February 16, 2010 – Stef Lang “Vulnerable” to Placements!
Stef Lang’s “Vulnerable” has been cleared for usage in the program Copper; an upcoming television series starring Missy Peregrym and Gregory Smith. It will premiere on ABC sometime this year.
February 16, 2010 – Shiloh Goes Olympic!
Shiloh’s song “Raise a Little Hell Now” will be used by CTV during the Vancouver 2010 Olympic broadcast.
February 13, 2010 – CTV Olympics Raising a Little Hell Now!
Watching some of the Olympic coverage yesterday (holy speed skating delays batman!) we noticed that there is some major use of the instrumental version of Shiloh’s ‘Raise a Little Hell Now’ during the broadcast! Shiloh is included in CTV’s ‘Music of the Nation’ which features Read more
February 13, 2010 – Justin Blais the Spy?!
Justin Blais, whose second single release hits stores this week, had both “Some Kind of Beautiful” and “You & Me” cleared for usage in the made for TV movie “Harriet The Spy”.
February 10, 2010 – Quanteisha Hit Continues to Grow!!
Quanteisha’s latest, “D’n'G”, continues it’s steady growth as it climbs into the CHR Top 40 and the iTunes R&B Top 30! With a solid manager now on her team we believe her days as an indie artist may be numbered! Read more
February 3, 2010 – Justin Blais Releasing New Singles!!
Justin Blais is looking forward to his second release on Hipjoint/Universal label as the 2-sided single “You and Me/7 Days” hits the iTunes Store February 16th, 2010. Here is a link to it.
January 25, 2010 – Shiloh Is “Wingin It”!
Shiloh’s platimun single “Operator (A girl Like Me)” will be used in the Family Channel program “Wingin It”. Keep those ears perked!
January 22, 2010 – Degrassi Gets Straitjacket
Stef Lang’s single “Straitjacket” will be heard on an upcoming episode of Degrassi. Stef Made her very first video for this song last summer. Read more
January 19, 2010 – Brock’s Push The Walls
Brock Zanrosso’s song “Push The Walls” is now available for sale at the iTunes store. Check it out here!
January 2, 2010 – January is Stef Lang Album Month!
Stef and the entire Hipjoint Crew are locked away and toiling the entire month of January 2010 creating her first full-length album after two great EPs 2008′s “Birth”, and 2009′s “Blood & Bravery”. Sounding great so far! Stay tuned….
December 8, 2009 – Dreamboat Money Sets Sail January 12th!!
Ahoy! Dreamboat Money (led by Hipjoint’s own Phil Lehmann and his lovely wife Erica) have put together a sweet sounding record inspired by dreams, love and limitless adventure. “If Found Please Listen” Read more
December 5, 2009 – Quanteisha Sees Online Surge For ‘Get Loose’!
The placement of Quanteisha’s ‘Get Loose’ Remix in the latest American Pie movie Book of Love has caused a surge of views and reposts of the song on YouTube. Quanteisha’s post has only been up for six days Read more
November 26, 2009 – New Hipjoint Website on the Way!
Yes, it’s time for a big time overhaul of the Hipjoint website. We are just beginning creative meetings but we hope to have the new site up and running in early 2010. Check out our myspace page and add us on Twitter if you haven’t already!
November 13, 2009 – Stef Lang’s “Blood & Bravery” December 15th!
Look for Stef Lang’s second EP “Blood and Bravery” to hit digital store shelves December 15th, 2009 on the Hipjoint Music label. The EP includes her single ‘Straitjacket’ and four new songs. Read more
November 7, 2009 – New Quateisha Single “D’n'G”!
Quanteisha paid a visit to the Hipjoint House earlier this month to record her latest single “D’n'G”. We had a blast as always and the resulting track will get everyone ready to party! Look for the single at the iTunes store December 15th on Hipjoint Music.
October 29, 2009 – Hipjoint Provides Exclusive Hedley Bonus Track!!
Fans of Hedley who have been patiently waiting for the release of their new album “The Show Must Go” can now head over to iTunes and pre-order what is sure to be one of the hottest records of the year. Read more
October 29, 2009 – Hipjoint & Suzie McNeil
Suzie McNeil was in the Hipjoint house this week writing a song with Troy and Mike. Suzie is a one of a kind artist and the song we came up with could only be sung by her – it’s pretty hilarious! Hope you all get to hear it very soon.
October 20, 2009 – Justin Blais Hits e-Stores Nov 10th on Hipjoint Music!
We are thrilled to announce that the very first release through the newly formed Hipjoint Music will be a two song single by Justin Blais. The November 10th release will feature Read more
October 20, 2009 – Hipjoint’s Brand New Baby is Born!!
We are happy to announce the birth of our brand new record/distribution company Hipjoint Music!! Hipjoint Music, distributed digitally world-wide by Universal, was created to be a one-stop digital distribution system for all new and exciting Hipjoint product. Read more
October 19, 2009 – Hipjoint Track to Promote Fantastic Mr. Fox!
The Hipjoint written/produced song “Let’s Go” will be used in the trailers of “Fantastic Mr. Fox” to help promote it’s November 13th release! Head over to our myspace page and check it out!
October 14, 2009 – Bounce Winners Bounce Back to Vancity!
