In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately Hunnypot decree: Where music, the sacred river ran through speakers measureless to Man. Show 6/24/19 was a fertile ground of epic flow. Hot Tub Johnnie released a "Kraken" playlist of new and old favorites. David Hayman left the Great White North for our warm water and brought a champion set of music. Gavin Haley wasn't bullish with his tender tones. Geena Fontanella got everyone singing along with her on her pop anthems. The Little Miss became America's not so sweetheart right before our eyes. El Chavito as a temporary daring duo released a ball of emotions and the night closed with Xanadudes and ladies dancing in to the wee hours.
The Supergroup is the brainchild of Creative Director and Lead Music Supervisor David Hayman who's passion for storytelling extends from cinema through music and beyond. David's extensive experience over 15 spans years of television series work in both comedy and drama, award winning advertising, and celebrated independent films. David works closely with The Toronto Raptors (MLSE) and was part of the Hubert Davis Documentary about GM Masai Ujiri “Giants of Africa” which premiered at Toronto International Film Festival.
David has helmed series on Netflix, Hulu, ABC, CTV, CBC and has had a number of successful feature film projects setting film festivals ablaze around the world, most recently, A Kindness of Strangers, which premiered at Berlin Film Festival 2019. David is a filmmaker and music supervisor. He is also the Vice President of the Guild of Music Supervisors Canada. The Hustle Never End. ‘No Sleep Til Brooklyn’. #WEARETHESUPERGROUP
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Informed by his clear-eyed musings on human interaction, 21-year-old singer/songwriter Gavin Haley weaves personal experiences into timeless narratives that feel universally relatable. A former professional cyclist turned musician, Haley’s genre-bending approach to pop pairs a plethora of contemporary influences with introspective lyrics, underpinned by an enduring sense of hope. If raw emotions are the muse of songwriters, faith and optimism would be Haley’s calling card. Singles like “Picture Me Now” (which debuted last year), illustrate his innate talent for curating emotion against vivid, yearning soundscapes. Finding inspiration from a gamut of artists, including Ed Sheeran, Frank Ocean, Earl Sweatshirt and Bruce Springsteen, Haley admits that he cares little about conforming to a specific sound. Instead, he prefers to concentrate on the storytelling, crafting narratives that feel accessible at all levels. “My music will make you feel good,” he explains simply.
Born in Michigan, Haley and his family relocated to Louisville, Kentucky, when the singer was just four-years-old. There in a close-knit community of neighbors and siblings, his passion for singing emerged. “My parents are very religious. When I was younger I would go to youth group a lot. That kind of led to me getting into more instruments and music, but back then I didn’t really have time because athletics sort of took over my life,” he admits.
By 16, the family had relocated to Northern California and athletics had more than taken over Haley’s life, it was his life. While his parents and siblings remained in California, he relocated to Belgium for half the year where he competed with the national cycling team. While there, Haley suffered an injury that resulted in a collapsed lung, setting back his travel by several months. During his recovery, he explored and found inspiration in Europe’s underground music scene, becoming enamored with energetic live performances filled with a grit and energy.
Such autonomy at so young an age greatly influenced Haley, who reflects that the discipline of professional athletics caused him to grow up quickly. “I definitely didn’t have normal teenage years,” he muses. Still, the structured life of an athlete taught him valuable life lessons, the themes of which are often reflected in lyrics that feel and sound years older than the artist. In “Fades Away,” his first single, which landed on Spotify’s “Viral 50” chart at numbers 1, 8 and 18 respectively in Australia, the UK and America, Haley’s heartfelt reflections rise over a sparse backbeat (complete with finger snaps), ultimately detailing what it feels like to love someone who is just out of reach.
In the summer of 2016 with just a handful of songs under his belt, a then 19-year-old Haley left cycling behind and moved permanently to Los Angeles. Inspired by a different city and wildly new experiences, he completed an additional 250 songs by the end of the summer. “At first I was making music I thought other people would like,” he explained. “When I moved to LA, I started creating music that I liked. I think that was really important. Staying true to yourself, no matter what it is - whether it’s a rap song, or a song from the ‘40s or the ‘60s - being able to pull different pieces from all of those and put them into something that feels good to you, I think that resonates to the world.”
The meaning of staying true has shifted for Haley in over the years. The juxtaposition between his life as an athlete and a musician offer endless fodder for writing and thought, but so does life on the West Coast. And while making people feel good will always remain at the heart of his sound, his exposure to both pop and praise songs is finding new junctures with electronic and R&B-facing sounds.
Haley recently signed with Red Bull Records and is set to release new music throughout the rest of this year. He is currently working on his debut solo album.
