I posted a picture of my workplace on Facebook a few days ago. This is the studio that I spend many hours in and as you can see it has mood lighting, which can help to get me into the right frame of mind for making music. This was the day I finished my new corporate motivational track called 'It's a Great Day'. Maybe I should have called it, 'It's a Green Day'. Perhaps not … [Read more...]
Building a Sample Based Orchestra and God Save the Queen
My goal of getting back into writing and producing music has been challenging so far. Initially, I found that the range of options for composing with computers these days is literally mind blowing. We have access to many thousands of sounds and what you tend to find is that you start off with an idea in mind but then after 3 hours of finding the right sound that inspiration has … [Read more...]
Will We Run Out of Music? Or Is Music Infinite?
Over the last few months I have spent a serious amount of time studying and refreshing my knowledge on music composition and production. In the previous 10 years or so, running MediaMusicNow has been my priority and composing my own music has taken a backseat (until now). Getting back into music production has taken a fair chunk of cash and lots of time studying. My personal … [Read more...]