Tor Hyams

Tor Hyams is a songwriter and music producer whose roster of artists include Joan Osborne, Vivian Campbell, Billy Gibbons, Lou Rawls, Broadway Star Rachel York, Lisa Loeb, Perry Farrell, Deborah Harry and more. Most recently, Hyams produced the new Edwin McCain album "Nobody's Fault But Mine" [Behe, Regis: "Edwin McCain living on Cloud 9 in Soulville" [http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/living/music/s_580225.html Pittsburgh Tribune Review] , July 31 2008.] .

Hyams has also branched out into the area of children's music, writing and producing the children's CD - "A World of Happiness" - for Disney's Buena Vista Records featuring performances from Samuel L. Jackson, Magic Johnson, Lou Rawls, Isaac Hayes, Deborah Harry, Gary Oldman, Perry Farrell, Lisa Loeb, Michael McKean, Annette O'Toole, Brad Whitford, and Jane Kaczmarek [Official A World Of Happiness press release from [http://www.amc-music.com/news/pressreleases/buena-vista.htm Buena Vista Records] ] . He also co-produced the music video for one of the tracks - "The Patience Bossa", directed by Gary Oldman and featuring a duet by Rock music icons Perry Farrell and Deborah Harry [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1qtirRzl4o YouTube video of "The Patience Bossa"] ] .

In 2005, Hyams developed and presented the music festival for kids, "Kidzapalooza", with rock icon Perry Farrell, which debuted at the famous Lollapalooza music festival in Chicago. In 2009 "Kidzapalooza" will debut as a stand-alone festival at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, again produced by Hyams and Farrell [Announcement on the [http://www.kidzapalooza.com/los_angeles Official Kidzapalooza website] ] .

Hyams also produces the kids' festival "Austin Kiddie Limits" as part of the famous Austin City Limits Music Festival [Haupt, Melanie: "Girls Can Tell" [http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid:602388 The Austin Chronicle] , March 14, 2008.] [Shepherd, SA: Interview: Tor Hyams, [http://www.zooglobble.com/archives/2008/03/interview_tor_hyams.html Zooglobble] , March 13, 2008] .

Other work includes a Diane Warren composition for MTV which involved the talents of Michelle Branch, Bubba Sparxx & Sleepy Brown, Monica (singer) and J.C. Chasez. In addition, Hyams has produced a number of artists and compilations for TVT Records and UMS Records in New York.

For television, Hyams has composed themes and music packages for NBC, ABC, CBS, TBS, Showtime, The History Channel, USA, FX, Bravo, MTV, Sony and Paramount Television. Additionally, he has scored several feature films, including projects for Miramax, Artisan Entertainment, The Shooting Gallery and Fox Searchlight.

His pet project, Chutzpah (the world's first Jewish Hip Hop Super Group), whose reality-based comedy short film "Chutzpah, This Is? (The Official Hip-Hop-U-Mentary)" [ [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0772223/ Chutzpah, This Is? IMDB entry] ] , starring George Segal, Gary Oldman, Debi Mazar, Vivian Campbell and others, received accolades from the HBO Comedy Festival and the Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival Audience Award - ultimately making official selection at 16 film festivals in the USA and internationally [ [http://www.chutzpahthegroup.com/ecard.html Chutzpah] website] . The group has since appeared on Fox TV LA [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vg7EYWHs-g4 You Tube video of "FOX TV LA" news story] ] and Good Day New York [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7R_O7EgmeM You Tube video of "Good Day New York" appearance] ] , amongst other television and radio appearances.

Their next album "Hip Hop Fantasy" is due out in October 2008 [Announcement on [http://www.overwhelmingentertainment.com/chutzpah.html Overwhelming Entertainment] website] .

External links

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* [http://www.tor.net Official Website]
* [http://www.aworldofhappiness.com A World Of Happiness Official Website]
* [http://www.kidzapalooza.com Kidzapalooza Official Website]

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