HOLLYWOOD — In an effort to help the broadcast industry impart a message of hope and cheer to their viewers during the COVID-19 pandemic, Megatrax has teamed up with Nashville-based songwriter Gary Burr to create a new and uplifting song. “Far Apart Together” is intended for use in PSAs, promos and other coronavirus news-related programming, and as a community service, Megatrax is waiving its license fees, making the track available free of charge to all broadcast and media outlets (
http://go.megatrax.com/freecustomsong).
Burr, who has written songs for Ringo Starr, Christina Aguilera, Kelly Clarkson and Garth Brooks, says, “As songwriters, there’s not a lot we can do to help when chaos like this is whirling outside our windows. We can’t grow food. We can’t make masks. I decided what I can do is to write a song.”
“Far Apart Together” was produced by Grammy and Emmy Award-winner Randy Hart, Megatrax’s custom services director.
“This was a total labor of love from a lot of highly-talented creatives in Nashville,” says Hart. “Gary, the musicians, and our mix engineer Chad Huffman all freely contributed their time in getting behind this project. Everyone involved wanted to send a message of health, love, hope and unity in these strange and uniquely-troubling times.”
Megatrax CEO Ron Mendelsohn adds: “I am so thrilled and honored that we are able to offer this song to the industry as our small contribution to helping communities around the country cope with this unprecedented crisis. As musicians, we felt compelled to do our share to combat this horrific virus and help ‘flatten the curve’ through the use of a beautiful song. Hats off to Gary Burr for writing such a perfect piece for our times, and to Randy Hart and Chad Huffman for making this happen.”