News
Zendaya – Dig Down Deeper video
November 5 2011
Tonight on the Disney Channel is the broadcast premier of the video for the production I did for Zendaya ( @Zendaya96 ) of “Dig Down Deeper” from Disney’s Pixie Hollow Games. Zendaya is one seriously talented girl that I feel lucky have been able to work with. Hopefully, we’ll get to do another one soon! Look out for Pixie Hollow Games on the Disney Channel on November 19th. A slightly different version of the song appears in the show as well – so look out for that.
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Zendaya will be performing the song at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on the Build A Bear Float – WOW!
Zendaya in the studio…..
October 20 2011
At our last vocal session, Tiger Beat magazine was there to interview Zendaya and shoot a little behind the scenes. I was shocked to find out that Tiger Beat is still around. As a kid, back in the ’70′s I used to buy Tiger Beat at the grocery store and read about Donny and Marie, Shaun Cassidy, John Travolta and the like. Now it’s Zendaya and her generation and I’m producing. In the video, that’s me sitting to the left of the engineer. How fun!
Here’s the video and check out » Zendaya’s blog as well.
Alexander Acha – “Behind the scenes of La Vida Es…..” Video
October 18 2011
All through the process of recording, Alexander carried around a video camera and we recorded EVERYTHING! Alexander edited this all together and it’s now up for you all to see what we did for all those months last year. Enjoy!
Disney Parks – Together As One campaign
October 8 2011
Among the various Disney projects I’ve been working on for the past several weeks is another for Worldwide Marketing. I was asked to edit a big pile of versions of the One Republic song ‘Good Life.’ While it seemed a simple enough task at the outset, we got the tracks from the band and did very custom edits for the TV spots and all of the different marketing uses that Disney will be employing over the coming months. A lot of fun to be able to spend some time with the fantastic track! For those of you geeky enough to care, there are combinations of instruments and vocals in these spots that never appear anywhere else on the record which is why it was so much fun for me to help create. Here’s the first version they’ve released.
Zendaya and Tinkerbell “Pixie Hollow Games
October 6 2011
I was asked to produce a song for Zendaya from the Disney Channel’s ‘Shake It Up.’ The song will appear both in the TV special and as a single. Zendaya was a blast to work with and her family is fantastic. My daughter is out of her mind that I’m working with one of her favs! (I remind her of it every time I have to get on her case to practice her piano!) The song should debut on Radio Disney and the Disney Channel in late October or early November. I believe the show airs on the Disney Channel on Nov 19. The song-writers are my friends Bendan Milburn and Valerie Vagoda who have written for the other Tink films as well. The song is called Dig Down Deeper. Be on the lookout!
Holland America!
September 27 2011
I was asked a couple weeks ago to do a show for Holland America Line. It’s a great opportunity and fun people to work with, who also happen to be friends which makes it even better! You’ll have to get on a ship to see this one, though 
Disney Aulani Resort TV Spot
September 20 2011
As part of my Disney September, one of the projects I was asked to work on is the new TV spot for Disney’s Aulani Resort in Hawaii. Much of the music recording was done in Hawaii. I was asked by the advertising people and the Disney music executive to finish the music production and mix the music here in LA. It was quite a challenge jumping in at the end, but it was fun and gratifying. And now, it’s on TV (and YouTube) Here it is….
‘Amiga’ Video Latin Grammy Nomination
September 14 2011
Congratulations to Alexander Acha for his nomination for best video for ‘Amiga!’ I’m so happy that something about the album was noticed by the Latin Recording Academy!
‘Amiga’ Video Tops 1,000,000 Views on YouTube
September 12 2011
I was just looking on YouTube and discovered that Alexander Acha’s video for ‘Amiga’ has just topped 1,000,000 views in about two and a half months. That’s a LOT of people watching. Pretty exciting. Have you seen it yet?
It’s a Disney September!
September 2 2011
The summer was pretty quiet, which I enjoyed. I got to have a nice summer break with the family and enjoy time with the kids in the pool and take a couple trips. But, now, the rest of the family is back to school and I’m back to work.
Currently, I have six projects for four different divisions of Disney. In true Disney style, I can’t really write details about any of them until they either air or become official. There are projects for TV advertising, Tokyo Disney, Disneyland Paris and Disney Toon Studios. All of the projects are serious fun and I get to work with some of my great friends at the Mouse. I can say that my daughter is particularly excited about one of the projects in particular!
More to come……..