December Update...

We are currently in the studio writing smashes for some of your favorite hit artists with fellow RONDOR/UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHING writer/producers Jaylien Wesley and Quincy Jaeger who penned/produced the smash "Beautiful" for AKON and The Writers Block camp who penned the NICKI MINAJ smash "FLY".

F.T.S.K. album debutes on BILLBOARD charts

FTSK strikes a chord on their third full-length studio album with their self-titled CD, "FOREVER THE SICKEST KIDS." MJ&iRoK step up big contributing two co-written and produced tracks on the CD which includes the first single "Life Of The Party" and a second cut on the album, "Forever Girl" - A beautiful, heartfelt ballad that is sure to become a F.T.S.K.'s classic! The new Album is already a Hot Seller debuting on several BILLBOARD Albums Charts; #8 Rock Albums, #5 Rock/Alternative Albums, #12 Digital Albums, #33 Top 200 Albums as well as rising to the #6 spot on the iTunes's Album Chart! FOREVER THE SICKEST KIDS is currently on tour with Capitol Recording Artist Good Charlotte.

MJ&iRoK are the newest WAVES artists

Ian Scott and Mark Jackson are two of the leading lights in gaming, film, and television sound. Mark and Ian took a few minutes to discuss how Waves plugins help them create their cutting-edge game sound.

"When hired by G10/Hanbitsoft to create the soundtrack for the world's largest online dance battle video game Audition (300 million players worldwide), we knew our tracks would have to have a sonic impact and dynamic intensity that would translate to online players all around the world! Our goal was to write, produce, and mix explosive club bangers that made players feel like dancers, not gamers!"......read more

IK Multimedia endorses MJ&iRoK

Sonik Synth™ 2, T-RackS® SampleTank®2 and AmpliTube® hit the Sci-Fi Screen

Mark Jackson, producer and composer for Hollywood movie legend Robert Evans, producer of legendary films such as The Godfather, Chinatown, Cotton Club and more. He is currently working on a theme for a sci-fi thriller feature film. Here's what he had to say on the creative uses for IK's music production software:

"This rough draft of the theme song was written by Josh Kelley (Hollywood Records), Taylor Cronk, and myself. It also features Ben Peeler (The Wallflowers, Shakira) on the lap steel. Since the movie is space oriented, the producers wanted a theme that was sparse in instrumentation with tons of ambient strings, haunting pads, thick acoustic guitars, and of course beautiful vocals. Having produced several songs for Josh Kelley, and knowing he has one of the most dynamic voices out there today, he was a perfect fit to bring it all together.............................................................read more.

MJ&iRoK on APOGEE ELECTRONICS

"I knew that only the best portable, and versatile mic pre amps and converters would do [for producing the Sirius Satellite show "In Bed with Robert Evans"]. Apogee was the only company that could satisfy the man who put Hollywood on the map. There is so much clarity and such an enhanced stereo image with the Rosetta 200, and the Mini-MP mic pre is so precise and present...............................read more.