Ted Hudson Hudson

Ted Hudson Hudson

President at ColorWheel Music
Denver, United States

About me

Ted has spent the past eight years negotiating music, footage, and photo licenses for use in dozens of Oscar-winning documentaries and original programming at HBO. Previous to his work at HBO, Ted founded and played bass in The Damnwells, who toured with acts including The Dixie Chicks, Cheap Trick, and The Fray. Ted also worked on two tech startups in NYC, Hunch and Milewise, which were acquired by EBay and Yahoo! (respectively)

ColorWheel is a music licensing agency started by Oscar and Grammy-nominated musicians to create an authentic sound for your next project. Based in Denver and Nashville, we’re able to draw from an unrivaled roster of emerging artists as well as established world-famous musicians to compose original songs, tracks, and scores, because they are our friends and ongoing collaborators; a dream team of artists who still fill international arenas. Collaborate with one of our award-winning composers on a custom piece or license an existing track from our burgeoning collection. For us, music is music, and its power should move you whether it’s on the radio, on stage or on a screen.

Positions

President
ColorWheel Music, LLC
United States
August 2016 - Present (8 years 5 months)
Full-service clearance negotiations and music licensing. We manage our own roster of artists who compose custom music for advertising, social media campaigns, live events, television, films, trailers, and documentaries. In addition, we have a music library with fully available tracks for use.
Music and Underlying Rights Clearances
HBO
United States
October 2007 - February 2015 (7 years 4 months)
Managed underlying rights and clearances for HBO Original Programming, Documentaries, and Promotions.

Education

Bachelor of Arts

August 1996 - May 2000 (3 years 9 months)

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