{"id":22265,"date":"2015-07-06T16:09:31","date_gmt":"2015-07-06T20:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/?p=22265"},"modified":"2015-07-06T16:09:31","modified_gmt":"2015-07-06T20:09:31","slug":"2015june-artist-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noelborthwick.com\/cakewalk\/2015\/07\/06\/2015june-artist-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"Month-end Artist RECAP: JUNE – BILLBOARD CHARTS, PAN AM GAMES, HEAT!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Summer officially kicked off in June with plenty of BBQ\u2019s, beaches and Pro SONAR users doing some extraordinary things.\u00a0 June also offered the SONAR Platinum Everett update which introduced the world\u2019s most technologically advanced drum replacement feature.\u00a0 Here are some highlights from last month on a few of the many hard working professionals using SONAR.<\/p>\n

Murray Daigle<\/a> \u2013 Toronto, Canada<\/strong> [Official Theme Song for Pan (and ParaPan) Am Games]<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"SONAR Platinum<\/a> user Murray Daigle is the one of the most-awarded producers in the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN). Based in Toronto, he is also known for his songwriting and mixing skills with major label and independent artists for over 20 years.\u00a0 In June, Daigle added yet another major accomplishment to his profile when his writing efforts and song-pitch for the 2015 Pan\/Parapan Am Games were selected as the official theme song for the event.\u00a0 The song was written at a \u201cwriting camp [workshop]\u201d sponsored by the Songwriters Association of Canada, and then recorded and produced by Daigle with one of Canada\u2019s most established pop artists Serena Ryder<\/a>. The song, “Together We Are One,” was chosen out of 70 submissions created from the workshop. Seventeen artists perform on the song, including Mykey Thomas (Smashing Satellites<\/a>,\u00a0Neverest<\/a>), Spyro Chalkiotis (lead singer of Neverest) and the Morningstar River drummers to name a few.\u00a0 The song is currently picking up momentum as Universal has been promoting it to major radio stations, and a video for the song was also cut.\u00a0 Additionally, the song is being played before every single game as well at the celebratory nightly fireworks ceremonies.<\/p>\n

Damian Curry<\/a> – Los Angeles, CA\u00a0<\/strong>[Partners with new movie-trailer house and also finishes solo record]<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>LA-based composer\/producer\/musician Damian Curry has been busy writing and recording his first solo project named \u201cAlpha,\u201d in addition to all of his TV cue placements.\u00a0 Damian recently partnered with a movie trailer house and will be having hundreds of new cues synched with upcoming releases.\u00a0 Over the past 8 years, he has written hundreds of cues with SONAR that are currently featured on shows like Entertainment Tonight, Dr. Phil, The Doctors, and Rachel Ray.\u00a0 Though he\u2019s produced two other records this year, this album due out early July will be his first solo project focusing on himself as an \u201cartist.\u201d<\/p>\n

Damian tells us, \u201cMany of these cues I write have track counts of well over a hundred, and I find using the ProChannel as my go-to channel strip is really effective in terms of sound quality, efficiency and workflow. SONAR in general has been a work horse as my only DAW for composing music for all these television shows.\u201d<\/p>\n

Luigie Gonzalez<\/a> – Los Angeles, CA\u00a0<\/strong>[Hits #79^ on Billboard with “Compass” by Shift]<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Congratulations to Luigie Gonzalez for landing on the Billboard charts in June with his production\/mixing\/writing work on the rising single \u201cCompass\u201d by the artist Shift [DJ Shift].\u00a0 Last week the single was #79 on the Billboard Chart, but indicators are showing the song moving up quickly and it should be in the top 50 shortly.\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019ve found SONAR Platinum to be the most powerful and most stable release of the program to date.\u00a0 I loved X3, but it\u2019s no comparison to the new \"\"<\/a>Platinum.\u00a0 For my style of music which is pop oriented, Vocalsync has been an incredible timesaver.\u201d\u00a0 Luigie is based out of Los Angeles and his SONAR studio is just north of Hollywood.\u00a0 He has recently been collaborating with one of his music partners Kustom, and the two are going by the production team name of SmashBoxx for the new works together.\u00a0 He is also working heavily with major artists in Asia including Ah Moon, as well as movie scores\u00ad\u00ad like “Lost in the Pacific\u201d with Brandon Routh.<\/p>\n

“COMPASS” By SHIFT (Courtesy MTV)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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