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Table of ContentsWhat's Going On...2008 News HEG Band Jake Ziah Performs at MIDEM 2008 – Hacate Entertainment Group (HEG) returns to MIDEM from 27-31 January, 2008 in Cannes France . This year, HEG is delighted to announce a MIDEM Talent Only Showcase by the Norwegian band Jake Ziah. With their darkly beautiful, slightly Americana-inspired rock, Jake Ziah is already known to French audiences; HEG presented their debut album These Days do You No Justice to the fabulous label Le Maquis, which released it in 2006. Following tours, rave reviews and widespread radio play (as well as having songs featured in two French films), Le Maquis now presents the band's anticipated follow-up release, Lights and Wires and succeeded to arranging a much sought-after MIDEM showcase. HEG would especially like to thank the entire staff of Le Maquis (which has also just released HEG artist Maria Solhiem's CD Will there be Spring) for a job extremely well done! Lene Marlin Co-writes Song for Hit Rihanna Release – Lene Marlin teamed up with the rising writer production duo of Tor Hermansen and Mikkel Eriksen – the writers, producers and owners of StarGate (Ne-Yo, Beyoncé, Kelly Clarkson, Lionel Richie, Atomic Kitten, Cher, Lil'Kim, Nelly, etc.), among Norway's best exports to the U.S. music business. Which is why you'll here R&B sensation Rihanna singing “Good Girl Gone Bad,” a tune co-written by Lene, Hermansen, Eriksen and R&B star Ne-Yo on her worldwide hit album of the same name. HEG Artists in Greek Advertising Campaigns – Turn on Greek TV and you will see commercials featuring the music of HEG artists Spookie Daly Pride (Ion Chocolate), The Dream Pilots (Heineken), Dinosau (Vodafone), Koy (Ion Chocolate) and Ephemera (Bepanthol face cream). The good fortune has even spread to Albania , where Vodafone has featured the music of Briskeby and Kakkmaddafakka in their advertising campaigns. Norway in Athens Festival Features HEG Artists – HEG artists Maika and Magenta were invited to perform at the first Norway in Athens Festival, held in April, 2007. Many thanks to Manos Andriotis, music supervisor extraordinaire and head of M 2 (the company that organized the Festival) for all his great work promoting HEG's music. HEG is delighted to be doing music supervision and clearance for the animated Norwegian TV show Hubert . Look for this loveable character to be getting in – and out – of trouble to the strains of “Ghostbusters,” “It's Raining Men,” “Oh, Pretty Woman” and many more… Briskeby 's “Joe Dallesandro” was placed by HEG on the new campaign for Stabburet's Mama Mia pizza… And yet another Stabburet pizza campaign (this one for their “spelt” product) features a new rendition of “Fame,” cleared by HEG… Blondie 's classic “Heart of Glass” was placed by HEG in a campaign for Norway 's Postbanken… “Just Like Honey” by The Jesus and Mary Chain was cleared by HEG for the Norwegian film Mannen som elsket Yngve… The Norwegian charity organization Ønskebarn (Wish Children) had HEG clear the Camera Obscura song “Before You Cry” for their Christmas campaign… HEG was proud to clear international tracks for the cult Norwegian film Kill Buljo – now being shown worldwide… HEG's Swedish band Meanwhile saw their song “Straight Into the Sun” featured on U.S. TV series Dawson's Creek . Thanks go to HEG partner Southbay Music for all their help… The hauntingly beautiful “Én Csak AZT Csodálom (Lullaby for Katharine)” by Marta Sebestyen was cleared by HEG for an advertisement for the Norwegian Refugee Council… 2007 News Marit's debut solo record Under the Surface takes her career to a whole new level; the album has already spawned three hit singles and won Marit the Best Norwegian Act at the 2006 MTV Europe Music Awards. In Norway , the album has spent a whopping 39 weeks (and counting) on the album charts, and has secured Marit two nominations in the upcoming Spellemann Awards ( Norway 's equivalent to the Grammy). HEG President Coordinates Nordic Music Seminar An initiative of Music Export Norway , the seminar was held at the Scandinavian House in conjunction with the Royal Norwegian and Danish Consulates and the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Washington , D.C. ; it was designed specifically to help overcome the barriers in breaking Nordic music in the North American market. The seminar featured Keynote Speaker Seymour Stein , co-founder and CEO of Sire Records. Responsible for the signing and breaking of such acts as the Ramones, The Talking Heads, Fleetwood Mac and, of course, Madonna, Mr. Stein was interviewed by noted Billboard journalist Jim Bessman. Additional speakers included Rolling Stone Senior Editor David Fricke , Allen Kovac (CEO and Partner of top management company 10th Street