Jared Gutstadt
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Jared Gutstadt is an American music Entrepreneur and C.E.O. of Jingle Punks Music
Jingle Punks Music
Jingle Punks Music is a music licensing and production music company based in New York, NY. Founded by Jared Gutstadt and Dan Demole in October 2008, the company provides music licenses for television, film, video games and advertisements.- History :...

. Jingle Punks Music
Jingle Punks Music
Jingle Punks Music is a music licensing and production music company based in New York, NY. Founded by Jared Gutstadt and Dan Demole in October 2008, the company provides music licenses for television, film, video games and advertisements.- History :...

 has been featured in Billboard, Wired, Variety and was named "one of America's most promising start ups" by Business Week.f


"I told Dan if we started a library geared toward youth-oriented networks, things would happen," says Jared Gutstadt, Jingle Punks co-founder and CEO. "Our first day was Aug. 10 of last year -- we had the Food Network by October."


Jared was a graduate of New York Universities Telecommunications Program.
He is also the lead singer in two indie bands (Group Sounds, Generals & Majors)

Jared Gutstadt started Jingle Punks after spending several years going in between a career as an editor by day and rockstar by night. Some of Jared's early editing credits include work on Chappelle's Show and MTV's Cribs. As an editor, Jared was known for strategically placing his music in shows he worked on. Jared made the switch into the world of composing after working on a film by John Waters
John Waters (filmmaker)
John Samuel Waters, Jr. is an American filmmaker, actor, stand-up comedian, writer, journalist, visual artist, and art collector, who rose to fame in the early 1970s for his transgressive cult films...

 called "This Filthy World".

Jared plays many instruments, has two sons named after famous rock stars, has conducted a symphony with members of the New York Philharmonic
New York Philharmonic
The New York Philharmonic is a symphony orchestra based in New York City in the United States. It is one of the American orchestras commonly referred to as the "Big Five"...

, writes a column for Guitar World
Guitar World
Guitar World is a monthly music magazine devoted to guitarists. It contains original interviews, album and gear reviews and guitar and bass tablature of approximately five songs each month. The magazine is published 13 times per year...

, and has an ASCAP Award for most performed Film and Television music of 2010 for the theme to Pawn Stars
Pawn Stars
Pawn Stars is an American reality television series on the History Channel, produced in Manhattan by Leftfield Pictures. The series is filmed in Las Vegas, Nevada, where it chronicles the daily activities at the Gold & Silver Pawn Shop, a 24-hour family business operated by patriarch Richard...

. Other accomplishments include, composing for Morgan Spurlock's Comic Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope, composing for NBC's The Voice, and composing for NBC's Fashion Star. Jared was also featured in a Bloomberg Businessweek November 2011 article entitled "Helping Indie Musicians Market Their Tunes" as well as a New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...

 article called "A Genre-Bending Musical Pitch to Ad Agencies".

Originally from Toronto, Jared has played in bands since high school and toured extensively from 2001-2003 with The Izzys. During this time his musical accomplishments were featured in the pages of NME magazine and even recorded a legendary Peel Session for the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...

.

Although, Group Sounds
Group Sounds
Group Sounds is a genre of Japanese rock music. Inspired by The Beatles, Group Sounds became popular in the mid to late 1960s. Group Sounds initiated fusion of Japanese kayōkyoku music and rock music...

 is no longer active, they re-unite every year around the fall season to play NYC shows for industry insiders and to entertain clients of Jingle Punks which is composed of the NYC media elite.

Discography

  • The Izzys (2004)
  • The Izzys - Fast and Out of Control Wins the Race (2005)
  • Group Sounds- EP (2005)
  • Group Sounds (2006)

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