Posts Tagged ‘jonathan mchugh’

The Rescues – “Did It Really Even Matter” (LIVE)

The Rescues take the Comet stage and perform their new single “Did It Really Even Matter.” Formed in 2008, the band is comprised of Rob Giles, Kyler England, Adrianne Gonzalez and Gabriel Mann. They all met while working their solo careers in the Los Angeles singer/songwriter circuit. The band was signed to Universal Republic Records…

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The Rescues – “Be My Cure” (LIVE)

The Rescues take the Comet stage and perform their new single “Arrow,” “Be My Cure,” and “Did It Really Even Matter.” Formed in 2008, the band is comprised of Rob Giles, Kyler England, Adrianne Gonzalez and Gabriel Mann. They all met while working their solo careers in the Los Angeles singer/songwriter circuit. The band was…

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The Rescues – “Arrow” (LIVE)

The Rescues take the Comet stage and perform their new single “Arrow.” Formed in 2008, the band is comprised of Rob Giles, Kyler England, Adrianne Gonzalez and Gabriel Mann. They all met while working their solo careers in the Los Angeles singer/songwriter circuit. The band was signed to Universal Republic Records and their second full-length…

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The Dirty Heads’ Jared Watson and Singer/Songwriter Keaton Simons

Co-hosts Tamara Conniff and Jonathan McHugh welcome Jared Watson of the Dirty Heads, who talks about the band’s new album “Cabin By The Sea,” and singer & songwriter Keaton Simons who performs two songs including “Beautiful Pain.” Plus, Jason Kramer is back with his Pick of the Week. Jared Watson, lead singer of of hip-hop,…

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The 88 – “Center of the Sun” (LIVE)

The 88 are one of the best alt/pop/rock bands to come out of Los Angeles in recent years. After a brief stint signed to Island Records, the band eared their indie status again in 2009 and went on to record a self titled full-length album and EP “Actors.” Along the way they caught the ear…

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Sync Summit Series Founder Mark Frieser On Q Score!

Mark Frieser founder of the Sync Summit Series sits and chats with Q score host Jonathan McHugh. Frieser elaborates on the Sync Summit Series, its origin and what makes different other conference like Billboard or ASCAP expo. Frieser tells McHugh about some of the highlights from the latest Sync Summit Series in Paris and what…

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Sundance Film Festival: They Came Together – Craig Wedren (Composer)

In the first episode of Q Score, Jonathan McHugh (Q) briefs us on the upcoming Sundance Film Festival.  Q sits down with this weeks guest, the composer of the 2014 Sundance Film “They Came Together”, Craig Wedren. Wedren and McHugh reminisce about meeting on the film Roger Doger, as well as Wedren’s experience composing for…

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Steve Poltz – Conversations with the Moon (LIVE)

Watch the full episode with another performance & interview here: http://www.empowerme.tv/?p=3810 Singer and songwriter Steve Poltz joins The Weekly Comet to perform “Conversations with the Moon”. His music – as both a solo artist and with cult legends the Rugburns – has topped the charts. Steve’s new album “Noineen Noiny Noin” was just released by…

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Rodriguez – Sugar Man (LIVE)

The Weekly Comet hosts Tamara Conniff and Jonathan McHugh present an exclusive performance with singer/songwriter Rodriguez, who is the subject of the award-winning documentary “Searching for Sugar Man.” Sixto Rodriguez’ story is truly inspirational. A native of Detroit, in the 1970s he recorded two albums which went largely unnoticed in the U.S. He hung up…

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Rock of Ages Music Supervisor Matt Sullivan gets the nod from the Guild

On the fifth episode of Q Score, Jonathan McHugh sat down with Guild of Music Supervisors Awards nominee Matt Sullivan to discuss the development of his career as a music supervisor, his past projects, and working methods. Sullivan shared his past experience and how having mastered technical skills such as Pro-tools assisted in his success.…

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Q Minds The Gap with R & B Divas Music Supervisor Greg Cahn

On the third episode of Q score, Jonathan McHugh caught us up to speed on the big winners of Sundance Film Festival, the Golden Globes, the Grammys and Director Guild Awards. It was a busy couple of weeks in the industry. Afterwards Q sat down Music Supervisor Greg Cahn to discuss his double life of…

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Performance with Rodriguez of “Searching for Sugar Man”

The Weekly Comet hosts Tamara Conniff and Jonathan McHugh present an exclusive performance with singer/songwriter Rodriguez, who is the subject of the award-winning documentary “Searching for Sugar Man.” Sixto Rodriguez’ story is truly inspirational. A native of Detroit, in the 1970s he recorded two albums which went largely unnoticed in the U.S. He hung up…

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Performance by Singer/Songwriter Cathy Heller (LIVE)

Cathy Heller is truly an indie darling. Her latest EP, “Imagine Nation,” was produced by Bill Lefler, who is known for his work with Ingrid Michaelson, Laura Jansen and Cary Brothers. She and co-writer Kyler England (a The Weekly Comet alum who joins her on stage this week!) make quite a team. She was born…

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Performance by California Beach Rockers, The Miracals

California hipsters The Miracals take the stage for two songs “Tell Me You’re the One” and “Friends.” Co-host Jonathan McHugh coins their sound “jangle pop” cause its “sweet and popolicious.” The trio, fresh out of USC, talked about making the video to “Pretend” and eating pizza. KCRW DJ Jason Kramer joined for the interview. For…

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Performance & Interview with Alec Benjamin

Singer & songwriter Alec Benjamin is already starting to get YouTube buzz. A freshman at USC studying music, Alec wows The Comet audience with his original song, “Beautiful Pain.” He talks to The Comet co-hosts Tamara Conniff and Jonathan McHugh about his songwriter process and future ambitions.

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