Our most recent Bounce Showdown winners are on their way back to Vancouver to record more music! Quanteisha arrives next week while Justin is set to return in mid November. Stay tuned for some fresh tracks!
October 13, 2009 – Hipjoint Has a Hit in Japan!!
Jpop/rockstar Mika Nakashima is enjoying the success of her recent single ‘Candy Girl’. The Hipjoint co-written song debuted at #4 on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart in Japan. Yatta (‘Yay!’ in Japanese)!
October 13, 2009 – American Pie Features Quanteisha’s ‘Get Loose’!!
Listen for Quanteisha’s ‘Get Loose’ in the latest installment of the American Pie film series American Pie: Book of Love. The film is scheduled for release this December.
October 6, 2009 – Justin Blais track gets “Beautiful” start!
One of Canada’s largest media companies, CHUM Radio, has chosen to get behind this year’s Bounce Winner Justin Blais by naming him the CHUM Emerging Artist for October. What this means is that Justin’s Hipjoint written and produced single, “Some Kind of Beautiful”, Read more
October 6, 2009 – Hipjoint Bookends
Look for Hipjoint tunes to be the musical glue that holds together the upcoming Lifetime movie “The Cinderella Pact” starring Poppy Montgomery.
September 30, 2009 – Phil Lehmann produced artist wins WCMA!!
Congratulations to our own Phil Lehmann for producing and co-writing the album that was chosen as “Urban Recording of The Year” at the 2009 Western Canadian Music Awards. Krystle Dos Santos’ self titled debut album was named best of the urban best in no small part to Read more
September 22, 2009 – Stef Lang rocks Toronto!
Stef Lang rocked the house at the Canadian Music Cafe last week by blasting out a fierce acoustic set! Organizers and attendees alike quickly became fans of the kid from Ladysmith. She also took part in four separate writing sessions throughout the week with top level writers Read more
August 26, 2009 – Japanese Superstar releases Hipjoint Co-Write!!
On September 30th, Japanese superstar Mika Nakashima is set to unleash “Candy Girl”, her 29th single release, on an eagerly waiting Japan! “Candy Girl” was co-written with Miyazaki Ayumi and Hipjoint’s Troy Samson and Mike James.
August 25, 2009 – Shiloh album debuts Top 10!!
Shiloh’s debut album had an incredible first week! Picture Imperfect has exceeded even label expectations by entering the Neilsen/SoundScan album sales chart at #9 – the highest entry for a debut Canadian album of 2009! Hipjoint’s Mike James and Troy Samson, who discovered Read more
August 25, 2009 – Dawn Langstroth album lands September 25th!
The beautiful and talented Dawn Langstroth has announced the release date for her long awaited debut album Highwire. The album arrives on the heels of two widely praised, and hot selling EP’s and includes the Hipjoint co-write “Mother’s Child”. This version of “Mother’s Child” was Read more
August 18, 2009 – Alright!’ is iTunes Single of the Week!!
With the release of Shiloh’s album Picture Imperfect this week, iTunes has chosen the Hipjoint written/prduced track ‘Alright!’ as their Single of the Week! Click Here to preview the album at the iTunes store!
August 18, 2009 – Hipjoint Throwdown Turns 2!
Hipjoint’s songwriting circle, which invites songwriters to the Hipjoint studio to take part in songwriting exercises is celebrating it’s second birthday. In that time participants have created over 200 new songs! Thanks to all of those who have taken part over the last couple years Read more
August 13, 2009 – Stef Lang releases Straitjacket – see the video!
Nettwerk/Hipjoint published singer/songwriter Stef Lang has released her song “Straitjacket”. The single has been serviced nationally to alternative radio while the video has also been serviced to national media outlets. Tour dates are coming together now for a fall tour – stay posted! Check out the video here!
August 11, 2009 – Justin Blais rocks the House of Hip!
2009 Bounce Showdown winner Just Blais is currently in the Hipjoint Studio busting out his debut tracks – and they are sounding great! Look for finished copies of “Some Kind of Beautiful” and “One Night” to be hitting the airwaves soon!
August 3, 2009 – “I Will Be Waiting” crosses 40,000 spins mark!
Nielsen/BDS has recognized the Hipjoint co-written and published ballad “I Will Be Waiting” by D-Cru for crossing the 40,000 spins threshold in Canada!
August 1, 2009 – Kreesha to record Delerium’s “Dust In Gravity”!
Final touches are being put on mixes of “Dust In Gravity” by alt-pop legends Delerium which features the sweet sound of 2009 Best New Artist Juno Nominee, Kreesha Turner. The crew here at Hipjoint were proud to be asked to co-write the song and produce Kreesha’s vocals. “Dust In Gravity” will be the first single released from Delerium’s greatest hits record coming soon…
July 28, 2009 – Shiloh Album Release Date Announced!
After three years of hard work Shiloh’s debut album hits store shelves on August 18th. The CD will be called “Picture Imperfect” and will include at least SIX Hipjoint tracks including the hits “Operator (A Girl Like Me)” and “Alright!”.
July 28, 2009 – VMI Gala & Golf another great success!
The Vancouver Music Industry again showed their heart and generosity by making the 4th Annual Vancouver Music Industry Gala and Golf a resounding success. Highlights included Bruce Allen’s speech about Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance (as they and were given the Legend Award), and all of the amazing live performances. Thanks all – see you again next year!!
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