Jeremy Goddard is excited and honoured to be a panelist next week at the Winter Music Conference in Miami talking about scoring and composing for television on Tues 20th March (details below).

Both Jeremy and Mark Goddard will be at the conference and attending various events around Miami from Mon 19th – Sun 26th.  If you are going to be in Miami during that time they would love to connect with you.

Reach them via facebook or email : contact@legionofmany.com Bo

Hear it on youtube

Over the past few months Legion of Many frontman and Producer Jeremy Goddard has been working with Emmy & BAFTA award winning composer Joel Douek of One Track Music on the soundtrack for the brand new and exotic National Geographic television series ‘Party Like..’,  which celebrates the greatest parties in history – and shows how their modern day equivalent compare.

Mixing classical elements with the pumping club sound of Legion of Many the soundtrack is as naughty as the TV show.  There is quite a buzz around the show thanks to its portrail of some of the most risque parties in history including the licentious 1770 Masquerade Ball of Marie Antoniette at the Paris Opera House and its modern day equivalent the Playboy Masquerade Party held at the Playboy Mansion.

On Jan 1st, 2012 it had its World Premiered across all of South America and it will broadcast throughout the world over the next month.  Please check http://natgeotv.com/ for schedule details   -

ATHENA REICH – THE  LOGICAL SONG (LEGION OF MANY REMIX) EP

Legion of Many have produced two remixes for award winning singer/songwriter Athena Reich. The first takes her pop remake of  Supertramp’s “The Logical Song”  (written by Roger Hodgson & Rick Davis) from Athena’s album Little Girl Dreams and completely reimagines it for the dancefloor.  Legion of Many employed rich vocal processing and harmonising reminsicent of Imogen Heep and created a sonic soudscape that has its roots in the dancefloor remixes of Tiesto blended with the majestic synthesised sweep of a Van Gellis soundtrack.

The remix has already hit the top ten of MPP worldwide Electro Charts in December and looks set to become a fixture in the clubs.

Athena Reich has had videos chart #1 on MTV Logo and has a great back catalogue of albums all available on iTunes. The second Legion of Many remix is of Athena’s award winning song “Love Is Love” and it is also coming out next week on iTunes  Find out more about Athena here :  www.athenareich.com

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Athena Reich – The Logical Song (Legion of Many Remix)

Executive Producer Joel Douek

Produced by The General (Legion of Many)

Remixed at the Electric Bordello NYC

Original track from “Little Girl Dreams” produced by Cynthia Daniels

Sung by Athena Reich

EP features: Radio Edit, 12″ remix, acapella and Athena’s original cover version of the Logical Song

In the third of twelve monthly singles Legion of Many paint a darker and more edgy picture of a dsytopian city parlalysed by unrest

Music & Lyrics: Jeremy “The General” Goddard & “Duke” Daniel Lawley
Guitar: Major Mark Goddard
Recorded at Electric Bordello, NYC
Produced by The General
Vocals recorded by Admiral Gusirelli Pirelli
Mastered by Brigadier Barry Grint at Alchemy, Soho

Out Now on iTunes & Spotify

Shot on location in Bushwick, Brooklyn director Chris Whitman and cinematographer Benedict Evans have crafted an exciting new music video for Blackout starring members of the New York Battalion.

Check out more of these sneak peak images taken by Benedict and posted on his website blog.

The video will be coming in the next few weeks…

A great friend passed yesterday.Songwriter and singer Nick Ashford who as part of the duo Ashford & Simpson wrote a huge number of hit records including “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough”, Ain’t Nothing Like The Real Thing”, “I’m Every Woman”and “California Soul”

Nick was the prime example of a man who found huge success by not trying to emulate others. He told his own story and expressed his emotions with complete honesty through his lyrics and his songs became an inspiration for whole generations of people. As a personality his desire to not fit a mold was also influential. He still looked like he did as a 70’s megastar as he approached 70 himself and he wore the most rock’n'roll fashion that was always cool, stylish and very much him.

Nick’s generosity and support was amazing for someone so successful. Both he and his incredible wife & songwriting partner Valerie Simpson care deeply for all those who they come in contact with and stick by them in difficult times. Nick, and Valerie, allow many young singers and artists to hone their skills under their expert guidance at their club the Sugar Bar on West 72nd Street and have been doing so for well over a decade.

He loved to share a laugh and good story and those lucky enough got to spend many evenings with Nick as he held court upstairs at the Sugar Bar. He loved to party, to sing, to dance and to always celebrate life. If you asked the right questions you could find out about the first time he heard one of his songs on the radio in Spanish Harlem or how walking through Central Park he looked up at the buildings in the distance and came up with the immortal lines “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough, Ain’t No Valley Low Enough” as he pondered how he could really make it in New York City.

Nick Ashford was one of the first people to welcome me to America when I moved over in September 2003 & the Sugar Bar became like a second home to me. His confidence encouraged me to be more playful with clothing as an expression of self, which led to my ultimate conversion into the feather wearing front man of Legion of Many. It may seem to be a homage to Adam Ant or David Bowie, but truly Nick was more of an inspiration to really go there. It was a rare treat that I able to find out first hand how they got those incredible disco string sections on their late 70’s albums or what Marvin Gaye was like in and out the studio.

I will always cherish these memories and I thank Nick for being one of my idols and a wonderful friend, he will be sorely missed.

I send my deepest condolences and warmest love to Valerie, Nicole, Asia and all of the Sugar Bar Family.

Yours

Jeremy Goddard

Read the New York Times Obituary here