Ted Mason, meets Good News sitting and playing and watching his dog in the park.  Ted  is a former member of the multiplatinum British rock/pop band Modern English http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0yOYyhAjKc and an EMMY nominated film producer. The band has sold over 4 million records in the United States with hit songs such as Melt with you, “Hands across the Sea, Ricochet Days,” 16 Days to name a few. He is a producer, composer (composing and producing the music for the Academy Award winning HBO doc “Prudence’s Song”) as well as a lead guitarist, Classical/Flamenco/Bebop guitarist, singer, songwriter he is President of his own Record Label Mi5 Recordings, a Universal distributed label. He is also in a label/production company partnership with musician/producer extraordinaire Jerry Wonder (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Duplessis).

In addition to playing in Modern English, Mr. Mason has worked as a producer/musician with such artists as AKON, Chris Brown, Mary J Blige, Jeff Beck, Robert Plant, Santana, Dead Prez, Midge Ure, Bob Geldoff, the Verve, Jesus and the Mary Chain, Prince, Papa Wemba, Khaled, Youssou N’dour , Sandra Bernhard, Real Roxanne, Macy Grey, Thomas Mapfumo, and Peter Gabriel. He has successfully released back catalog and obscure Modern English tracks through his label as well as a huge roster of artists from Hip Hop to Africa Soukous. He now performs as a solo artist in the United States, Europe and Africa, blending British Rock with world and African music.

Producing Mr. Mason has worked as a producer/musician with such artists as AKON, Chris Brown, Mary J Blige, Jeff Beck, Robert Plant, Santana, Dead Prez, Midge Ure, Bob Geldoff, the Verve, Jesus and the Mary Chain, Prince, Papa Wemba, Khaled, Youssou N’dour, Sandra Bernhard, Real Roxanne, Macy Grey, Thomas Mapfumo, and Peter Gabriel. In 2010 he has toured in Central Africa backed by Rwanda’s Soukous All Stars and a duet with Lokua Kanza while producing the Fes Pad concert series for the country of Rwanda. He is currently producing a new solo album, an album with Hip Hop superstars Mobb Deep and a duet with Wyclef Jean and Mona Lisa.

Film Production Mr. Mason has also worked as a composer and film producer on many films including the HBO Academy Award Winning Documentary film project “Music By Prudence,” directed Roger Ross Williams. Past directors he has worked with included Milos Forman. He also works closely with his wife Jennifer Brunetti, (former company owner of Fbi Productions, Inc.) in producing video, film and live concert events most notably “Volvo for Life Awards” which included production logistics and booking of such acts as Sheryl Crow, Ziggy Marley, and Suzanne Vega.

Producing

Mr. Mason has worked as a producer/musician with such artists as Akon, Chris Brown, Mary J. Blige, Jeff Beck, Robert Plant, Santana, Dead Prez, Midge Ure, Bob Geldof, the Verve, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Prince, Papa Wemba, Khaled, Youssou N’dour, Sandra Bernhard, Real Roxanne, Macy Gray, Thomas Mapfumo, and Peter Gabriel and now working with Jerry Wonder http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Duplessis. He has successfully released back catalog and obscure Modern English tracks through his label as well as releasing a huge roster of artists ranging from Hip Hop to African Soukous. He now performs as a solo artist in the United States, France and Africa, blending British Rock with world and African music. In 2010 he has toured in Central Africa backed by Rwanda‘s Soukous All Stars and a duet with Lokua Kanza.

Film production

Mr. Mason has also worked as a composer and film producer on many films including the HBO Academy Award Winning Documentary film project “Music By Prudence,” directed Roger Ross Williams. He is an EMMY nominated film producer and is currently involved in producing numerous music videos for his artists as well as full length independent film productions. Past directors included Milos Forman and Academy Award Film director Roger Ross Williams http://www.godlovesuganda.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Ross_Williams http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1543539/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm#cast http://www.musicbyprudence.com/mbp/. He also works closely with his wife Jennifer Brunetti, (former company owner of FBI Productions, Inc.) in producing video, film and live concert events most notably “Volvo for Life Awards” which included production logistics and booking of such acts as Sheryl Crow, Ziggy Marley, and Suzanne Vega. Currently he is working on his new album and working closely as a partner with musician, producer, songwriter extraordinaire Jerry Wonder (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Duplessis) and Wonda Music (www.wondamusic.com)

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