My good friend Sharal Churchill and I had lunch a few months back and were talking about the companies we owned, and what we were going to do next. Fast forward we have started a company together, could not be working with a better person, she is a good egg!

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Music Producer/Publisher and Music Licensor join forces; saving clients time and money.

(LOS ANGELES)—Sharal Churchill, President of Media Creature Music, and Danny Benair, President of Natural Energy Lab, have formed a new firm, Benair Churchill, which will be a proactive Music Publishing firm for songwriters and artists and a Post Production shop for Advertisers.

Media Creature Music has produced music for major commercial campaigns including spots for Old Navy, American Express, Budweiser, Nike, and T-Mobile to name just a few as well as licensing its own music to Film/TV/Advertisers/Games/Trailers. The firm’s services include music publishing, retail releases, music supervision/clearance, music composition and post-production services. Churchill says, “we’ve saved companies millions because we bring specialized skills, established work practices and a highly efficient system for production with a faster output to market.”

Natural Energy Lab represents labels and artists for Film, TV and Advertising and its songs have premiered recently in AT&T, Target, Payless Shoes, Grey’s Anatomy, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Crank 2 to name a few. Before forming Natural Energy Lab, Danny was Vice President of the Film & Television Department at Polygram Music Publishing where he was responsible for The Cardigans writing “Lovefool” for Baz Luhrman’s Romeo and Juliet and also Adam Schlesinger writing the theme song “That Thing You Do” for Tom Hanks’ Academy Award nominated motion picture.

Benair has brought career-changing licensing opportunities for his clients. “When I started Natural Energy Lab it was pre iTunes and MySpace and my thoughts were that you had to be a music supervisor who would go out and buy imports or indie CD’s; finding music has changed since then but my passion and goals are exactly as they were the day I opened. Which still makes us a lightning rod for new and upcoming music. I am very excited to be partnering up with Sharal. We both bring a strong music background to this new boutique company—we want to create our own mini Brill Building for Film, TV and Advertising.”

Benair Churchill will offer clients even more services under one roof—Music Publishing and Licensing services, Music Composition, Post Production Services (Music Editorial, Mix/Master/Dub), Music Supervision and Clearance. “Our end to end service will focus on quality and price,” says Churchill. She adds, “By managing the process from concept to broadcast, we will save our clients time and money, while retaining their vision.”

Itunes Shuffle
Between innings and tivo I am listening to:
1. Good Thing -Paul Revere and The Raiders very under rated band…
2. The Kind Of Girl I Could Love -The Monkees more great west coast studio action…
3. Bring It To Jerome- Bo Diddley might all start with Bo!
4. Fantastic Story Of The Steamed Driven Banana- Legay Fun UK Psych
5. No Signal No Battery (Demo)-Dirty Pretty Things

I got to get back to the game…
Like Dylan In The Movies-Belle and Sebastian on the BBC BuyBye!