EA’s Steve Schnur and Cybele Pettus are profiled in ESPN The Magazine's Music Issue (dated Feb. 2). In the piece, the two execs are described as “music tastemakers... But instead of delivering a top 40 on your FM dial, they drop their hit list on each EA Sports videogame soundtrack.” Schnur and Pettus have been choosing the tracks for the FIFA, Madden, NBA and NHL games for more than a decade, impacting artist careers at least as much as film and TV music supes.
As the story points out, Imagine Dragons were featured on FIFA 2013 just before Night Visions became Spotify's most streamed album in the U.S. that year. "What once was MTV and radio to an older generation is now FIFA and Madden," says Schnur. "We don't take that for granted. We look at 1,000 bands to get to the 40 [on each game]."
THE COUNT: ALL THE DESERT'S A STAGE
The dust settles on the Indio Polo Grounds. (4/22a)
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THE NEW UMG
Gosh, we hope there are more press releases.
TIKTOK BANNED!
Unless the Senate manages to make this whole thing go away, that is.
THE NEW HUGE COUNTRY ACT
No, not that one.
TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN PLAYLIST
Now 100% unlicensed!
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