Michelle Lewis and Kay Hanley, two songwriters who double as the executive directors of advocacy group Songwriters of North America, describe their roles as “first responders to a fire,” their organizational missive as “building an army for when the big fights erupt,” and their career trajectory as de facto union leaders as “falling ass-backwards into a vacuum.”
In their previous lives, Hanley led the alt-rock band Letters to Cleo and Lewis released solo albums while working with artists like Cher and Kelly Osbourne. But the two singer-songwriters banded together a...
In their previous lives, Hanley led the alt-rock band Letters to Cleo and Lewis released solo albums while working with artists like Cher and Kelly Osbourne. But the two singer-songwriters banded together a...
- 9/30/2019
- by Amy X. Wang
- Rollingstone.com
Alpha, the two-year-old streaming service owned by Legendary and touting content from its two subsidiary brands Nerdist and Geek & Sundry, has been shuttered
The streaming service, launched in Nov. 2016 and previously priced at $5 per month, sought out a relatively niche audience of gamers, geeks, comic book nerds, pop culture aficionados, superhero fans, and other assorted nerds. Nerdist was founded by comedian and host Chris Hardwick, while Geek & Sundry is the brainchild of early digital star Felicia Day. Notable programming included Geek & Sundry’s TableTop, featuring board and card game play, and Nerdist’s role-playing series Critical Role. Most recently, the service premiered Sona, a sci-fi series from Lizzie Bennet Diaries star Ashley Clements.
Going forward, all Alpha content will be streamed on Twitch “effective immediately,” the company said. Some titles are already being streamed on the Geek & Sundry Twitch channel. After they have been streamed, shows will become available...
The streaming service, launched in Nov. 2016 and previously priced at $5 per month, sought out a relatively niche audience of gamers, geeks, comic book nerds, pop culture aficionados, superhero fans, and other assorted nerds. Nerdist was founded by comedian and host Chris Hardwick, while Geek & Sundry is the brainchild of early digital star Felicia Day. Notable programming included Geek & Sundry’s TableTop, featuring board and card game play, and Nerdist’s role-playing series Critical Role. Most recently, the service premiered Sona, a sci-fi series from Lizzie Bennet Diaries star Ashley Clements.
Going forward, all Alpha content will be streamed on Twitch “effective immediately,” the company said. Some titles are already being streamed on the Geek & Sundry Twitch channel. After they have been streamed, shows will become available...
- 3/4/2019
- by Geoff Weiss
- Tubefilter.com
The “Music Army,” as proponents of the Music Modernization Act including Sona (Songwriters of North America) and “The Writer Is…” podcast host Ross Golan call their movement to update and improve royalty payments to songwriters, artists and creatives in the digital era, is waging a sky campaign in Oregon. On Monday, Aug. 27, billboards began popping up in Portland and Salem addressed to democratic Senator Ron Wyden and asking “Senator Wyden: Why do you hate music?”
At issue for the advocacy groups, who’ve helped shepherd the Mma through the House of Representatives and long overdue reforms of archaic, complicated and imbalanced procedures for songwriters and music rights holders. It next faces a full Senate vote, which is where Wyden factors.
The bill combines three separate pieces of legislation:
– The Music Modernization Act of 2018, S.2334, introduced by Senator Orrin Hatch (R-ut) and Senator Lamar Alexander (R-tn) in January, which updates licensing...
At issue for the advocacy groups, who’ve helped shepherd the Mma through the House of Representatives and long overdue reforms of archaic, complicated and imbalanced procedures for songwriters and music rights holders. It next faces a full Senate vote, which is where Wyden factors.
The bill combines three separate pieces of legislation:
– The Music Modernization Act of 2018, S.2334, introduced by Senator Orrin Hatch (R-ut) and Senator Lamar Alexander (R-tn) in January, which updates licensing...
- 8/28/2018
- by Shirley Halperin
- Variety Film + TV
Ashley Clements’ “Sona” space-drama series — a labor of love that was shot mostly in her L.A. apartment — premieres today on Legendary Digital Networks’ Alpha subscription streaming service.
“Sona” was created by and starring Clements (“Lizzie Bennet Diaries”), directed by Brendan Bradley and produced by Bradley’s Jigsaw Ensemble production company. Legendary’s Alpha, which has exclusive rights to “Sona” for six months, will release new episodes of the eight-part series on a weekly basis each Wednesday. The show is available at watch.sonaseries.com.
Set in a future where aliens are no longer welcome on Earth, the show stars Clements as Lt. Belyn Sona, a United Earth Space Corps officer who’s separated from her alien husband (Bradley) and jettisoned into space in a malfunctioning escape pod. Sona slowly unravels mentally and emotionally through a series of flashbacks as she drifts through space in isolation.
Wil Wheaton (“Star Trek: The Next Generation...
“Sona” was created by and starring Clements (“Lizzie Bennet Diaries”), directed by Brendan Bradley and produced by Bradley’s Jigsaw Ensemble production company. Legendary’s Alpha, which has exclusive rights to “Sona” for six months, will release new episodes of the eight-part series on a weekly basis each Wednesday. The show is available at watch.sonaseries.com.
Set in a future where aliens are no longer welcome on Earth, the show stars Clements as Lt. Belyn Sona, a United Earth Space Corps officer who’s separated from her alien husband (Bradley) and jettisoned into space in a malfunctioning escape pod. Sona slowly unravels mentally and emotionally through a series of flashbacks as she drifts through space in isolation.
Wil Wheaton (“Star Trek: The Next Generation...
- 8/22/2018
- by Todd Spangler
- Variety Film + TV
Geek & Sundry and Alpha, Legendary Digital Networks’ interactive streaming platform, have acquired the upcoming sci-fi series, Sona. Created by Ashley Clements – the fan favorite actress from the Emmy-winning series The Lizzie Bennet Diaries and Edgar Allan Poe’s Murder Mystery Dinner Party – through production company The Jigsaw Ensemble, Sona adds to the sci-fi offering of the entertainment platform’s lineup of original shows and content. Exclusive …
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- 8/20/2018
- by Horrornews.net
- Horror News
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