dittybase.com/news/press/Dittybase Music Licensing Now Available in Canada

VICTORIA, B.C., Canada – December 5, 2001– Dittybase is pleased to announce that their revolutionary music search and licensing system is now available online for Canadian customers. Canadian users logging into the dittybase.com site will be able to search and license music, and have all prices quoted in Canadian dollars. Dittybase is the first system to integrate Canadian licensing methods and terminologies into a simple electronic process.

Numerous production music libraries are now available online to Canadian users. Ole Georg Music and the Cinetrax Production Music Library, the latter previously unavailable in Canada, have chosen Dittybase for Canadian distribution. Recently, The Music People, of Toronto, Ontario has partnered with Dittybase to distribute Abaco, Atlantic Seven, Cavendish, Claire, Focus, Parry and SoundTRAX in Canada via dittybase.com.

“Having a site targeted to Canadians allows us to fit into the existing workflow of our Canadian users”, stated Mike Knutsen, V.P. of Research and Development, Dittybase Inc. “We are proud to be the first to offer an online system directed at Canadians for their production music needs. It is our sole commitment to provide a one-stop destination for searching and licensing music from the world's leading providers.”

As the flagship of the Promusic collection, the Abaco Music Library (www.abacomusic.com) is a compilation of richly orchestrated recordings created by the finest composers and musicians, using top-notch engineering techniques in state-of-the-art studios. The Abaco Library is a Premium production music library based in Florida, containing over 5000 cuts of music.

The Cavendish Music Library (http://www.cavendishmusic.com) is one of the best known production music sources in the world, reflecting the full range of musical styles from Baroque and Choral through to Big Beat and Trance. The library is constantly being expanded as new music is commissioned in response to the demands of an ever-growing media industry. The library is distributed in the UK by the legendary Boosey & Hawkes.

Cinetrax (www.cinetrax.com) is a premium collection of tracks for film, television, trailers and commercials. This high quality library focuses on the latest musical trends and is produced by composers that specialize in weaving hip dynamic soundscapes for modern visuals. Cinetrax Production Music library is used by most major trailer and promo houses in the Los Angeles area and clients include MGM, FOX and CBS.

One of the most innovative music producers and sound libraries in France. Based in Boulogne, in the heart of the French film industry, Claire Music (www.clairemusic.com) is well known for the quality of its musical productions and contracts some of the finest young composers in France to produce music scores designed for film and television.

Launched in 1988, Focus (www.focusmusic.com) is now firmly established as one of the UK’s top production music libraries. Their CD range covers the whole spectrum of music but they are especially known for contemporary dance and rock collections, plus an authentic series of decade-by-decade pastiche tracks.

OGM (www.ogmmusic.com) is the new flagship label of Ole Georg, who pioneered production music and elevated it to an art form in its own right. As the founder/chairman of several internationally renowned symphony orchestras, and a composer of music featured in major Hollywood pictures, television shows, and award winning government/corporate productions, Ole Georg has spent his entire adult life in studios perfecting production music to a point where it often exceeds the standard of commercial CD releases. OGM has worldwide distribution in over 25 countries, and over 100 CD titles for promotion at Dittybase. Film credits include “Driving Miss Daisy”, “GO”, “Pulp Fiction”, “Get Shorty”, “Die Hard with a Vengeance”, “Good Morning Vietnam”, “BIG”, “The Naked Gun” and many more. OGM corporate clients include Disney, MGM, Universal Studios, Motorola, American Express and many others. Varied broadcast clients include “Ally McBeal”, “Dilbert”, “3rd Rock From The Sun”, and “The Drew Carey Show”.

The Parry Music Library (www.parrymusic.com) is a production music collection offering a wide range of music styles, moods and instrumentation. Cues from the Parry Music Library have been featured in hundreds of movies and TV series throughout the world. Television credits include: “The X-Files”, “The Drew Carey Show”, “Saturday Night Live” and “The Simpsons”. Film credits include: “Maximum Risk”, “Wyatt Earp”, “ Showgirls” and “Grumpy Old Men”.

In 1989, Linda Arnold became one of the first children’s artists to be featured on the Kaleidoscope Concert series on the Disney Channel. About that time, Arnold’s work began to be distributed by A&M’s newly created children’s division. In 1992, Linda produced her own video, “Linda Arnold’s World of Make Believe”, which won a Film Institute Award of Excellence. Two years later, Arnold created an acoustic-based lullaby album for children, “Lullaby Land”, which won a Parent’s Choice Gold Award and a National Association of Parenting Publications Gold Award. Linda produced two more albums, “Sing Along Stew”, and “Favorites in the Key of Fun”.