Entertainment), Sanne Hagelsten (founder of synchronization licensing company Zync Music) and Adam Shore (General Manager and Head of A&R at Vice Records). The event was moderated by Brandon Stosuy , of the influential website Pitchfork. Kroke Song in New David Lynch Film Furia saw its song “Superlove Vibrations” licensed for a juice commercial in Greece . Special thanks go to HEG's Greek partner Manos Andriotis for all his hard work… HEG brought Norway 's newest duo Eva and the Heartmaker to the attention of Air Chrysalis Scandinavia. A worldwide publishing deal was the result… The hit song “Tomorrow” (or “I Morgen,” as it's known in Norwegian) was cleared by HEG for an advertisement for telephone company Netcom… HEG licensed songs by The Wildes and Necro for the new Norwegian documentary feature film Jenter (translation: Girls ); in addition, the company cleared the international music for the film… Freak Out! Chic's hit song “Le Freak” was cleared by HEG for use in a rather brainy Norsk Tipping advertisement… HEG provided clearance services for music for the trailer of the new Norwegian film, Andre Omgang (translation: Second Half)… The old favorite “Three Little Fishes” (“Tre Små Fisk”) was cleared by HEG for a new – what else – canned fish commercial for Stabburet… Maria Solheim had a good year; her song “The Snow has Killed” was featured in a Plantasjen advertisement (thank you DDB!) while “18 Degrees” will be featured in the new French film Elle et Lui Parmi Nous . Look for additional international releases of Maria's most recent album Will There be Spring in 2007… Norwegian writer Tonje Unstad was tapped to write lyrics for a song featured in the new animated film Elias og Kongeskipet (translation: Elias and the King Ship)… HEG helped Pittbullterje , the wonderful Norwegian Christmas movie, to go international by clearing the European rights for the international music featured in the film… Two of Jake Ziah 's songs were featured in two different films; A Crime (featuring Harvey Keitel and Emmanuel Béart) and a new psychological thriller starring the famous French actor Jacques Gamblin. Thanks to our colleagues at Le Maquis for a job well done… HEG cleared the Air Chrysalis song “Everybody's Talkin'” for Norwegian bank Handelsbanken… ZIKSENSE, HEG's New French Partner Hacate Represents Air Chrysalis - Sarah-Chanderia, President of HEG, is the new Norwegian representative of Air Chrysalis Scandinavia (AC). This extraordinary catalogue includes major hits from the likes of David Bowie, Michael Jackson, The Rolling Stones, Blondie, AC/DC, The Outcast and many others. HEG will assist AC in finding new Norwegian talent, as well as working to promote AC's catalogue to Norway's film and advertising industries. The partnership is already bearing fruit, with new AC signing Kristian Valen (already a household name in Norway) joining AC in the autumn of 2005. As a direct result of the deal, Valen's CD Listen When Alone will be released in the spring of 2006 in Germany, Switzerland and Austria, and his song "Still Here" has been chosen as the theme song for a new German TV program. In addition, AC has signed up-and-coming artist Margaret Berger; the Norwegian Idol contestant has seen chart success with her album Chameleon. HEG has also had success placing AC songs in adverts and films, and looks forward to a great future! HEG Signs Sub-Publishing with EMI - German audiences have developed quite an appetite for Norwegian music, and HEG is more than happy to help out. With the release of Kaizers Orchestra's album Maestro (Universal) and Kaizers' lead singer Janove Ottesen's album Francis' Lonely Nights (EMI), HEG signed a sub-publishing contract with EMI Music Publishing Germany for Germany, Switzerland and Austria. "We're very picky about the companies we trust our copyrights to internationally," says HEG President Sarah-Chanderia. "We found that the people at EMI Germany had the best of both worlds: Indie enthusiasm with major clout." Reed Foehl & New Line: Just Friends - Listen for Reed Foehl's song "When it Comes Around" in the New Line Cinema film Just Friends. In addition to being placed in the film itself, the track has also been released on the film's soundtrack CD, which also features tracks from artists such as Benn Lee, Fountains of Wayne, the Lemonheads and All 4 One. "When it Comes Around" is from Reed's acclaimed CD Spark. Jake Ziah Dealing in France & U.S. - Through deals closed by HEG, Norway's Americana-ish band Jake Ziah's album These Days do You No Justice will soon be released in France & Belgium on Le Maquis and in the States on Red Parlour. Some Sunny Night Chinese Premiere - Some Sunny Night, the powerful and moving opera-musical composed by Thomas Stangehelle had its Chinese premiere in October. Telling the