ZMX has published a catalogue of Mayday Parade’s sheet music, all transcribed and arranged by myself. The band recently finished the Vans Warped Tour and is about to begin their fall tour in the US.
Ernest Borgnine’s last film
Variety magazine just announced that Ernest Borgnine’s last role in a career spanning 6 decades will be released in October by Indican Pictures. At 95 years old he still did a fantastic job as the lead in this film, and I’m proud to have orchestrated the film score. Titled “The Man Who Shook The Hand Of Vicente Fernandez”, the release will begin in Los Angeles and roll out to other cities from there.
Mandrill in concert tonight
Mandrill has thrilled audiences the world over for more than three decades with their hard-hitting mix of Funk, Rock, Latin, R&B and Jazz Fusion. The renowned Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles, playing my arrangements and conducted by Charles Dickerson, will guest star with Mandrill on a few songs. From Madison Square Garden to the Montreux Jazz Festival, they have shared the stage with legends such as Miles Davis, George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic, Tito Puente, Earth Wind & Fire, The Eagles, James Brown, Deep Purple and David Bowie.
Co-headlining is Southern California’s own dynamic Lowrider Band led by multi-platinum singer/songwriters Howard Scott, Harold Brown, Lee Oskar and B.B. Dickerson, a prolific team that has dished up many of radio’s greatest tunes: “The Cisco Kid,” “Why Can’t We Be Friends,” “Spill the Wine,” “Slipping into Darkness” and “The World is a Ghetto,” just to name a few mega-hits from the band’s exhaustive discography.
My sheet music publishing company ZMX Music is a sponsor of the show.
ZMX signs Mayday Parade
ZMX Music has signed Mayday Parade, and we’re very happy to have them on board with us. The pop-punk band from Tallahassee, Florida, is just coming off the Warped Tour and just released a new self-titled album.
Royal College of Music
Gamelan D’Drum, Stewart Copeland’s piece for orchestra and gamelan will be performed one week from today at the Royal College of Music. The piece is published by G. Schirmer and as always I was Stewart’s orchestrator and music copyist.
Dream Gallery on Amazon’s Hot New Releases
The orchestral album I orchestrated and produced with composer Mark Abel, Dream Gallery, has been in the top 20 on Amazon’s Hot New Releases list for more than a month now, and today we made it up to #2. I’m flattered, proud, and a little surprised all at the same time.
Feature film Crooked Arrows released nationally
Crooked Arrows, the Native American lacrosse film scored by film composer and friend Brian Ralston was released nationally today. I was his music copyist and did the sheet music preparation for the orchestral scoring session at The Bridge.
ZMX Music signs two new artists
I’m happy to announce that ZMX Music has signed two new artists, The Apples In Stereo and Saves The Day. Like all other sheet music published by ZMX, I will be overseeing the production process and working with the artists to ensure 100% artist approval.
Mass for Joan of Arc
I am beginning work on a 100 page manuscript for New York composer Francis Wapen. He has written a Catholic mass for Saint Joan of Arc and I am doing the sheet music preparation. Mr. Wapen is a prolific composer, and I have done his music engraving for 9 or 10 big projects now.