Premiere SPONY Event Plays to a Packed House
SPONY (Songwriter’s Pitch-a-Thon of New York) held its premiere pitch-a-thon on Thursday, April 5, hosted by BMI. Joy Novie, SPONY’s founder and executive director, said “The participants were exactly who I had hoped to see: serious, professional, and talented songwriters. In fact, 17 songs were kept by one or more of our panel of judges for another listen!”
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The panel included Barbara Jordan, an independent music supervisor who has placed songs in such TV and film productions such as The Sopranos, CSI, and Borat; Brooke Primont, Senior Director of Film & TV Music for Cherry Lane Music Group; and Logan Waters, talent scout and producer from Virgin Records.
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The next pitch-a-thon, scheduled for Thursday, May 3, will again be hosted by BMI at 320 W. 57th Street. The judge’s panel will include Andy Gundell, an Emmy-winning music supervisor, and Alex Shenitsky from Island Records. A third judge will be announced. “My idea is to have at least one music supervisor on each panel, and then a representative from publishing and/or a&r,” Novie says.
Future plans include genre-specific pitch-a-thons focusing on hip-hop/urban, country, and the growing field of children’s music,
For more information you can log onto the SPONY website at sponyonline.com.
Photos: Kim McLeveighn
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