story of two handicapped friends (Mark Wang from China and the late Ketil Moe from Norway) who went on to establish the Race for Life in Norway and China, Some Sunny Night was met with tremendous acclaim in both Beijing (where it premiered at the prestigious Great Hall of the People on Tiananmen Square) and again in Yinchuan, Mark Wang's home town. Look for many new, exciting developments for Some Sunny Night to come! HEG is providing music clearance and supervision services to companies all over the world, and recently cleared all the international music for the Norwegian feature film Pittbullterje... A song by jazz bassist Arild Andersen was picked for an insurance advertisement in Taiwan. Special thanks to HEG partner Echo Music for that one... Germany's Korn+Flakes will be featured on the new X-Box game "Crackdown," due out in March... Norwegian pop rock band Briskeby's song "Shaking Like a Tambourine" is the new theme music for Vodaphone in Albania. Just goes to show that HEG is everywhere these days... Sternklang's electronica is the music behind a new advertising campaign for one of Greece's largest banks. How come MY bank isn't as hip?... Magenta's hit song "All Over" licensed for the German advertising campaign for Sprite Zero... HEG's favorite tallguy Charles Osborne's oratorio Kings & Fishermen had it's New York debut at New York's Lincoln Center... Norway's Frost saw their song "Klong" used in an advertisement for the Norwegian state oil company, cleverly named Statoil... Meanwhile (the band, not the conversation starter) is featured in the DVD release of Dawson's Creek... Lullabies Wakes 'Em Up in America - KKV's CD Lullabies from the Axis of Evil got some serious notice upon its American release just prior to the U.S. elections. This collection of lullabies from Afghanistan, Cuba, North Korea, Iran, Iraq, Palestine and Syria has been widely hailed by critics and fans alike. Combining original vocals recorded in all of so-called "axis of evil" countries with English-language translations sung by the likes of Rickie Lee Jones, Nina Hagen and Real World artist Sevara Nazarkhan (to name a few), the CD was raised quite a few eyebrows - and got a lot of people thinking. "The most thought-provoking musical statement made this election year just might be a CD of heartbreakingly beautiful songs for babies," said The Washington Post. HEG President Sarah-Chanderia had the honor of coordinating the involvement of the various "western" artists appearing on the CD. "I've never worked on a project quite like this," she says. "It is, without a doubt, one of the most powerful CDs I've ever been involved with. I am very honored to have been a part of the process." Standing Ovations for Osborne - Souls On Fire, the celebrated oratorio by composer Charles Osborne and librettist Aryeh Finklestein, had its New York premiere Lincoln Center in June. Based on the works of Nobel Laureate Dr. Elie Wiesel, the performance featured Leonard Nimoy as the storyteller. Not to be outdone, another incredible response greeted the Los Angeles premiere of the piece in December. What's next for the prolific composer? Rumor has it that his next work will be one of epic proportions... Solheim Strikes Again - Sony's Defstar Records has followed up Maria Solheim's Behind Closed Doors with the release of her third CD, Frail. This collection of sometimes beautiful, sometimes saucy tracks from the singer-songwriter has shown yet another side of her continually developing artistry. With lines like "It's Christmas time and you're killing me again" (possibly an ode to my credit card?), one never knows what Maria will come up with next. Watch for the beautiful video for Maria's hit "Too Many Days" on MTV Nordic. Preaching to the Converted - The incredible rock-meets-cabaret-meets-awe-inspiring Kaizers Orchestra will soon be plying their trade to a Universal audience. The power-house live band has inked a deal with Universal Records Germany and things are looking good for the release of Kaizers' third full-length CD, due out later in the year. The band's first two CDs (Ompa Til Du D¿r and Evig Pint) sold an amazing combined total of 200,000 units in Norway alone, and the new CD may well surpass this total, if the preview that this lucky music publisher heard is any indication. Watch for Kaizers Orchestra at a festival near you in the summer of 2005. Feel-good popsters Parallax Project had a song placed in the popular TV series Joan of Arcadia... Listen for Arabic pop artist Chiha's song "Oh Mami" the upcoming film Cold Water, currently in the final stages of production in Canada... Jake Ziah will be bringing their Americana-inspired, cinematic rock to Taiwan through a deal with Team 10 Records. Now perhaps they can afford to get their suits back... HEG is proud