John Richards Music is expanding the team (thank god! we need the help! We BIZZY). John and Amy have hired on Tim Betterley as their new Programming Assistant/ Music Licensing Coordinator/ Guest DJ. We are so lucky to have Tim join the team. A talented DJ, events coordinator, promoter and all around great guy, he’s invaluable already! In fact, Amy and Tim already love to hang at Herkimer Coffee in Greenwood, brainstorm records, reach out to labels and work on upcoming music mixes, and events! Yay Tim! PS he makes a strong drink up at Smith on Capitol Hill if you catch him in the evenings.

John and Amy were just brought on with Alethia Austin as Music Supervisors for the upcoming film “Grassroots.” The film is written by Stephen Gyllenhaal and Justin Rhodes and is based upon the memoir: “Zioncheck for President” by Phil Campbell. Quick version: A story about Seattle in 2001, a race for city council, the monorail, and passion. John and Amy are thrilled to work with Alethia and director, Stephen Gyllenhaal with producer Peggy Rajski. It’s a great team, a great opportunity and the shooting starts June 28th in Seattle! Check back in for more updates!

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John Richards and Amy Lindsey are donating 10% of all business and personal income to the following non-profit organizations throughout 2010. Ten organizations and ten percent in twenty-ten. Love music and want to help this effort? We also give 100% of our iTunes percentage to our ten organizations when you click and download music from John’s Top Ten.

The Vera Project

KEXP

Northwest Film Forum

New Beginnings

Ballard Food Bank

The Earth School PA

The High Line

Street Yoga

Esopus Magazine

Slowfood USA

Did you know that John Richards Music and Amy Lindsey Productions donates 10% of all income to charity? Well beginning in 2010, we are going to actively promote and donate to 10 different charities to give our 10% to. We also have become an iTunes affiliate which means that when you download a song or album from John’s Top Ten lists, a small % goes to us for promoting the music on the website- and we donate 100% of that % to our 10 charities. Like John’s Top Ten? Planning to look it up and buy it anyway? Click on the iTunes buttons on our site and it goes to a good cause. Stay tuned as we are currently in the processing of naming these 10 charities and will publish them for all to see before 2010 hits us in the face this week!

John Richards Music and Amy Lindsey Productions did the soundtrack for The Road To Istanbul a documentary film made in partnership with the Teenage Cancer Trust, Silverspun Pictures, and The Dumball Rally. The film is shot in the context of a Dumball Rally throughout Eastern Europe. The Dumball Rally is basically a poor mans Gumball Rally in junk cars for a week long drive from Brussels to Istanbul, with a convoy of 33 teams, and 66+ people taking them through a life changing journey while raising money for the Teenage Cancer Trust. Silverspun Pictures shot this film capturing the lightness and humor contrasted with the devastation and seriousness of teens living with cancer. John Richards Music and Amy Lindsey Productions was fortunate to participate in this project placing music in a way that captures the emotion, excitement, the adventure and the inspiring journeys of these brave young human beings staring cancer in the face. All music was donated gratis license to the film, as were our services.  Below is a list of the music used in the film. Keep checking in as we hope to post clips from the film soon!

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Starting this month John Richards Music is curating music mixes for the Ace Hotel in NYC. The atmosphere and vibe of the hotel has transformed. John Richards Music, out of the Pacific Northwest, right along with the Ace Hotel and Stumptown Coffee creates perfect “brand alignment” as we say. Stop in the lobby or bar and tell us what you think! Look for John Richards Music launch at the Ace Hotel Palm Springs beginning November 2009. We will soon be publishing our playlists for the curious.

Also find us at the Ace NYC EX-PAC night on Friday, October 30th from 8p-11p while John spins some tunes live for the Pacific Northwest crowd in the big apple.

This past weekend, Amy and John were off to Napa Valley to attend and provide music for the newly wed Andrea and William Wagner! We worked with the couple for months leading up to make sure we had their musical tastes dialed in and all their perfect wedding songs on the docket. Not one bad song was played, and not one off-base drunken request was honored. We take our job seriously. We are there to provide good music and fulfill the musical wedding wishes of the couple. After all it’s their big day! Dancing was had by all, and the Wagners were pleased! Find out more about John Richards Music and Weddings!