New
York, NY (December 20)-- Discovery
Home Channel has taken do-it-yourself programming to the
next
level with its new weekly show "Toolbelt
Diva," a home improvement program
geared towards women that began its
12-episode run in August. Setting
a sassy and exciting
tone for the program is the show's
opening disco theme, penned, recorded
and mixed by Glenn Schloss and Erik Blicker of NYC's
G&E
Music. Working with the show's producer Liza Keckler
and Discovery's Jesse Gordon and
Sue Norton, Schloss and Blicker
created a lively musical intro to the half-hour program,
whose host's call-to-arms announces: "Ladies, helplessness
is out. Power is in." |
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"There
were several directions tossed around and eventually we all
settled in on a 70's groove theme," says Schloss. "The
visuals were pretty retro, so the music needed to reflect
that aesthetic." Schloss and Blicker got their groove
on, recording some funk guitar tracks through old Vibroverb
guitar amps, a pulsing dance floor bass line and live percussion
along with some E-Tribe programming recorded directly into
Pro Tools HD.
G&E
also brought in Kool and the Gang’s Backup vocalist
Nikki Tillman to sing some hooks--"give the song some
diva"--tracks that were perfectly placed in the mix
for extra attitude. And, reflected in the song's sound design
is the show's work site setting, with the sounds of saws,
hammers and toolbelts clanking, added on to the tail end
of the music. Keckler, with Seattle's Screaming Flea Productions,
and the folks at Discovery were impressed with G&E's
stylish track, a definite enhancement to the show's packaging.'
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