Workshop and 2x4: Music Supervision and Sync Licensing
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Cleveland Rocks: PPF’s Music Industry Workshops and Panels are held on the third Monday of the month from 7-9pm at the Cleveland Rocks Shop (15801 Waterloo Rd.). Each workshop will focus on a different music-related topic presented by a guest speaker or panel of industry professionals. Our popular 2×4 Songwriter Showcases kick-off these events, featuring 4 different artists, 2 songs each.
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JULY WORKSHOP:
Music Supervision and Sync Licensing
Guest Speakers: Abraham Bradshaw and Silas Hite
Abraham Bradshaw will be speaking and doing a Q&A at the 2x4 at the Cleveland Rocks Shop on July 20th on the subjects of Music Supervision and Sync Licensing. This will be a useful information session for anyone who works or is interested in working in the music and or film industries. Abe has worked as a Music Supervisor for feature films, documentaries, television shows, and commercials for over 20 years, and he will explain the ins and outs of sync licensing and how the process works for both musicians/songwriters and film directors/producers. Joining Abe will be the very talented and accomplised compser Silas Hite, who will also be answering your questions on how Composers work hand in hand with Music Supervisors in order to create a film's soundtrack.
Free event!
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2x4 Songwriter Showcase (4 Artists, 2 songs each)
Artists include PXVBS, Susan Carson, Sam Poetry and one more TBA.
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About the Speakers:
ABRAHAM BRADSHAW
Abraham Bradshaw is a music supervisor, senior executive, and creative producer with over 25 years of diversified experience in the music, media, and film industries, including A&R, production, licensing, and promotion. Responsible for the curation of music in dozens of film, TV and advertising projects - as well as the creation and production of hundreds of songs, videos, and films.
After working for Sanctuary Records, RCA Records, and Sony BMG Distribution, Bradshaw launched his own independent production company for music, media and film in 2005. His projects have been featured on many primetime television hit shows including Shameless, Grey’s Anatomy, Sons of Anarchy, House, One Tree Hill, Friday Night Lights, The Big C, and Bored To Death, have appeared in Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, Billboard, The New York Times, along with performances on NPR, CBS Sunday Morning, Late Night with Conan O’ Brien, and the Late Show with David Letterman.
Working as a Music Supervisor, some of Abe’s completed feature film projects include A Place in the Field by up and coming director, Nikki Mejia, and picked up by Lionsgate, and The Virtuoso, starring Anthony Hopkins and Abbie Cornish. The documentary feature film about the baseball legend Yogi Berra called It Ain’t Over was picked up for distribution by Sony Pictures Classics and was the highest grossing theatrical documentary of 2023.
Bradshaw attended the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. After graduation, he served as a Supply Corps Officer in the US Navy, and then moved to NYC to pursue his dream of working in the music industry. After moving to LA in 2008, Bradshaw became a member of the volunteer staff of Veterans in Media & Entertainment (VME) in 2014 and serves as the Director of Career Development and Community Outreach. He also volunteers for Cleveland Rocks: Past, Present, and Future… and recently launched his own nonprofit, the Higher Fidelity Music Fund.
SILAS HITE
Silas Hite is an Emmy-winning American composer, multi-instrumentalist, and visual artist known for his genre-bending scores for film, television, documentaries, commercials, and video games.
His music has appeared in projects for ABC, NBC, HBO, FOX, CNN, The BBC, PIXAR, Warner Brothers, Sony, Netflix, EA Games, Ubisoft, and Google including Chef’s Table, Street Food: Asia, The Big Brunch, My Happy Place, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue!, Mater’s Tall Tales, The Sims 4, Tetris mobile, The Simpsons Game, and many more.
Beginning his career in 2003 as an in-house composer at Mutato Muzika alongside his uncles Mark and Bob Mothersbaugh, Hite developed a distinctive style blending orchestral scoring, experimental sound design, vintage instruments, and world instrumentation.
