by Gary Powell
- SIXTEEN “Tween” Pop Songs Produced
- TEN Vocal Jazz Songs Recorded and Mixed
- ONE Jazz Choir Piece Recorded and Mixed
- EIGHT “Tween” Pop Song Vocals Produced and Mixed
- ONE Spanish Song Written and Produced
- ONE Italian Song Orchestrated and Produced
- THIRTY-FOUR Movie Cues Composed and Mixed
- EIGHT Musical Storybook Cues Composed and Mixed
- ONE Pop Song Written and Produced
- Four Folk Rock Songs Produced
- TWO Christmas Songs Produced and Mixed
- FIFTEEN Poetry Music Cues Scored and Produced
- ONE Instructional DVD for Classical Guitar
- FOUR “In the Studio with Gary Powell” Shows Produced
- SEVEN Personal Appearances as a Speaker or in Facilitator in Vocal Workshops
January
- Recorded ten songs for the Austin Vocal Group “Take 5” Album Project.
- Composed and Produced eight one-minute underscore cues for a European audio release of “Pirates of the Caribbean”.
February
- Presented private “In the Studio with Gary Powell” show featuring Craig Toungate for Wes Bishop’s birthday party.
- Produced eight songs for Disney’s Karaoke Series,“Disney Girlz Rockâ€
.March
- Delivered a speech to the Austin Downtown Rotary Club on the state of the music business.
- Facilitated a Vocal Workshop for the theatrical singers at DeSales University with Director, Dennis Razze.
April
- Brainstormed in a three day personal workshop with theatrical director, Alan Souza, for my major musical work of “Aristotle’s Prayer”.
- Record two publishing demos for singer/songwriter, Faith Greve.
- Wrote and recorded “Go Go Bananas” for Walt Disney Records’ new release “The Jungle is Jumpin’“.
- Arranged and produced “Baloo”, a previously unreleased song from “The Jungle Book”, for “The Jungle is Jumpin’“.
May
- Produced Rich Harney’s composition, “Jesus Lamb of God”, a Choral Recording.
- Produced Helen Darling’s Publishing Demo for her song “Mistake”.
- Arranged and recorded the string orchestra for the song “Se” from the movie Cinema Paradiso for singer Giovanni Giglini.
- Arranged and produced two more publishing demos for singer/songwriter Faith Greve.
June
- Hosted and produced an “In the Studio” concert, featuring Craig Toungate and Susan Lincoln, in Huntsville, Texas for my father’s 83rd birthday.
- Recorded and produced eight songs for Disney Karaoke Series, “The Cheetah Girls 2″
.July
- Recorded and produced the vocal tracks for “Disney’s Karaoke Series, Hannah Montana”
.- Arranged, recorded and produced “Holly Jolly Christmas”, featuring Craig Toungate.
August
- Rode motorcycles with Larry Seyer to Branson, Missouri for a week of meetings with performers and visits to venues.
September
- Edited and archived audio and video recordings from my studio for singer Joe York’s Memorial Service at Austin’s Zilker Park.
- Finished a year-long project producing the video for classical guitarist Philippe Bertaud, “Philippe Bertaud, On the Music of Hector Villa-Lobos”.
October
- Began creative meetings with Glendalough Studios for their feature film “Guilty“.
- Completed work scoring the poetry of John Lee (began recording in 2005) to be released in the Fall of 2008 under the title, “John Lee, Thunderstorm in Mentone”.
November
- Spent six days in Los Angeles for pre-production, development, thematic and creative meetings with clients.
- Wrote and recorded the theme song, “Obscura la Noche” for placement in Glendalough Studios’ movie “Guilty“.
- Composed and recorded the original score for Glendalough Studios’ movie “Guilty“.
December
- Mixed and delivered the score for the movie “Guilty“.
- Finished and delivered the final mix of “Se” for singer Giovanni Giglini.
PICTURED AT RIGHT FROM THE TOP DOWN:
Gary Powell, Amy Person, Max & Jessie Powell, Vanessa Joy & Amy Person, Giovanni Giglini, Taylor Seyer, Alice Gerhart, Amy Person & Sae Minh & Peter Minh & Gary Powell, Larry Seyer, Dennis Razze, Faith Greve, Ted Kryczko, Paul Baker, Philippe Bertaud, Alison Acton & Helen Darling, Yakov Smirnoff, Take 5, Helen Darling, Gary Powell & Chris McGuiness, Alison Acton, Larry Seyer, David Wise, Susan Lincoln & Craig Toungate, Alicia Jones, Mike Mordecai, Max Powell, Luiz Coutinho, Joel Cowen, Ben Nippis, Lisa Minchich, Rich Harney, Gary Slechta, Mr. Marvin
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As one of the nation’s preimminent composers for children, Gary Powell has reached his ultimate goal. In July, 2002 Kellogg’s released, for public consumption, three million cereal boxes of “Hunny B’s†and three million cereal boxes of “Buzz Blastsâ€. The “Buzz Blasts†cereal box contains a single CD with two Powell songs which he produced for Kellogg’s, Disney and Pixar. The “Hunny B’s†cereal box contains two more Powell songs which were produced for Kellogg’s and Disney.Powell ‘s musical style suggests a long association with cereal. No one knows exactly what that means, however, with what seems to be the musician’s equivalent to being pictured on a Wheaties box, Powell notes, “I ‘ve always figured I’d have songs placed in Coco Puffs or Captain Crunch, but to jump to the level of Kellogg’s in my lifetime could be nothing more than a dream. My parents always said that ‘cream rises to the top’. Who would have guessed that to be literally true.â€Powell says his mission statement as a producer was first inspired when he was a child eating cereal straight from the Kellogg’s box which read, “We provide high quality, great tasting products for you and your family.†With that as his mantra, Powell has since sold over twenty million tasty musical products for familles in forty-three countries.Powell notes, “Most musicians think of Nashville, Los Angeles or New York as recording centers. For me it has always been Battle Creek, Michigan….the home of Kellogg’sâ€
Either as a film composer or commercial composer, it will help your clients learn to depend on you more if you share your creative process with them. If you don’t, they will most certainly think of your job as just magic or even worse, nothing but talent or luck. If you are composing or writing for sophisticated buyers of creative arts, it is likely they already have experience with talent and especially fame, something that is wearing very thin. I like to think that every note I write is defendable in front of a panel of my peers.