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Jaja — 2 years ago(November 19, 2023 06:29 AM)
Hey.
I like you guys a lot and I think I can share something with you. It's something that I've been holding on to for the last few years.
To me it's kind of a big deal and yes I'm getting royalties from it.
I wrote 2 of the Skyrizi theme songs.
Many years ago at my local city college I took some continuing ed acting classes just for fun. I met a guy named Mark J Davis. We remained in contact off and on. He is very talented and fronts a fun concept band named Richard Cheese (look it up).
Anyways we met up around 2018 and he said he had some projects he needed help with. So I helped. I wrote the chord progression and lyrics for 2 of the current Skyrizi songs you hear in the commercials all the time today.
One for Plaque Psoriasis and one for UC
Unfortunately due to some legal BS Mark and I are only getting partial royalties from this enormous marketing campaign.
It's sung by various artists and bands depending on the commerical.
"Nothing is Everything"
is mine!!
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When they needed a follow up hit for Ulcerative Colitis I knew I could do it. I surprised myself with this one.
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Anyways, I hope you enjoy my work-J
*Do not use SKYRIZI if you are allergic to risankizumab-rzaa or any of the ingredients in SKYRIZI. See the Medication Guide or Consumer Brief Summary for a complete list of ingredients.
Before using SKYRIZI, tell your healthcare provider about all of your medical conditions, including if you:
have any of the conditions or symptoms listed in the section "What is the most important information I should know about SKYRIZI?"
have an infection that does not go away or that keeps coming back.
have TB or have been in close contact with someone with TB.
have recently received or are scheduled to receive an immunization (vaccine). Medicines that interact with the immune system may increase your risk of getting an infection after receiving live vaccines. You should avoid receiving live vaccines right before, during, or right after treatment with SKYRIZI. Tell your healthcare provider that you are taking SKYRIZI before receiving a vaccine.
are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. It is not known if SKYRIZI can harm your unborn baby.
are breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed. It is not known if SKYRIZI passes into your breast milk.
become pregnant while taking SKYRIZI. You are encouraged to enroll in the Pregnancy Registry, which is used to collect information about the health of you and your baby. Talk with your healthcare provider or call 1-877-302-2161 to enroll in this registry.
Tell your healthcare provider about all the medicines you take, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements.
What are the possible side effects of SKYRIZI?
SKYRIZI may cause serious side effects. See "What is the most important information I should know about SKYRIZI?"
Liver problems in Crohn's disease: A person with Crohn's disease who received SKYRIZI through a vein in the arm developed changes in liver blood tests with a rash that led to hospitalization. Your healthcare provider will do blood tests to check your liver before, during, and up to 12 weeks of treatment and may stop treatment with SKYRIZI if you develop liver problems. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you notice any of the following symptoms: unexplained rash, nausea, vomiting, stomach (abdominal) pain, tiredness (fatigue), loss of appetite, yellowing of the skin and eyes (jaundice), and dark urine.
The most common side effects of SKYRIZI in people treated for Crohn’s disease include: upper respiratory infections, headache, joint pain, stomach (abdominal) pain, injection site reactions, low red blood cells (anemia), fever, back pain, and urinary tract infection.
The most common side effects of SKYRIZI in people treated for plaque psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis include: upper respiratory infections, headache, feeling tired, injection site reactions, and fungal skin infections.
These are not all the possible side effects of SKYRIZI. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects.
Use SKYRIZI exactly as your healthcare provider tells you to use it.
SKYRIZI is available in a 150 mg/mL prefilled syringe and pen, a 600 mg/10 mL vial for intravenous infusion, and a 180 mg/1.2 mL or 360 mg/2.4 mL single-dose prefilled cartridge with on-body injector.
USES
SKYRIZI is a prescription medicine used to treat adults with:
moderate to severe plaque psoriasis who may benefit from taking injections or pills (systemic therapy) or treatment using ultraviolet or UV light (phototherapy).
active psoriatic arthritis (PsA).
moderate to severe Crohn's disease.