to announce the establishment of a new company. Earidium Music, GbR is a joint venture between HEG and its German partner Babel's Park, GmbH. Earidium is a music publishing company designed to promote the works of HEG's and Babel's Park's artists in Germany - an extremely active area for many of HEG's premiere artists. The company will also be able to utilize Babel's Park's expertise in the areas of creative marketing, synchronization licensing and its many ties to labels, distributors and television production opportunities. HEG is honored to be working with Unit Management, one of Norway's premiere management companies to promote some of their top artists to the international music and synch licensing industries. These include top pop artists Morten Abel and Bertine Zetlitz, as well as the hit rock band Briskeby... Maria Solheim's CD Behind Closed Doors has been licensed by Sony's Defstar label for release in Japan, and HEG has just finished a sub-publishing agreement for the album with Sony Music Publishing... The oratorio Souls On Fire, composed by the Eminently Huggable Charles Osborne with text written by Aryeh Finklestein will be performed in Boston in April and at New York's Lincoln Center in June. The performance will feature a narration by Leonard Nimoy... Hit Scandinavian band Ephemera's music was featured in advertisements for the Norwegian company Statoil... A song by Norwegian goth-rockers Magenta is featured in Gypsy 83, a film featuring Karen Black and John Doe (formerly of the band X)... Listen for music by the ever-changeable Spookie Daly Pride in the film Stateside, featuring Joe Mantegna, Val Kilmer, Ed Begley, Jr., Penny Marshall and Carrie Fisher... German punk pioneers NoRMAhl will be included on the film and soundtrack release for the upcoming Ivan Reitman production Eurotrip... HEG obtained a European licensing deal for country artist Tom Gillam's CD Dallas with Germany label ZYX... Norwegian superstar Morten Abel's song "Welcome Home" was included in the Farrelly brothers film Stuck On You, featuring Matt Damon, Greg Kinnear and Cher... Perennial favorites Ball in the House recorded yet another series of advertisements for Cool Whip... HEG's Oslo office organized music for a new serious of advertisements for chip maker Estrella... Watch for Lullabies from the Axis of Evil, an extraordinary CD from KKV featuring lullabies from Afghanistan, Cuba, North Korea, Iran, Iraq, Palestine and Syria. HEG Oslo has helped coordinate the vocal recordings, which include the likes of Scandinavian artists Kari Bremnes, Anisette and Eva Dahlgren, as well as Nina Hagen, Luaka Bop Records artist Mimi, Sarah-Jane Morris and Real World artist Sevara Nazarkhan. Our favorite Norwegian rock band Bigbang will have two songs in Baby Juice Express, the new movie directed by Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels star Nick Moran. However, Nick didn't have to hold a gun to our head to agree to this one... A band looking suspiciously like Bigbang - but calling themselves Clouds Rolling By made a one-night-only performance for a select industry crowd in New York City recently. They then went on to wow even more execs at a performance that also featured members of Hole and Smashing Pumpkins. We always knew the boys from Oslo could blow away the big guys... Hipsters Spookie Daly Pride have taken Hollywood by storm... again. Two of their songs will be featured in the new film Barely Legal directed by David Mickey Evans ("The Sandlot")... It's all Greek to me... As reported elsewhere in this issue, Magenta's song "All Over" was selected by Coca Cola to launch their new product Sprite Zero - with the result that their single debuted at #2 on the Greek charts. Way to go! Special thanks to HEG's Greek partner Axion for that one... Gotta love the white stuff.... Ball in the House is again selected to represent Cool Whip in a series of ads. OK, I guess I'm going to have to break down and buy some... Bel Canto's Anneli Drecker was invited to perform at the opening of the library in Alexandria, Egypt. She joined artists from all over the world at an event celebrating the event. As you may recall, the library was originally burned by Caesar some 2000 years ago. Wow - and we thought repairs in New York took a long time... Oriente Musik's avant-Klezmer ensemble Kroke will be featured on a new complication CD based on the excellent sets of DJ Muriel Moreno... Bada Bing, Bada Bourelly! Listen for music from jazz guitar wizard Jean-Paul Bourelly on an episode of the new NBC series Kingpin...
Norwegian artists Maria Solheim (from KKV) and Furia (from MTG Records) were both invited to perform in Washington DC by the Norwegian Embassy. Furia also made a side trip to New York, much to the delight of HEG staffers and their friends...
