Brooke Wentz Explained

Brooke Wentz
Birth Place:United States
Birth Name:Brooke Marie Wentz

Brooke Wentz is an American record producer and music director.[1] She has served as a music director for ESPN.[2] [3] She was also the recipient of the Billboard Music Award for the best world music album in 1994, Global Meditation - Authentic Music from Meditative Traditions of the World.[4]

Education

Wentz graduated magna cum laude from Barnard College. She also graduated with an M.B.A. from Columbia University.[2] [5] [6]

Career

Wentz began her career in the 1980s as a public radio host for stations such as New York's WKCR-FM, where she hosted the music program Transfigured Night.[7] She eventually became new music director of WKCR.[6]

After her career in public radio, Wentz served as Manager of A&R Administration at Arista Records.[1] [2] [3] [8] While visiting the FESPACO Film Festival in Burkina Faso, Wentz was an eyewitness to the events of the 1991 Malian coup d'etat alongside Malian musician Salif Keita. She wrote about the incident in an article for the music periodical The Beat.[9]

In 1992, Wentz produced the compilation album Global Meditation.[10] The album featured meditative music from several world religious traditions.[11] Global Meditation went on to win the Billboard Music Award for best world music album in 1994.[12] [4] In 1994, Wentz produced another compilation album of African music, titled Africa: Never Stand Still. In 1995, Wentz also produced the compilation album Global Divas, which featured contributions from female artists such as Patsy Cline, Aretha Franklin, Lydia Mendoza, and Celia Cruz. The album was produced to promote the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women.[13]

By 1996, Wentz had become the music director of ESPN.[5] [8] [14] Wentz was one of the first music directors who licensed music for the X Games and supervised a compilation album for the event.[15] [16]

In 2000, Wentz also served as the music producer for New York City's Times Square Millennium Celebration.[2] [17] In 2002, Wentz founded the music supervision company The Rights Workshop.[18] [19] [20] The Rights Workshop has provided music for film and television productions including Melancholia, Bill Cunningham New York, and Don't Stop Believin': Everyman's Journey.[21] [19]

In 2007, Wentz's first book, Hey, That's My Music! Music Supervision, Licensing, and Content Acquisition was published by Hal Leonard Books.[22] [23]

Wentz founded Seven Seas Music in 2014.[1] [24] [25] [26] [27] Seven Seas Music has licensed music for use films such as the films No Escape and Knight of Cups,[1] as well as the television series Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown and Criminal Minds.[19]

Wentz's second book, Music Rights Unveiled: A Filmmaker's Guide to Music Rights and Licensing, was published in 2017 by Taylor & Francis. She co-wrote the book in collaboration with Maryam Battaglia.[28] [29]

Discography

YearTitleArtistCredits
1990Music from the HeartVarious ArtistsProducer
1991Global Celebration: PassagesVarious ArtistsProducer, Compilation Producer
1992Global Celebration: Dancing with the GodsVarious ArtistsCompilation Producer
1992Global Meditation, Vol. 2: Harmony & InterplayVarious ArtistsProducer
1992Global Meditation, Vol. 4: Music From the HeartVarious ArtistsProducer
1992Global Meditation - Authentic Music from Meditative Traditions of the WorldVarious ArtistsProducer
1992Les Ambassadeurs Internationales with Salif KeitaLes Ambassadeurs and Salif KeitaLiner Notes
1992Nocturne ParisianGraham Haynes & No ImageAssociate Producer
1993Global Celebration (Authentic Music from Festivals & Celebrations Around the World)Various ArtistsProducer, Engineer, Composer
1993Sketches of MilesByron OlsonCoordination
1993Voices of Forgotten Worlds: Traditional Music of Indigenous PeoplesVarious ArtistsProducer
1994Africa: Never Stand StillVarious ArtistsProducer
1994Dance of the Leaves (Restless/Enigma)Toure KundaLiner Notes
1994Global Celebration: GatheringsVarious ArtistsProducer, Compilation Producer, Composer
1994Saints & SinnersJean-Paul BorrellyField Recording
1995Global DivasVarious ArtistsProducer, Compilation Producer, Liner Notes
1996Divas of MaliVarious ArtistsProducer
1996The X Games: The Compilation AlbumVarious ArtistsMusic Supervisor
1996X-Games, Vol. 1: Music from the EdgeVarious ArtistsMusic Supervisor
1997Best of Ellipsis ArtsVarious ArtistsProducer, Liner Notes
1997Divine Divas: A World of Women's VoicesVarious ArtistsCompilation Producer
1997The Best of Ellipsis Arts: AfricaVarious ArtistsProducer, Liner Notes
1998Best of Ellipsis Arts: Global CelebrationVarious ArtistsEditing, Liner Notes
1998Best of Ellipsis Arts: Global MeditationVarious ArtistsProducer
1999An American Love Story (Original Soundtrack)Various ArtistsMusic Supervisor
1999Back to Our Roots, Vol. 1Too BadExecutive Producer
1999Passion Planet: Songs of Love from Around the WorldVarious ArtistsProducer, Compilation Producer
1999Wonders of the African WorldVarious ArtistsProducer, Music Supervisor
2000Celebration! Times Square 2000Various ArtistsProducer
2000Dan GnaLes GoExecutive Producer

