“Obscura la Noche” Signed to Jesmax Music, BMI

Guity Movie Poster

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.

 

 


Obscura la Noche
(Obscuro el Dia)

Music and Lyrics by Gary Powell
(Spanish Translation by Hank Olguin)

Verses 1 & 2
Cuando el día se va
La noche vendra
Y la obscuridad
Invita la maldad

La noche es dolor
Matando el calor
Y como el puñal
Evoca todo mal

Chorus 1
Obscura la noche
Obscuro el día
Y en mis sueños busco
los recuerdos de amor
y otra realidad

Verses 3 & 4
A donde puedo ir
Para sobrevivir
Pues sin la luz del sol
No vencere el crisol

El tiempo borrará
Y confundira
No solo la verdad
Tambien la claridad

(CHORUS 2)

Verse 5
Y Cuando el día se va
La noche vendra
Y la obscuridad
Invita a la maldad

(CHORUS 3x’s with Tag)

Copyright 2006 Jesmax Music, BMI

All Content of Gary Powell’s Site is Licensed Under a
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 License

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Guity Movie Poster

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.

 

 


Obscura la Noche
(Obscuro el Dia)

Music and Lyrics by Gary Powell
(Spanish Translation by Hank Olguin)

Verses 1 & 2
Cuando el día se va
La noche vendra
Y la obscuridad
Invita la maldad

La noche es dolor
Matando el calor
Y como el puñal
Evoca todo mal

Chorus 1
Obscura la noche
Obscuro el día
Y en mis sueños busco
los recuerdos de amor
y otra realidad

Verses 3 & 4
A donde puedo ir
Para sobrevivir
Pues sin la luz del sol
No vencere el crisol

El tiempo borrará
Y confundira
No solo la verdad
Tambien la claridad

(CHORUS 2)

Verse 5
Y Cuando el día se va
La noche vendra
Y la obscuridad
Invita a la maldad

(CHORUS 3x’s with Tag)

Copyright 2006 Jesmax Music, BMI

All Content of Gary Powell’s Site is Licensed Under a
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 License

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“Welcome to the Storm”

Music for The University of Texas Football Website

MC Overlord, Larry SeyerThe 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

Rayan Rutledge, MC Overlord, Coach George Wynn, Matthew PetchelCreative 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. “Welcome to the Storm” is published by Jesmax Music, BMI, with words and music by owner Gary Powell.

(Pictured above working in Gary Powell’s studio are Rayan Rutledge,
MC Overlord, UT Coach George Wynn, and Matthew Petchel. Thank you, gentlemen, for a really cool session.)

All Content of Gary Powell’s Site is Licensed Under a
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 License

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MC Overlord, Larry SeyerThe 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

Rayan Rutledge, MC Overlord, Coach George Wynn, Matthew PetchelCreative 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. “Welcome to the Storm” is published by Jesmax Music, BMI, with words and music by owner Gary Powell.

(Pictured above working in Gary Powell’s studio are Rayan Rutledge,
MC Overlord, UT Coach George Wynn, and Matthew Petchel. Thank you, gentlemen, for a really cool session.)

All Content of Gary Powell’s Site is Licensed Under a
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 License

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Jesmax Music, BMI has “Sweet Dreams Too”

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.

WARNING:

This song becomes progressively sleepier as it goes!
Do not attempt to operate heavy equipment while listening.


Please note that I sell no Disney products on my site.
This CD can be purchased at the links provided by clicking on the artwork.

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.

WARNING:

This song becomes progressively sleepier as it goes!
Do not attempt to operate heavy equipment while listening.


Please note that I sell no Disney products on my site.
This CD can be purchased at the links provided by clicking on the artwork.

Pulling Santa’s Sleigh for Jesmax Music, BMI

GarySanta 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.

Please note that I sell no Disney products on my site.
This CD was released in 2008 exclusively in Target stores across the country.

GarySanta 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.

Please note that I sell no Disney products on my site.
This CD was released in 2008 exclusively in Target stores across the country.

Yakov Smirnoff Sails into Branson


with the “Pirates of the Black Tide”

Yakov Smirnoff Pirates of the Black Tide
by Gary Powell

Yakov Smirnoff and I first met while sailing together as “Cruise Directors of the Caribbean” in 1978. We were twenty-five years ahead of Captain Jack Sparrow’s appearance. Did we both actually dress up like pirates on Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines Pirates’ Night? Of course we did, but, in 2008, Yakov is doing it again and in style! This time he and his cast from “The Yakov Smirnoff Show” are singing a parody of my tune, “Pirates of the Black Tide,” not on the high seas, but in Branson, Missouri. Did our earlier Caribbean swashbuckling-midnight-buffet adventures set up this new collaboration thirty years later? Oh, there are too many escapades to tell that we will both take with us down to Davy Jones locker!

Although not a singer’s singer, Yakov has performed several of my songs since 1978. He thinks he sucks. I don’t. I think that when you give him 2,000 adoring fans in his own theatre, tighten the spotlight, and let him sell it, the “almost” part of being a singer is washed away with his sheer and demanding presence. It’s something to be seen and serves as an excellent lesson for young singers to quickly absorb by watching this very real performer.

In 1978, Yakov was a new American. Now, he is a model American as foretold and defined by our founding fathers. In that and in his show, you will see the truest traits of this individual striving to build a life which reflects the strongest and most ambitious vision for himself and for us all. This is the ground on which our friendship is anchored. It’s a friendship of choice, reflection, and unwavering loyalty and honesty – one could say, the pirates’ code.