Fellow Norwegians Bigbang performed at a sold-out opening spot for Norway's legendary band A-ha at Oslo's 25,000 seat Ullevaal Stadium... KKV artist Maria Solheim has released a new CD, (Behind Closed Doors) to universal critical acclaim, while seeing the first single from that release ("Two Minutes and Ten Hours") shoot to the top of the Scandinavian radio charts. At the same time, her first CD, Barefoot, has been licensed for release in the U.K. and Germany... And on a completely different note, HEG's most photogenic artist Velocity Chyaldd's hard rock band Vulgaras has just completed their new CD, Aphrodite P.O.W. The perfect souvenir to take home from one of the band's unforgettable live gigs... HEG's hard-working jazzman Derek Bronston had two songs licensed for the hit TV show Felicity... HEG's favorite French artist Muriel Moreno was invited to Moscow to DJ at some of the hippest clubs in town as part of the Record 2002 music conference... The Rumble Syndicate was featured on a recent episode of the new NBC TV series She Spies... Norwegian rockers Bigbang have a new U.S. booking agency. Degy International, which also works with HEG on several other artists, has taken on the band's North American representation. The band also blew up the French Riviera in a recent Opening Night performance at the world's premier music conference MIDEM... Derek Bronston has a wonderful new album out called Ebb on Labor Records... Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No! It's Gotham Record's act Fear the Clown's song "Inside the Memories" that you heard on the pilot episode of the hit U.S. TV show Smallville... Spookie Daly Pride has them excited in Hollywood; HEG secured spots for the band's song "Go Get It" in ABC's new hit American TV series Alias, as well as in the upcoming feature film The First $20 Million featuring Jake Busey, Adam Garcia and Rosario Dawson... American TV series Mysterious Ways has been having its way with HEG's music. Upcoming episodes include a Classical Music Consortium production of Debussy's Claire de Lune, United One's artist Adikanfo performing "Lolo Medley" and a feature performance from Ram Record's own Margaret Lewis, which also shows Margaret's record cover on-camera... Philadelphia recording artist Nancy Falkow's song "It Could've Been Anyone" will be in the indie feature film Emmet's Mark starring Gabriel Byrne, Scott Wolf & Tim Roth... HEG placed "Sam Cooke Sang the Gospel," a song written and performed by singer-songwriter Doug Hoekstra in the new indie film Strange Hearts starring Rose McGowan of TV's Charmed fame. Special thanks to Bug Music for working with us on that one... Listen for a track from KKV artist Farmers Market in the film short Motel Jerusalem... MTV's new show Sausage Factory flavored recent episodes with cuts from Labor Record's blues legend Louisiana Red, Boston's electronica darlings Lunar Plexus and our favourite vocal pop band Ball in the House... And speaking of which, Ball in the House has made Cool Whip even cooler... The band recently cut two more radio spots and an off-camera TV spot for the tasty desert topping... New extreme sports website Hotsnow.com features music from indie band Five Dollar Foundation, Gotham Record's act Fear the Clown and no less than three artists from Balloon Records, including People Alive, Rhythm Jumpers, Symbolic Mind. Rumor has it that the site has more than a passing relationship to the Olympics... HEG's favourite composer Charles Osborne saw the third movement of his cantata Golden Liberty premiere December in Boston... the first movement premiered last July at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C... Madison Avenue licensed a track from Oriente Musik's Pjotr Leshenko for Avis Car Rental... Listen for the really cool Cool Whip ads... they feature HEG's own Ball in the House... HEG licensed two tracks from the Classical Music Consortium's group of labels for the upcoming film, "You'll Never Weiz in This Town Again." The film stars Pauly Shore and features an impressive list of guest stars including Whoopi Goldberg and Sean Penn, Dr. Dre and Chris Rock. CMC provided Chopin's "Minute Waltz" (from Americus Records) and a selection from Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker" (from RS Records)... HEG artists Jean-Paul Bourelly and new signing Bigbang have showcases at this year's Popkomm in Köln, Germany... Scandinavian superstar and HEG artist Kari Bremnes added yet another Spelemann Prize (Norway's equivalent to the Grammy) to her burgeoning mantle. It's her third... HEG arranged a special industry showcase for its Norwegian act Bigbang at the legendary CBGB's in New York City... MTV: I Want My HEG!!! Listen for Magenta and Lunar Plexus on MTV's show "Becoming"... The upcoming feature film "Dawg" (starring Dennis Leary and Elizabeth Hurley) will feature a cut by The Rumble Syndicate... Loch Raven Films has licensed a track by Labor Record's artist Louisiana Red for an upcoming feature production... Composer Charles Osborne and librettist Aryeh Finklestein shared the spotlight with narrator Leonard Nimoy at a gala Detroit performance of their oratorio, "Souls On Fire"... KKV artist Susanne Lundeng had two cuts highlighted in a video specially produced for Eli Lily... Watch for HEG staff favorite Donny Dykowsky's band, Strange Love Honey -- they're playing a series of shows in New York City... Look for an article on Metro Grande Recording Studios in the August 4 issue of Billboard. Metro Grand is co-owned by Mike Klein, husband to HEG's VP of A&R Maria Cocchiara-Klein... "And the winner is…" HEG's favorite mastering engineer, Marian M. Conaty, was nominated for a Grammy in the category of Best Historical Album for her work on The Rubinstein Collection, which was released by RCA Red Seal/BMG Classics… Ann Klein was the guitarist on Sara Lee's recent tour to promoting her new CD released by Righteous Babe Records. Many shows had them opening for Ani DiFranco or k.d. lang… MTV has done it again – listen for music from HEG artists Bocardo, The Hush, Ann Klein, Rumble and Lauren Stauber, as well as a wide selection of music from Balloon Records on the MTV show, Senseless Acts of Video… Derek Bronston's CD Longing will make up most of the score of Blood Kiss, a new film directed by regional Emmy winner Alex P. Michaels… Lunar Plexus was featured on a recent episode of MTV's Making the