User:Glassonion42/sandbox

Stephen Sulikowski (Steve Sulikowski)
writer/producer/music licensing.

Mucisian
Stephen Sulikowski is the former lead singer and songwriter of the band Dropline and vocalist and writer of the solo project 16 Frames. He came to be known for his emotional tenor singing voice and conversational lyrics. He would play Acoustic Guitar and Electric while performing with Dropline and 16 Frames. His first band ,Jewel Theives, routinely played The Troubadour ,The Viper Room and the Roxy but it was a residency at The Coconut Teaszer on Sunset Blvd where the band grew and Sulikowski honed his songrwiting. They would play full electric sets upstairs at The Teaszer and perform stripped down sets at the Crooked Bar downstairs. During this the band self produced two independent releases, The second of the two was recorded live at The Coconut Teaszer. Sulikowski began to write many of the songs that would eventually be the bulk their next album. Len Fagen, a booker at The Coconut Teaszer, passed a few cds out containing some demos of those new songs. After listening to the demos an A&R scout came by the club to see the band and from that point on for the next several weeks every show the band played there were A&R in the crowd from various labels. After performances and meetings on both coasts the band ended up signing with 143/Warner Bros. and putting out the record You Are Here with the new band name Dropline in 2002 on Reprise. The first single “Graduation Day”, reached #20 on Hot AC and charted in pop. The Second single, “Best Thing” also charted. After radio promotion, touring and television appearances like The Tonight Show the band parted ways. Sulikowski began licensing music to film and tv. Placing songs in independent movies and television shows like “Charmed”, “Run of The House” and “Men In Trees”. He inked a deal with Clive Davis and J Records to work on an untitled project later to be named 16 Frames. He was able to secure the rights to the masters from that project and licensed every song to various television shows. The 16 Frames record Where It Ends was released through Universal Music Group in 2009. The first single was “Back Again” a song that Sulikowski wrote one night when he couldn’t fall asleep. He wrote most of the song in about 30 minutes. There rest of the songs on the record were written over the course of 3 months. He would get up every morning, start writing at 9am and write until 4pm After dinner he would record demos. A stand alone single, “I’ll Be Better When You’re Gone”, was licensed to multiple shows starting with the hit MTV show The Hills. His follow up EP Six From Sixteen became a staple on the hit show “Jersey Shore”. Every song was placed on the show durning its run. Sulikowski then did an exclusive deal with MTV putting out a collection of B Sides. The release was entitled B-Roll.

Touring
Sulikowski toured with both acts throughout United States in support of their music. They toured with notable acts including Pete Yorn, Sheryl Crow, Better Than Ezera, Verticle Horizon, Sugar Ray and Crowded House. Sulikowski’s last performance with his band 16 Frames was at the end of 2009 at Lithia Motors Amphitheatre in Central Point, OR. Music licensing, writing and producing began to take up most his time. He did perfom 2 songs, “One (Meant to Be) and “Brand New Life”, in 2010 on Peter Himmelman’s Furious World Podcast to promote the Six From 16 EP.

Writing and Producing
Sulikowski wrote with the rock band Charming Liars on David Foster’s Chart Makeer Inc. One of the songs ,“Best of Me”, became the itunes single of the week in Mexico. In 2010 Sulikowski was a co wrote “Other Side of You” on the American Bang’s self titled LP produced by Bob Rock for Reprise Records. “Other Side of You” was also featured in an episode in season 1 of The Chase on NBC. When Sulikowski was writing some songs with Warner Bos. artist Jeremy Lister who was no longer seeing eye to eye with his label they penned  “Last Days” which documented that failing relationship and t became track 5 on Lister’s The Bed You Made LP. Sulikowski’s co writing contribution for Brendan James’ eponymous sophmore LP on Decca Label Group, was the track “Coming Up”. On   this one Sulikowski ended up playing all of the guitars, bass and sang the bulk of the backing vocals. He co wrote t“Nothing But You And I” with Keith Harkin for his self titled debut record on UMG. The record bowed at number one on the world music chart. “Nothing But You And I” became the 2cnd single in 2013. Two different music videos were shot for the song. Both versions were made availble by UMG on Itunes. Another Sulikowski co write, “I Remember It All”, will be on Harkin’s follow up due out later in 2015. He            co-wrote “When The Sun Goes Down” with Joey Clement and Selena Gomez. The song became the title track of Gomez’s 3rd LP on Hollywood Records. When The Sun Goes Down charted in 18 countries, peaking at no.3 in the US and no. 2 in Canada. It has  gone gold in the US, Spain, Poland, Inodnesia, Mexico and Platinum in Canada. He has worked with many different different artist including Paper Tongues, Chord Overstreet, Audra Mae, Mozella, Serena Ryder and Katherine McPhee. As a writer/producer he has sold over 2 million units world wide.

Music Licensing
Throughout his career Sulikowski has been licensing music. First his own records then in 2009 his focus shifted more seriously to licensing. He began to work with writers, artists and composers to place music. Since 2013 he has had a partnership with Mariner Records. Working with a stable of writers and producers to build custom micro libraries for production companies and music supervisors. He continues to find independent artists he connects with and place their music. All that matters is the song. The best example of that is. when he and his business partner walked into a coffee house where three gentlemen in there mid 60’s were performing. One song in particular, "The One Who Really Loves You", blew him away. After the show he discovered they had written it. He immediately had them come in to the studio to record it and within a month got them a 3 minute placement in the last scene of an episode of “Switched At Birth”. Along with film and tv he has licensed music for ads including Kmart campaigns, PaperJamz and Kawii Crush. The later he also provided the Theme song for their Webisodes. He has licensed hundreds of songs to numerous shows including Vampire Diaries, Under The Dome, So You Think You Can Dance, Private Practice, Greys Anatomy, The Fosters, Kyle XY, Keeping Up With The Kardashians, Catfish, Birds of Prey, The Event, Crooked Arrows and It’s Not You It’s Me.

Sulikowski lives in Southern California