Isn’t it funny how TV commercials have become the best way to find new bands? Subura picked a terrific song to advertise their new Forester. The song is “Powerful Stuff’” by San Francisco-based singer-songwriter Sean Hayes. I think the best part of this spot is when the subtle drum groove kicks in at :21: Here’s […]

Check out this Volkswagen Jetta spot that uses Pigeon John’s “Bomb” to underscore a digitally recreated Donald O’Connor and Gene Kelly dancing in the backseat. Good stuff: And here’s the full-length track by Pigeon John. This is exactly the kind of high energy, one-dimensional (I mean that in a good way) tracks that music supervisors […]

Check out this Above the Influence TV commercial with an awesome urban soundtrack: If you like that track, we welcome you to peruse over 800 royalty-free hip hop production music tracks here. Enjoy! Mike Bielenberg www.musicrevolution.com

We provide music comps to Tongal members who submit videos to contests. Tongal contests are normally sponsored by companies that pay out prize money for the best submissions (for details, visit www.tongal.com). It’s also important, for the sake of understanding this article, to know what the term User Generated Content means. People who view internet […]

Here’s another terrific TV commercial soundtrack. Incredibly well-produced electronica: Mike Bielenberg www.musicrevolution.com

The jingle at the end of this Campells Soup spot is very catchy. Although I couldn’t find any agency or music house info. Mike Bielenberg www.musicrevolution.com

When producing a TV commercial, only enlightened creative teams consider the idea of context – how will this spot come across when book ended between an engaging TV show and a local car dealer spot? Corona’s ad agency of record, Cramer-Krasselt (based in Chicago) exploited this creative parameter to its maximum years ago when TV […]

As a composer, it’s common to focus a great deal of mental energy only on the tools. With so many extraordinary plug-ins being released on a regular basis how could one NOT get excited about the new level of realism in your next virtual orchestral track or the latest software synth created by Eric Persing? […]

Kaspar Astrup Schroder’s new film My Playground takes a global look at the emerging Parkour scene in Copenhagen, Bejing, Washington DC, Tokyo and more. Anyone who became dizzy during the opening scene of the 2006 James Bond film Casino Royale is intimately familiar with Parkour which Wikipedia defines as “a philosophy, [that] includes the physical […]

The essential list of royalty-free production music for your fourth quarter holiday videos. Halloween, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas covered all on one page! We’ve broken them up into individual links, but you can also get them in a single music bin here (after loading the link just scroll down to the see tracks on the […]