Wondering what favorite albums of the Creative Music Integration (CMI) team at MTV are?
Check them out HERE.
Happy Holidays and here’s to an amazing 2012!
‘Louisiana Fairytale’ Fall Festival Screenings
Live At Preservation Hall: Louisiana Fairytale, the documentary of My Morning Jacket and the legendary Preservation Hall Jazz band, has announced some fall festival screenings:
October 11, Reel Music Festival, Portland, Oregon
October 17 & 20th New Orleans Film Festival
October 18, New Orleans Film Festival. Preservation Hall Creative Director Ben Jaffe will be participating in a panel discussing the intersection of music and film.
October 26th & 30th, Philadelphia Film Festival
Louisiana Fairytale, directed by renown photographer Danny Clinch, documents the collaboration between New Orleans’s legendary Preservation Hall Jazz Band and American rock band My Morning Jacket, culminating in an intimate live performance in the historic Preservation Hall.
For fifty years the Preservation Hall Jazz Band has played to keep the traditions of New Orleans jazz alive, both at home and on tour around the world. Along the way, they have brought in collaborators of all musical stripes to play, honor, and reinterpret America’s first true art form.
Louisiana Fairytale documents their collaboration with American rock band My Morning Jacket, showing a legendary group of New Orleans musicians passing on traditions and inspiring a new generation. The film features an intimate performance by both bands in the French Quarter’s historic Preservation Hall.
New Season, New Playlist
In addition to Music Supervision and PR, JenMalone has been teaching yoga for the past ten years in Boston and LA. You can read more here. Music is an essential aspect of class, and you can listen to the brand new, most excellent playlist for Gentle/Restorative classes on Spotify or follow the links after the jump…
Highlights include: I Break Horses, Exitmusic, Youth Lagoon, Nico, Oh Land and many more.
Fall 2011 News and Updates
Indie noise pop band Wavves has been tapped as the guest composer for MTV’s new show I Just Want My Pants Back. Music industry trendsetter Nic Harcourt will be Music Supervising the series, with Black & White’s JenMalone proudly coordinating alongside him. The pilot aired Sunday August 28, following the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards. The episode premiered the brand new Wavves song “I Wanna Meet Dave Grohl” and you can grab a free download, as well as a full playlist and other mp3s at soundtrack.mtv.com. Billboard, Pitchfork and Spin are just a few of the publications that covered this exciting news. The full season will air in January 2012.
Great news and congratulations to all the cast and crew of MTV’s newest hit Awkward – the comedy has just been renewed for a second season! Music supervised by Ben Hochstein and coordinated by JenMalone, you can watch full episodes on mtv.com and check out songs from the show plus free downloads at soundtrack.mtv.com. New episodes air Tuesday nights 11pm.
More news after the jump…
Happy Birthday MTV!
August 1st, MTV turned 30 years old. Yes, there might not be 24 hours of videos, but the music featured in the shows has helped promote independent artists and continues to bring exposure, accessibility and opportunities to bands all over the world.
And c’mon, we brought you Snookie.
You’re Welcome.
JenMalone of Black & White is proud to be a part of the MTV family and involved in the Music Supervision, alongside supervisors Ben Hochstein (Awkward) and Nic Harcourt (I Just Want My Pants Back, Inbetweeners), for the following new slate of scripted series…
‘Neighbors’ News
The cast of Neighbors can be seen everywhere in the next few months!
Edi Gathegi is currently starring in the box office hit (and personal fave) X-Men: First Class
Kelli Garner co-stars opposite Christina Ricci in ABC’s drama pilot Pan-Am
Sasha Roiz stars in the new NBC series Grimm
Danny Woodburn was just cast in Relativity’s Snow White Project
We are so proud of everyone!
Fashion maven, photographer and stylist Hellin Kay has a glowing review of Neighbors on her blog, Champagne and Heels. You can check it out HERE. Thank you Ms. Kay!
Yoga + Music Article
JenMalone recently contributed an article to fellow Music Supervisor (and all around gal-pal) Amanda Krieg’s blog, Tadpole Audio. The piece, entitled “Music From the (Yoga) Mat” has a simple yoga sequence, along with a killer playlist. Check it out here:
New Features at Noisey.com
Have you checked out Noisey.com yet??
You should. New features on Toro Y Moi, Cults, Yuck and Das Racist. Noisey is a new online channel showcasing emerging music from around the world. Brought to you by your friends at Vice.
You can read what Billboard had to say about Noisey here:
‘Live at Preservation Hall: A Louisiana Fairytale’ Premieres at SXSW
Live at Preservation Hall: A Louisiana Fairytale, premiered at SXSW this past March to glowing reviews. The film was beautifully shot by renown photographer Danny Clinch and documents the collaboration between My Morning Jacket and Preservation Hall Jazz Band.
Magnet Magazine gave a stellar review and you can check it out here:
Check back here for updates on Live At Preservation Hall Festival Screenings.
VICE Guide To Everything’s Ciel Hunter in “Ad Age”
We had the pleasure of working with Vice’s Ciel Hunter on MTV’s groundbreaking series “Vice Guide To Everything” and TheCreatorsProject.com.
Ad Age profiled Ciel as ”One of the Creatives You Should Know”. You can read it here:
