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Original music • Custom productions • Musical brand identity

ORIGINAL MUSIC.
BUILT FOR IMPACT.

Memorable songs, sports anthems and custom musical identities for athletics, entertainment, fitness and brands—created with the real-world experience to make music work beyond the recording.

What we do

More than a song.

Hard Guys Music Group develops original music that can become part of an event, a campaign, a community or a brand’s identity.

01 / ATHLETICS

Sports anthems & game-day music

Full-length anthems, crowd chants, entrances, scoring cues, short edits and music for highlight and promotional content.

02 / BRANDS

Custom music & sonic identity

Original themes and adaptable musical assets for advertising, social content, special events, fitness and entertainment.

03 / MUSIC

Original songs & licensing

Original song concepts and productions developed for recording, collaboration and individually negotiated commercial use.

Our creative work

Music built for the moment.

From full-length original songs to short, adaptable musical identities, Hard Guys develops music for live experiences, media and commercial applications.

Sports / Game day

Sports music & anthems

Original music concepts for entrances, crowd participation, highlights and game-day energy.

Custom production

Event & promotional music

Custom music for live events, advertising, video and promotional campaigns.

Original songs

Songwriting catalog

Original songs across styles, developed for recording, collaboration and individually negotiated use.

Custom music

Fitness & brand themes

Purpose-built musical identities for events, campaigns and promotional use.

Listen to featured music →

The experience behind Hard Guys

From the stage. To the show. To the brand.

Decades of real-world performance and professional audio experience inform the music we create today.

Founded by Sonny Maupin, New World Audio has supplied professional sound systems, audio services and/or backline equipment for the performances pictured below. The specific services provided are identified in the photo captions.

Chick Corea performing at piano
Chick CoreaAudio/backline services by New World Audio
Sheryl Crow performing at a live show
Sheryl CrowAudio / backline services by New World Audio
Herbie Hancock at piano
Herbie HancockAudio/backline services by New World Audio
Willie Nelson performing with guitar
Willie NelsonAudio services by New World Audio
Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo at a performance
Pat Benatar & Neil GiraldoAudio/backline services by New World Audio
Hiromi performing at piano
HiromiAudio/backline services by New World Audio
Rio Las Vegas exterior displaying Prince symbol
Prince — Rio Las VegasBackline services by New World Audio
Snoop Dogg performing
Snoop DoggAudio/backline services by New World Audio
50 Cent performing
50 CentAudio services by New World Audio
Professional live sound mixing console
Professional live-sound mixing consoleProfessional audio production · New World Audio
UNLV event venue with suspended line array loudspeakers
UNLV event — line-array audio systemUNLV event · Audio services by New World Audio
Kool & the Gang performing onstage at a live show
Kool & the GangAudio / backline services by New World Audio
Pointer Sisters performing onstage
Pointer SistersAudio / backline services by New World Audio
Lynyrd Skynyrd performing onstage
Lynyrd SkynyrdAudio / backline services by New World Audio
John Legend performing at piano
John LegendAudio / backline services by New World Audio
Charlie Daniels performing onstage
Charlie DanielsAudio / backline services by New World Audio

Photographs document performances and events for which New World Audio supplied professional audio and/or backline services. The featured artists and organizations are not represented as clients or endorsers of Hard Guys Music Group. Specific service scope varied by event.

About the founder

Musicianship meets live-production experience.

Founder Sonny Maupin is a formally trained musician with a degree in music. After approximately two decades as a professional musician, he founded New World Audio, a Las Vegas professional audio company with more than three decades of experience supporting concerts, casino entertainment, theatrical productions, corporate events and major performers.

Hard Guys Music Group brings that combined musical and production background to original songs, custom music and practical, adaptable audio for real-world use.

Professional audio background: New World Audio ↗

Let’s talk music

Have a project in mind?

For original music, custom production, licensing or collaboration inquiries, contact Hard Guys Music Group.

702-378-3884  •  Las Vegas, Nevada