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Bates Meyer is clearing music for the documentary “Free Chol Soo Lee.”  Lee was a Korean American death row inmate who was wrongfully convicted of a 1973 Chinatown gang murder in San Francisco. His case sparked a landmark movement, uniting Asian…

Diane Schuur takes the stage for the first time in 19 months at the Trepp Stage at Sand Harbor in Lake Tahoe with the Reno Jazz Orchestra on August 23. On August 22, she and the orchestra will be at…

The T-Bone Walker composition “Mean Old World” was licensed for inclusion in the film “Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck In Time.”  Distributed by IFC Films, the documentary about the famed American author is scheduled for a theatrical release in the summer of…

Bates Meyer finished up music clearances for “Sugar Pie DeSanto Rocks,” a short film which is part of SeeUsUnite.org, supporting Asian American Pacific Islander solidarity.  This story of the Filipino-American dynamo performing artist is available for viewing on YouTube.

Bates Meyer handled the copyright and licensor research on "Delta Kream," the new album from rock titans The Black Keys released earlier this month. The music is gritty, juke-joint blues with material by John Lee Hooker, Mississippi Fred McDowell, RL…

Diane Schuur stepped into Rancho Mirage Music People Recording studio on May 1 and 2 for vocal overdubs on a big band session for the Airmen Of Note. Sessions were filmed for social media and tracks will be a CD…

Award-winning playwright David Robson has licensed rights from the family of Lonnie Johnson for the development of his stage play “Blues In My Soul: The Legend and Legacy of Lonnie Johnson.”  Robson’s work for the stage has been hailed as…

Ernie Watts travels to Colorado to participate in the Conference On World Affairs, described as a "festival of ideas," hosted by UC Boulder, April 5-11. In addition to a live streamed concert, Watts will also take part in a panel…

Bates Meyer is handling the music clearance for a documentary short "Penny Wong Miss Chinatown 1948."  The film, produced by the Good Medicine Picture Company in San Francisco is the inaugural content for Chinatown Shorts, dedicated to telling compelling stories from…

Two important compositions written by Otis Rush “Double Trouble” and “All Your Love (I Miss Loving)” return to the Rush family publishing company as of January 2021.  These classics have been recorded over the years by artists such as Eric…