Dan Petty
Dan Petty is a songwriter, producer, and guitar player currently living in Los Angeles.
After graduating from the Berklee College of Music in Boston, he moved to New York and quickly established himself as an in-demand session player and touring musician. He was also a member of the band Marry Me Jane, recording two albums for Sony 550 music, the first of which was the soundtrack to the movie If Lucy Fell.
As a guitar player and producer he has worked with artists from many different genres including Shawn Colvin, Sinead OʼConnor, Katharine McPhee, Leann Rymes, Lisa Loeb, Michael McDermott, Andru Donalds, Britney Spears, Joey Macintyre, Kurt Smith (of Tears for Fears), Lucy Woodward, Holly Palmer, Michelle Lewis, Kay Hanley (Letters To Cleo), Meiko, Rick Astley, Courtney Jaye, Audra Macdonald, Jessica Simpson, Steve Martin, Sandra Bernhart, and Luis Fonsi.
For the last few years, Dan has co-written and produced all the songs for the Peabody award-winning show Doc McStuffins on Disney Jr., as well as themes and music for the shows Vampirina, Club Penguin, Muppet Babies, T.O.T.S. (Disney Jr.), See Dad Run, Sydney to the Max, Wally Kazam, Hollywood Heights, Albert Christmas (Nickelodeon), Harvey Street Kids (Netflix), DC Super Hero Girls (Cartoon Network), and The Polos (online series).
Danʼs music has been featured on TVʼs biggest networks such as, NBC, ABC, Amazon Video, Animal Planet, BBC, CNN, Comedy Central, E Entertainment, Food Network, FYI, HGTV, History Channel, Hulu, MSNBC, NBC, Netflix, Outdoor Channel, Sony, Sportsman Channel, TBS, Travel Channel, TruTV, W Network and many others. I have also done custom campaigns for Method, Muscle Milk, Franzia wine, Virgin/Alaska Air, Starbucks, and Aquafina, to name a few.
Michelle Lewis
Michelle Lewis is a fierce New Yorker now based in Los Angeles, where she is a singer, songwriter, composer, and music creators’ rights advocate. From her early career as a recording artist signed to Irving Azoff’s Giant Records, to her first radio hit, Cher’s “A Different Kind of Love Song” in 2002, to the 2014 worldwide #1 single “Wings” by the British girl group Little Mix, Ms. Lewis brings authenticity, musicality, and heart to a diverse array of music projects.
For the last decade, Ms. Lewis has branched out into the world of songwriting for animated television, most notably as a Peabody Award-winning composer of all original music for Disney Jr’s hit show, Doc McStuffins and Emmy-nominated songwriter of the beloved Nickelodeon series Bubble Guppies. She has over a half-dozen TV themes currently airing; including Doc McStuffins, Muppet Babies, The Harvey Street Kids, Mutt and Stuff, DC Super Hero Girls, Sydney 2 The Max, and The Loud House.
In 2014, Michelle Lewis co-founded the non-profit, Songwriters Of North America (SONA) in response to the ever-increasing complexities and disparities in digital royalties paid to songwriters and composers and has been advocating on behalf of songwriters and composers ever since.
Kay Hanley
Kay Hanley is best known as the lead singer of Boston-based alternative rock band Letters to Cleo, which released three albums between 1990-2000, spawning such hits as “Awake” and “Here and Now.” After a 16-year hiatus, Letters To Cleo reunited in 2016 to release the EP Back To Nebraska and embark on several sold-out US tours. They are currently writing their 4th full-length studio album.
In the late 90’s, Ms. Hanley began expanding her work as a singer and songwriter, providing the singing voice for Rachael Leigh Cook’s character Josie in Universal Pictures’ feature film Josie and the Pussycats and performing cover versions of Nick Lowe’s “Cruel to be Kind” and Cheap Trick’s “I Want You To Want Me” in Touchstone Pictures’ hit film “10 Things I Hate About You.” For television, Hanley co-wrote and performed music for the Kids WB animated series Generation O! and Care Bears: Adventures In Care-A-Lot.
Hanley’s work as a solo artist includes the 2002 Zoe Records release, Cherry Marmalade, followed by 2004’s The Babydoll EP, and 2008’s Weaponize.
Today, Hanley can be found writing songs for animated television with her longtime songwriting partner, Michelle Lewis. Together, they compose music for shows like Disney Junior’s hit series Vampirina and Doc McStuffins (for which they won a Peabody Award), Dreamworks’ Harvey Street Kids and WB/Cartoon Network’s DC Super Hero Girls.
Ms. Hanley and Ms. Lewis are co-executive directors of Songwriters Of North America (SONA), a non-profit advocacy organization that fights for the protection of songs and songwriters in the digital music marketplace.
Hanley lives in Los Angeles with her two children, Zoe Mabel, 19 and Henry Aaron, 16.