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Geena Fontanella is an LA-based independent artist born and raised in Southern California. Her infusion of raw storytelling and a fresh take on production brings her dark/new age pop persona to life. Though she’s back in her home state after residing in Nashville, music takes Geena all over the map. She’s toured throughout the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia, playing prominent venues such as Hotel Cafe (?Los Angeles, CA), Rockwood Music Hall (NYC), The Crocodile (Seattle, WA), The Vanguard (Tulsa, OK), The Sound Lounge (London, UK), as well as International Indie Music Festival (Jakarta, Indonesia).
Geena digs deep into her artistry through songwriting and collaboration; constantly working to uncover her truth. Her experiences in Los Angeles, NYC, Nashville and London have helped Geena uproot her story. Upcoming features with Olmos (“Antidote”) and the Cliqque (“You and Me”) will be released soon.
Geena’s pop sensibility and vulnerability collide effortlessly on her new EP, ‘Head Space,’ coming Spring 2019. Look for lead single, “Diamonds,” arriving in March.
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Looking to capture the apple pie-eyed idealism of traditional Americana music, The Little Miss can be most accurately described as a romantic, twenty-first century take on a seemingly simpler time.
With roots in jazz, blues and folk music, the sound of The Little Miss ranges from the gritty guitar riffs of the old west to one-take, twangy samplings straight from the plains.
Influences include Woody Guthrie's simplicity, Frank Sinatra's theatrical nature, Cole Porter's wit, Billie Holiday's pain, and Bob Dylan's right foot.
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El Chavito is a Los Angeles post-emo punk/hardcore band consisting of three friends paying tribute to their beloved fallen east side Mexican restaurant. Invite them to play your next house party and they'll bring a PA and a 5 gallon cooler full of margaritas!
To practice for Hunnypot Live (6/10/2019) we had a 2 hour conversation with a baby on a couch. Nobody filmed this.
What a fantastic night. Hot Tub Johnnie started with classic pop songs from advertisements. Brittany Pfantz jetted over to speak with us about her new an future music. Chase Butters and Tarjas White Jumped in the tub for A special night exploring Music in Advertising sponsored by SoStereo. Jessica Childress broke her musical hiatus with us and sang new songs and classics. Wolves returned to prey on our hearts an dancing feet. Geo torched us with song and we celebrated Alannah's birthday with another epic dance party.
Chase Butters is an award winning Music Supervisor from Los Angeles with over 7+ in Music / Advertising. Clients include Hulu, Taco Bell, Target, VW, Nintendo, Zillow, Spotify, Tile and DPSG.
After navigating through the music industry he ultimately found his passion in combining music and content. Specialties include over seeing all music initiatives across multiple clients, including Music Supervision, Music Licensing, Creative Searches, Talent Negotiations, Live Booking Etc.
Tarjas White has done music production for various recording artists as well as secured hundreds of sync placements in a plethora of content including TV, film and commercials. Previously working as a sync licensing professional for Music Dealers, Head of US A&R at Audio Network and Director of Creative at BMG, he now has joined the team at SoStereo providing music solutions for advertising clients from the robust catalog of emerging artist and innovative tech platform.
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Indie alternative, singer-songwriter from Louisiana. Her music is perfumed with jazz and
down-in-your-gut soul. She parades her roots honestly like the street bands of New
Orleans, where she learned how to stay true to the music and herself.
Brittany’s powerhouse voice is the reason why she’s compared to Amy Winehouse, Adele, and Janis Joplin. She loves to make people feel deep, go places within that they’ve been afraid of, cause them to think and move beyond to something greater, to some other worldliness. Life is her inspiration, the highs, lows, in-betweens, and all the greats who have dared to be fully themselves in this industry. It is her purpose and passion to use music to bridge the gaps between the mundane and the heavenlies, like the greek goddess iris.
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Jessica Childress is an LA-based singer/songwriter reminiscent of the golden age of classic soul, with an enormous voice that combines traditional R&B with a rock n' roll energy. Since her national music debut on Season 4 of NBC’s The Voice, she’s opened for Charles Bradley, The Family Stone, Patti Labelle, Allen Stone and performed at SXSW, Sunset Strip Music Festival, Long Beach NYE, and Bottlerock Napa 2017.
Jessica's debut album, DAYS, was produced by Callum Connor (Anderson .Paak producer/DJ), Alex Elena (Alice Smith, Citizen Cope) and Topher Mohr (Mayer Hawthorne/guitarist). The first single, “Far Away”, was released on SoulTracks.com and debuted on Apple Music (#2) and iTunes R&B Hot Tracks. The video for “Starting Today” premiered on Atwood Magazine. The Remixes EP, released May 19th on Essence, includes remixes by DJs from Anderson .Paak (Callum Connor), Casey Veggies (Dom Beets), Gavin Turek (Val Fleury) and Erykah Badu/The Cannabinoids (A1). Her debut album, DAYS, is out now.
