NFocus Entertainment Group, based in Tustin, California, brings you, the fans of music, an exciting entertainment experience—both online and off—through NFocus’ new, weekly, one-hour, music-based television show, Hit Music Central USA (HMC), and our long-operating NFE record label focused on true artistry and musicianship. The company also produces films, concerts, and live events, along with its international marketing and merchandising platform. NFocus Entertainment Group is the sum of many moving parts, committed to bringing quality and fun content to audiences of all ages.
As a one-hour music series that spotlights strong live performances, true musicianship, real singing, celebrity guest hosts, and lively fans, HMC showcases the hottest artists on the world stage. Audiences will benefit from every genre of music from Rock, R&B, and Pop, to Hip-Hop, Dance, Reggae, and Country.
Viewers get plugged in to the stage at The Grove of Anaheim, California, where four to five musical acts grace the stage each week. Two hosts manage the main stage, introducing the bands and staying with the crowd. Backstage, an interviewer waits in the greenroom to interview the acts after their performances, giving fans the chance to hear personally from the artists. There will also be a Live VJ Social Media host backstage. Through unique integration, fans have the opportunity to submit questions to be answered every week at hitmusiccentralusa.com, or by texting into a dedicated number.
The episodes are broken into five distinct segments, each designed to highlight a specific type of performer:
1. Centerstage – These chart-topping artists have sold Gold and Platinum records. They have played in the biggest venues, rubbed elbows with late-night talk show hosts and festival promoters around the world, and are now coming to life every week from The Grove of Anaheim.
2. Spotlight – These artists are brand new to the scene and are generating buzz throughout the social network world. HMC sits down with the artists and learns a little more about them before sending them to the stage, where they’ll play that tune the way it was meant to be heard!
3. Showtime – Hear your favorite TV shows and films come to life when we sit down with the musicians, composers, and actors as they talk about the inspiration, process, and creation of the music that we hum to each other on long road trips.
4. Encore – These artists defined a decade. They paved the way for current hit artists. HMC takes the audience into their world today. They’ll tell old tour stories from the road, share their favorite new artists—and who knows, maybe share some unreleased tracks or collaborate with one of the other artists! When the show is over, viewers can head to HitMusiCentralUSA.com for exclusive bonus performances.
5. Pick to Click – Everyone claims to know the hottest new band nobody else knows about yet—a band that should have had its break years ago. Now the audience has the power to get those unknown bands onto the national stage. Bands upload pictures, videos, songs, and more to HitMusicCentralUSA.com, and then it’s up to the audience to spread the word virally and get their favorite bands picked through votes on the site. Once at The Grove, these bands will share their story as well as their songs.
Hit Music Central USA brings live music to the fans. This live-to-tape show is first broadcast on TV where viewers at home are encouraged to be part of the conversation by texting or posting comments at HitMusicCentralUSA.com. After the initial broadcast, portions of each episode are available on-demand at the site, along with the chance to download exclusive content (music, videos, etc.).
HMC is an energetic show for music fans of all genres, and the best place to get plugged in to the hit music of today—LIVE.
NBC Universal to Premier Hit Music Central USA
Show Will Draw Live Performances by Top Recording Artists
(Orange County, CA)
NFocus Entertainment in conjunction with Invivid Media are proud to announce the launch of Hit Music Central USA (HMC) to premier early 2012, airing weekly in the nation’s Top 10 markets on the Nonstop cable network, a subsidiary of NBC Universal.
Hit Music Central USA is a one-hour music series that spotlights strong live musical performances, celebrity guest hosts, and lively fans. The show will feature artists currently topping the charts along with legends that have written timeless hits. HMC will uniquely place its spotlight on select up-and-coming and independent recording artists. Audiences will benefit from every genre of music, from Rock and R&B, to Pop, Hip-Hop, and Country.
Produced by NFocus Entertainment in association with [Sherman Oaks, California-based] Make It Happen Productions, Hit Music Central USA begins taping live from The Grove in Anaheim, California, November 2011. The show will initially air in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, Dallas-Fort Worth; Washington, DC; San Francisco-Oakland Bay Area; Miami-Fort Lauderdale; and San Diego—reaching some 20 million households.
The Web site HitMusicCentralUSA.com will host contests, allowing fans to participate in a more personal way. There will be VIP passes to attend live recordings and online voting features. Aspiring artists can upload their best live performance with the chance to perform on HMC.
“Hit Music Central USA is about what’s going on now in music, and where it’s headed,” says Mark Hill, CEO of NFocus Entertainment, Executive Producer and Creator of Hit Music Central USA. “The show is about highlighting live performances and true musicianship in front of a live audience. But part of HMC’s foundation pays homage to the past. Each week, during our Encore segment, HMC will visit with a veteran recording act that will talk about their acclaimed history, update us on their current projects, and perform for our audience.
“We are elated to work with Nonstop, NBC Universal, Invivid Media, and Make It Happen Productions,” Hill continues. “Through all of our efforts, Hit Music Central USA promises to be a fresh and exciting multimedia brand for years to come.” (Visit www.hitmusiccentralusa.com and www.nfocusentertainment.com.)
About NFocus Entertainment – NFocus Entertainment Group is a multifaceted entertainment company incorporating Music, Film/Television, and Live Events. NFE Records promotes musicians and artists developing mixed media strategies unique to each. The Film/Television department, which produces Hit Music Central USA, is a complete production company. NFE Live Events creates, promotes, and produces concerts, comedy shows, and large-scale music conferences that educate the public about the current trends in the industry, as well as incorporating performances by multi-genre musicians.
About Invivid Media – With a team that encompasses individuals whose disciplines come from ad agencies, film and television development, and distribution companies, as well as brands themselves, Invivid Media develops and distributes content by providing an outsourced solution to eliminate the excessive costs associated with the development of an internal strategic production team, and allows companies to develop intellectual property that becomes both a marketing message and a revenue generating asset.
About Make It Happen Productions – A full-service, bicoastal, multi-award-winning production company that specializes in fully executed productions—with over two decades of experience and multiple nominations and awards in film and television production—Make It Happen Productions and Creative Director Billy Frank take pride in producing cost-effective productions without compromising creativity. They work with major networks, cable networks, ad agencies, directors, executive producers, and both union (SAG, WGA, DGA, American Federation of Musicians) and nonunion contracts. Their services are available coast to coast, from concept through post-production or a la carte.