Since 2010 he has been a successful freelance-composer continuing to score films, tv shows, ads, video games, and also making many albums. Hite releases genre-hopping instrumental albums under his own name and Americana songs as The Satin Cowboy & The Seven Deadly Sins.
In addition to traditional scoring projects, Hite has collaborated with choreographers, museums, and contemporary artists, with projects appearing at The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, The New York Museum of Modern Art, The Whitney Museum, and The Los Angeles County Museum of Art. One of his pen and ink drawings was purchased by The Getty Museum for their permanent collection.
www.silashite.com
2x4 Artist Bios:
PXVBS, pronounced Phoenix Vibes, is a Cleveland-born artist and songwriter blending alternative hip-hop, melodic storytelling, and cinematic world-building. Shaped by a life of pressure, resilience, faith, and reinvention, he creates music for people becoming themselves through the fire.
Susan Carson is a Cleveland-based electric indie rock duo crafting smart, soulful, emotionally driven songs influenced by rock, R&B, hip hop, shoegaze, and jazz. Built around Susan Carson’s powerful vocals and Rikk Mayr’s melodic bass lines, the duo creates a wide, cinematic sound layered with synthesizers and drum tracks. Formed in 2025 when Susan joined for lessons at Rikk's own kung fu school, the two found they both had a deep history in music. Susan had years of experience fronting playing in bands and Rikk is a graduate of the Berklee College of Music and toured nationally and internationally with southern rock mainstays Blackfoot.
Sam Poetry is an artist, producer, and audio engineer from Niagara Falls, New York. His 90’s sound is throwback to hip hop’s golden era. He’s worked with several established
artist such as MGK. His self-produced debut album "Poetic Dope” garnered critical acclaim throughout the underground, and he's performed to packed crowds around the country. In addition to his artistry Sam teaches music online and in Cleveland city schools. Be sure to visit sampoetry.com for more info and music.
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The Cleveland Rocks Shop is an intimate venue with LIMITED capacity. Please arrive early to grab a seat!
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This event is made possible with support from Cuyahoga Arts and Culture and Ohio Arts Council.
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JULY WORKSHOP:
Music Supervision and Sync Licensing
Guest Speakers: Abraham Bradshaw and Silas Hite
Abraham Bradshaw will be speaking and doing a Q&A at the 2x4 at the Cleveland Rocks Shop on July 20th on the subjects of Music Supervision and Sync Licensing. This will be a useful information session for anyone who works or is interested in working in the music and or film industries. Abe has worked as a Music Supervisor for feature films, documentaries, television shows, and commercials for over 20 years, and he will explain the ins and outs of sync licensing and how the process works for both musicians/songwriters and film directors/producers. Joining Abe will be the very talented and accomplised compser Silas Hite, who will also be answering your questions on how Composers work hand in hand with Music Supervisors in order to create a film's soundtrack.
Free event!
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2x4 Songwriter Showcase (4 Artists, 2 songs each)
Artists include PXVBS, Susan Carson, Sam Poetry and one more TBA.
**
About the Speakers:
ABRAHAM BRADSHAW
Abraham Bradshaw is a music supervisor, senior executive, and creative producer with over 25 years of diversified experience in the music, media, and film industries, including A&R, production, licensing, and promotion. Responsible for the curation of music in dozens of film, TV and advertising projects - as well as the creation and production of hundreds of songs, videos, and films.
After working for Sanctuary Records, RCA Records, and Sony BMG Distribution, Bradshaw launched his own independent production company for music, media and film in 2005. His projects have been featured on many primetime television hit shows including Shameless, Grey’s Anatomy, Sons of Anarchy, House, One Tree Hill, Friday Night Lights, The Big C, and Bored To Death, have appeared in Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, Billboard, The New York Times, along with performances on NPR, CBS Sunday Morning, Late Night with Conan O’ Brien, and the Late Show with David Letterman.