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Meet WOLVES, a band that is breaking barriers and pushing the boundaries of modern music with their infectious blend of genres. Consisting of Marc Avery, Sean Carney, and Rockwell Sands, the Los Angeles based trio have created their own unique sound, marrying pop sensibilities with bold rock’n’roll and gritty urban beats. With each member hailing from various cultural backgrounds, WOLVES have crafted their own distinct style, shaping the sound of pop culture as we know it.
“We wondered what it would be like if we took all these different influences we loved—artists like Michael Jackson, the Eagles, Coldplay—and rolled them all into one band today,” Sands muses. Their eclectic influences proved to be inspirational, with their debut single ‘Animal’ giving the trio their signature explosive sound.
The band was named after the characteristics of wolves. These majestic animals which are bonded by an innate sense of the pack, move in harmony as one unit towards common goals. “I can’t think of a better way to describe us. The three of us are all about the good of the group; every day we try to embody that philosophy in our music and beyond.” remarks Avery.
WOLVES highly anticipated single 'Freaky' is an anthem to inspire others to be brave and embrace who you are, to share your inner-most desires with the world and to live life to the fullest. Featuring slick indie pop grooves, 90’s reminiscent hip hop and hard-hitting rhythms, ‘Freaky’ is a song that you can’t help but dance to. "We love listening to music from back in the day and try to re-imagine what it would sound like today.” reveals Carney.
From the primal energy of ‘Animal' to the seductive tones in ‘Freaky’, WOLVES have crafted a wildly diverse range of music built for pop radio and stadiums alike. Having already earned top spots on the Billboard charts and heavy rotation on Sirius XM Hits 1, the trio hopes to inspire audiences across the globe with their music, and to continue creating unforgettable songs that at once nod to the past and hurtle towards the future.
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GEO started writing songs in her early teens. Together with her diaries, and home movies, life with all its joy and pain became the spur for a huge outpouring of creativity. By the age of 17 she had quite a collection of songs and scraps of songs, the best of which found their way onto her debut album, AURA.
At the age of 16, she performed live at Genghis Cohen’s, West Hollywood, and at Dartington Hall in Devon, England. The following Spring she toured in the UK with international dance musical, Where Is Home? and later in that year, performed for a season at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. In June 2018, she showcased at New York Sync Summit, and in November at BBC One Introducing, Tobacco Dock, London.
These experiences of performing, working alongside artists from the UK, South Africa, Italy, the USA, the Caribbean, Japan and Pakistan, have been great and have allowed her to reach out to a wide and very appreciative live audience.
In 2019 Geo performed in Germany, France, Belgium, Holland and the UK, as special guest of The Teskey Brothers on their Half Mile Harvest EU Tour.
"Loving her music, and what a voice!" Josh Teskey, The Teskey Brothers.
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The Hip-hop/ Rap artist Coca Vango has just dropped his new song 'Waterfall' in late May featuring Tyga, along with the music video. It will not be a surprise if Waterfall becomes one of the 2019 summer club hits!
While the song is very catchy with a repeating bass line and catch phrases, the music video is even more eye-catching featuring bright vivid colors, electrifying and dramatic words as well as dancing ladies who bring up the temperature of the room!
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We kicked off summer (Memorial Day) with a hot spring in our dance steps. Eddie Caldwell got wet for the first time in the Hunnypot tub to tell us about how the heck he got here. Bogan Via boogied down via slow synth dance tunes. Raven Artson was high art musical melodies, son. Highschool Jacob made us want to ditch class and fall in love. Ward kept away the evil non-rock spirits and the night finished with a Soul-Stice Dance Party. 5/27/19
Eddie Caldwell is a prolific songwriter producer based out of Chicago, IL. Eddie Started out in the early 90’s producing the likes of legendary artist Aaron Mills, from the Funk group Cameo, and Billy Beck of the Ohio Players, his own compilation albums, the rapper “Swolts” and many others in his Studio “Diamond Atmosphere” in Chicago. Eddie began selling 1000’s of albums independently in Japan, and throughout Europe.
