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Linda Eder, "Soundtrack" released OCT 13th, 2009. Billy Jay Stein on piano, keys, and vocal engineering. With Tony Levin (Bass), Jerry Marotta (Drums), Lonnie Plaxico (Bass), Peter White (Guitar), and Ben Butler (Guitar).
See the band at Town Hall, OCT 17th at 8 pm.
Linda Eder possesses one of the greatest contemporary solo voices of our time, she won a Drama Desk Award for her performance in Jekyll & Hyde, and has appeared on prestigious concert stages throughout the U.S. The show is packed with energy and grooves that keep your toes tapping. Multi-talented piano man Billy Stein is at the helm of a 7-piece band featuring guitars, fiddle, B3 and lush backing vocal harmonies, offering up some of the classic sounds that have made Eder’s arrangements famous. This show has something for everyone. Ticket Price $55 & 50 Where to Get Tickets Click here for a mail order form for single tickets and/or subscriptions and Onsale now at Ticketmaster |
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| HANDEL'S MESSIAH ROCKS to air nationally on all PBS stations in August 2009. A 50 city National Tour will begin in November 2009. The live DVD and cast recording CD was produced, mixed and recorded by Billy Jay Stein. It will be released on SONY CLASSICS. |
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Music written and produced by Billy Jay Stein will be featured on Nurse Jackie this season. |
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| East Village Opera Company gets Grammy nomination for "Best Classical Crossover Album" for the record "Olde School." Billy Jay Stein was the recording engineer, pro tools engineer, additional programmer and editor for album. Billy also mixed the bonus track, If God Be For Us (bonus track available only on iTunes). |
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Strike Audio is Launched! Strike Audio is the first and only subscription-based production music library for use in television shows. Created by Billy Jay Stein and Michael Rosen. |
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Linda Eder's new cd, THE OTHER SIDE OF ME is being released September 30th, 2008 on Verve Records. Produced, engineered, and arranged by Linda Eder and Billy Jay Stein.
The Other Side of Me, produced by Billy Jay Stein gets 4.5 out of 5 stars (AMG Album Pick) from ALL MUSIC GUIDE:
Review by Jonathan Widran
The utter brilliance of the renowned vocal great's first official foray into rock-edged country music should shutter for good the adage that an artist must stick to a single genre to be marketable and successful. Over the years, the world got so used to her glowing interpretations of Broadway standards--and her keen ability to carry on the grand traditions of Judy Garland and Barbra Streisand--that any deviation might have been seen as risky or crazy. But the truth is, as the singer puts it, "This isn't so much a departure as it is me getting back to who I really am." The colorful mix of material (from the rousing, gospel-influenced "Back to Life" by superstar pop songwriter Kara DioGuardi to Eder's own explosive, very personal blues-rocker "Waiting for the Fall") and loose and high-spirited arrangements reflect the kind of music that moved her as a child, when she first started playing the guitar and writing songs. Musically, she and producer Billy Jay Stein back up with great integrity and passion her assertion that stepping into the ballgown and singing standards is like playing a role, while this rootsy music is more natural for her. Although the album was released by the great jazz label Verve, songs like the uptempo country jam "Pieces," the jangling "Prayer for Love," and the largely acoustic ballad "If You Believe (The Way I Do)" would find a joyful home on mainstream country radio. Beyond the rootsier songs, Eder engages in some magical cover versions of the heart-tugging parent to child classic "If I Could," Joni Mitchell's "Both Sides Now" (done with equal parts wistfulness and dreamy atmosphere) and, more graceful yet, the Indigo Girls' folk-pop gem "Ghost." While Eder will always be welcome performing with fellow Broadway aficionados Michael Feinstein and Marvin Hamlisch, this stellar journey of the heart should find her making reservations to take the stage at the CMA Festival in Nashville any year now. This is a side of the singer that should stick around for a long time. |
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On August 11th, 2008, The East Village Opera Company released it's second studio album, Olde School on Universal/Decca. Billy Jay Stein was the recording engineer, pro tools engineer, addtional programmer and editor for the entire album. Billy also mixed the bonus track, If God Be For Us (bonus track available only on itunes). |
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| Billy Jay Stein is producing the music for the DVD and CD of Handel's Messiah Rocks. The show features LaChanze of The Color Purple, J. Robert Spencer of The Jersey Boys, MiG Ayesa of CBS' Rockstar: INXS and Keith Lockhart with members of the Boston Pops. Click here to buy tickets to the the concert on September 21st, 2008 (will be filmed for a PBS special to be aired a later date) |
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SUBURBAN GIRL, featuring Alec Baldwin and Sara Michelle Geller is released on DVD on Jan 15, 2008. The movie features the song, "HAVIN A PARTY", written and produced by Billy Jay Stein and Malissa Hunter. |
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Strange Cranium Creates all Music for new TV series, ''Rock & A Hard Place''
on Direct TV
Rock Legend Meat Loaf Hosts an Outrageous New Game Show Exclusively for DIRECTV Customers ''Rock & A Hard Place'' Pits Rock Super Stars in a Head to Head Battle of Knowledge Premiering January 23rd Exclusively on DIRECTV Channel 101.
