We are so proud of HD Projects’ Creative Director Dan Nigro on the continued success of “Drivers License”. Enjoy this NYTimes ‘Diary of a Song‘ where he and Olivia break down the process of writing and recording the hit. We can attest, sessions with Dan are as fun and silly as they make this one sound.
Super Bowl sneak peek. Blessed to join 72andSunny and Indeed.com on this journey. Enjoy this cover of “Rise Up” with vocals by TikTok star Christian Shelton. Big team effort on this one, executive produced by Dylan Bostick with vocal production by Sebastian Ade.
Heavy Duty Projects’ Creative Director Dan Nigro co-wrote and produced the #1 song in the world and the biggest debut from an artist ever, “drivers license” by Olivia Rodrigo. Congratulations to Dan on Behalf of all of us at Heavy Duty!
Multiple Grammy Nominations in the Heavy Duty Family: The Bill & Ted Soundtrack is nominated in the best soundtrack category! The album features “Face the Music” composed by Heavy Duty, aka the song Bill and Ted write in order to save the universe. Special congrats to our ECD/Co-Founder Ariel Rechtshaid for his 3rd Album of the Year Nomination, this year for his work co-producing HAIM’s “Women in Music: PT III”. Heavy Duty Studios Manager and Engineer Jasmine Chen is also nominated for her engineering contributions to the album. View the full list.
Calling all gear-dos, studio geeks and Haim fans. Our ECD Ariel Rechtshaid joins Danielle Haim and Rostam as they take a deep dive into the production process behind Haim’s latest album on Pensado’s Place.
Heavy Duty’s new work for Banana Republic conveys the warmth and joy of the holiday season without cueing any sleigh bells. Enjoy our cover of “Heart and Soul”.
In late June, Ariel Rechtshaid scored a Hot 100 Number One in the unlikeliest of ways, he says. “It was another random phenomenon in a series of random phenomena that I’ve witnessed in my life—and another thing you couldn’t possibly control or cook up.” Read the full article.
Excited to hear our trailer music collaboration with the artist Beacon in yesterday’s Apple keynote, scoring the announcement of the new MacBook Pro.
New Trailer Music Supervision work, this time for ‘After We Collided‘, the highly anticipated follow up to the YA smash film After. We placed Dove Cameron’s earworm “We Belong”. A coordinated release with Columbia Records, the single debuted alongside the film’s trailer.
