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Heavy Duty has been busy as a bee this spring. Check out what we’ve been up to in our latest newsletter.

Catch HD London’s Tom Cathcart in Amsterdam on June 5th at BMIM 2024, where he will lend his POV on original music production on the panel “Fresh Ideas From Abroad: What we can learn from Music Agencies Worldwide”.

Who says you need an hour to learn something new? We helped our friends at Mojo Supermarket produce the world’s fastest podcast for Meta’s Facebook App. Check out Flash Finds’ 30-second episodes with full service podcast production including original music and sound design by Heavy Duty Projects.

Caution: Baby Content.  Heavy Duty London is shaking that thang for BETC London and Danone’s Cow + Gate. Music Supervision by Heavy Duty via Tom Cathcart, featuring “I See You Baby” by Groove Armada (feat Gram’ma Funk).

We are so honored to take home the 2024 AMP Award for Most Effective Use of Music in a Campaign for Etsy’s “Your Mission” campaign! Thank you to AMP for the recognition, and to Orchard Creative for the collaboration.

HD Wins big at last Week’s ASCAP Awards! We’re celebrating HD Creative Director Dan Nigro, who along with Olivia Rodrigo, took home the 2024 Pop Music Award for Songwriters of the Year. HD Publishing’s SADPONY also won for his contributions writing and producing Drake’s “Search & Rescue”, which was recognized as the most streamed song of 2023. Rounding out a trifecta of wins, our CCO and founder Ariel Rechtshaid won an ASCAP Screen Award for his score for Disney+ ‘The Santa Clauses’.  Massive congrats all around!

Heavy Duty x SNL! Our CCO and Founder Ariel Rechtshaid joined Vampire Weekend on lead guitar for two songs off the band’s critically acclaimed ‘Only God Was Above Us’, alongside band members and Heavy Duty Publishing’s Chris Baio and Will Canzoneri.

Ogilvy and Coke crushed it! “Recycle Me” named #1 on AdAge’s The Top 5 Creative Campaigns You Need To Know About Right Now. Original music by Heavy Duty Projects.

This week we celebrate producer and songwriter Buddy Ross’ 2024 Ivor Novello Awards nomination for Best Contemporary Song, Fred again.. & Brian Eno’s “Enough” The awards honor creative excellence in British and Irish songwriting.

Planting lots of seeds this Spring! Enjoy the latest from Heavy Duty Projects in newsletter form.