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Seven Seas Music Makes It Easy to License Authentic Global Music.... November 7, 2014.
  2. Web site: Brooke Wentz - CEO of Seven Seas Music. ideamensch.com. 15 December 2019 .
  3. Web site: Brooke Wentz. July 29, 2018. Music In Africa.
  4. Web site: Jerry Garcia music featured in world music compilation. August 1, 2019. The Music Universe.
  5. News: Brooke M. Wentz, Alfredo E. Alias. The New York Times. October 6, 1996.
  6. Web site: The Hip-Hop Project: A historical exploration into the relationship between Columbia University and the rap revolution - Columbia Spectator. Columbia Daily Spectator.
  7. Book: Ear Magazine. 1983. New Wilderness Foundation.
  8. Web site: What are Music Supervisor's Looking For? Music Licensing. August 7, 2019. Pyramind.
  9. Book: Wentz, Brooke . EYEWITNESS TO HISTORY SALIF KEITA and the COUP D' ETAT . The Beat . 1991 . 10 . 38.
  10. Web site: Brooke Wentz | Credits. AllMusic.
  11. Web site: Esquire — June 1993. Esquire | The Complete Archive.
  12. Web site: Music Licensing.
  13. Web site: Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. Inc. July 1, 1995. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. Google Books.
  14. Web site: 27 Mar 1994, 139 - Daily News at Newspapers.com. Newspapers.com.
  15. Web site: X-Games, Vol. 1: Music from the Edge - Various Artists | Credits | AllMusic. www.allmusic.com.
  16. Web site: Publishing Hit Songs: Aczon, Austria, Wentz in SF.
  17. Book: Morris, Chris . Women Helping Women with 'Global Divas' . Nielsen Business Media, Inc. . 1995 . 26th.
  18. Web site: Electronic Musician Magazine. https://web.archive.org/web/20100907041050/http://emusician.com/interviews/qa_brooke_wentz/. 2010-09-07.
  19. Industry Profile: Seven Seas Music Founder, Brooke Wentz. Elizabeth. Shearrow. May 17, 2021. Backstage Pass. 4. 1.
  20. Web site: Brooke Wentz, CEO, Seven Seas Music.
  21. Web site: DATE CHANGED- The Rights Workshop Presents: Make Music, Make Money: Get Paid To Write Music - MTT Open - Music Think Tank. www.musicthinktank.com.
  22. Web site: For a Song: How to Get the Music You Want. June 15, 2009. International Documentary Association.
  23. Book: Hey, That's My Music!: Music Supervision, Licensing, and Content Acquisition. 9781423422129. 2007. Hal Leonard Corporation.
  24. Web site: Jerry Garcia Foundation launches new record label, supports Himalayas with first album. Alex. Biese. Asbury Park Press.
  25. https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2019/09/27/women-who-lead-san-francisco-music-firms-owners.html Women who lead: San Francisco music firm's owners sail the Seven Seas
  26. Web site: Seven Seas Music Makes Licensing True International Music Easy; Red Bull, Dodge and Hollywood Already Knocking. Ryan Book, The Music. Times. November 9, 2014. Music Times.
  27. Web site: TaFMA & San Francisco's Seven Seas Music to create new avenues for Naga musicians. January 19, 2021. EastMojo.
  28. Web site: Music Rights Unveiled : Brooke Wentz : 9781138673304. www.bookdepository.com.
  29. Book: Music Rights Unveiled: A Filmmaker's Guide to Music Rights and Licensing. 9781317203070. 22 September 2017. Taylor & Francis.