Ryan recently finished co-writing and producing 3 songs with Vancouver twins Carmen & Camille. Their first single, co-written by the girls and Ryan, called Shine 4 U, has just been added to 2 of Canada’s biggest stations, The Beat 94.5 and Virgin 95.3 in Vancouver. Check out the song here, and the girls here.
“Shine 4 U” Added to The Beat 94.5 & Virgin 95.3
June 26th, 2009Tug Of War Goes Gold!
June 26th, 2009
Carly Rae Jepsen’s first single, the WineCellar produced and co-written track Tug Of War, officially went Gold last week in Canada. This is Carly and Ryan’s first gold record. The song has had over 20,000 spins at canadian radio, and has sold over 20,000 copies. Congrats Carly and Ryan.
‘Bucket’ Video Shoot @ Spanish Banks
May 2nd, 2009I headed down to Spanish Banks last Monday for the video shoot for Carly Rae Jepsen’s latest single, the WineCellar co-written/produced song, Bucket. Here are some of the pics. Check out the tune here.
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- Carly, crew, and extras.
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- Perfect day for the shoot.
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- Taking a break.
Commodore Show - Mariannas Trench, Shiloh, Carly Rae Jepsen
April 6th, 2009
Carly and Ryan playing the Commodore, Vancouver, March 29th
This past few weeks, Carly has been touring with Mariannas Trench and Shiloh across Western Canada.
I joined Carly for her Vancouver show at the Commodore Ballroom, March 29th. The show was sold out, the crowd was awesome…We had a blast.
Thanks to Jesse for lending me his beautiful Morgan!
Carly Rae Jepsen live @ MTV Canada / CHUM Radio FanFest
March 19th, 2009Carly and I played at the CHUM Radio Fanfest during Canadian Music Week last Friday. We had a blast, met a lot of wicked artists. The lineup included Carly, Katy Perry, Our Lady Peace, Plain White T’s, Lights, Serena Rider, Divine Brown, Kreesha Turner, Eva Avila.
Here’s a super rough video of Tug Of War from someone in the crowd.
Virgin Radio 95.3 playing 3 WineCellar songs
March 19th, 2009Virgin Radio 95.3 Vancouver is currently playing 3 WineCellar produced songs.
1) Tug Of War - Carly Rae Jepsen
2) Coming Home Soon - Adam Woodall
Jeff Winskell and Virgin have been a great help in getting our music out there. Thanks guys! They added Tug Of War early on, which helped get other stations nationwide on board. They’ve also taken a chance and are the first to add Adam’s song a couple of weeks ago as well as Bucket, Carly’s 2nd single.
‘Tug Of War’ video hits #22 on Much Music
March 16th, 2009Carly Rae Jepsen’s video for “Tug Of War” just reached #22 on the MuchMusic Countdown this week. The song, co-written by Carly and myself and produced at the WineCellar, has already hit Top 10 on radio in Canada. Pretty cool video that Carly put together earlier this year. Check it out if you haven’t already.
The Video:
Carly Rae Jepsen ‘Tug Of War’ hits #8 on radio charts
December 10th, 2008Carly Rae Jepsen’s 2nd single, the WineCellar produced and co-written title track from her debut album Tug Of War, is a smash Canadian radio hit. Reaching #8 on AC and #12 on Hot AC, the song has a weekly radio audience of over 3 million people a week and is propelling Carly’s career to the next level.
The numbers:
-#8 BDS Spins (AC)
-#12 BDS Spins (Hot AC)
-#9 Canadian Songs in Canada
-#36 Billboard Canadian HOT 100
-#14 BDS Audience (Top 10 most increased - 3,170,000 listeners)
-#23 Video (MuchMusic Countdown)
-10,000 spins and counting
“SUNSHINE ON MY SHOULDERS” HITS #15
Carly’s first single, a cover of John Denver’s classic tune “Sunshine On My Shoulders”, was released to radio nationwide in mid July. It’s had a great run on AC radio so far, hitting #15 multiple weeks, and staying Top 20 for over 10 weeks now.
“Tug Of War” was co-written by Carly and myself, and I produced, mixed, and performed all the instruments on both songs at my studio The WineCellar. You can listen to either song at my myspace here.
Julie Neumark Signed to Hyena Records - 4 Star **** Review
October 20th, 2008
WineCellar produced artist Julie Neumark just got signed to Hyena Records out of Europe. I had a great time with Julie producing, performing, and mixing her debut album “Dimestore Halo” last year. Hyena will be releasing the album in Europe later this year.
Here is an excerpt from her 4-Star review in “Revolver Magazine”:
” **** - Musical borders vanish, banjo travelling through a rock & roll landscape, dirty slide guitar and echo’s of old Delta blues in harmony with lovely ballads full of therapeutic selfpity (Wreck Of A Woman).
One of the best debuts this year!” (Revolver Magazine - 2008)
Check out some of Julie’s tunes at her myspace here.
Carly Rae Jepsen Hits Top 10!
August 1st, 2008
DEBUT ALBUM - TUG OF WAR - TOP 10 ON iTunes
I recently finished producing, co-writing and performing on Carly Rae Jepsen’s debut record which came out on September 30th. Carly made it to the #3 spot on Canadian Idol last season. She’s a huge talent, both as a singer and a songwriter. The album made it to Top 10 on iTunes in its first week of sale. Check her out here.
