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Music Industry, Philippines Radio

Sydney Leigh Enters Philippine Radio With Smash Tune ‘Crazy Beautiful’

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Sydney Leigh
Sydney Leigh

YouTube star Sydney Leigh goes global as the her single Crazy Beautiful which launched on iTunes and YouTube recently, has now become a worldwide hit.

Launched last February 2014, Crazy Beautiful has been getting raves on YouTube with reactions ranging from wonderful, powerful to awesome.

“This is awesome Sydney! I love the message of the song and the video is great”, says Loves Freedom Too.

Tunmise Lamidi says: “Amazing, perfection, and well put together” .

Jaunty Meek shouts: “Upcoming Talent…. I’m so proud of her accomplishments… Congratulations to Sydney Leigh Smith and her family…. GREAT JOB!”.

Crazy Beautiful is part of a four-song EP launched last January on iTunes and purchases have all been 5 stars.

Sydney is also invading the Philippine music scene and radio as her latest single enters the Top 10 on pop music station Blazin100.com.

You can vote and request for the song, by entering the title and artist “Crazy Beautiful – Sydney Leigh” on the request form here http://www.blazin100.com/request.

Make sure you get a copy of Sydney’s EP on iTunes and check her out everywhere on the world wide web.

Official Website- http://sydneyleighmusic.com/

iTunes- https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/cra…

Google Play- https://play.google.com/store/music/a…

Amazon- http://www.amazon.com/Crazy-Beautiful…

Soundcloud- https://soundcloud.com/sydneyleighsing

Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/SydneyLeighM…

Twitter- https://twitter.com/sydneyleighsing

Instagram- http://instagram.com/sydneyleighsing

Jingle Updates, Radio Jingles

Radio Charivari Würzburg New 2014 Jingles

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Charivari
Charivari

One of Germany’s heritage radio brands, Charivari in Würzburg, has made a fresh start with an AC package from PURE Jingles.

Playing the best mix of classic & current hits, and delivering local news & events – that’s what Charivari in the German state of Bavaria is delivering to its 30-59 year-old target demographic every day. The AC station, established in the 1980s, is now reaching almost a quarter of the 450,000 households in its direct broadcast area, and is aiming even higher with an updated program schedule and a fresher on-air image. Subsequently, it was time for new jingles!

Character
“A jingle package should have the same as a radio personality – character and authenticity”, says program director Daniel Pesch (who is also the morning anchor on Charivari). “Not even the best-testing power rotation title on your playlist gets the amount of airplay as your jingles do. So they have to be appealing and memorable.” He’s often heard children sing along to the jingles of their hometown station. “That’s a great opportunity for every station. It positions us in the listener’s mind, and it is super important for how the audience perceives us.”

Bridge
Pesch had a clear vision of how the new Charivari should sound. “I want to build a bridge between our loyal listeners and our new friends – sounding catchy and modern, without being too young and wild. During the recording session I noticed how PURE Jingles worked on every nuance, until it would seamlessly fit our brand. Last, but not least, it was a lot of fun to work with their creative team on this package. It just occurred to me that I’ve been listening to the jingles for several weeks in a row now, and every time again I enjoy them just as much as the first time!”

/ About PURE Jingles
PURE Jingles is specialized in radio imaging & branding for CHR, Hot AC and AC. They’re responsible for the individual sound for BBC Radio 1, 2Day FM, Charivari, and other leading brands & forward-thinking stations. www.purejingles.com

Jingle Updates, Radio Jingles

RTE 2fm New Jingles 2014 from ReelWorld Europe

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2FM
2FM

Ireland’s 2fm has already undergone some major programming changes this year and now they have a new on air sound courtesy of the team at ReelWorld Europe.

The jingle package is made up of branded musical themes and ID’s and swaps out sung vocals for a new sonic logo built around the station voice over. The contemporary instrumentation provides a platform for the personalities to shine.

Head of 2fm Dan Healy said : “We’ve made a lot of changes to update listener’s perceptions of 2fm and better engage our target audience. The on air branding is a crucial part of that process and the team at ReelWorld have delivered a contemporary sound that matches our audience aspirations.”

Recent changes at the station include Westlife singer Nicky Byrne taking over daytimes as well as a string of new specialist shows.

Lisa Dignam is the Creative Audio Production Co-ordinator at RTE: “The jingles are already getting a great reaction – it was what we needed to make the station sound stand out.”

As well as custom news and utility beds, the jingles are based on the musical themes of ReelWorld’s new 103.5 KTU package, which the company have just finished for the iconic New York radio station.

Anthony Gay, ReelWorld’s European MD, said: “Some people in the industry have talked about jingles being dead. Let me clarify that they’re alive and well. Like everything in life jingles have evolved in new directions and what we’ve created for 2fm is a great example of strong sonic branding.”

RTE 2fm reaches over 800,000 listeners in Ireland every week.

Anthony Gay added: “2fm is a huge station with a lot of heritage and we’re proud to be part of their journey.”

To discuss how ReelWorld could help evolve your station sound contact anthony.gay@reelworld.com or meet the team at the Radio Days Europe conference in Dublin between March 23rd and 25th where ReelWorld are an event partner.

