Nitanee Paris is the Director of A&R at ArtistMax, a Los Angeles based artist development and education enterprise founded by Grammy-winning producer Ken Caillat (Fleetwood Mac; Colbie Caillat). She is an award-winning songwriter whose work has been featured in TV, films, and commercials, and has been signed with multiple publishers, libraries and licensing agencies. As a collaborator, Nitanee works with notable writers including Grammy and Emmy-winning musicians, composers, and producers, as well as contestants on The Voice and Songland, and Songwriters Hall of Fame Inductees. She has created songs with legendary composer Steve Dorff, Gary Nicholson, Big Al Anderson, Andre Merritt, Alan Roy Scott, Pam Sheyne, Tim James, Dave Merenda, Hookman Barnes, Richard Harris, Chen Neeman, Charles Michael Brotman, Adam Zelkind, Andrew Rollins, and many others, and she has had cuts with many talented artists.
Her music has been on the Billboard charts, and has been released by labels including Panda Funk and Interscope. Her song “Lift You Up”, which was released by Omar Lynx and Jackie Boy Records, has had over a million streams in just a few months. Her award-winning song “Big Big Life”, was released by the band Streetlight Cadence, and the album reached #17 on the Billboard Heatseekers Chart and #2 on the Heatseekers Pacific Chart.
Paris' work has been licensed for MTV, VHI, BRAVO, HALLMARK, and has been placed in feature films, commercials, and corporate campaigns. TV Shows that have featured her songs include BRAVO's "Vanderpump Rules", MTV's "Ex On The Beach", VH1's "Love and Hip Hop Hollywood", MTV's "Teen Mom 2", "Will Play For Food", and the Mexican TV series "El Juego De Las Llaves". Paris' work has been licensed for feature films including "Muffin Top: A Love Story", "Plan V", and "Matching Hearts". She also composes original music for advertising, and her work has been recently placed in two commercials for Dignity Health's "Hello Human Kindness" campaign.
Paris recently won two Global Peace Song Awards, and she is also the recipient of a Positive Music Award. She earned the Grand Prize and Lennon Award in the John Lennon Songwriting Competition, six awards for Outstanding Achievement in Songwriting in the Great American Songwriting Contest, and Song of the Year from West Coast Songwriters, among many other accolades. Nitanee leads the Malibu Chapter of the Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI), where she hosts industry panels and music events, and she is on the advisory council of the Hawaii Songwriting Festival, and the staff of the Durango Songwriters Expo. She produces "Nitanee's Nashville Nights" in Los Angeles, a showcase for hit songwriters and local talent and she recently co-hosted a songwriting retreat at a castle in Macon, France, where she led songwriting workshops and exercises. Her passion is in producing music events to benefit charitable organizations, as well as mentoring young writers and helping artists navigate the music industry by building their craft and expanding their networks.
We are pleased to announce the new single "Orizuru" has just been released by artist Kat McDowell. Nitanee and Kat wrote the song with producer Kazumi Shimokawa. The Japanese lyric was co-written with Masaki Kusumori and Sumire Stanislawsky. The English version of the song, "Thousand Paper Cranes", will be released on April 5th!! You can hear "Orizuru" now on all streaming platforms and view the music video on You Tube!!
We are excited to announce that Nitanee's song "Eso Es Felicidad" is being featured in Dignity Health's new AD "QUE TAN LEJOS IRIAS POR" as part pf their Hello Human Kindness campaign. "Eso Es Felicidad was written by Nitanee Paris and Tolan Shaw. The AD can be seen on Spanish TV channels - and a link to the video can be found on the "videos" link above. This is Nitanee's second Dignity Health commercial and she is thrilled to have the opportunity to write for this heart warming campaign.
Nitanee's song "Waves" was placed in an extra-long scene in the season finale of BRAVO's Vanderpump Rules, thanks to InStyle Music!! Congratulations to Nitanee's co-writer Jenna Laurise and producer Jan Baars. This is the second license for "Waves" for this show!! The song is available on all music platforms and the video is on YouTube (in which Nitanee has a small cameo 😎). 💕 See link on "videos" tab.
We are pleased to announce the new single "Circle" has just been released by artist Faith Rivera!! The song will also be part of Rivera's upcoming album "Rise"!, which features songs that inspire us to rise up!! "Circle" was written in Hawaii overlooking a sapphire ocean by Nitanee Paris, Faith Rivera, and producer Sebastian Hughes.
Nitanee's song "Queen Boss" was added to the Spotify playlist "BADASS WOMEN", featuring female empowerment songs! "Queen Boss'" has been placed numerous times thanks to Secret Road Music!!
Music featured on VH1's Love and Hip Hop New York
More music featured on BRAVOS's "Vanderpump Rules"!!
MUSIC FEATURED ON MTV's "LOVE AND HIPHOP HOLLYWOOD"
Music featured on BRAVO's “Vanderpump Rules”
Music featured on the Hallmark Channel USA in the film "MATCHING HEARTS" on Saturday February 8th!
WINNER - 2 GLOBAL PEACE SONG AWARDS!!