Jeanna Murphy: Blog

Hello!

It was a busy summer and it's looking like it'll be a busy fall as well.  NOT complaining.  Things are happening left and right and I can't help but feel so blessed in the place that I am in my life.  Music is coming out of my ears and fingertips faster then I can record them.  And the paychecks to prove it are just about there.

The beginning of September proved to be exhaustingly wonderful.  My friend is pitching a webisode show and I got to write the theme for it!  He had several people he approached for it and I'm pretty sure he was more interested in them to write it but guess who was the only one that followed through....;)  Just goes to show that follow through is key people!  Don't be a flake!  Not exactly sure when it will be available to share with all of you but I'll be sure to post it as soon as I can.

In other news, I got a really cool part time gig working as Michael Silversher's assistant.  You may not know his name but you'll know his music.  Michael has been writing children's music for decades.  He's written on little known shows like..I dunno.. Gummi Bears, Tale Spin, Duck Tales, Chip & Dales Rescue Rangers, Little Mermaid 2... the list goes on.  And I'm his assistant!!  Currently he's scoring the music for 2 shows.  One animated sunday morning cartoon called Dinosaur Train and the other is a muppets show called Pajanimals.  I get to help with Pajanimals copy/pasting his tracks, creating stems, and uploading them to a little known company called the Jim Henson Company!!  That's right people.  Jeanna is loosely associated to Muppets!!  The little girl in me is completely in shock right now!

Michael invited me to come along with him a couple weeks ago to an Emmy Nominee Reception and introduced me to Alf Clausen!  That's The Simpsons composer for those of you who weren't sure.  Alf and Michael have been friends for some 20 years.  I gotta say, being introduced to Alf rather than introducing myself...well....it was awesome.  There were a ton of people there that night including Ron Jones (Family Guy) and Grant Geissman (Two and a Half Men, Mike & Molly).  I started handing out my card without thinking.  Good idea though.  These guys are vets to the industry and I am sure that they don't want to do any of their busy work anymore which I would GLADLY do for them...so we'll see:)  Either way it was an amazingly surreal night.

I added 2 songs to the site as well.  The first is called Mastering.  I can't say what I wrote it for but I will say that if I get it then that one's coming down fast!  That's how you'll know;)

The second is my 4th cowrite with my buddy Kel http://www.kostar8.com called The Shrieking Eels.  This one is quite possibly going to get me into a library I've wanted in on for a bit.  Still trying to get in on my own but I'll take the in as a co-writer.  Works just fine for me:)

I know there's more but I'll just leave it at that right now.  Have a great rest of your week and see you again next month.

Jeanna