Video. The show was about Blink 182… The Rockrgrl 2000 music conference in Seattle, Washington featured a showcase performance by Melissa Reaves, who stopped in as part of her U.S. fall tour… Velocity Chyaldd's band Vulgaris have just finished recording a new CD, due out in the spring. Check out their website at www.vulgarisnyc.com for more info… Webster Hall flew in Balloon Records artist d.j. trooper from Germany to do a feature show… HEG placed five songs in the upcoming Paramount-distributed feature film, "Company Man," a comedy co-written and co-directed by Douglas McGrath and Peter Askin. McGrath is familiar to movie fans for co-writing "Bullets Over Broadway" with Woody Allen. "Company Man" stars McGrath, Sigourney Weaver, John Turturro, and features music from Ram Records' substantial catalogue of 1950s rock, Oriente Musik's collection of 1930's Russian tango by the legendary Pjotr Leschenko, and 1950s Cuban selections from the catalogue of PCM Records. "Company Man" is produced by The Agency, Inc. and will be distributed by Paramount Classics (U.S.) and Intermedia (International). The film is scheduled for release in the fall of 2000. Derek Bronston was invited to play the opening night of the first Billboard/BET on Jazz event in Washington, D.C. MTV Loves HEG: Listen for music by HEG artists Ann Klein, Lunar Plexus, Louisiana Red, Pjotr Leschenko, as well as the entire catalogue from Balloon Records on MTV's "The Real World," "Undressed" and "Making the Video"... A song by HEG artist Melissa Reaves was featured on UPN's new police show "The Beat"... Kari Bremnes and Ann Klein performed separate showcases at the giant Popkomm 2000 Music Conference in Kšln, Germany. Kari's performance was part of the Female Voices of Norway show. Mitch Moses' tunes and production talents are behind the Broadway Girls' U.N.I.T.Y. Records CD, "Don't Turn Away" out now in Japan. Additional songwriters on the HEG-published CD include Christine O'Hara and Vince McClean... French audiences were the lucky ones; they were the first to hear Ann Klein's score for a documentary on William Burroughs, produced for France TV-3's "Writers of the Century" series... Derek Bronston looked great in a photo that appeared in a recent issue of Billboard... HEG artist Velocity Chyaldd's new band Vulgaris is setting off fireworks -- literally -- in New York City's underground scene... Into Red Giant reunited with their original drummer and rocked the house at a recent appearance at New York's C-Note. Look for an album from IRG in 2001... You'll continue to hear HEG's Scott Mebus' theme music on "Outward Bound" -- the Discovery/Travel Channel show has traveled into another season... Watch out for the debut release from long-time HEG friend James Vidos; rumor has it that the Kevin Salem produced CD is "amazing"... Look for a story on HEG in the July/August issue of American Songwriter... HEG Represents "Run Lola Run" Soundtrack for South American Licensing-- This acclaimed German film not only received rave reviews throughout the year, but was a popular success both at the box office and in the record store. HEG's representation resulted in a licensing deal for the soundtrack with the Brasilian dance independent, Building Records. Melissa Reaves performed at the prestigious MIDEM music conference in Cannes France as part of the "Women of the Millennium" showcase. The showcase and Melissa's participation in MIDEM led to a U.K. tour (including an opening spot for Robert Plant) and a management deal. HEG Artist Velocity Chyldd Featured on HBO's "Real Sex" -- Velocity appears in a segment that the groundbreaking show filmed at New York's Blue Angel; she performs to tracks that she co-wrote with fellow HEG artist dj trackilla. Watch for this episode in the spring of 2000. HEG Artist Scott Mebus Writes Theme Song for Discovery Channel's "Outward Bound" -- This acclaimed television show follows real-life teen-agers in a trek across the wilderness. Seen regularly on both Discovery Channel and the Travel Channel, "Outward Bound" provides the perfect setting for Scott's driving, dynamic song, "Into the Unknown." Other HEG material from Lauren Stauber, Chanderia/Czar and James Vidos has also been featured on the program. HEG Artist Ann Klein's Music Featured on "Real Life 101" -- Ann Klein's burning guitar can be heard on this young adult television program which can be seen on various American television networks, including ABC, WB and UPN. |
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HEG PERSONNEL APPEARANCES:
Norway 's premiere media school Westerdals featured a lecture by HEG President Sarah-Chanderia on the Basics of Music Licensing. Many of the country's most promising young filmmakers attend Westerdals, and are now turning to HEG for their music clearance needs. Sarah-Chanderia was honored to present her popular Marketing and Networking seminar for members of Gramart, the Norwegian artists' organization, in September. In 2007 by:Larm, the Norwegian music conference, took place in Trondheim . The event featured two workshops by HEG President Sarah-Chanderia: How to Work by:Larm and International Markets. These workshops were organized by GramArt, the Norwegian artist association. Sarah-Chanderia returned to the Hogskolen i Hedmark to present lectures on Songwriting, Music Publishing, Publish Contracts and International Markets to students of the school's Music Management bachelor degree program. NISS – Nordisk Institutt for Scene og Studio invited HEG President Sarah-Chanderia as a guest lecturer on Music Publishing Basics and again on Marketing. GramArt and Sarah-Chanderia Team Up for Lectures, DVD Liverpool Welcomes HEG! HEG President Address NOPA HEG President Lectures at Music Management Bachelor Program HEG is happy to announce new additions to the HEG family. Cecilie Kobberstad Høiland joined us in the spring and has proven herself of invaluable assistance in A&R and administration – she even likes to do taxes, and boy do we love her for it! And Ann Christin Rihm comes to us from the wonderful world of metal to help out with marketing, and brings the fabulous Diva with her. Welcome ladies! Aria Maria Fet quickly proved her incredible value, and is now a Representative for the company in the areas of A&R and Synch Licensing. HEG also welcomes her husband and musical partner Sigmund Aria Espedal , who comes on board as A&R Scout.
