![]() “But if the singer is 30 and the music’s great, I’ll consider it.Sad story but a great piece of art – music, and film. “I’m 35 and I tend to gravitate toward younger artists,” he says. Still, Anders insists he isn’t limiting his roster to the young performers he has been associated with through his work for Disney and Glee. Before joining the creative team of Glee,”Anders co-wrote the Backstreet Boys’ 2000 hit “More Than That” and composed and produced tracks for Disney’s Camp Rock, High School Musical 3 and Hannah Montana: The Movie.Īnders Music’s first three signings range in age from 18 to 24, and Harper’s “One Step Closer” features a sunny, pop sheen that will be familiar to fans of the 128 Hot 100 hits that Anders has co-produced, nearly all of them with his musical partner Peer Astrom and Glee executive producer Ryan Murphy. He was playing bass for Christian artist Steven Curtis Chapman when he met his future wife Nikki Hassman, a singer with whom he has collaborated on writing songs. “We will move much quicker he figured it out on his own,” Anders says of Burgess, who has landed songs on TV and in independent films as an unsigned artist.Ī native of Stockholm, Anders grew up in Tampa, Fla., and moved to Nashville after graduating high school. “With Zac, we have to create them.”Īnders Music’s latest signing is Burgess, a singer/songwriter from Dallas who co-wrote “Chillin’ in the Summertime” for the Jonas Brothers’ Disney Channel show Jonas L.A. “With Shane, Disney offers platforms,” Anders says. The label has already placed a Poor song with the Facebook game Nightclub City.Īnders notes that Poor’s debut album, which he says is about half finished, will be released “with a mixtape approach to help build buzz” before its release. Anders signed Harper to a production deal when he was just 15 and “at 18,” the producer says, “he was ready to make an album.”įor Poor, the label’s second signing, Anders and his wife, Nikki, who performed together as a duo before focusing on production, have developed a reality TV show, The Poor House, which they’re shopping to networks. In addition to appearing on Good Luck Charlie, Harper, 18, has danced in High School Musical 2 and Nickelodeon’s Dance on Sunset. “We are here to develop artists - there is no timetable to getting it right.” “I don’t believe in putting out a single and then if it doesn’t hit, drop the artist,” Anders says. The sales total for the album, which is available as a download at retailers like iTunes and Amazon, doesn’t include CD sales at concert venues during Harper’s current tour with Greyson Chance and Cody Simpson, which wraps May 18. “One Step Closer” has sold close to 3,000 digital tracks since its March 31 release, while the album has sold fewer than 1,000 units since its April 12 bow, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Radio Disney added the song to its playlist and Abercrombie & Fitch’s Hollister stores used the song and Harper’s image in promotional activities. Harper’s first single, “One Step Closer,” was featured on Good Luck Charlie in April. “By saying, ‘Let’s do everything in-house,’ we can make the decision as to when we need a major.” ![]() “When you do a standard distribution deal, you are being boxed into one system,” Anders says.
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