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Featured Composer: Mojo X
Mojo X writes an impressive throw-back to the golden age of Broadway.
Featured Placement: NFL Playoffs
A HUGE congratulations goes out to Jeff Hargrove, who scored a key placement on Sunday’s NFL Today on CBS Sports. He caught the coveted Opening Teaser, and we think that his cue could not be MORE perfect for this high-stakes moment!
Jeff Hargrove is a 52 Cues Family member and has completed the 52 Cues Mastermind with Dave Kropf.
Featured Composer: Dex Williams
Dex Williams began composing for libraries in 2017, with the help of a friend. He’s earned placements on BBC Springwatch, Housewives of Atlanta, Police Interceptors, and more. He is a classically trained on clarinet and saxophone, and loves to play piano by ear. His musical interests are varied, and he incorporates rock, funk, metal, and blues into his work. He particularly enjoys writing orchestral hybrid music.
Dex is looking forward to focusing his efforts with the support of the 52 Cues Cues Community.
Featured Composer: Rolf Schild
Rolf Schild is an experienced composer/producer from Germany. He started composing music in 1976 after founding his first band. He’s been composing ever since.
Influenced by the orchestral and fusion bands from the 70's and by his education on classical guitar, his music comprises a huge variety of genres and styles. in 1996, Rolf started to produce music with DAW. He enjoys writing production music and has placements on ABC and hulu.
Featured Composer: Peter Lepahin
Peter Lepahin is an enthusiastic and easy-going production music composer from Hungary. Lepahin started in the DAW in 2020. Since then, he’s signed two albums and is planning to make a living out of production music—while of course enjoying the process and composing!
Wishing you a Krunky Christmas!
We caught this placement live today on the Bengals - Patriots game show open. It certainly put us in the holiday spirit!
We share it with you and wish you a beautiful holiday, wherever you are and however you celebrate.
With all best wishes,
Dave & Shannon Kropf
Featured Composer: Paul Croteau
Paul Croteau has traveled the world as a freelance sideman on saxophone and sometimes playing keyboards. In 2015 his career shifted from performing to composing, and his music is now used by at least 50 different tv shows across 30 countries.
52 Cues Members Make Air on CBS!
Two 52 Cues members made the CBS Sports broadcasts over the weekend. Both of these tracks were submitted through a 52 Cues Workshop calling for sports cues. Congrats Michael Sinay and Steven Beddall!
Featured Composer: Leo Voin
Leo Voin has been focusing on video game music, and he’s ready to up his production music game! Check out KatzUndMaus, a dramedy cue he shared last week with the 52 Cues community.
Featured Composer: George Cicci
George Cicci is a sound designer, composer and producer. He works in various styles ranging from IDM to ambient, and sound track heavy leaning toward darker, somber atmospheric tones for visuals.
Featured Composer: Topi Jokinen
My biggest goal to get my music into film trailers. Making trailer music, and music for tv as well. I enjoy composing orchestral and orchestral-hybrid styles the most. I’m working on a couple of libraries, and I’m a taxi member as well.
The Thai that Binds
Some of our 52 Cues tribe had a meetup at a Thai restaurant after registration at the TAXI Road Rally in Los Angeles. Dave really enjoyed the face-to-face hang time!
Production Music Association Conference Panels Available on YouTube!
The Production Music Association has posted archives from all of the PMC 2022 Panels up on their YouTube page and conveniently into a single playlist! We’ve posted some videos which are of particular interest below here. We encourage you to check out the playlist.
Also—find out the origin of our new favorite mantra at 52 Cues: “read the @#$%& brief!”
Featured Composer: Yuka Reschke
Listen to Yuka Reschke, this week’s Featured Composer. Dave will give feedback on her piano lullaby, “Sleeping Baby” on this week’s podcast episode.
Featured Composer: Youssef Rddad
Youssef is a recovering guitarist turned composer and music producer. This week, we feature his track, “Tradecraft.”
Featured Composer: Jeff Hargrove
Jeff has been on the record side of the gospel music industry and a minister of music for his church for over 20 years. Now for the first time, he’s pursuing my first love, music composition.
Featured Composer: Ralph Oleski
Ralph Oleski is the 52 Cues Podcast Featured Composer for Week 25. Ralph has been gigging and teaching guitar for 30+ years, and has started composing over the last couple of years. Listen to his song, “Sunshine Girl.”
Dave Kropf and Steven Beddall Talk Music Careers
Dave recently joined Steven Beddall of Production Music Academy on his YouTube channel. Dave and Steven both run their respective music production communities, and are both full time composers/educators. Dave shares insights on how he manages his busy life, how he got started in sync licensing, and how he gets things done!
Featured Composer: Ed Smaron
Ed Smaron used to play music for improv theater in Chicago, including for The Second City. While he admits that he thought his experience creating background music on the spot in front of live audiences would transfer easily to writing sync music in a studio, so far, he says that has not been the case!
Featured Composer: Ralph Martin
Ralph Martin is multi-faceted musician, playing flute, sax, and congas. He’s also an arranger, composer, music director, teacher and Berklee College of Music alumni.
He’s working on a Native-American themed album. Listen to the latest track, “Darkness Comes” and tune into the 52 Cues Podcast to hear Dave’s comments!