January 27, 2010

It’s always amazing to us how far IZ’s reach can go. From Better Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and now Angelina Jolie who used Over the Rainbow in this very touching tribute to her late mother…

Here is a commercial featuring “Over the Rainbow” that was shown in the UK…

Life and Death as IZ see’s it….From IZ himself. I not scard_ plant a tree

Sometimes Israel and I would rehearse in his apartment working with a drum machine and a keyboard that I could pull out chords and sounds from.  His daughter and friends would be playing on the other side of the room…

In the next few months I want to share some of the worldwide television commercials in which we have licensed Israel’s music.
In Europe “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” has been a phenomenal success but other songs too……
They have a different way of making television commercials there.
It’s a music producer’s dream, in most of the commercials there was never a voiceover Just the music.
There have been over 80 licenses given worldwide.
Some of the most creative works I’ve ever seen………

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Israel would often play around before a song. Making jokes, comments and chatter rarely counting off in a traditional way …. He’d just start playing. I would normally edit out and start on the down beat of the song. Here’s…

This is the official video for “Over the Rainbow” it currently has over 9.5 million worldwide views on youtube!

Israel “IZ” Kamakawiwo`ole’s video of the worldwide hit “What A Wonderful World” produced by Jon de Mello for The Mountain Apple Company