Gary Powell, Composer/Producer

The Gary Powell song, “Obscura la Noche, Obscuro el Dia” (Dark the Night, Dark the Day) was signed by Powell’s Austin music publisher Jesmax Music, BMI for placement in the Gabriel Folse film, “Guilty.” The song is performed by Los Angeles singer, Sara Traina, who was referred to the song’s producer Gary Powell by Hank Olguin, who also translated the English lyric to Spanish.

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Miramuse is happy to finally announce the release of the instructional guitar DVD, “Philippe Bertaud: On the Music of Heitor Villa-Lobos.” After shooting this three-camera video production in Gary Powell’s studio, the release had been stalled in the ever-deepening abyss of securing the synchronization rights for the usage of Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos’ music. The process of securing the rights took thirty months of research, complete with many dead-ends, confusion, and the kind of bureaucratic communication of which only a snail could be proud.

This is the first release for Miramuse to be distributed worldwide by Carl Fischer Music in New York. My special thanks to lifelong friend and musician, Rae Moses and to Chris Scialfa for his steadfast support, and of course, the charming Frenchman, Philippe Bertaud, for his undeniable patience.

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My lifelong friend and movie producer, Cynthia Coury of Poppy Productions, offered me the opportunity to write a song for her movie, “You’re So Cupid!”. She suggested that Malese Jow, who plays the role of Megan, sing the song. Good choice. Malese had early success in her life in front of the camera and is known world-wide for her role as Geena Fabiano in the hit Nickelodeon show “Unfabulous.” I’m happy to welcome Malese to the collection of talented singers who work in my studio.

For the first time, Miramuse is offering an “Instrumental Version – No Lead Vocal” for those singers who wish to sing the song themselves. Miramuse is a cooperative recording label only for the releases of producer and owner Gary Powell and his clients.

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The amazing University of Texas Football website has a new song written and produced by Austin composer, Gary Powell, and performed by Austin hip-hop artist MC Overlord. Cloud storms gather on the ceiling of the UT football team locker room. Again they gather in the tunnel before the team enters the Darrell Royal Memorial Stadium with 94,114 pairs of eyes focused on victory. Totally, this moment needs a song of strength, unity and unbridled masculinity. This is the energy I was charged to create in the song and production entitled, “Welcome to the Storm,” now underscoring the new University of Texas Football website.

Rayan Rutledge officially reviewed the site with the coaches and team yesterday and they love it…especially the song. I am sitting here listening to it over and over and over and I cannot get tired of it. The beat is awesome and it has the perfect amount of everything in it. My favorite section is the under [the heading] The Experience. (Click on the UT Austin skyline image button all the way to the right.) I think the ‘Love me some Austin – get some ATX’ is brilliant. I love the way it rolls.” – Matthew Petchel, Brand Target Creative Consulting

Creative services for this impressive flash website was managed by Rayan Rutledge who brought his important overview into the creative process as well. Rayan founded ACS Athletics in 1999, which is currently benefiting more than 70 intercollegiate athletic departments across the country by centralizing document and information management.

Austin’s hip-hop artist, MC Overlord, who performed the song, is a graduate of the University of Texas, holding a degree in Marketing and is a frequent performer in Gary Powell’s Austin recording studio. All guitars were played by Austin musician and producer, Larry Seyer. “Wecome to the Storm” is published by Jesmax Music, BMI, with words and music by owner, Gary Powell.

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Written and sung by Austin composer and songwriter Gary Powell, the sleepy song, “Sweet Dreams Too,” has been placed by Jesmax Music, BMI on two albums released by Walt Disney Records: Winnie the Pooh Lullabies, and Luv-a-byes, which was first released in 2004. Longtime Austin session player and audio engineer Larry Seyer accompanies Sweet Dreams Too on a 1969 Gibson Dove acoustic guitar.

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This CD can be purchased at the links provided by clicking on the artwork.

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Santa Claus continues to be “Pulling Santa’s Sleigh” with the Gary Powell song of the same name loaded onboard the album, “Fairy Tale Holiday” released on Walt Disney Records Christmas 2008. The album reached it’s peak on the Billboard 200 at #34 on January 17, 2009.

Gary Powell wrote and produced the song which was sung by the longtime veteran of Powell Studio Productions, Craig Toungate, who delivered a very convincing reindeer-like performance. This is the second placement of “Pulling Santa’s Sleigh” for Jesmax Music. The song was originally released on the Disney album, “Disney’s Santa Sing-Along” in 2004.

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This CD was released in 2008 exclusively in Target stores across the country.

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