On this Kari Kimmel interview: bouncing back after getting dropped by TWO labels and one publishing contract… the determination that carried her from potentially nowhere, to incredible success. How she handles rejection (and yes, she still gets tracks turned down more often than you might think), and her secret ingredient to pressing on. Her primary talents & attitude that allows her to succeed. BIGGEST MISTAKE composers make when approaching music supervisors & shen making track submissions! Cool stories about working with Ringo Starr, Al Pacino… why you need to respect everybody & LOADS more cool stuff. AWESOME information if you want to get into licensing:
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Kari Kimmel is an Independent Artist, Songwriter & Producer who’s had incredible success licensing her music in over 1,000 films, television shows, trailers, video games & commercials. Films include Blockers, World War Z, Southpaw, and The Duff… TV shows Big Sky, New Girl, Charmed, America’s Funniest Home Videos, and Lucifer… trailers for Cobra Kai, Fortitude, Dirty John and The Walking Dead.
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She has written an astounding 25 theme songs, most notably “Where You Belong” for The Fosters, as well as She-Ra, Spirit Riding Free and Rhyme Time Town. Her songs have been recorded by major artists such as The Backstreet Boys, Kesha, Joe Jonas, Demi Lovato, and Gloria Gaynor. She’s sang BGV with Ringo Starr, Bruce Springsteen, Alicia Keys, John Legend, Stevie Wonder, John Mayer, Willie Nelson, Pharrell & others.
In 2014, Kari founded Glow Music Group, a music licensing company that represents performers. Recent Glow placements include Gatorade, Coke, Michael Kors, Seal Team, Riverdale, All American, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and Grey’s Anatomy. Glow represents over 400 bands from all genres & time periods.