You can hear a taster of the new station sound here http://ow.ly/uA4oW  and follow ReelWorld Europe on Twitter @reelworldeurope

Music Industry

The Top 10 Workout Songs for March 2014

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The Top 10 Workout Songs for March 2014This month’s playlist is dominated by club tracks. Fitz & The Tantrums appeared in last month’s Top 10 and have returned this month with the only rock song to make the cut. Apart from that, everything else is straight from the dancefloor: a fierce new single from Kylie Minogue, a riff on Instagram culture from The Chainsmokers, and a collaboration between Jason Derulo and 2 Chainz.

Here’s the full list, according to votes placed at Run Hundred–the web’s most popular workout music blog.

To find more workout songs, folks can check out the free database at RunHundred.com. Visitors can browse the song selections there by genre, tempo, and era—to find the music that best fits with their particular workout routine.

1

Stephen Swartz & Joni Fatora – Bullet Train – 130 BPM

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Kylie Minogue – Into the Blue – 116 BPM

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3

Dillon Francis & DJ Snake – Get Low – 102 BPM

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4

Austin Mahone & Pitbull – Mmm Yeah – 126 BPM

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5

David Guetta & Skylar Grey – Shot Me Down – 129 BPM

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Fitz & The Tantrums – The Walker – 132 BPM

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7

Flo Rida – How I Feel (SCNDL Radio Mix) – 129 BPM

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Armin van Buuren & Trevor Guthrie – This is What It Feels Like (Antillas & Dankann Remix) – 131 BPM

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9

Jason Derulo & 2 Chainz – Talk Dirty – 101 BPM

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The Chainsmokers – #Selfie – 128 BPM

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Radio Programming

10 Criteria For A Strategical Program-Aircheck; How To Analyze On-Air Promotion Program elements

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On Air
On Air

– by Yvonne Malak

On Air Promotion and On Air Marketing should influence our station-images positively. OAP in a presentation or in elements should be well-balanced and target-oriented, wisely inserted, transferred in an entertaining way and harmonize with each other. Jingles should be used strategically and of course music, jingles and drops have to be mixed as professionally as possible.

So much for the theory. The reality sometimes looks different.

In my opinion, it is an interesting experiment to exclusively analyze a broadcast under the aspect On Air Promotion/ On Air Marketing. This is why I have developed my 10-points-list for an OAP Aircheck.

1. Did the presenter use the elements wisely in a strategic way? Strategically balanced during a 30-minutes-segment and did it make sense in the particular position? Are the most important messages of the 30-minutes-segment mirrored within one hour?

2. Are the single elements target-oriented? Or do elements exist with too much information (“Info-Overkill”) so that in the end the listener doesn´t understand anything at all.

3. Is the importance of the messages in accordance with the presence on air? Is the number one message frequency higher than number two and three?

4. Are the same messages repeated too many times (in a row)?

5. Did the host prepare the show strategically? Did he or she think about, where the USPs can be placed best in his or her presentation? How about the messages? Are they used wisely or are they being presented without making sense at all? Are they well-balanced?

You can read all 10 tips here

Yvonne Malak

Yvonne Malak has been in radio for over 25 years. She coaches and mentors Program Directors and Air Talent all over Europe.
Contact: ym@my-radio.biz
During RDE14s in Dublin Yvonne Malak will talk about „The Power of On Air Promotion”. She will analyze three examples in order to show how you can improve your ratings, correct negative images and enhance the market position of “your” station with On Air Promotion.

Jingle Updates, Radio Jingles

TABradio New Jingles for 2014

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tabradio
TABradio

TABradio is a Western Australia station entirely dedicated to horse racing, dog racing and sports. And that means: a lot of talk and a lot of live reports.

SOB created a custom package for TABradio with 9 themes that come in many different versions so they can be used as talkover beds, but also as regular jingles and shotgun jingles. Every jingle is also produced as an instrumental version.

“SOB is a pleasure to work with! If I didn’t know how busy these guys are I would’ve thought we were the only client: so much time and attention was devoted to the TABradio jingle package by SOB Audio Imaging. Ongoing communication and prompt responses definitely set the bar high in the industry.

As far as the package goes… Being a horse and dog racing station, we’ve hit SOB with a very challenging brief to meet. Unlike your music radio station our audience is not united by a certain era or music style, and we don’t fit your standard news or sports talk format station either. The only thing our TA has in common is their love for #1 sport in Australia –racing, a very intense sport that doesn’t allow you to have a set hourly clock, instead provides you with programming that is full of frequent surprises.

Based on that fact (and maybe a few more things) SOB delivered a very diverse package that allows us to tie in all program elements together and be prepared for any surprises of the live sports broadcast.
Very well done indeed, thanks to Hans and the Team! “

Lena Kozak-Fretwell – TABradio Manager

Visit http://www.sob.nl

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Imaging Ideas, Jingle Updates, Production Tips

[DOWNLOAD] Sound Freqz Volume 2 Radio FX Library Now Available, Download Demo

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Sound Freqz 2
Sound Freqz 2

Fresh for 2014!

