Finger Music & Sound Design (Finger) has hired Mario Davis as Head of Film & TV Music. Mario, formerly of Angry Mob Music, has been injecting (legal) steroids into the Finger Music catalog, beefing up their songwriter and trailer composer roster, and expanding the company’s reach to film and TV Series Music. The improvements and additions being made will greatly expand Finger’s capabilities for the ever-changing ears of advertising.
Mario Davis began his career at Chicago-based music promotions firm JMA Promo, where he promoted projects by an eclectic roster of artists including The Strokes, Outkast and Christina Aguilera. Mario’s duties spanned both radio promotion and new artist development, which exposed him to promotional strategies for both established major label artists and up-and-coming independent talent. Mario later founded Kestrel Artist Management, a boutique music management and consulting company where he promoted many notable careers, assisted in attaining recording and distribution deals with major and independent labels, and secured publishing and licensing opportunities, as well as the development and implementation of highly successful music and lifestyle marketing initiatives with companies such as Filter Magazine, Barney’s Co-Op, Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art and American Apparel. Also an accomplished musician, Davis studied music performance, composition, and production at Princeton University.
“I am absolutely thrilled to be joining the team at Finger Music,” said Mario Davis. “Over the years, Dave Hodge and John Murrell have established Finger as a highly revered music [production] powerhouse, and I couldn’t be more excited to be working with them and the rest of the amazing crew here, and to be spearheading the company’s growth into the arena of television and film music.”
“Going forward, our main goal is to find innovative new ways to better serve our existing clients, while at the same time developing new tools and services which will enable us to tap into new types of business as well,” said Davis. “We’ll also be adding to our already large catalogue with lots of impressive new content offerings, which will include music by many top recording artists, producers, songwriters, and composers. It’s no question that creating bespoke music for advertising will continue to be the core of our business model, but we also recognize that the potential for growth in other media–namely movies, TV, gaming and trailers–is truly huge. And we believe our strategy for achieving greater traction in these other areas reflects that realization.”
“Bringing Mario on has greatly energized our core goal: to be providers of excellence, ease of use and innovation, while having a blast doing it,” said Dave Hodge, Creative Director and Partner at Finger Music & Sound Design. “The cross pollination between the film, TV, digital, and commercial worlds is accelerating and broadening substantially, and as we know, the industry is changing at an exponential rate. We feel that the changes to the company will produce innovative tools and content to those who need quality music solutions across these platforms, and need it fast. With a number of multi-media, installation, and public projects in the works for next year, this will also give us the flexibility and resources to integrate new methods of cross promotion into what we do, to fully maximize our potential.”
About Finger Music & Sound Design (Finger)
In 2002, Executive Producer/Partner John Murrell established an innovative, top quality music and sound design company. Two years later, Murrell teamed up with Creative Director/Partner Dave Hodge to build on Murrell’s vision and grow the company’s global roster of ad savvy composers, well known recording artists, film composers, and feature film sound designers. Finger Music & Sound Design (Finger) was born. Finger provides bespoke musical solutions, completely customized to fit its clients’ unique needs. With offices in London, New York, and Los Angeles, Finger continues to partner with the world’s premier advertising agencies and producers to create innovative award-winning audio for commercials, films, television, new media and video games. For further information about Finger Music & Sound Design, please visit www.fingermusic.tv.
About John Murrell Partner/Executive Producer, Finger Music & Sound Design
John Murrell began his illustrious music industry career post-producing high profile commercials and music videos at the Moving Picture Company for world-class bands, including Oasis, Pulp and Basement Jaxx. Along the way, he forged close connections with the creme of London’s musicians and commercial production community. Building on his extensive production background and deep artist relationships, in 2002, Murrell founded Finger Music & Sound Design (Finger) to provide top quality, innovative music solutions for agencies and producers across media. Two years later, Murrell added to Finger’s expertise and networks by joining forces with renowned musician, composer and music producer Dave Hodge.
About Dave Hodge Partner/Creative Director, Finger Music & Sound Design
Hailing from Canada, Dave Hodge is an award-winning musician, music producer, composer and sound designer who has been professionally steeped in the scene since he was a teenager. He’s performed with some of the most critically acclaimed acts around the globe, including Basement Jaxx, Bran Van 3000, Macy Gray, Broken Social Scene, Feist and Brazilian Girls. The artists who have turned to Hodge to contribute production and arranging on major label records and remixes are an eclectic, high profile group which include the likes of Janet Jackson, Carly Simon, and Deelite. After scoring commercials for Finger Music & Sound Design, Hodge joined as Partner and Creative Director in 2004, contributing his vast and varied musical expertise and close connections to exceptional musical talent.
