P.E.I. musicians' songs marketed in Hollywood
CBC News | Posted: May 19, 2015 10:19 AM | Last Updated: February 5, 2016
Movie executive 'flabbergasted' by P.E.I. musicians
An L.A.-based music executive who chooses songs for movies says the first Canadian Song Challenge was a huge success in his eyes.
Marcus Barone is now shopping songs by Ashley Condon and Tim Chaisson for a couple of movies he's working on. Barone said he was impressed with Music PEI and the quality of Island musicians.
"I was flabbergasted. I thought you have some of the most wonderful, wonderful, exciting, talented people I have heard in a long time," he said.
"When I work on motion pictures I love to find new talent. I love to find artists, what I call, in the cracks, not the typical wash machine, which is artists that are trying to copy other artists. So I found many artists here and it's very, very exciting for me."
Barone said he usually gives moviemakers five cuts to choose from per scene. He said Condon and Chaisson have a good chance of getting picked up.
Music PEI confirms an expression of interest was made to the Island band Coyote as well out of the Canadian Song Challenge.
The fee per song depends on the size of the movie's budget, said Barone. It could be as little as $500 if it's an independent movie, or as much as $30,000 a song for a big budget feature.