In the first episode, Grandmaster Flash – playing for Volunteers of America – goes against The Pussycat Dolls – playing for the Smile With Me charity.
The second episode pits Eddie Money against 38 Special; The Pointer Sisters take on Sheila E in the third show; and week four pits two teams of former American Idol contestants against each other.
Season 2 (13 episodes) will air in April. |
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Billy
Jay Stein is currently producing a new full-length CD with
LINDA EDER for Manhattan Capitol/EMI records at Strange Cranium
Studios. Look for a release date of early 2008. Click
here for more info. |
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| Prankville,
a new tv series, will start airing Friday nights at 9 pm starting
June 1st on CMT. Prankville puts a country twist on good-natured,
practical jokes seen only by CMT's hidden cameras. All music has
been written by Billy Jay Stein and Bernd Schoenhart. |
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The
first single from "ARTHUR AND THE INVISIBLES: ORIGINAL
MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK" will be Jewel's "Quest
for Love." The song was arranged by Billy Jay Stein at
Strange Cranium studios. |
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| BOILING
POINTS is back on MTV this January! All the music for the series
is written and produced by Billy Jay Stein. New episodes will air
in January 07. Check your local listings. |
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| The
MA ROSE song "Are You Ready" will be
featured on MTV's new hit series 8th and
Ocean on March 28th at 10 PM. The song is produced, mixed
and co-written by Billy Jay Stein. Click
here to purchase the full length MA ROSE CD. |
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Tune
in to see The East Village Opera Company's one-hour PBS special
taped at the KETC studios in St. Louis on Sunday, March 12.
The concert and DVD is Mixed by Billy Jay Stein and will be
available for purchase on local PBS stations in the Midwest. |
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| Billy
Jay Stein has produced a song for "ONE LIFE MANY VOICES."
This is a benefit CD for the victims of Hurricane Katrina performed
by the cast of ABC TV's One Life To Live. Click
here to make a tax-free donation and buy a CD. |
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"The
Great American Trailer Park Musical" CD is Now
Available for Purchase Online. The original cast recording
is produced by Billy Jay Stein. CLICK
HERE TO GET YOUR COPY FROM SH-K-BOOM RECORDS NOW... |
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| Smoking
Gun TV has finished its first season on Court TV, featuring
music composed by BILLY JAY STEIN. The series is all about puppets,
animation, and bobblehead dolls. Imagine your favorite TSG stories
being brought to life by marauding marionettes and cartoon buffoons.
Check your local listings for repeats. |
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From
Roland Users Group Magazine, Spring 2004
He's shared the bill with the likes of Dave Matthews and Sheryl
Crow, but composer, keyboardist and producer Billy Jay Stein
mixes it up with a wide range of projects. The classically
trained pianist and NYC music scene veteran has written and
produced over 700 tracks for MTV's new daily show, Boiling
Points, performed with Linda Eder and Ray Charles, written
songs for HBO's Sex and the City and produced Vanessa Carlton. Click
here to read more... |
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| MTV
has just wrapped up production of the hit series, “Boiling
Points”. Over the last 22 months, Strange Cranium
wrote and produced over 2500 tracks for all 75 episodes. |
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| Cast
Recording of ALTAR BOYZ, produced by Billy Jay Stein, has been released.
Check out http://www.sh-k-boom.com/altarboyz.html
to purchase. Altar Boyz has won the 2005 Outer Critics Circle Award
for BEST OFF-BROADWAY MUSICAL. |
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| Diana
Page “Love Will Find A Way” released. Visit www.dianapage.com
to purchase. Produced and Written by Diana Page and Billy Jay Stein. |
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| A
new Billy Jay Stein interview is posted at www.lindaeder.com. |
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| Two
new movies, scored by Billy Jay Stein have been released: |
Click
here for more info and to purchase.
Click here for more info and to purchase.
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