"Brandracket was able to acquire a vast amount of content for us in a relatively short period of time. Their team was highly responsive, and their expertise and experience were invaluable." ~ Seema Burke, Chief Legal Counsel, Slacker
Our team is comprised of vets from all corners of the music and marketing industries. Our founders alone have over 35 years combined experience. You're in good hands.
Tim spent the '90s in San Francisco, playing in bands and writing about music for publications like SF Weekly, Raygun, and CMJ. In 1998 he took a job as staff editor at Sonicnet/Addicted to Noise (later to become MTV News Online). When the dot com bubble burst in early 2001, he left his beloved Bay Area for his home town of Los Angeles.
As Director of A&R and Product Development for Rhino/Warner Strategic Marketing, Tim worked closely with the architect of the Rhino legacy, Gary Stewart (now Chief Music Officer at Apple), and contributed to a slew of releases, including album reissues by Elvis Costello, The Ramones, Neil Young, T. Rex, Uncle Tupelo, Paul Simon, X, The Band, and Black Sabbath, and box sets including No Thanks (early punk) and Left of the Dial (80s/90s alt-rock).
Concurrently, Tim began consulting for renowned music supervisor G. Marq Roswell and his firm 35Sound. Feature films to which Tim contributed his musical knowledge include Spygame, Auto Focus, Dawn of the Dead, Walking Tall and The Big White.
After being downsized from Rhino, Tim resolved to combine his passion for cutting edge music with his interests in branding and new media. He co-founded Brandracket with fellow music obsessive and licensing guru Chris Parker in early 2005. The duo’s mission was simple: foster mutually beneficial relationships between artists and brands.
Tim currently resides in Pasadena, California with his wife, two sons, and a hard drive full of way too many songs.
A veteran of film and television music, Chris’s experience ranges from big-budget studio film projects to micro-budget independent documentaries. His many credits include over 40 feature films (Blue Crush, Comedian, Before Sunset), and ad campaigns (Coke, Hyundai, Smirnoff Ice).
After college, Chris headed for New York City to work for the Democratic National Convention Committee. This led to jobs with the 1992 Clinton/Gore Campaign in Little Rock, the Presidential Transition Team and The White House Conference on Small Business in his native DC.
In 1995, Chris moved to Los Angeles to pursue his first love, music. He quickly landed a job with music supervisor Robin Urdang (Reel Music), where he learned the finer points of music supervision and clearance. Concurrently, he completed a stint working for Gimbel Music Publishing, gaining valuable insight into the world of music publishing.
In 1997, Chris founded Parker Music Consulting, a music supervision and clearance company for film, television, advertising and new media. PMC's clients included Universal Pictures, Sony Classics, Revolution Studios, Walden Media, Crusader Entertainment and fellow music supervisors Randall Poster (The Royal Tenenbaums, School of Rock, The Aviator) and G. Marq Roswell (The Commitments, Spy Game, The Great Debaters).
Chris co-founded Brandracket with Tim Scanlin in early 2005 to pursue their mutual interest in marketing and branded entertainment.
Chris continues to play music, performing and recording regularly in and around Los Angeles. He currently lives in Ventura, California with his wife, daughter and way too many guitars.