This gifted young film composer’s catalog and scoring talent brings a wealth of top-notch music to Dittybase’s clients. His numerous achievements include: Walt Disney Pictures - “Lady and the Tramp II”, “Little Mermaid II”, and “101 Dalmatians”; Sundance Film Festival - “The Story of The Red Rose”; and Interplay, Playstation - “Kingdom, The Far Reaches”, and “Kingdom, Shadoan”. Andy’s many awards include: 2000 CINE Golden Eagle Award; ASCAP 1998 Young Film Composer Award; 1997 ASCAP Popular Music Award; The Global Songbook Silver Medal; 1998 ASCAP Film Scoring Winner for “101 Dalmatians”; Best Original Score - “The Story of The Red Rose”; The Global Songbook Best Original Score - “The Trial of Fentris Waterloo”; Parents Choice Award Winner - “Kingdom Shadoan”; First Run Film Fest Golden Cine - “Mystery” for PBS; and several other awards.

Music Joel Evans is a jazz crooner whose catalog is a compilation of big band, solo piano or jazz combo compositions. Joel’s varied accomplishments include such well-known productions as “For Love of the Game”, “Ringmaster”, “Touched by an Angel”, “Sex and the City”, “Providence”, and “JAG”.

Ray Lynch compositions proceed with elegance and balance, structured in the classical sense rather than improvised. Yet Ray freely experiments with unconventional sounds, which he combines with his unique mix of superbly recorded acoustic and electronic instruments. He has sold over 2 million albums worldwide. His accomplishments include the 1989 and 1990 Billboard award for Instrumental Artist of the Year, as well as the 1990 Billboard award for Instrumental Album of the Year (NO BLUE THING).

B5 Atomic (www.b5atomic.com) focuses on music and sound design for use in commercials, film, albums, network branding, and multimedia. Their prestigious client list includes Disney, Dodge, Lancia (Italy), Thingamajob.com, and Budweiser. Awards include International Broadcast Award (AT&T Campaign), Clios, 2 Grammy Nominations, and many Platinum and Gold records (Stray Cats, Bush, Sade).

Jon Huck designs music for corporate or entertainment clients that require custom work under an exclusive license arrangement. Along with over 200 commercials to his credit, Jon has written for film and television, as well as collaborated with many fine artists on installation pieces. Most recently, Jon Huck has signed on as this season’s composer for the Touchstone Television program “Felicity”. His work with artist Doug Aitken on “The Electric Earth” won the International Prize at the 1999 Venice Bienalle. His score for the feature film “The Hi Line”, featured at the ‘99 Sundance film festival, is scheduled for release in the spring of 2000. Jon has a brilliantly composed archive of music that will be distributed at Dittybase. His clients include Levi Strauss & Co., Sony Playstation, Anheuser-Busch, United Airlines, Adidas, Proctor & Gamble, MTV, The Ford Motor Company, and many others.

Infinite Love is led by Mitchel Kelly, a composer and recording artist in Hollywood. Mitchel’s client base is located both in New York and LA. Infinite Loves’ latest addition is Sly West, who brings master mix and musical skills to the Infinite Love team. Sly’s credits include “The Matrix”, “Titanic”, “Space Jam”, “Air Force One”, “The Mummy”, and “Being John Malkovich”. Clients include ESPN, MTV, HBO, ABC, E! and VH1.

LMNOP creates music and sound design content for the commercial, film, TV, multimedia, and music industries. LMNOP is headed by Mitch Osias and Tony Shimkin. Collectively they have been composing and producing music for over 10 years in their studio in Soho, NY. An extensive client list includes Showtime Network, Viacom, Discovery Channel, Coca Cola, Lincoln/Mercury, MTV, Sega, Sony, Bell South and many more. Their affiliation with labels and artists include RCA, Mercury, A&M, Illegal, Arista, Strictly Rhythm & EMI Records, as well as Madonna, Mariah Carey, Janet Jackson, Whitney Houston, Prince, Coolio, Junior Vasquez, Taylor Dane, and Patti Rothberg.

Russo/Grantham is a full-service music production company, specializing in the creation of original music and sound design for film, advertising, and websites. Russo/Grantham has become one of the largest and most versatile original music and audio post facilities in New York City. Their staff of award winning composers has session credits with Elvis Presley, Paul McCartney, Chet Atkins, Ornette Coleman, Roberta Flack and others. Russo/Granthams extensive experience is evidenced by a client list which includes CNBC, 20th Century Fox, Bell South, GE, Sony, HBO, Motorola, Nissan, Rolling Stone, BMW, Hasbro, Visa, Coca-Cola, Chase, Honda, Lancme, IBM, Xerox, Jaguar and many more.

Dittybase develops intuitive, proprietary software that allows organizations to automate the search, delivery, licensing and reporting processes involved in the management of music for production purposes. In addition, Dittybase is committed to providing individuals requiring music with a single access point to audio from the world’s leading music providers through dittybase.com.

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