The Music Playground

🎵 New sync alert! 🎵 So stoked to see TMP roster artist placements on each of the last two episodes of MTV’s “Teen Mom: The Next Chapter”! SOUND ON 🔊 so you can get a taste! We love both of these tracks: “Wake Up” is an empowering, uplifting, and irresistibly catchy sing-along pop anthem from New York-based twin sister sensations Mary + Bri. The arranging is killer on this one…the transition from the bridge back into the chorus is pure fire! “Tell Me Why” is a lush, dreamy, hauntingly heartfelt R&B/reggaeton meditation from singer + songwriter Nyah Lavina. We can’t get enough of the elegantly dynamic vocal runs and the crystalline richness of the production on this gorgeous track! Congrats to both artists! #synclicensing #bandandartistlicensing #musicsupervision #teenmom

As hungry musicians working late in the studio, we’re used to eating pizza and wings at the same time. But now there’s finally a socially acceptable way to do so...in a box that also holds plenty of ranch! Here’s to the ultimate solo meal, and to the ultimate dance jam "Gettin My Bag" by TMP roster artist Coco Jei, now featured on the new My Hut Box campaign for Pizza Hut! Shout out to our partners GSD&M & Josh Rabinowitz of Brooklyn Music Experience for the collab! #synclicensing #bandandartistlicensing #musicsupervision #myhutbox #ultimatesolomeal #bestofallworlds

Excited to share two choice TMP roster artist placements from the most recent episode of “All American” on The CW. Awesome to see two tracks from such opposite ends of the stylistic spectrum come together to craft the narrative of the same episode; congrats to both artists! SOUND ON for a taste of: “Sunny” by FloraNova; an easy-grooving, funk-forward, soulful slow jam with dreamy lo-fi vocals, bubbling slap bass, and a toasty synth counterpoint. & “Bring The Thunder” by BLDG; an epic, hands-up, cinematic hype track with defiantly driving strings, huge drums, and overdriven guitars. Check out the full episode here: https://lnkd.in/eXyeJcxS Big thanks to Madonna Wade-Reed for the collab!

We are honored and excited to announce that Christian Celaya, a veteran of The Music Playground’s family of creative companies and former Creative Director of The Diner Music, has been promoted to Chief Creative Officer of The Music Playground and The Diner! Check out the full press release here: https://lnkd.in/ecGN23dK Here’s to big things on the horizon. Congratulations Christian! #chiefcreativeofficer #themusicplayground  #thedinermusic

Standing-room-only! We had a full house at our New York office last week for an epic sync showdown! Some of the best minds (and ears) in the NYC sync community went head to head against each other to pitch a track from their respective catalogs in real time for an ad they were seeing for the first time! Such a fun and lively panel to show the community how we do our jobs and to chat about all things sync! Huge thanks to event host and founder of Brooklyn Music Experience Josh Rabinowitz, Senior Executive Director, Policy + Programs at NYC Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment, Shira Gans, MPP, audio engineer extraordinaire William Rosati, and of course the esteemed panel of contestants: Samantha Storch - Concord Joyce Lin - Warner Chappell Music Eunique - EMPIRE Kelly Haggerty - Sony Music Entertainment Sydney Ferleger - The Music Playground Already looking forward to the next year’s #NYMusicMonth legendary Battle of the Sync Managers!

Commmbination three-peat! First it was a football game. Then it was a nail salon. Now, coming in hot from the ice rink…”Commmbination Hockey Game and Grocery Store”! Guaranteed to spill sodas and get fans on their feet, our third reimagination of the legendary Das Racist banger “Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell” is our loudest yet…featuring hyped-up hockey organ, slapshot-slapping electro beats, an arena announcer MC lighting up the PA, and—for the first time ever—hockey fight rap. Great fun as always working with the Instacart team to bring this one to life—MVP shoutouts to Samuel Jackson, Anju Purushot, Andrew Chen, Taylor Erin, Emily Sarale. A huge thanks for the epic collab…and for showing us what a true flying chest-bump looks like. We’re planning on ending every recording session with one of these from now on. #originalmusic #originalarrangement #coversong #dasracist #instacart #superfan

Little known fact: in the Director’s Cut version of “2001: A Space Odyssey”, Kubrick originally cast the ape smashing huge piles of breakfast biscuits to smithereens over Richard Strauss’ iconic “Also sprach Zarathustra”, before pivoting to the more durable and less anachronistic piles of bones that made the final version. OK that isn’t true. “Zarathustra” and breakfast biscuits have never shared the silver screen…until now. We had an absolute blast crafting this cinematically primal, orchestrally epic, and deliciously crunchy reimagination of Strauss’ legendary composition for Belvita’s stirring call to A.M. action: “Rise and Thrive!” A resounding thanks to our partners at PXP for the collab! #riseandthrive #originalarrangement #originalmusic #alsosprachzarathustra #thedawnofbreakfast

Stunning works of art on display at AICP (and some nice paintings too). An unforgettable evening of craft and couture at The Museum of Modern Art to close out AICP (Association of Independent Commercial Producers) week 2024! The Music Playground and The Diner Music’s President, Executive Producer, and Chief Fashion Officer Sydney Ferleger carried the torch for the team (the rest of our tuxes were at the cleaners), and—alongside a vanguard of highly-talented and elegantly-clad industry pals—led a successful bid to outshine Starry Night. Congratulations to all the winners and see you next year! #aicpawards  #nycmoma #theotherfashionweek

The Music Playground is proud to be partnering with sync veteran and founder of Brooklyn Music Experience, Josh Rabinowitz, and Senior Executive Director, Policy + Programs at NYC Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment, Shira Gans, MPP, to host a Battle of the Sync Managers panel as part of New York Music Month! A high-stakes musical showdown, coming at you LIVE on June 20 from The Music Playground’s New York studio! Offering a sneak peak into the world of sync and creative pitching, five NYC-based sync managers from major music houses, labels, and publishers will be met with an undisclosed creative brief and tasked to quickly dig in to their own catalogs to pitch the perfect track for the campaign. We can’t wait to hear what this star-studded, female-forward panel throws down! Space is limited! #NYMusicMonth RSVP HERE: https://lnkd.in/erQw6fKN Samantha Storch, Concord, Joyce Lin, Warner Chappell Music, Eunique, EMPIRE, Kelly Haggerty, Sony Music Entertainment, Sydney Ferleger, William Rosati

Telly Triple Crown! What an honor to be chosen from over 13,000 entries this year for not one, but THREE Telly Awards! INSTACART “Stadium" is the Silver Telly Winner in Branded Content - Use of Music STARRY® “3 is Greater Than 2” is the Silver Telly Winner in Online Commercials - Use of Music TURALIO "Siobhan Blooms" is the Bronze Telly Winner in Online Commercials - Use of Music These were all so much fun to work on, and such distinctly dynamic projects: a hooky-as-heck dance-along hype Das Racist cover for fall football; a longform sonic-spectrum piece for the NBA finals that included original music, catalog licensing, VO, sound design, and final mix; and an elegantly expressive orchestral score for a beautiful piece of animated storytelling. Huge thanks to all of our colleagues at Instacart, VERSUS, TEN35, PepsiCo, and 21GRAMS for being such champion collaborators. Congrats to all the other winners!