US-SKZ-220579
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138 — 2 years ago(November 19, 2023 07:00 AM)
Fuck you for contributing to the unethical practice of advertising pharmaceuticals lol, but it is an earworm, so congrats on being good at what you do. Just wish it was aimed at something not ****ty.
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Jaja — 2 years ago(November 19, 2023 07:10 AM)
I definitely see the horrid corruption in the pharmaceutical industry. Those vultures make a killing at what they do. I was just having fun with a friend. It was a good day coming up with some jingles for other various regional sht and we came up with this.
He actually came up with some good stuff for regional radio ads for AC companies etc.
The crazy thing are the legalities of royalties. So many starving artists are ripped off.
So really I'm not part of the machine, just another person they used.
/being good at what you do/
It ain't my day job as you know, I'm in the apt biz. That was just a fling lol.
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138 — 2 years ago(November 19, 2023 07:17 AM)
That's why a lot of these strikes happen in the entertainment industry. You thibk of it as everyone getting paid a **** ton, but even some minor celebrities are ****in broke, and get paid chickenshit. The majority don't make much money. Like i heard that the guy who played Zordon (the face) on Power Rangers got paid once for a few hundred or something, and didn't get royalties from the success of the show. That show was so cheap to make too because it's footage from a Japanese show.
Saban is a greedy ****ing bastard.
Kimiko Glenn who was one of the main people on OITNB doesn't get paid much.
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hungryinconway — 2 years ago(November 19, 2023 08:24 AM)
Holy **** some of those commercials are very catchy, like this one. The people singing and dancing around, it makes it seem like it's fun to have bad skin!
But the ones you linked aren't really good. And I was used to seeing the one linked above for a long time, then they suddenly started playing the one where they were marketing it for people who **** themselves. There was just no way to make ****ting yourself seem fun, and the commercials were a real bummer.
The ones they play now are completely terrible. They should have stuck to the fun one I linked.
It's also weird because these commercials would almost always be immediately followed by the commercial where the short haired blonde woman and her "partner" Spencer, who was obviously her gay brother, would talk about how she had 12 UTI's in the last year or some nonsense, and he'd always cut his eyes at her and I'd say "nasty bitch" to express what he was thinking. That **** cracked me up. I'd do this every time the commercial was on, even when I wasn't watching or paying attention, I hear it in the background from other side of the house and yell that out at her.
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Jaja — 2 years ago(November 19, 2023 06:15 PM)
Yes I was looking for that one!
It's better quality and the lyrics are more pronounced.
All these people in these ads are having a great time knowing that ONE drug is helping them to control their shids AND ward off unnecessary psoriasis attacks.
God forgive they both don't happen at the same time or Skyrizi may need an expansion pack drug for those special moments.
/It's also weird because these commercials would almost always be immediately followed by the commercial where the short haired blonde woman and her "partner" Spencer…../
Yes! I love these. "Hello, Im a stunningly beautiful woman but I want everyone to know that my vagina is rotten and I've had 100 UTIs in the past year.
But thankfully my PARTNER Spencer, after doing extensive testing on my vagina has helped us to come up with a formula…."
Makes you think. Who is this
partner
spencer? A gay like you say?, a brother?, Did he use his tougue to taste test her vagine's PH balance? Its so ambiguous.
Turns out in recent ads of this they voiced over and changed "partner" to husband…to make it less strange for certain markets.
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Pandora — 2 years ago(November 19, 2023 06:36 PM)
I saw Richard Cheese at a festival a few years ago.
I looked them up on Wikipedia to check if it is who I saw and this ridiculously obvious statement made me laugh
As of 2015 the lineup of the Lounge Against the Machine band was:
Richard Cheese – vocals
Bobby Ricotta – piano, keyboards
Frank Feta – drums, percussion
Billy Bleu – upright bass, bass
The names are all pseudonyms that refer to types of cheese (ricotta, feta, bleu)
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Gee, thanks for explaining that one to us all Wiki!
Schrodinger's Cat walks into a bar, and doesn't. 