HEG President Lecturing for Bachelor's in Music Management Degree
GramArt and Sarah-Chanderia Take it on the Road
HEG President Moderates for Music Export Norway
HEG President Returns to Riga
HEG President Speaks to Norwegian Film Industry
HEG President speaks at By:Larm in Bergen
HEG Address Music for Advertisements at Popkomm
HEG Works with World Music at WOMEX
HEG President Conducts Educational Seminars
HEG And GramArt HEG President Sent to Siberia
Held over three days in the July heat of the southern Siberian steppes, the Festival featured no less than 45 artists - ranging from solo virtuoso musicians to ensembles of more than 30 performers; all of whom were dressed in their traditional costumes. This phenomenal festival was the brainchild of Andrei Kataev, owner of the Sayan Ring Travel Agency. He and his associate Nataliya Myazina organized an amazing week filled with music, laughter, cultural activities and LOTS of vodka toasts for Ms. Chanderia and her fellow judges. These included music business professionals from Germany, Spain, the Czech Republic and the U.K., as well as dignitaries and artists (such as legendary Tuvan throat-singer Ondar Kongar-ool) from all over Russia. A very special spasibo goes out to music master extraordinaire Artemy Troitsky for his recommendation and friendship. And if anyone ever asks you to Siberia, GO!!! You'll not find a place with warmer hearts.
Sevilla, Spain Hosts WOMEX Sarah-Chanderia, HEG's President, was asked by the conference organizers to conduct a workshop on international markets. The workshop also discussed ways to promote and protect one's music in various parts of the world.
by:Larm Goes Back to its Beginning
HEG Returns to Popkomm To Russia, With Love
Back at By:Larm
HEG Artist Gets the Royal Treatment at MIDEM 2002
HEG President Speaks at SXSW
Southern Hospitality -- Shreveport Style
HEG President Addresses Swedish Music Industry
HEG Goes Dutch
HEG and Bigbang Go West for NACA
WOMEX Features Article by HEG President
Round the world in 40 days... HEG in the Arctic HEG President, Artist at CMW Business on the Baltic SXSW Goes International HEG Takes Over AFIM HEG Goes Hollywood... HEG President Addresses Norwegian Artist Organization HEG President, Artist Participate at Rockrgrl 2000 AFIM Magazine Publishes Series of Articles by HEG President IMF Features Music Publishing Workshop HEG Fights Piracy at Forte Riga: HEG President Sarah-Chanderia was invited to take part in a multi-part forum on fighting piracy in Central and Eastern Europe, held in June at the Forte Riga conference in Riga, Latvia. The forum was divided into four sections, including Internet, Publishing, Customs/Trade and Workshop, with the latter section being designed to produce a set of written recommendations for Eastern European governments, policing agencies and the international press. This was the second Forte Riga conference; an event designed to bridge the Eastern and Western music industries and provide a forum for responsible trade. Participants included the Latvian Ministry of Culture, the U.S. Embassy to Latvia, the Russian Author's Society, the European Sound Directors Association, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), several Scandinavian, Eastern European and Pan-European music and label organizations and representatives from major and independent labels, publishers and e-tailers. Ms. Chanderia worked with delegates from around the world to compose the following release, reprinted here in its entirety.--
"Hello, Cleveland!" -- The annual Association for Independent Music (AFIM) conference took place in May in Cleveland, Ohio, and once again HEG's President gave what has become a regular workshop on music publishing. The event was even more successful this year, and as a result, Sarah has been asked to write a series of regular publishing articles for AFIM's Indie World magazine. In addition, Sarah was elected as Chairperson for AFIM's Alternative Rock Special Interest Group (SIG), a collection of music industry professionals working in the genre. If you would like information on the SIG, please contact HEG's New York office. Sarah-Chanderia Speaks Out on Publishing at SXSW -- HEG's President took part in a lively panel entitled "Can Developing Talent Find a Publishing Deal?" which was held at the SXSW Music Conference in Austin, Texas in March. You can imagine what HEG's response to the question was: a resounding YES! Ms. Chanderia was delighted to appear with fellow panelists Brownlee Ferguson (Bluewater Music-Nashville), Anders Moren (Misty Music-Stockholm), Joshua Neuman (BMG Music Publishing-Beverly Hills) and Michael Smith (EMI Music Publishing-London). The panel was extremely well moderated by