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Hal G.
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My Songs

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Wake Up-Youssou N`Dour remix

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Globehopping

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New Swack Bling

Avg. Rating: 5.0 / 5

You Can`t Make Me Say

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Martinis And Cake

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Ode To Joyrock

Avg. Rating: 4.5 / 5

Indigo

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Black Sand And Moonlight

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Chakahoowho

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Everything Heals In Time

About Me

Skill Level:
Professional
Craft:
composer, producer, arranger, studio operator, programmer, session musician, musician
Instruments:
Piano (All), harmonica, Voice (All), Bass, acoustic guitar, synthesizer, percussion, mandolin, Drums (All), electric guitar, hammond organ, autoharp, washboard, theremin, accordion, rainstick, conga, bongos, toy piano, djembe, timbales, melodica, zil
Genres:
acoustic, jazz (all), blues, funk (all), rhythm and blues (r&b), rock and roll, World Music, bluegrass, soul, country, classical, americana, techno, comedy rock, synth pop
Influences:
James Brown, James Taylor, Parliament Funkadelic, Richard Pryor, The Beatles, Beck, Bill Evans, Garth Hudson, The Band, Stevie Wonder, John Coltrane, Spike Jones, The Allman Brothers Band, Charles Mingus, Prince, Kraftwerk, Katy Perry, Alison Krauss, Joni Mitchell, Little Walter, Steely Dan, Snoop Dogg, Herbie Hancock, Lady Gaga

Pretty much done a little of everything in the music biz.
Toured, recorded, played festivals, played weddings, Performed in most US states, been a session player, compose for TV and film, played piano bars, went to Berklee (back in the day,) studied jazz, been a bandleader, booked other musicians.
I make my living from music - always have and with some luck always will.

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Band or Group:
Hal Gold
Favorite Lyric:

I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together...

Day Job:
Composer, producer, synth programmer, studio owner

Working With Others

How I Work:

Open to online session work.

Experience:

Hal G ( AKA Hal Gold ) is a three time SESAC award winning composer ( for the years 06` and 07`and 08` ) in the Film And TV category.
http://www.sesac.com/Events/awards/tvfilm07.aspx

His music has been used on TV ( and occasionally in film) tens of thousands of times since 1989.

Hal has composed an estimated 3500 songs ( and continues to have scores of new tracks a year published in a multitude of genres - from which a large percentage have been released, published and played on network, cable, syndicated and local TV.

A partial list of TV shows and networks who have used his music and productions include -
HBO ( sports bumpers, ) Fox Television ( Geraldo, War Stories, Fox Report, Shepard Smith, Mike And Juliet Morning Show, ) Ananda Lewis, Secret Life Of A Soccer Mom, CBS Evening News, NBC, The Today Show, Star Trek:Tech, the Kevin Costner film "Wyatt Earp", Inside Edition, Keyshia Cole, The Young And The Restless, Montel Williams ( SESAC awards 2006-2007, ) Kathy Griffin, promos for Seinfeld, The Bachelor, Law And Order, Home Delivery, Wife Swap, Shipmates, Maury Povich ( SESAC awards 2006, 2007and 2008, ) Celebrity Expose, Unique Whips, That`s Amore, 10 Years Younger, The District, LA Ink, Lifetime Network, Dateline NBC ( Sesac awards 2006, ) 48 Hours Mystery, VH1, A Shot Of Love With Tila Tequila, MTV, Ice T`s Rap School, PBS ( "For Your Home" theme, ) Access Hollywood, Elimidate, Teen Kids News, (Sesac awards 2006-2007,) Eyewitness Kids News, Current Affair, Judge Hatchett, America`s Most Wanted, performances in many other countries, and a host of other shows that have come and gone including Ricki Lake, Lifestyles Of The Rich And Famous, Jane Pauley, Sally Jesse Raphael and Life Goes On.

