you’re used to seeing in previous JP video blogs (I swear Jingle Jared needs his own reality show ASAP!). Anyway I’m pretty excited for you all to see how it turned out so check it out below and leave us some feedback!
Jingle Punks Video Blog July 2011 from Jingle Punks on Vimeo.
Recently, Jingle Punks had the honor of being asked to create a song for the new Apogee Duet 2 video. Jingle Jared happily accepted and along with the Jeff Peters, a JP composer, was able to create the soundbed for the Apogee’s video in less than 24 hours. Both the song and the video came out great to say the least, and we are happy to bring you a behind-the-scenes look at the creative process that went into making the music. Check out the video below of Jingle Jared and Jeff using the brand new Apogee Duet 2 and getting their “Jingle on!” You can also read Apogee’s own Chris Lawson’s very well-written piece on how the video came together HERE.
Jingle Punks Apogee Duet 2 Video from Jingle Punks on Vimeo.
In last Friday’s Variety Daily, the good people over at ASCAP decided to take out an ad celebrating their members who won awards for the Best Music in Film and Television. Legendary musicians and composers such as Alf Clausen, Angelo Badalamenti, Trent Reznor, Hans Zimmer, and Randy Newman were honored for their work in notable projects such as Inception, The Social Network, and Toy Story 3. Our own Jingle Jared was also featured in this ad and is incredibly honored to be featured alongside this incredible list of musicians, including one of his heroes, Golden Note Award winner, Alf Clausen. Check out the incredible ad below.
We here at Jingle Punks are extremely proud to announce that our CEO and co-founder, Jingle Jared Gutstadt, was honored with an ASCAP Award for writing the theme to History Channel’s hit show, Pawn Stars. This is a tremendous accomplishment for Jared who was honored among other notable composer such as Sean Callery, Michael Giacchino and Jimmy Levine. This event will also see one of Jared’s heroes, Alf Clausen, receive a lifetime achievement award for his work on The Simpsons.
Jingle Jared accepted the award at the 26th Annual ASCAP Film & Television Music Awards, which was held on Thursday, June 23, 2011 at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, CA. The ceremony was invitation–only and honored the composers and songwriters of the most performed Film and Television music of 2010.
Here’s a brand new promo for the upcoming slate of programming on the History Channel. The spot includes footage of fan-favorite History Channel shows such as Pawn Stars and American Pickers, as well as many cool new shows like American Restoration and Mounted in Alaska. The network re-brand was churned out by our studio team and features the vocals of Lyle Kamesaki of Gambit. Check it out and let us know what you think.
Brand new sizzle reel for The History Channel. Part of Jingle Punks sonic re-branding of the network, this ad features music created in-house by JP’s Creative Services department.
What could be better than a lovely meal at Morton’s?? Seeing Jingle Punks on the menu! Thanks to Narumi for hooking this up!!
