SEPTEMBER SOUND BYTES

Summer's over??? Already???

Don't know about you, but we've been too busy here to even write about it!

So.... to catch up a bit....

H&N Music provided original as well as re-worked songs for Lil Language Scholars. The Spanish language school, located in Libertyville, needed a teaching aid for young students. We enlisted the vocal talents of Lily Perez to complete these short, but cute, ditties guaranteed to help youngsters...and their parents... learn Spanish. Another satisfied client!

H&N also provided the music for the Daniel Wright 8th Grade graduation video. This was a massive undertaking, involving a re-sing by some talented students of the Killers song, HUMAN. Thanks to Barb Tolbert for bringing the project here.

The last few months have seen a number of Derrick's original songs placed on high profile TV shows, like Memphis Beat and HBO's True Blood.

New client Elizabeth Egen came in to follow her lifelong dream of doing VoiceOver. The resulting VO demo that we produced should have her feeling like she's well on her way to achieving that dream. That's what we're all about here folks...helping people achieve their dreams.

And speaking of which....

on the heals of here second release, Judy Rundell is back in the studio to work on the next Naptime Nanny project. This time we're going into overdrive to get a Christmas themed package out in time for holiday gift giving. Half way there as of this writing.... stay tuned.

And last, but not least, the long delayed Jim Krzych project looks like it will finally come to completion yet this year. This collaboration with Derrick, and a host of some of Chicago's finest players, contains some of the best ARROYO music that never was!

June Sound Bytes

As Derrick gets ready to go full tilt with his new voiceover promotion as THE NO.1 SPORTS PROMO VOICE, we anticipate a busy time in the studio as voiceover work starts to pour in.

In the meantime, the latest Hear And Now Music projects include writing, producing and donating a theme song to a local Deerfield organization that's very close to our hearts, KIDDOS, Kids In Deerfield Doing Outstanding Service. Meredith Colby Procell wrote the words and music and Derrick arranged and produced this fun anthem for the kids to sing live at a talent show fund raiser. CD's of the song were a much sought after item, and the event was a rousing success.

Derrick's new song, 21st Century Cowboy, is being considered as the theme song for a new cable television show. This rockin' blend of country and pop is a hook filled hit that will be another feather in our music placement caps.

SOUND BYTES: November

November is a busy month at HearAndNow Music. As we prepare for the long awaited release of Maggie Kain's CD, BLESSINGS IN DISGUISE, we are also hard at work on a variey of other projects.

Maggie's CD contains some great covers of songs by Keb Mo, Karen Taylor Good, and Emmy Lou Harris, as well as a number of original songs written or co-written by Derrick Procell. For some stellar playing and singing...and did we mention production..., look for it soon!

The big push in November will be to finish a special project for Christian Beginnings PreSchool. This is a project close to our heart. We are producing a full length CD of the kids there singing Christmas songs.... 11 classes each tackling 2 songs. The children range in age from 2-6 years old. How fun is THAT going to be?! This should prove to be a powerful fundrasing effort for the school as well as a great experience for us. We'll be posting some of the best ones on the HearAndNowMusic website.

We are also in mid-production of another long awaited CD by Derrick's former bandmate and songwriting partner in ARROYO, Jim Krzych. This is going to be killer record of great tunes, superb playing, and of course, Jim's unmistakable vocals. The styles are many and varied, but then so are his influences. More on that soon.

Other recent clients include Jerry Cox: singing demo, Terry Abrahamson: Bar Mitzvah song for client, Cathy Glickman: Bar Mitzvah song for son, Rosie & Isabelle Fleming: Voice Over demos, North Shore Auto Group: promotional cd production, and Wee Play Music Theater: music composition and production for Fall Class curriculum.

Finally, we also await the release of Nancy Shafer's CD of children's music, THE JEWISH KID IN ME, which Derrick co-produced and supplied vocals and keyboards on. Just in time for holiday gift giving!