In addition to composing, Hal is a multi instrumentalist and vocalist and has toured or played with (as a keyboardist-blues harpist-vocalist) Ron Wood ( Rolling Stones, ) Bo Diddley, Edgar Winter, Felix Cavaliere ( Young Rascals, ) Tommy James, Lenny White, Paul Shaffer, Catherine Zeta Jones ( her and Michael hired him to play in their living room !, ) John Sebastian, Adrian Belew(composed about 4 songs with Hal, ) David Ruffin - Eddie Kendricks ( they sat in at a concert, ) Wilson Pickett ( Showtime special, ) Roy Buchanan, Billy Joel (one time at a small club,) John Lee Hooker, Chuck Berry ( in front of 100,000 people, ) Ben E King, Jerry Lee Lewis, and has performed for millions of fans in Japan, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Canada, Austria, Spain, England, piano bars in Norway as well as performing throughout most of the USA in many other bands as well as solo.

Equipment:

Synths and lots of plug ins, loops etc, acoustic and elec.guitars, acoustic and Rhodes piano, elec. bass, congas,Theremin, djembe, accordion, autoharp, vocoder, assorted percussion and drums, harmonica, mandolin, Mac G5, fiddle when I need sound efx and simple parts ( like one note..)
Do vocals count as equipment ??

Mac G5 running Digital Performer.

Payments:
This user accepts PayPal for session payment

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Jackie Clark wrote on November 2, 2009:

HAL!! Wassup bro?? Just stopping thru to get my daily inspiration!! hahaha! Hope things are good with you!

Peace,

JC

Jackie Clark wrote on September 1, 2009:

HAL G.!!! What's happening brother? Sorry for being outta touch.Haven't been on Indaba lately.Trying to finish my lil cd.I've entered the contests anyway in case I find a lil time to work on a few remixes. :-) What been up with you bro?

Peace,

Jackie

studio mali wrote on June 6, 2009:

HI Hal any chance of you collaborating on an album with us? My email is instruments4africa@gmail.com

Thanks

* Djordji wrote on May 27, 2009:

Thanks for your comment Hal, i didn't expect it and I'm glad that the idea was picked. In a contest its most about hittin someones taste.
And it motivates me that my way of Remixing it get some honour because it was the first time i used my voice.

I listened to the remixes and yours was the most professional submission. By listining I think the only thing that didn't fit was the mellow vibe and the wake up message..

Danny made it mellow to but found a good solution in creating a dynamic arrangement. But if we look at the comments we see that yours was liked most.
so maybe the judges made a wrong decision but i don't think that you should feel to much disappointed or robbed like Tissali said.

This is all a matter of taste and the most importend thing is that you say and do what you want to say and do. I think thats what it's about... being a true artist you know.

All the Best
Djordji

studio mali wrote on May 27, 2009:

Hi Hal, Thanks for your support and positive spirit during the contest. Your work is exceptional. I hope we'll have the opportunity to work together in the future. Be well.

Studio Mali and 2fanga

MiiM .. wrote on May 27, 2009:

DUDE they got it sooo wrong.... makes me wonder if ppl can really hear the beauty in what u did.... if not then thats really sad state of affairs....
However that ribbon up there is lookin good... so congrats my good friend ;)
just MiiMMin over here...

Tassili Bond wrote on May 26, 2009:

Hal you were robbed bro. I can't believe you didn't place in the Itrahealth comp. Unbelievable...

Dell Rogers wrote on May 26, 2009:

Congratulations Hal. Another outstanding showing. Peace to you.
Dell

Jackie Clark wrote on May 24, 2009:

HAL!!! Thanks for the comments bor>> Always good to get some advice from the real pros!! I'm having a ball with this Vienna software and I just recently added the upgrades to the articulations! I'm surprised you didn't submit a track for this one.I was looking forward to hearing what you would've done with it!

Peace,

JC
p.s-I see my boy Donald hit you up about his new tracks...He's a beast on the sax! I'm playing bass on the first 2 tracks on his page.Of course he's playing sax on my songs too!

