Schpilkas
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Schpilkas is composer, musician, producer and recording artist, originally from Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...

. Its founder is Casey Dunmore
Casey Dunmore
Casey Dunmore is an American musician, composer, producer and recording artist. He is the Music Producer also known as Schpilkas, based in Los Angeles, California...

, a native of Brooklyn, NY. Schpilkas is known for versatile styles ranging from Urban Alternative, to Electronic, Jazz, and Classical music, both on albums as well as film and television soundtracks. He is also one-half of music production team DEUXO, a collaboration with composer, songwriter, musician Jaye Luckett of Poperratic
Poperratic
Poperratic is a band from Los Angeles, California. Its sole member is the songwriter, composer, and multi-instrumentalist Jaye Luckett. Its music traverses a number of genres, but is mostly distinguished by Luckett's heavy rhythm guitar work, layers of harmonies, catchy melodies, and storytelling...

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Credits include

Theme Songs:

Tia & Tamera • (Style Network)

Toronto Raptors • (NBA)

Celebracadabra • (VH1)

Television (selected credits):

The Oprah Winfrey Show • (ABC)

One Tree Hill • (CW)

Fly Girls • (CW)

High Society • (CW)

The City • (MTV)

Live Nude Comedy • (Showtime)

Diddy’s Making His Band • (MTV)

Late Night w/Jimmy Kimmel • (ABC)

Celebracadabra • (VH1) • Theme Song

Snoop Dogg’s Father Hood • (E!)

I Want To Work For Diddy • (VH1)

LA Ink • (TLC)

Fox Sports Network

My Super Sweet 16 • (MTV)

20 Greatest Celebreality Fights • (VH1)

What Not To Wear • (TLC/Discovery)

Exposed • (MTV Networks)

Next • (MTV Networks)

Dirt • (FX Networks)



Commercial Promos (selected credits):

AVP Nivea Tour Hermosa Beach • (KTLA)

Worst Cooks In America (Season Finale) • (Food Network)

NBA Lakers (Wingstop Promo) • (KCAL 9)

Sons of Anarchy • (FX Networks)

The Challenge • (NBC – KNBC)

Transporter 2 • (FX Movie Event)

Janice & Abbey • (Oxygen Network)



Voice Over

Wonderful Pistachios • “Ocho Cinco!” - Principal Performer

Film:

Our Family Wedding • (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Hollywood, je t’aime • (Independent)

Finding Madison • (Independent)



Production Libraries:

Killertracks - killertracks.com - (Sony/BMG/UMG) 2006–present

Zero To Sixty - badassmusic.com - (Sony/BMG/UMG) 2006–present



Video Games

Top Spin 4 • 2K Sports • (XBOX, PS3, PC)

Superstars V8 Racing Next Challenge • (XBOX, PS3, PC)

Tap Tap Revenge 3 (#1 game for iPhone/iPod Touch)

New Media:

Yahoo! - yahoo.com

Nokia - nokia.com

Nokia/HP - visualradio.com - 2007

FIS World Cup Snowboard- nokiazine.net - 2007



Mobile:

Palm Smartphones - palm.com

NOKIA N Series - nokia.com

Current members

  • Schpilkas - keyboards
    Keyboard instrument
    A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...

    , guitar
    Electric guitar
    An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...

    , bass
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

    , drums
    Drum kit
    A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....


DEUXO

In 2006, Schpilkas formed an Electronic Pop collaboration and production team called DEUXO, with fellow Los Angeles composer / musician / producer Jaye Luckett of Poperratic
Poperratic
Poperratic is a band from Los Angeles, California. Its sole member is the songwriter, composer, and multi-instrumentalist Jaye Luckett. Its music traverses a number of genres, but is mostly distinguished by Luckett's heavy rhythm guitar work, layers of harmonies, catchy melodies, and storytelling...

. They released a digital E.P. that year, called "Tres Deuxo," which is available in wide release. In early 2007, their song "MoreSumthin (Fais Do Do)" was featured in the third episode of the FX (TV Network) show Dirt (TV Series)
Dirt (TV series)
Dirt is an American television serial broadcast on the FX network. It premiered on January 2, 2007 and starred Courteney Cox as Lucy Spiller, the editor-in-chief of the first-of-its-kind "glossy tabloid" magazine DirtNow, which was previously two separate publications: drrt and Now Dirt (styled...

, starring Courteney Cox
Courteney Cox
Courteney Bass Cox is an American actress, she is best known for her roles as Monica Geller on the NBC sitcom Friends, Gale Weathers in the horror series Scream and as Jules Cobb in the ABC sitcom Cougar Town, for which she earned her first Golden Globe nomination....

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