Fresh from scoring the CW'ss hit show Gossip Girl, the production team known as Transcenders, has signed with Visual Music, an L.A. based, award-winning commercial music company. The Transcenders group includes three original members of the Black Eyed Peas, whose songs have been heard in films like Judd Apatow'ss Superbad, Knocked Up and 40 Year Old Virgin, Chris Rock'ss I Think I Love My Wife and many others.
As record makers and recording artists, Transcenders approach to composing music is distinctive, fresh and innovative. We'sre thrilled to be working with them, says Tom Seufert, Visual
Music'ss Creative Director. Their music has also appeared in television commercials for Target, AT's38;T, Nike, Volkswagen, Old Navy, Microsoft, Nissan, Bud Light and Levi'ss.
Transcenders were nominated for a Grammy in 2005 for Let'ss Get It Started (Best Rap Song, Record of the Year) and they continue to collaborate with many artists, including Fergie on her
new release The Dutchess.
Transcenders are collaborators first and foremost and are a great fit for current advertising trends, said Seufert. They have innovative songs and instrumentals available for licensing
and are interested in creating original for commercials, trailers, promos and interactive, Seufert continued, They have an uncanny ability to create in many genres, noting a recent
article January 5 in Variety titled Collective Re-Creates 's90'ss - Transcenders Go Indie for Gossip Girl which documents their creation of a fictional Indie band from the 90'ss for the
hit show.
Visual Music creates scores, songs and sound design for all mediums. Formed in 1998 by creative director/composer Tom Seufert, Visual Music encompasses an extraordinary group of talented
composers, hit songwriters, recording artists and sound designers including 15 NextGen Indie bands and 10 award winning composers. Both the known 's38; a few unknown musical talents form
the stable of composers and musicians available to work on projects through Visual Music, says Seufert, allowing clients to use a shotgun approach on a project but only having go to one
company for their music needs. Other known names under the Visual Music banner include John Swihart (Napoleon Dynamite, How I Met Your Mother), Bear McCreary (Battlestar Galactica,
Terminator: The Sara Conner Chronicles, Eureka) and Herwig Maurer (Academy Award nominated sound designer for Apocalypto). For a music sampler of both the known and unknown names email
visualmusic (at) socal.rr.com. Awards for Visual Music projects include AICP MOMA, Chicago Film Festival, Telly, Int'sl Andy and Gold Addy.
CONTACT:
Tom Seufert, Creative Director
Visual Music
310 266.8524
email: visualmusic (at) socal.rr.com
website: http://planetpoint.com/visualmusic
Link to Transcender commercials and available music:
http://planetpoint.com/visualmusic/indextranscenders.html
Detailed bio and credits for Transcenders: http://www.planetpoint.com/visualmus