The most current and affordable solution for freshening up your audio imaging comes along with the quality and usability that radio stations around the world have come to expect from Sound Freqz Audio Imaging Libraries.

A fresh, new, high energy assortment of 125 modern, audio imaging tracks, that are compatible with CHR, Urban, Hot AC, Rock, News/Sports & Talk formats!

With Sound Freqz Vol. 2, you’ll get more Breakers, Combos, :30 Loops, Impacts and More!

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Jingle Updates, Radio Jingles

Red FM Package by Reezom for 2014

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Red FM
Red FM

Red Fm is a trendy radio format playing dance music and aimed towards the sound of brand new Hits.

The friendly vocals add to the freshness and feel good vibe of the package. This package consists of 6 ”creative packs” branded by Reezom.

Every cut comes in several mix outs, including a full, sweeper, stinger and a ramp version.

With this package on air – Red fm is definitely the best hit music station.

Visit www.reezom.net

Production Tips, Radio Imaging, Radio Jingles

StickyFX Pink Noise, Brain Freeze Libraries Now at 50% Bundle Offer

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Pink Noise + Brain Freeze
Pink Noise + Brain Freeze

Now for a limited time only you get 50% discount on the bundle of Brain Freez and Pink Noise.

By now of course you’re familiar with the FX packages by the Dutch team of Sticky FX. Their libraries ‘Glide’, ‘Pink Noise’, ‘Cool Cutz’ and the latest one ‘Brain Freez’ are heard worldwide on hundreds of stations in different formats. But they’re now doing something off the hook for a limited time only, offering a gigantic discount when you order the bundle of Brain Freez and Pink Noise.

“The FX stuff of Sticky FX is all highly usable but the combination of these two libraries is absolute production freedom for me!” –  Maurice Verschuuren of Novaz Media Group

What if you would combine the force of two of the libraries by Sticky FX? Would it work? Will it blend together? Will it enforce the individual strengths of each library? “If you make the right combination? Abso-freakin’-lutely” says Maurice Verschuuren of Novaz Media Group.

For one of his last productions he combined the force of ‘Pink Noise’ with the more subtle CHR sound of ‘Brain Freez’ and the result is stunning. Verschuuren tells: “The FX stuff of Sticky FX is all highly usable but the combination of these two libraries is absolute production freedom for me! When I do production for great Dance Radio Shows like The Davies Twinz and Brennan Heart’s Harder, I just love the incredible force of ‘Pink Noise’ and ‘Brain Freez’ by Sticky FX.

A while back at RadioJinglesPRO.com we featured his production work for Brennan Heart who’s one of the leading brands in international hardstyle music. NOVAZ produced the imaging for his worldwide radio show “We are hardstyle” and the SLAM!FM adaption called: “SLAM! Harder”. Voiced by award winning top dog Dave Foxx.

Maurice Verschuuren continuous: “Producing these ID’s was made a lot easier by having ‘Brain Freez’ and ‘Pink Noise’ both in my imaging arsenal. The brute force of ‘Pink Noise’ really gives you the ability to make the ID’s slam hard at the start, while the more gentle sweeps and high pitched FX of ‘Brain Freez’ compliment the production at the tail of the production. These sounds really cut through and blend well together with the dance music.”

In this audio compilation you’ll hear the ID’s he did for Brennan Heart’s worldwide radioshow but also some new really nice imaging work he did for The Davies Twinz radioshow. All jam packed with the FX of ‘Brain Freez’ and ‘Pink Noise’.

Inspired by the great work of Novaz Media Group combining two of Sticky FX’s libraries, the Dutch production FX company decided to offer you a giant discount on two of their packages when you just like Maurice Verschuuren combine Brain Freez with Pink Noise. Now for a limited time only you get 50% discount on the bundle of Brain Freez and Pink Noise.

See www.stickyfx.com for details.

Jingle Updates, Radio Imaging, Radio Jingles

New Power Intros by ReelWorld, On The Sly on Energy, P5

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NRJ Hit Music Only
NRJ Hit Music Only

Following last month’s announcement of the partnership between ReelWorld and On The Sly, the two companies have announced the first stations in Europe to benefit from the new “Intros” service.

Norway’s P5 and NRJ snapped up the Intros and aired them straight away.

Daniel Hübinette, Imaging Director at both stations commented: “The new intros from ReelWorld and On The Sly add a new edge to the sound of NRJ and P5 – we love them!”

The Intros are already in use on a number of stations around the world including KBIG in LA and Nova Radio Network in Australia. Intros sing station names in the style of current songs in the intro of the music.

ReelWorld Europe Managing Director Anthony Gay said: “There’s already been a lot of interest about OTS Intros from our clients around Europe and I fully expect them to pop up in other territories in the coming weeks. They offer a point of difference for stations looking for something memorable so don’t hang around if you want to get them on in your market”.

You can hear how the new Intros sound on NRJ Norway here and for more information on the service e-mail info@reelworld.com or call ReelWorld Europe’s MediaCityUK office on +44 161 768 0039

Visit http://europe.reelworld.com