HitPlay Productions: News

Kelly King & Nemesis are both releasing their debut albums this summer. Kelly’s album, Live The Dream, is set to release in July and Nemesis’ album, Rise Up, will first digitally release at the end of June.

Some changes are going on with Joe & Sean as well. The two have formed their new production company, HitPlay Productions LLC. You will soon start to see those visual changes on the website, but all operations will remain the same, making great music! Also, Kelly King & Nemesis are the first projects for which they will use their new production team name, “HitPlay”. Joe & Sean wanted a simple name that sums up their attitude towards creating music. “HitPlay, the Music Speaks for Itself!”

In SE7EN news, here are a couple live videos of him performing “All Night”, written & produced by Joe & Sean. One is at the 2006 World Cup and the other is at the 2006 Seoul Drama Awards. The album, 24/7, which was released in April 2006, has reportedly sold over 100,000 copies by the end of 2006.

MELINDA DOOLITTLE continues to be a force to be reckoned with on American Idol. We were able to steal her away from the hectic schedule of AI and catch up over dinner, after the Country show. We were able to attend the taping, and in case you are wondering, she is just as fantastic live as on the show. Keep Voting!

KELLY KING’S debut album, “Live the Dream”, is set to release this summer. Joe & Sean produced 9 songs on the album and wrote on 8. Check out samples of her music at www.myspace.com/kellykingsings

A few years ago, Joe was asked by Norro Wilson, the writer of "Most Beautiful Girl", to make a pop version of the old classic. The original version was a No. 1 hit for Charlie Rich. As Joe studied the song, he realized that the lyrics were very sad. The original version had a very happy vibe to the production, so Joe wanted to capitalize on the disparity of the song in the new production. As a result, the twin brothers, known as NEMESIS, wanted Joe to produce the track for them, and you can see and hear the end result on MTV.COM.

NEMESIS current single, "Number One in Heaven" is currently #2 on the UK's Commercial Pop Club Chart. Their debut album is set for release this Spring, which will include the song "Crash", written & produced by Sean & Joe.

To view both videos go to www.mtv.com and search for NEMESIS.

We are happy to see our friend, Melinda Doolittle, successfully competing on American Idol. Melinda and Sean met while studying Music at Belmont University, where they performed in several singing groups together. Since then, Melinda has been apart of many of Joe Hogue Productions recording projects. We’ve posted a special Melinda Doolittle section on the MUSIC SAMPLES page where you’ll find a few of our songs Melinda is featured on. Be sure to VOTE and support this Extremely Deserving Talent!
WE LOVE YOU MELINDA!!!

WOW Worship: Aqua sold GOLD (500,000) in September, which is Joe Hogue's 11th Gold Record to his credit. Joe also has 3 Platinum selling albums. WOW Worship includes the song “You are Good” which Joe produced for Israel’s New Season record. New Season was a break through album for Israel Houghton and song’s from the record have been used on many compilations series, such as WOW, Songs 4 Worship, Gotta Have Gospel, iWorship and more. Isreal has continued his success as one of his recent albums sold Gold in 2005.

JHP Artist, NEMESIS, will appear on the MTV show “The Making of Jacob & Joshua: Nemesis Rising” which airs this Sunday (December 3) at 11 PM EST. The special will take a unique look at their reality show and follow the evolution of Jacob and Joshua’s music and career. The twin brothers have also been featured on CNN’s “Showbiz Tonight”.

Tune into Saturday Night Live December 9th as Joe will be providing the intro and 2 tracks for the famous recurring cartoon skit “TV FUN HOUSE”. The episode called “Diddy’s Kiddies” will parody R&B mogul Diddy.

JHP artist, Nemesis, appeared on TRL this week to debut their new reality show, NEMESIS RISING on the LOGO Network. If you missed the first show, it can be viewed online at www.logoonline.com.

Joe and Sean are producing the song “Crash”, in which they wrote with Curb Records artist, Nemesis, for their debut Album. Nemesis’ reality show, about the making of their album and the start of their careers, is set to air in October, on Logo. They will also appear on TRL this Fall for the release of the Album.

JHP has inked a deal with legendary producer/arranger, Charles Calello(“All By Myself”), to write and produce 7 songs for up and coming Diva, Kelly King! The television show, 20/20, will be following the making of Kelly’s debut album. Stay tuned.

Joe’s “JOJOHO Buddha Remix” of the Jason & Demarco song, “Tryin to Get to You” has been holding steady this summer on the Billboard “Hot Dance Airplay” charts.

Asian superstar, SE7EN, who won 2006 MTV Asia Awards (Favorite Artist Korea) & 2006 MTV Video Music Awards Japan (Best BuzzAsia Award from Korea), has repackaged his latest release “24/7”. The song, “All Night (밤새도록)”, Produced and written by JHP’s Joe Hogue & Sean Petersen, is a part of this Album that has been topping various music Charts since it’s release in March 06. The Repackaged album includes a DVD of SE7EN’s June concert in Seoul, the Album “24/7”, and a 40 page photo album.

SE7EN just released his new project titled 24/SE7EN. Track 7 is JHP's "Unlock The Flow" sung in Korean, which was written and Produced by Joe Hogue and Sean Petersen. You can check him out at www.Hello7.com.

JHP is staying busy! We are continuing to work with ReelWorld Productions out of Seattle. www.ReelWorld.com. Presently we are working with Reelworld on The Delilah Radio Show. One of the most successful world wide AC radio shows out there. www.Delilah.com. Also, Joe was interviewed by Indiefilmer.com and is featured this month. Check out the interview at www.indiefilmer.com. Finally Unvasion has their Website up and running with streaming Video and Audio. www.Unvasion.com. Check out this amazing new trio from Ukraine. JHP is continuing to work with Unvasion. Taking the World by storm!

JHP has been busy busy! The past two weeks have been a whirlwind of activity at JHP. Joe collaborated on a Hot new song with Jennifer Paige ("Crush") and X factor writer Marc Nelkin for Jennifer's upcoming release on Universal.

Also, Long time friend and client Steph Carse came into town to cut 2 more songs for his upcoming release in Canada. Check out Steph's song Reach Out. It is the new Theme song for The American Red Cross. As usual the sessions went smoothly and Steph Cooked up a storm with his all natural gourmet Feasts!

JHP is excited to be starting a relationship with jingle company Reel World based in Seattle. One of the top jingle companies in the world. Joe is working with Erik Huber from Reel World on a project for Radio 358 in the Netherlands and WLIT in Chicago. We are very excited about the potential of a long term working relationship with Reel World.

JHP is in pre-production with Ari Gold working on his new project. Ari is an amazing talent based out of New York. Check out his website for lots more info on this guy! www.AriGold.com. While in Los Angeles Ari will be performing in Hollywood at "HERE" on February 5th.

Joe Hogue Productions wishing you a Happy and Wonderfully Productive 2006!

It has come to JHP's attention that all over the world there was a simultaneous Big Sing of Joe's arrangement of "Lean On Me" originally arranged and produced for dcTalk. The project was a benefit to raise money for children charities across the globe. They had almost 200,000 children sing the song along with artists Joss Stone, Lemar, Ms. Dynamite, and the African Children's Choir! There will be a DVD available in the near future. To see and hear highlights visit the following links.

www.BigSing.com
www.YoungVoicesConcerts.com