Eddie subsequently started “Music Of The Sea” an industry-leading high end boutique music library, indie band, and artist friendly company that brings together a world of music and sound effects from thousands of independent music artists, producers, bands and composers in a hot marketplace. In operation since 2007,
Music of the Sea specializes in licensing high-quality songs to clients in film and TV production, game production, ad agencies and others needing world-class audio cues for their productions and projects. With over 1700 artist/bands/composers, Music Of The Sea excels with its vast high-end boutique library of audio content with approximately 100,000 tracks and growing every day, Music of the Sea has become the definitive site of choice for high-end indie music Music of the Sea is recognized by major studios and film companies in Hollywood, New York City, London, France, Japan, etc. It can be proud of its marquis client list that includes Weinstein, Dimension Films, Walt Disney, Universal Pictures, HBO, Warner Bros, CBS, Microsoft, Apple Inc, ESPN, NBC, Fox Sports, Lakeshore Entertainment, Chop Shop, Neophonic, Mortal Kombat, etc. It also has partnerships with NBC Universal, Sony Pictures, CBS Television, Omnicom, Bunim Murray, Getty Images, and Tracklib, along with Universal Taxim.
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Bogan Via is Bret Bender and Madeleine Miller. Their unique electronic sound comes to life comes to life with old synthesizers, dark overtones, and thick harmonies.
Bogan Via has made a quite a mark on the scene, quickly playing packed shows including a European tour and festival appearances at: SXSW, Neon Desert, Culture Collide, Treefort, & Insomnia. Bogan Via’s ability to win over fans with their unique sound has already earned them opening spots for the likes of: Halsey, Phantogram, Little Dragon, Glass Animals, Todd Terje, and many more.
For now, Bogan Via’s graceful and danceable indie rock is still under the radar, but they are quickly rising to the surface, bringing their melodies and pulsating beats with them.
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Raven Artson lives for music. The Dutch singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer and composer landed in his first band when he was only nine years old. While growing up, Raven was entering a defining period of musical exploration, showing himself the ropes of how to do it. Most prominently Raven has been drumming and producing for Mozes and the Firstborn, but also provided production for the likes of Ray Fuego, Yung Nnelg and Pip Blom and has his fair share in composing movie-soundtracks, among which Madja Amin’s Stray Sheep. He coordinates his own creative direction, while being in interdisciplinary dialogue with directors, photographers and designers. Raven’s deep musical immersion and hefty back catalogue shine through in the versatility of his solo work and his on-stage performance. Self-taught, driven but humble, Raven is readying his debut project ‘Peak In Me’.
As a true master of melody, Raven’s music is sweet and easy. His bold voice is always at the center of the music - crooning free above glistening instrumentation. Aside from his strong pop-sensibility, Raven has plenty of musical experiments up his sleeves. He whips up a perfect mixture of variations, lacing his songs and performance with clever left-turns and sudden musical shifts. Lush woodwind sections, tight drums and heartfelt vocal lines all blend seamlessly into a rich and psychedelic musical palette. Raven’s music and personality find middle ground in being grand and ambitious, while still being tangible and down to earth. Inhabiting the stage on his lonesome in a double-breasted suit, Raven is voicing his heart without any filter. Tear-dripping auto-tune with a supremely romantic quality.
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Highschool Jacob is an alt-pop artist based out of Los Angeles weaves catchy melodies and emotional vocals to make head-nod worthy and heartwarming music. Danger Village and Hunnypot Approved!
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In early 2016, Ward knew he wasn’t living the life he longed for. So, he quit his job as an Internet technology executive in Manhattan, left New York, and moved to LA to embrace a musical career. Since then, Ward’s music has rapidly taken Los Angeles by storm, writing dozens of new songs, packing live shows, cutting a new EP and growing a fan base of tens of thousands online. Ward’s lyrics consider life’s demands, choices and regrets. His broad vocal range rests atop of a blend 80’s modern rock, grunge, Manchester, and psychedelic rock. Born and raised in California, and known simply as “Ward” to his friends, he was inspired as a young boy to write songs after hearing Tom Petty's Full Moon Fever on the radio. He immediately went out and bought an old Stratocaster. By the time he was 12 years old, he was churning out original songs and booking live local shows — beginning a lifelong journey with music that has led up to where he is today.
Ward is just getting started. He would love to partner with fantastic composers, songwriters and live musicians for upcoming recordings, videos and live performances in 2018. As well, he is actively writing and producing music for licensing opportunities.
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Bronson Wisconsin's newest single is a boogified, swinging Americana pop stomper for all kinds of families.
Los Angeles's own SATICA releases her follow up to "Miss Yr High" and it's another BOP! Check out "Take A Walk", it's Hunnypot Approved!
Australian Electro/Rave/Pop trio Haiku Hands dare us all not to dance with their infectious single/video. Fly dance moves are shared, Hunnypot Approved!
"Life" is the latest single from UK based Electronic Rock Music (ERM) project LUPA. You'll know immediately as the music begins that this is a rock track. The group is showing their flexibility with this single shifting from the dance music feel of their last single, "Don't Fail Me Now ", where lead singer Livvy M sounded like a young Janet Jackson. On "Life" she is far more commanding. Overall "Life" is a tight little ball of fury that would be great for a film or television placement.