Sail on my friend. I’m at your rear quarter and you are at mine.

For ticket information and show times, please visit The Yakov Smirnoff Show. On my site you can read the lyrics and story behind “The Pirates of the Black Tide”, Words and Music by Gary Powell and published by Jesmax Music, BMI.

Yakov Smirnoff Pirates of the Black Tide
by Gary Powell

Yakov Smirnoff and I first met while sailing together as “Cruise Directors of the Caribbean” in 1978. We were twenty-five years ahead of Captain Jack Sparrow’s appearance. Did we both actually dress up like pirates on Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines Pirates’ Night? Of course we did, but, in 2008, Yakov is doing it again and in style! This time he and his cast from “The Yakov Smirnoff Show” are singing a parody of my tune, “Pirates of the Black Tide,” not on the high seas, but in Branson, Missouri. Did our earlier Caribbean swashbuckling-midnight-buffet adventures set up this new collaboration thirty years later? Oh, there are too many escapades to tell that we will both take with us down to Davy Jones locker!

Although not a singer’s singer, Yakov has performed several of my songs since 1978. He thinks he sucks. I don’t. I think that when you give him 2,000 adoring fans in his own theatre, tighten the spotlight, and let him sell it, the “almost” part of being a singer is washed away with his sheer and demanding presence. It’s something to be seen and serves as an excellent lesson for young singers to quickly absorb by watching this very real performer.

In 1978, Yakov was a new American. Now, he is a model American as foretold and defined by our founding fathers. In that and in his show, you will see the truest traits of this individual striving to build a life which reflects the strongest and most ambitious vision for himself and for us all. This is the ground on which our friendship is anchored. It’s a friendship of choice, reflection, and unwavering loyalty and honesty – one could say, the pirates’ code.

Sail on my friend. I’m at your rear quarter and you are at mine.

For ticket information and show times, please visit The Yakov Smirnoff Show. On my site you can read the lyrics and story behind “The Pirates of the Black Tide”, Words and Music by Gary Powell and published by Jesmax Music, BMI.

It’s “The Perfect Doggie Day” at Jesmax Music, BMI

101 Dalmations and Friends CD Art
Jesmax Music, BMI has added “The Perfect Doggie Day” with words and music composed by Gary Powell to its catalog of songs. Gary Powell also served as producer/arranger of the song which is on the album entitled “Disney’s 101 Dalmatians and Friends” releasing March 4th, 2008 on Walt Disney Records. The song was recorded in Austin, Texas at Powell Studio Productions and the album was compiled by Walt Disney Records VP, Ted Kryczko. Congratulations to Steve Sterling on his very cleverly designed album and CD artwork.

“Hamburgers burnt, hambugers soggy.
It’s all good when you’re the doggie.”

Lyric from “The Perfect Doggie Day”

The song is performed by Austin singer, Trent Durham, a long time contributor for Powell Studio Productions. Trent made a previous appearance for the Walt Disney Records’ album, “Disney’s Song Factory – Dinosaur (Songs Inspired by Aladar’s Adventure)” on the song “Paradise” released in 1999. Trent continues to write and perform in Austin, Texas. The guitar parts were all played by Austin recording session guitarist extraordinaire Larry Seyer of Larry Seyer Digital. The male background vocals were performed by Zach Reiner-Harris, Ian Stuart, Ryan Farnsworth and Jeffrey Benson Parker, who were all students from the Claire Trevor School of the Arts at the University of California at Irvine. We found these young singers during auditions for the Recording Experience hosted by Ted Kryczko and held at Jeff Sheridan’s studio, Soundworks, in North Hollywood, California.

(Please note neither Gary Powell or Jesmax Music, BMI sells any Disney products on this site.
For further information please visit DisneyMusic.com or contact Gary Powell.

101 Dalmations and Friends CD Art
Jesmax Music, BMI has added “The Perfect Doggie Day” with words and music composed by Gary Powell to its catalog of songs. Gary Powell also served as producer/arranger of the song which is on the album entitled “Disney’s 101 Dalmatians and Friends” releasing March 4th, 2008 on Walt Disney Records. The song was recorded in Austin, Texas at Powell Studio Productions and the album was compiled by Walt Disney Records VP, Ted Kryczko. Congratulations to Steve Sterling on his very cleverly designed album and CD artwork.

“Hamburgers burnt, hambugers soggy.
It’s all good when you’re the doggie.”

Lyric from “The Perfect Doggie Day”

The song is performed by Austin singer, Trent Durham, a long time contributor for Powell Studio Productions. Trent made a previous appearance for the Walt Disney Records’ album, “Disney’s Song Factory – Dinosaur (Songs Inspired by Aladar’s Adventure)” on the song “Paradise” released in 1999. Trent continues to write and perform in Austin, Texas. The guitar parts were all played by Austin recording session guitarist extraordinaire Larry Seyer of Larry Seyer Digital. The male background vocals were performed by Zach Reiner-Harris, Ian Stuart, Ryan Farnsworth and Jeffrey Benson Parker, who were all students from the Claire Trevor School of the Arts at the University of California at Irvine. We found these young singers during auditions for the Recording Experience hosted by Ted Kryczko and held at Jeff Sheridan’s studio, Soundworks, in North Hollywood, California.

(Please note neither Gary Powell or Jesmax Music, BMI sells any Disney products on this site.
For further information please visit DisneyMusic.com or contact Gary Powell.