Lawrence Payne
Lawrence Payne, a versatile musician and writer, crafts compositions inspired by a life immersed in music, art and literature. Proficient on the guitar, fretless bass and drums, his fluid and improvisational style spans romantic and cinematic genres, echoing influences from diverse musical eras. Beyond music, Payne, an internationally experienced copywriter and journalist, is known for critique and biographical writing in publications such as Guitar Player, Virgin Records' Dogma and HOW Graphic Design. Open to constructive criticism, he explores opportunities for his compositions in sync and music libraries.
Andrew Powell
Andrew Daniel Powell is a composer from Fresno California who specializes in writing cinematic music that mixes synthesizers, electronic drums and guitar with traditional orchestrated music. Andrew works at Fresno City College as a Student Aid while he is obtaining his associates degree in Commercial Music.
Andrew has written music for ads, podcasts and clients in a variety of genres since 2019
Kevwe Praise Ogah
Kevwe Praise is a young music producer from West Africa with a drive and passion for music that exceeds the norm.
His works are majorly in the Afrobeat genre but he is unlimited in genre and has dived into theme-song, trailer tracks, cinematic orchestral music, hip-hop, and pop music among other genres of music.
He believes strongly in collaborative effort, and a number of his works as represented here have been done in collaboration with professional Polish music producer Grzergorz Varhlak Ziebicki.
His perpetual goal is to connect the listener with the art on multiple levels, no matter the art form or genre.
The Iron Oxide Project
The Iron Oxide Project is a result of Desert View Records of Southern California. Based in the Coachella Valley.
Desert View Records is a fully equipped music production company with rotating professional musicians, producers, writers, and engineers. With current offerings from professional lyricists, vocalists, keyboardists, guitarists, bassists, drummers, and orchestras Desert View Records can create any soundscape to match the needs of all licensing companies. Genres of all types can be achieved by Desert View Records, including but not limited to metal, rock, r&b, orchestral, and more. Libraries are currently available from Desert View Records and custom consultations are available for scheduling.
ARTISTS FOR THE FOLLOWING TRACKS:
Bruce Walton Jr. BMI Sync artist, Author, writer, Guitar, Keyboards
Frank Gardner BMI Sync artist Drummer Berklee School of music
Jasyn Smith BMI Sync artist/writer, Drummer
Jeffry Lee Brown BMI Sync artist/writer, Bass Guitar
Kevwe Praise Ogah BMI Sync artist/writer Orchestral producer
Michael Rizzio BMI Sync artist. Author writer, Producer/Sound Engineer Acoustic Guitar, Keys, Piano, Harmonica
Jamont Reece
Hi! My name is Jamont Reece. I would like to introduce myself. I am a music Producer/ Composer, specializing in hip hop, beat production. I have recently discovered the Sync production world, Along side producing music for family members who are hip hop artist. I have been in music production for 10 plus years, I currently reside in Kokomo, Indiana. born and raised.
Meghan Rose Scott
Meghan Rose Scott is an electro-acoustic cinematic composer based in Los Angeles, California. She has six years of experience composing music for media. She writes "hybrid cinematic" music: combininig orchestra with synthesizers, guitars, beats, and effects. Meghan's music paints a detailed picture and evokes strong emotions in listeners.
Meghan earned her BA in Music Composition with a focus on electronic music from Texas Christian University. After attending various film scoring workshops such as the NYU Screen Scoring Workshop, she decided to pursue a Master's degree specializing in music for film. She graduated from Columbia College Chicago with her MFA in Music Composition for the Screen in the summer of 2023. Capped off with a full orchestra recording session and an internship with a working composer, Meghan moved to LA with enthusiasm and spirit. She is excited to continue sharing her art.
Taijee Shavers
Taijee Shavers, is an award-winning saxophonist, composer, producer, and sound designer from Oakland, CA. He recently graduated Summa Cum Laude from Berklee College of Music with a B.M in both Composition and Electronic Production and Design. His expertise has been branched out into various disciplines, most notably in combining different genres to create a unique style, collaborating with choreographers to create audio-visual masterpieces, and even working on various film/video game projects through SFX design and editing. Taijee first started composing in high school, then exponentially spread into writing for orchestra, which sparked his passion even further into pursuing his dream at Berklee. Now, he writes in various styles including EDM, Classical/Orchestral, Jazz, Hip Hop, R&B and so much more.
Robert Slap
Award winning composer, multi-instrumentalist, engineer and producer, Robert Slap is a native of Detroit, Michigan. His music spans a wide spectrum of styles that include blues, rock, new age, jazz and film music. Slap has worked as a producer, engineer, artist and music director over the course of his 50+ year career. His music has been featured on radio, TV shows, movie soundtracks/trailers, videos and documentaries. Slap has several music libraries that he works with as well as releasing singles as a recording artist through streaming outlets. Guitar is his primary instrument, but he dabbles on the keyboards, harmonica and percussion and has a group of studio musicians working remotely to add authenticity to his musical creations. He completed the Certificate for Film Scoring Program at UCLA and has studied with award winning composers Gerald Fried (Roots), Hans Zimmer and Mark Waters. He also holds a B.S. degree in Computer Technology and Programming. Producing, composing and arrangements are his strentgths and he likes to collaberate with other artists to expand his repertoire.
His philosophy is: "Music is created to generate an emotional response, and life is a tapestry of ever-changing moods, colors, textures, and emotion. Music reflects life, touching our souls' strings, pulling into the open our feelings with passion. It is the only medium through which I can truly express my innermost feelings, the essence of our being."
Joe Solo
• Developed Grammy Artist Macy Gray from Scratch.
• Have had hundreds of syncs.
• Alumni of Paramount's Famous Music Publishing - Head writer and producer.
• Client roster/syncs include: Apple, MJ, Motorola, UMG, Disney, Fox, CBS, NBC, Discovery Channel, Atlantic.
• Multi-instrumentalist with Class A level studio.
• Vast experience producing multiple genres.
• Focus is on being a vital part of the storytelling team using music to compel audiences to feel the way the director wants in any given scene.
Stardust Studio
Amid the chaos of the 2020 pandemic, Delaware Guitarist/Producer Chris J and D.C. native singer/songwriter Brendan Lane instantly bonded over a passion for the many impacts music has had on peoples lives, particularly their own. Whether it is carrying us through healing times, or highlighting the feel good memories that last our lives, music has the power to move people to do amazing things.
Chris has been playing and recording music for over 15 years. As Musical Director and guitarist for the band Kono Nation, and as a writer / producer unto himself, Chris uses his skills to create clarity, warmth and depth in his recordings.
Brendan Lane has always been a musical person, growing up with a jazz musician father and surrounded by records as a child. When he discovered rock ‘n’ roll at the age of eight, that was it: his life had a singular pursuit and purpose. That purpose has led Lane around the world, performing on three different continents with various performers, which deepened his understanding of what it meant to be a performer.
