This coming week, we will be hosting our artist Ed Geater live from our headquarters in Leicester. He will be doing a special, fully live, 20 minute acoustic set. We will be broadcasting this through Facebook Live for fans across the world to watch. Having joined the Anara Publishing roster in March 2017, the singer and […]
Metadata is probably a word you’ve heard a lot of publishers and music supervisors talk about. But, it’s surprising how many people disregard how important it really is. “What exactly is metadata?” I hear you cry. Lets discuss. In its most basic form, metadata literally means a set of data that gives information about other […]
Unlike Europe, Australia has never been as notable for its early cinema era or even its post-modern cinema era. One thing is for sure; Australian artists are becoming the most popular go-to artists for contemporary TV shows in the US and UK. A majority of these artists come from Sydney and Melbourne. 1910 was a […]
Much like France, Germany made wonderful and unique artistic contributions to cinema between the end of WWI and the start of WWII. Germany arguably pre-dated French directors The Lumière Brothers’ 50 second short film display in 1895 with a 15 minute selection of short films in November of the same year. German cinema became famous […]
This is a guest blog from John Meredith, owner of our library music partner Arms Production Music. Ever noticed the music on Masterchef whilst they’re finishing off their mouth-watering posh beans on toast? Or on documentaries about clock building? And who can’t fail to be moved by that ‘reveal’ music when Kevin McCloud shows us […]
In 1895, The Lumière Brothers created a short snippet of film called ‘The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat Station’. This was then shortly followed by Georges Méliès, who created ‘A Trip to the Moon’ (1902) which has been featured in more contemporary French/British films like ‘Hugo’ (2011). The Lumière Brothers are arguably the […]
Following on from the hectic week at Midem, it was a quick turnaround for me to head off to Los Angeles two days later for the annual Sync Mission. Now in its 13th year, the LA Sync Mission is hosted jointly by the BPI, Music Publishers Association and Department for International Trade (DIT) and they […]
In this latest edition of “An Interview With…” we sit down with Anurag Shanker, whose father Promod Shanker spearheaded the Pragnya movement. 1. Tell us about how you started your label. The label was started by V Chandrashekhar who was enthused by the idea of documenting India’s cultural and spiritual treasures through their music. Hence […]
Philippa Reed and Chris Maxfield joined forces to create country duo Reed Maxfield. Here, they talk to us about their songwriting journey over the last 14 years. 1. Tell us about how you started making music as a country duo. We started songwriting together 14 years ago, following a chance meeting in a London bar […]
Building on the success of the U.S Guild of Music Supervisors, promoting the craft of music supervision and it’s importance to media industries such as film, television, games and advertising, the UK & European chapter of the Guild of Music Supervisors has now launched. It brings together a board of music supervisors from the likes […]
