New is Good
spring 2009
As the President of the largest music library recently said at a California Copyright Council dinner...“New is Good!”
So what’s New at Q?
Mephisto Odyssey (x-Warner Bros, now on Groovequest) is a multi-Billboard charting electronic artist...now available on Q! Mephisto seems to chart with every track they release.
One cut from this touring ensemble highlights Nusrat Ali Khan’s cousin (he sounds exactly the same) and though it is under the Electronic genre, the vocal, guitar and percussion are live and smokin’. Two current remixes by Mephisto, one to a Lily Allen track are in the Billboard Dance top 10.
In other news Q is now onboard at E!, The Style Network and the gamer channel G4. Feel the Halo yet?
Politix Plus +
winter 2009
The quarters are ticking away, but will be remembered because we contributed to a real Pop culture moment. During the Presidential election we had fun working on an Obama spot for MoveOn.org.
In related news, because we just had to...we produced an original track about the Bush years called (“I Can’t Sleep”)...who could? Glad that’s behind us.
This season some national spots showed up: Omnicom Group's BBDO for Campbell’s Soup featured an attractive model doing a blind taste test for a researcher, Saatchi spot for Yoplait had Richard Simmons dancing in the dairy section of a grocery store, plus music for Honey Baked Ham spots made for more yummy stuff, and all with rather tasty music.
Additionally, Q’s in show and promos included music for: “Brothers and Sisters” and “Desperate Housewives” on Touchstone/ABC, “Bones” on FOX, “Kid Nation” and “Moonlight” on CBS, “Celebrity Expose” on My Network TV, “TV One Access” on TV One, and “Hollywood Green” on Discovery’s Planet Green. As usual “Access Hollywood” made a daily staple of Q’s music.
Q Joins The Soundminer Initiative
summer 2008
Q Music Collective has been Soundminer-based since its inception in 2003 and helped shepherd Soundminer into Ascent Media companies Soundelux and Modern Music.
This season Q announced its joining the Soundminer Music Initiative and the march to standardize industry metadata. After all, what’s the point of having great music if it’s hard to find?
Let There Be Q
spring 2008
Interesting how when something is declared to the Universe it can manifest in very unexpected ways. Around the same time Q became independent and was being reborn on Vine Street in Hollywood, football field sized banners with “Let There Be Q” went up on the newly renovated Sunset Vine Tower!
Was this “jumbo-sized promotion” karmic payment for offering music that didn’t sound like other libraries? (Motorola was the actual billboard sponsor.) With composers from such storied projects as; “How I Met Your Mother”, "CSI", “Napoleon Dynamite” and wacky reality show “The Surreal Life.” Q does have a horn to blow … Thank you Universe. Q must be doing something right.
Q Music Collective Goes Indie
winter 2008
Q, a busy music library in Hollywood, always wanted to act indie and now that it has left its housekeeping deal with Ascent Media’s Todd AO/Soundelux it actually is indie.
Originally part of Ascent’s legendary Sound Services division Q was previously known as Music Delux and had composer representation as part of its mandate. Initially Q’s focus was on representing the music first to Todd-AO clients and later other established editors, producers and supervisors.
“Collectives don’t usually play the corporate way,” commented Campbell Collins the Q CEO, “…but collectives and for that matter music companies don’t usually get to woodshed under the aegis of a company like Todd-AO. It was both an honor and a challenge.”
According to Collins, these companies aren’t usually in the content business, but at the time were interested in adding a music service element to their full range mix. Craig Harris the original Music Director and co-founder used his knowledge and contacts to build the initial group of composers. Collins whose background includes being co-owner of Soundtrax Productions and Magnum at the Village Recorder did stints as a marketing executive with several television syndication companies. As a band member or manager of three top ten charting acts he felt confident he could build on the business. Placements happened and Q was born.