- The Burst Collective
The Burst Collective is an American company primarily engaged in the music business. Based in Milwaukee, WI, the company's core businesses evolved from placement of music in popular U.S. television shows, films, and commercials. Daniel Holter serves as president and creative director.
History
Founded in 1996 as Sprocket Media, LLC, the company released material under the auspices of a DBA until 2004 when the name change became official [http://www.gmtoday.com/content/LSW/2004/October/76.asp] .
The first few years in business the company provided music for a variety of clients, such as
GE ,Johnson Controls , Ilio, OneMusic, Network Music, Videohelper, WhoDidThatMusic?, Megatrax, and others.Their first available product was The Gravity Music Library, released in 1997 in cooperation with Groove Addicts, a commercial music company based in
Los Angeles, CA . Production on Gravity continues to this day.In 2001, The Velocity Music Library debuted as a member of the FirstCom Music [http://www.firstcom.com] family of music libraries. As of 2007, the company no longer provides updates to the Velocity. [http://blog.burstlabs.com/2007/brakes-put-on-velocity-music-library/]
The summer of 2002 saw the company launch an independent record label, [http://www.burstrecords.com| Burst Records] .
September 2005 brought the release of "I Wanna Be", the first single on Emma Roberts'
Columbia Records debut [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unfabulous_and_More:_Emma_Roberts] , written by Burst composers Daniel Holter and Mike Standal.In April 2007, the company launched a music licensing website, [http://www.burstlabs.com| BurstLabs.com] .
As of June 2007, The Burst Collective consists of 3 in-house producer/composers and over 20 composers around the world. The company continues to provide music to a variety of
advertising agencies , music library publishers and corporations.Publishing Divisions
The company administers the rights to several publishing catalogs, including Burst Labs Licensed Instruments (ASCAP), A License Lab Experiment (ASCAP), AlbinEber Toonage, LLC (ASCAP), Diamondstrike Music (ASCAP), Winslows Return Publishing (ASCAP), Liquid Gecko Music (ASCAP), and SmartPopNation (ASCAP).
Notable Credits
Programming + Promo
American Idol , CSI, Lost,The View ,Desperate Housewives ,Friends ,Frasier ,The West Wing ,20/20 ,Good Morning America , E! True Hollywood Story, Primetime Live,The Tonight Show ,Saturday Night Live ,Law & Order Advertising
Nike,
Gatorade ,Mazda ,Midwest Airlines ,JCPenney ,BMW ,Toys R Us ,Hyundai ,St. Pauli Girl Television Networks
HBO, NBC, CBS, ABC, Fox, BET, NFL, E!, Fox Sports
Music Library
WestOne, OneMusic, Crucial Music, FirstCom Music, Killer Tracks, Network Music, Slam!, VideoHelper, Megatrax, Sonoton
Radio
Sat.1 (Germany), BBC (UK), Antenne Bayern, Die Antenne, Öe3, KLOS, KIIS, WLUM, Q101, Capital FM, DRS4 (Switzerland)
Corporate
GE , Wilson Golf,Goldman Sachs ,Home Depot Website, Kiosk, Software
Cisco Systems,Microsoft Office for Mac OS X, Ralph Lauren's Polo, Ilio,Trek BicycleExternal Links
[http://www.burstcollective.com The Burst Collective homepage]
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TC4d-9KmQw YouTube reel (commercials)]References
* [http://www.gmtoday.com/content/LSW/2004/October/76.asp]
* [http://onmilwaukee.com/music/articles/burst.html]
* [http://milwaukee.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/stories/2004/06/14/smallb1.html]
* [http://www.broadjam.com/mm/072006/index.html]
* [http://www.songstuff.com/news/article/201]
* [http://www.taxi.com/transmitter/0510/headlineA0510.html]
* [http://www.mtv.com/ontv/dyn/the_hills/episode/episode.jhtml?episodeId=112025]
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