Location: Kingston, London, UK Member since: December 14, 2010 Tracks in portfolio: 11 (click here to hear all tracks) Tracks We Like: “Butterflies” “Psychodelia” The Interview 1. High profile projects or clients you have worked for? At the moment I am working with a film student at the New York Film Academy in Hollywood, on […]

The NY Times recently ran a piece about the realities of modern classical music. I was really impressed with how evolved the working philosophies of both the composers and performers of new music has become. For the performers, many acknowledge that most modern music is “not very good”, but nonetheless there is a responsibility to […]

Location: London, UK Member since: December 15, 2010 Tracks in portfolio: 5 (click here to hear all tracks) Tracks We Like: The Arizona Tree – Main Theme Ocean The Interview: 1. High profile projects or clients you have worked for? I’ve done quite a lot of music for Dorling Kindersely the book publishers. I’ve also […]

You can upload your own audio content to this instrument and trigger it through the input interface. Very conducive to performance art. Cool stuff. Mike Bielenberg www.musicrevolution.com

Here’s a mix tip that instantly made my orchestral mixes better back in the day: Run your percussion tracks through a big plate verb BEFORE you run the entire mix through a big room verb. This simulates the relative proximity of a real percussion section within a real recording studio. It sounds huge. Enjoy! Mike […]

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 […]

This year we’ve been fortunate enough to receive excellent Christmas track submissions from our community of professional musicians. And what makes these royalty-free Christmas music tracks so great is the diversity of creative approaches even within one public domain Christmas song. For example, we have 17 versions of “Silent Night” . Here’s a version, by […]

Location: Sofia, Bulgaria Member Since: September 10, 2010 Tracks in Portfolio: 9 (click here to hear all tracks) Tracks We Like: “The Art of the Beat “Live Machine” 1. High profile projects or clients you have worked for? Actually I have never worked on such high profile projects. I am creating music more as a […]

Location: Derby, United Kingdom Member since: August 5, 2010 Tracks in portfolio: 19 (click here to hear all tracks) Tracks We Like: “Prelude No. 15” “Quest for Adventure” The Interview: 1. High profile projects or clients you have worked for? Recently my music has been used by the BBC, MTV, Kelloggs, Crayola, UK National Archives […]

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? […]