JAMMAN Productions

Just finished production on 1st full cover of ‪ArianaGrande‬‘s hit song “‎OneLastTime‬” for the ‪#‎Secret Girls‬.
They are releasing their version of the song this weekend.
Their debut music video will be released the following week on the Secret Girls YouTube channel with the launch of their official website secretgirlsworld.com💖
All the Secret Girls did an amazing job on the track and are very dedicated to the project.
They traveled from various cities across America to spend 1 week in NYC-NJ area to record.
Great work girls!!!

Spent a solid week arranging, recording and producing J Warren’s NEWEST single “People Love Differently”.

We work hard an shaping an imitate sounding vocal track that delivers the song’s message with poignancy.

“People Love Differently” is contemporary pop ballad that is an introspective look at love relationships and the intricacies that make love complex. J Warren teams up again with award winning producer/arranger James A Manno of JAMMAN Productions to finalize his musical vision of this song. The track features Matt Baranello, drums, Tony Ventura, Bass, J Warren, piano and vocals.

Soon to be available on iTunes and Amazon, you can preview it today on CD BABY: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/jwarren3  

August 30th, 2015

Lords of BSV won Best Documentary at the Rahway International Film Festival.
This has certainly been a wonderful and successful year the Lords of BSV film which I attribute to an outstanding and talented team of people led by the visionaries writer/director Maria Soccor and writer Frank Orefice.
It was a pleasure working with them and scoring this artfully done documentary.
A special thank you to the Film festival’s gracious hosts and wonderful people, Gina and Stacy!

James A Manno wins Best Music In Film at the Madrid International Film Festival today for “Lords Of BSV”! Congratulations to Film Maker, Director and Producer Maria Soccor and the rest of the cast and crew for their dedication and excellent work on this 4 year project!

In addition, Maria was awarded Best Director of a Documentary.

Maria Soccor’s film “Lords of BSV”, which I scored at JAMMAN back in January 2015,  has been on the road at various film festivals this year.

It started in Seattle, WA at the Langston Hughes African American Film Festival in April, is making its way to Visionfest (http://visionfest.com) in Tribeca, NYC this May and will jump across the Atlantic this July for the Madrid International Film Festival 2015.

The film was nominated for best documentary at Madrid International Film Festival, Maria was nominated for Best Director of a Documentary,  Barry was nominated for Best Editor of a Documentary and I was nominated for Best Music in Film. http://www.madridinternationalfilmfestival.com/best-music-in-film-2015/

Great team work!

In January I scored Maria Soccor’s film “Lords of BSV”. The film tour, here’s the schedule:

1) Riverside, California, Thursday, April 9, 2015, @ Riverside Riverside International Film Festival

2) Seattle, Washington,  April 11-19, 2015, @ Langston Hughes African American Film Festival

3) New York City, New York, May 16th, 2015, @ Visionfest, http://www.visionfest.com/film_festival/films/2015/

Hoping to see you at one of the events!

Still together after all these years, the “band of brother-like” Hazmats return to JAMMAN to record a new promo demo.
This time with an additional front female sing Kelley who belted out a gripping rendition of No Doubt’s hit song “Just A Girl”.
It was good to have the guys back in the studio and meet Kelley as we grinded through a FULL day+ of tracking.
On to the mix…..

Working diligently scoring “Lords of BSV” film for Producer/Director Maria Soccor.
Check out the trailer at http://vimeo.com/109958092.

Maria Soccor

Seasons Greetings!

Sincere wishes for a wonderful holiday season and a prosperous and healthy 2015!

Warm regards,

James @ JAMMAN

Recording Peter Biedermann’s solo guitar album, he just arrived from Arizona.
Car is packed with 4 guitars, fender deluxe, pedal boards, PA system and lunch left overs.
He’s using his newest PRS acoustic for the afternoon session.
Tonight is all electric…