Working as a Music Supervisor, some of Abe’s completed feature film projects include A Place in the Field by up and coming director, Nikki Mejia, and picked up by Lionsgate, and The Virtuoso, starring Anthony Hopkins and Abbie Cornish. The documentary feature film about the baseball legend Yogi Berra called It Ain’t Over was picked up for distribution by Sony Pictures Classics and was the highest grossing theatrical documentary of 2023.
Bradshaw attended the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. After graduation, he served as a Supply Corps Officer in the US Navy, and then moved to NYC to pursue his dream of working in the music industry. After moving to LA in 2008, Bradshaw became a member of the volunteer staff of Veterans in Media & Entertainment (VME) in 2014 and serves as the Director of Career Development and Community Outreach. He also volunteers for Cleveland Rocks: Past, Present, and Future… and recently launched his own nonprofit, the Higher Fidelity Music Fund.
SILAS HITE
Silas Hite is an Emmy-winning American composer, multi-instrumentalist, and visual artist known for his genre-bending scores for film, television, documentaries, commercials, and video games.
His music has appeared in projects for ABC, NBC, HBO, FOX, CNN, The BBC, PIXAR, Warner Brothers, Sony, Netflix, EA Games, Ubisoft, and Google including Chef’s Table, Street Food: Asia, The Big Brunch, My Happy Place, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue!, Mater’s Tall Tales, The Sims 4, Tetris mobile, The Simpsons Game, and many more.
Beginning his career in 2003 as an in-house composer at Mutato Muzika alongside his uncles Mark and Bob Mothersbaugh, Hite developed a distinctive style blending orchestral scoring, experimental sound design, vintage instruments, and world instrumentation.
Since 2010 he has been a successful freelance-composer continuing to score films, tv shows, ads, video games, and also making many albums. Hite releases genre-hopping instrumental albums under his own name and Americana songs as The Satin Cowboy & The Seven Deadly Sins.
In addition to traditional scoring projects, Hite has collaborated with choreographers, museums, and contemporary artists, with projects appearing at The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, The New York Museum of Modern Art, The Whitney Museum, and The Los Angeles County Museum of Art. One of his pen and ink drawings was purchased by The Getty Museum for their permanent collection.
www.silashite.com
2x4 Artist Bios:
PXVBS, pronounced Phoenix Vibes, is a Cleveland-born artist and songwriter blending alternative hip-hop, melodic storytelling, and cinematic world-building. Shaped by a life of pressure, resilience, faith, and reinvention, he creates music for people becoming themselves through the fire.
Susan Carson is a Cleveland-based electric indie rock duo crafting smart, soulful, emotionally driven songs influenced by rock, R&B, hip hop, shoegaze, and jazz. Built around Susan Carson’s powerful vocals and Rikk Mayr’s melodic bass lines, the duo creates a wide, cinematic sound layered with synthesizers and drum tracks. Formed in 2025 when Susan joined for lessons at Rikk's own kung fu school, the two found they both had a deep history in music. Susan had years of experience fronting playing in bands and Rikk is a graduate of the Berklee College of Music and toured nationally and internationally with southern rock mainstays Blackfoot.
Sam Poetry is an artist, producer, and audio engineer from Niagara Falls, New York. His 90’s sound is throwback to hip hop’s golden era. He’s worked with several established
artist such as MGK. His self-produced debut album "Poetic Dope” garnered critical acclaim throughout the underground, and he's performed to packed crowds around the country. In addition to his artistry Sam teaches music online and in Cleveland city schools. Be sure to visit sampoetry.com for more info and music.
**
The Cleveland Rocks Shop is an intimate venue with LIMITED capacity. Please arrive early to grab a seat!
**
This event is made possible with support from Cuyahoga Arts and Culture and Ohio Arts Council.
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Cleveland Rocks Shop, 15801 Waterloo Rd, Cleveland, OH 44110-1661, United States, East Cleveland
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