Scout–which provides music licensing, supervision and production for commercial advertising, TV and film–has issued current Music Design Lab challenges which have an upcoming deadline of September 5. The challenges are:
- Challenge #1: Sung Hip Hop Earworms
- Challenge #2: Lost Jukebox Gems from the 1950s/60s
The Music Design Lab is free. Participants submit instrumentals, lyrics, hooks or complete songs. Scout then works with them to create finished tracks with involvement from clients.
Most up-and-coming musicians look for success in the music industry as we know it: radio, touring and Spotify. But in the age of Netflix Originals, Amazon Studios and YouTube ads, success often means creating the bold songs that ad agencies and music supervisors need for their projects. The Scout Music Design Lab bridges this gap with a new series of music production challenges for aspiring songwriters and producers with a focus on hard-to-find, on-trend and rare styles.
“Our clients are always looking for those few songs that really jump out. They’re hard to find unless the budget is there to license a known hit, which can often be 100k and up,” said Scout music supervisor and producer Joey Prather. “The Design Lab helps our clients get the music they need while ushering in the next generation of talented producers and writers.”
“There is a lot of talent out there,” said Prather. “But creating music for media clients requires a unique skillset and mindset. Accessing the opportunity to learn the skills is tough but worth it.”
The One Club Names Global Finalists For Young Guns 22
The One Club for Creativity has announced 78 talented young creative individuals and teams based in 18 countries selected as finalists for the Young Guns 22 competition, celebrating global creative professionals age 30 or younger.
Young Guns is the industry’s only global, cross-disciplinary, portfolio-based awards competition that identifies and celebrates today’s vanguard of young creatives. This year’s entries were judged by a diverse jury of 101 creatives--many of whom are past YG winners--from 45 countries.
Young Guns 22 finalists span Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, France, Georgia, Germany, Hong Kong SAR China, India, Indonesia, Netherlands, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, the U.K. and U.S.
This year’s winners will be announced on October 30, 2024, and celebrated at a special in-person party on November 13, 2024 at Sony Hall in New York.
All Young Guns winners receive a unique version of the iconic Young Guns Cube, designed exclusively for this year’s incoming class, and have their permanent profile page added to the Young Guns website.
Winners also receive a complimentary one-year One Club for Creativity membership, permanent membership in the Young Guns network, a chance to be featured in Young Guns events and an assortment of career-boosting opportunities from Young Guns sponsors.
Program branding and design of the YG Cube award itself is reimagined each year by a past Young Guns winner. This year’s YG22 branding was created by New York-based designer, illustrator, muralist, and author Timothy Goodman (YG7).
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