Danny Hajek wrote on May 24, 2009:

thank you - but it's still anyone's game! we'll see what the judges say on tuesday.
good luck!

Donald Hayes wrote on May 22, 2009:

HEY HAL.. I JUST ADDED SOME NEW MUSIC. I PUT SOME OF MY ORCHESTRAL STUFF.

LEWIE D wrote on May 13, 2009:

thanks man, i really like some of your work too, like the way you understand music

Danny Hajek wrote on May 12, 2009:

really enjoy your "wake up" remix...nicely done! best of luck.

Ricieri Nascimento wrote on May 10, 2009:

Thank you so much for the comment Hal. I do like Shanghai my city too.

Tosinger T. wrote on May 9, 2009:

Aww, thanks! That was a heartwarming compliment. I must say you are such a great talent yourself.Keep up the good work :)

Richard Harris wrote on May 9, 2009:

Hal you are an incredible player and your ideas seem infinite. Keep up the good work. Ohh, and thanks for the comment you left me.

Dell Rogers wrote on May 4, 2009:

New Swack Bling is hot! Really love your stuff and your style.

FRED CAMPBELL wrote on May 3, 2009:

THANKS FOR THE COMPLIMENT.
GREAT MUSIC ON YOUR PAGE AS WELL.

STAY INSPIRED BRO!

MiiM .. wrote on May 2, 2009:

and u kno u shoulda been up there w/ us... but 1 day soon.... we ain't gonna c th HAL comin... nice chat in lobby we'll do it again soon...
soteria!
b.

Jackie Clark wrote on May 1, 2009:

Thanks Hal!!! You know you're my favorite bro!!! Man when you get a chance, checkout this cat David Minnick's version on the PBS sound effects mix contest!! It's DOPE!!! Did you sbmit anything to that one??

Donald Hayes wrote on April 25, 2009:

HEY MAN. ALL OF YOUR STUFF SOUNDS GREAT. I REALLY LOVE INDIGO.

Jackie Clark wrote on April 24, 2009:

Hal!! Thanks for the comment on my track bro! yep,that's me playing all the keys on my stuff...can't afford a REAL pianist like yourself!!! hahahaha! Means alot coming from you bro!! Thanks again!!!

Peace,

JC

Jackie Clark wrote on April 19, 2009:

HAL!!! Wassup bro??!! Yeah I'm kinda suprised too! I sent an email to a few friends but next thing you know,they were joining the site and voting.Also urging others to join!! I should get part ownership of Indaba,forget the phonecall from John Legend!! hahahaha! I'm helping to put his site on the map! hahaha! I've been telling everybody about this spot. I've also told this one friend of mine from the Bay Area(Marcus Crawford) man,he might win ALL the remix contests..that dude is INCREDIBLE to the 100th power!! I'll forward his page once he joins!! Dude,I just got the extended library of of Vienna Special Editon Plus!!! I'm gonna have ALL the articulations now so my strings,horn sounds should really come up!!

Tassili Bond wrote on April 18, 2009:

Very nice work man.

Qp3 p. wrote on April 18, 2009:

man I had to do it. I had listened to a lot of great remixes, but somehow overlooked yours. Boyee you did the damn thang.(ha,ha)I'm gonna have to add you to my top choices along with Andrew Westphal, Ty Brown, Jacki Clark and others. Bro you through down that's all I'mma say. Peace

Jackie Clark wrote on April 17, 2009:

Thanks for the add Hal...man,your stuff is on another level!! Trying to get there buddy,trying to get there!! haha

Jackie Clark wrote on April 17, 2009:

Great work Hal!!! Wow!

Maja Kristjansson wrote on April 15, 2009:

You are welcome Hal. Good Luck!

Andrew Westphal wrote on April 14, 2009:

Thanks Hal, right back at you! You got it goin on. I hope I can go pro someday...

MiiM .. wrote on April 14, 2009:

thx 4 kind words and +... i wrote another comment but i think it got deleted... ur stuff is super pro and inspiring!!
cheers!
MiiM.