San Francisco attorney Tony Berman. HEG Goes International at Canadian Music Week -- HEG President Sarah-Chanderia hosted an international panel at the Canadian Music Week, held 1-5 March in Toronto, Ontario. This panel was designed to educate Canadian labels and artists on ways to break into the international marketplace. Included on the panel were Amy Dresser (MIDEM), Pat Bradley (AFIM), Michael Chugg (PCMExpo), Katerina Pavlakis (WOMEX) and Mary Vrantsidis (CIRPA) Indies Rule at NEMO - Sarah-Chanderia was invited to participate in an excellent panel at the NEMO Music Conference (held April 15-18 in Boston, Massechuttes). Entitled "Survival in the Indie Market," the panel was hosted by Disc Makers and moderated by Carolyn Ballen (founder of the Indie Music Forum). In addition, HEG artists Lunar Plexus over-packed the house at THE party-to-be-invited-to, hosted by DMOD. Skyline Music Magazine Hosts Televised Discussion - Don't be surprised if you turn your TV to see HEG President Sarah-Chanderia speaking on the dos and don'ts of music publishing deals. HEG Hosts MICA and ExMS on CMJ Stand -- The CMJ (College Music Journal) music conference in New York proved the perfect opportunity to promote HEG and international artists to college radio stations throughout the United States. HEG is honored to have represented both MICA (Music Information Centre Austria) and ExMS (Export Music Sweden) on its stand -- the first time that either organization had attended this conference. HEG President Invited to Address Norwegian Artists -- Sarah-Chanderia addressed the issues facing Norwegian artists in the international marketplace at a conference presented by GramArt, the Norwegian artists' organization. HEG Hosts First Music Publishing Workshop at AFIM -- The Association for Independent Music conference in Atlanta featured a workshop on music publishing which was organized and conducted by HEG President, Sarah-Chanderia. The workshop was taped and is now being shown on educational television throughout the United States. HEG Takes Over the LMNOP Music Conference-- The New Orleans-based conference featured showcases by two HEG artists (Melissa Reaves and Derek Bronston), appearances on three music publishing and international licensing panels by HEG President Sarah-Chanderia and the best HEG party ever in honor of Melissa and Derek. HEG President Conducts Publishing Workshop at IMF -- Sarah-Chanderia hosted the workshop at the sold-out debut IMF (Indie Music Forum) conference in New York City. CD Release Party for HEG Artists -- Derek Bronston and Lauren Stauber were the guests of honor at a party thrown on Manhattan's Lower East Side. HEG President Named Industry Editor -- Sarah-Chanderia was named Music Industry Editor for Performer Publications, a U.S. magazine group. In addition, she wrote several feature articles designed to educate musicians on the workings of the music business. Subjects included Music Conferences, Taxation, Internet Marketing, Synchronization Licensing, Musicians' Organizations, Fraud in the Music Industry, Indie Record Company Contract Negotiations and Retail Consignment Deals. Please contact HEG for copies. ON A LIGHTER NOTE: POW! BAM! ZAP! ... !!! HEG's Film and TV Goddess Varda Steinhardt married Danny Fingeroth on 18 June -- a VERY special day, indeed! Danny was previously a writer for such well-known comics as Spider Man and has just joined up to write for the new super-heroine, Whirl Girl. Hmmm... have to wonder if Varda's the inspiration for that last one..(wink!) Classic Marketing Manager Meets Producer Story... Our Marketing and Royalties Miracle Worker Maria Grazia Cocchiara just thought she was going to last year's LMNOP Music Conference in New Orleans to work showcase by HEG artists Derek Bronston and Melissa Reaves. Little did she know that she would meet the man of her dreams: Producer Mike Klein. Who, in addition to sharing a last name with our guitar-girl Ann, had previously produced some of Ms. Klein's songs! We are extremely delighted to announce that Maria and Mike were married on June 24. In keeping with ancient Welsh tradition, the nuptials were performed at Coney Island's Mermaid Parade, where a swimmingly good time was had by all. The happy couple have taken each other's last names, and will henceforth be known as Maria and Mike Cocchiara-Klein. (In the background, HEG's president twists her hands and cackles wickedly, "And thus HEG's Breeding Program begins!") Everyone at HEG would also like to extend sincere congratulations to our good friends Anita Modok and Steven Hindes, who were married on 22 May in Bali. Geez... must be something in the water this year! |
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