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Kio Novina joins 615 N ASHVILLE — 615 Music (www. 615music.com) has named Kio Novina director of licensing. An industry vet, Novina has held a wide variety of positions within the music business over the past two decades, including marketing and A&R expe- rience with Warner Bros. Records and RCA Records; artist management for Jack Black’s band “Tenacious D;” and in production music as an account executive with Killer Tracks. She will be based in Los Angeles. “Kio brings over 20 years of knowledge and experience within the music business to 615 Music,” says Randy Wachtler, 615 Music president/CEO.“She has demonstrated a remarkable track record of success in licensing production music, and I believe Kio will be an excellent addition to our team.” 615 offers over 40,000 tracks across 23 production music catalogs, 60 news music packages and a custom division. This spring, 615 Music launched Song Street Records, what they describe as “a virtual record label for a virtual world.” Song Street Records connects emerging and indie artists with producers and music supervisors in film,TV and interactive platforms. All distribution is digital, from streaming to down- load, directly to the client. STYE offers classical music collection W Stephen Arnold Music unlocks ‘anti-library’ The Vault D ALLAS — Music supervisors and producers have more song libraries available to them than ever before, which is exactly why Stephen Arnold Music felt the “anti-library” collection that they call The Vault (www.anti-library.com) could fill a need. “The ‘Wow factor’ is criterion number one for every cut in The Vault — we know it when we hear it,” says Stephen Arnold, president of Stephen Arnold Music.“When you build a song collection that’s run by music makers, instead of a sales force, then you have an ‘anti-library’ that really gets the job done.” The Vault is often used for sonic branding.The company’s composers are called on regularly to aurally differentiate the likes of CNN,The Weather Channel, ESPN,Nat Geo, Discovery and dozens more networks and brands across the globe. Stephen Arnold Music knows how to write a hit song, and recognize when they hear one submitted to The Vault by their hand-picked team of contributing songwriters. Each cut in The Vault is written by either a Stephen Arnold Music composer, or from a short list of established hit-makers that includes Greg Barnhill, who’s written songs for Tim McGraw, Jessica Simpson, Pam Tillis and Tricia Yearwood; and Tom Freund, who’s credits include songs for Josh Kelley, Mandy Moore and Graham Parker.The Vault also recently added new selections from the Grammy-winning jazz artist Diana Krall. “The need to find 100 percent licensable music inside of last-second dead- lines comes with the territory for today’s music supervisors and producers,” says Arnold.“The Vault meets those realities head on with a fast-moving Web interface, an extremely selective catalog and exclusive representation.The Vault is all about unlocking great music that’s easily accessible for our clients.” OODLAND HILLS, CA — Songs To Your Eyes (STYE) will sub-publish the Idyllium Classical Music Catalog in North America and other ter- ritories. Idyllium is a public domain classical music collection, which was recorded in Italy by the Armonie Symphony Orchestra and covers music by Vivaldi, Mendelssohn, Dvorak, Schubert, Debussy, Chopin, Handel, Rossini, Bach, Strauss, Beethoven, Mozart,Tchaikovsky and more. “All in all, the Idyllium catalog comprises 350 recordings that sound very modern and will fit within various types of visual projects,” describes Opher Yisraeli.“Songs To Your Eyes now offers 11 catalogs that cover every imagin- able style of music.” The various catalogs offered by Songs To Your Eyes (www.songstoy- oureyes.com), feature tens of thousands of compositions that can be pre- viewed online. Music from the company’s catalog has been featured in productions world- wide, with placements in projects for Sony Pictures, Lionsgate,Twentieth Cen- tury Fox, FX, Fox Sports, Discovery Channel, HGTV,ABC, NBC, CBS, MTV, CMT Network and E! Entertainment Television, among others. Recently, the company launched a Latin music division and its related “Caliente Music” catalog. Songs To Your Eyes represents the work of over 250 composers, produc- ers and recording artists.The company, which releases an estimated 50 to 60 new titles per year, also provides a range of services that include an ex- clusive music catalog for licensing, advanced music search capabilities, con- sulting and custom scoring services. 34 Post • June 2010 www.postmagazine.com Music by Greg Barnhill, who’s written for Jessica Simpson and Tim McGraw, is featured in The Vault.