Wednesday, November 6, 2019

Update....

Just a post to check an update to 3 pieces of software upgraded to make my Site software compatible with the Catalina update.

Saturday, September 7, 2019

200! :-)

For my final (and late) summer update, I'm happy to announce that the "Winds and Lute Loop" has been official published for sale on Audio Jungle. I've finally hit the 200 items for sale mark.
The "Corporate Tech Loop" and "Classic Rock Instrumental" were both rejected, and I'll move them over to the freebee page for potential backing tracks to your favorite home extreme sports video.

Monday, August 19, 2019

Corporate Tech Loop

A corporate tech loop featuring a bright tempo and a combination of hip hop and rock elements. Instruments include hip hop drums, plucky synth sounds, electric guitar, and bass in a song that forms a perfect 32 second loop. This quick fusion of hip hop and rock is busy and edgy, with a drive and a beat that keeps things moving. Uploaded for approval today.

Classic Rock Instrumental

An instrumental rock song inspired by the first or last instrumental tracks that used to be included on vinyl albums produced in the late 70s and early 80s. An 82 BPM groove using electric guitar, organ, clavichord, drums, and synthesizers. Driving and progressive, with a consistent returning theme to pull it together. Submitted to Audio Jungle today.



Winds and Lute Loop

Another offering in the medieval/celtic category - The Winds and Lute Loop. This is a 1:07 loop of a song in the medieval/renaissance/celtic style featuring recorder, english horn, lute, cello, and hand percussion. It's a dance in 6/8 time in a mode rather than a scale, but fluctuation between major and minor to modern ears. I was looking to write a little video game tavern background music. Submitted to Audio Jungle today.

Simple Success

My Simple Waltz was accepted for sale an Audio Jungle, bringing my total collection of recordings up to an agonizing 199. My goal was to make 200 by the end of the summer. A few in the pipeline - we'll see.

Thursday, August 15, 2019

Simple Waltz

This is a simple, relaxing, and tranquil waltz in 60 seconds. It's in ABA form with a little more motion in the B section for variety. Exactly 60 seconds without feeling rushed or too busy. Just added it to the queue today.

Saturday, July 27, 2019

Small batch of rejection

Three of the songs I had in the review queue were rejected, which means three more additions to my Free Audio Page! (It's GOOD news, right?!)
In any case, "Relaxing Woodwind Quintet," "Strings and Horn Horror Ident," and "Tropical Pop Loop" all got the axe. Back to the studio.

Tuesday, July 23, 2019

2 in the win column

I just got word today that both the "Comic Folk Dance" and the "7 Second Violin Ident" were accepted by Audio Jungle, bringing my total number of recordings for sale up to 298. So close to 300 I can taste it, and that's with three new submissions already in the queue to be reviewed. Here's hoping.

Monday, July 22, 2019

Strings & Horn Horror Ident

Seven seconds with the audio tail, this ident features a short descending violin passage against plodding viola, cello, and bass notes. A horn crescendo and a final pizzicato pluck brings it to a finish. The descending arpeggiated chromatics and tension in the other instruments creates an unsettling and strained feeling for an ident or branding for horror or suspense projects. Submitted today.

Tropical Popo

This is a little tropical pop song that a recorded to give you the idea of a tropical vacation inside of a minute. (Actually a minute and five seconds if you include the audio tail.) Submitted to AJ today, although in 5 different versions (looped vs. non-looped, and also with shorter lengths.)

Thursday, July 18, 2019

Relaxing Woodwind Quartet

A calm, relaxing woodwind quartet featuring oboe, flute, clarinet, and bassoon. This serene little piece in the classical style is designed to underscore anything that needs a little refined, tranquil, and restful background music.
Just uploaded it for (hopeful) approval today.

Wednesday, July 17, 2019

Xylo & Uke Children's Theme rejected

Another rejection - C'est la vie. My Xylo & Uke Children's Theme has been added to the Free Audio page.

7 Second Violin Ident

A quick, merry and pleasant ident featuring solo violin, warm strings, a light pad, and a stinger using stringed bass and a glockenspiel. Classy, charming, and happy. Submitted it today.

Tuesday, July 16, 2019

Comic Folk Dance

This is a comedic folk dance using clarinet, accordion, violin, bass, and percussive stomps & claps. A little background audio for a funny & frantic scene - I was imagining chasing a toddler around the house.
I just submitted it to Audio Jungle today.


Wednesday, July 10, 2019

Xylo & Uke Children's Theme

A light-hearted and happy children's theme using xylophone, ukulele, accordion, and bass. 31 seconds including a short audio tail. Jolly, bouncy, and uplifting. I was thinking of a 30 second tv or radio spot for diapers showing a little guy toddling around in the back yard. First official submission today since I got the computer back.


Synth & Bass Loop Rejected

My Synth & Bass Loop didn't get any love from Audio Jungle, so I'm reposting here without the watermark and have put it up on the Free Audio page for download. Quirky - but I liked it.

Violin & Harp Ident accepted

Another setback (laptop battery recall) has kept me from doing much for the last 2 weeks. Could have been worse - I was away on vacation for part of that time anyhow, and wouldn't have done much anyway.

The good news is, the computer's back, and I'm ready to jump back in to all the half-finished projects on it's hard drive.

My Violin and Harp Ident was accepted, and is up for sale on Audio Jungle as I write. It was nice to not have to add it to the free music page.

Now to make up for lost time, and get some more submissions in…

Tuesday, June 25, 2019

Rejection #2

The "Dark Heroic Fanfare Logo" was not accepted by Audio Jungle. The 2nd standard boiler-plate rejection to date, but the more times you go to bat, the more likely you are to get a hit. I'll get to 200 eventually.

Anyway, I've moved it over to the "Free Audio" Page for anyone who could use it.

Friday, June 21, 2019

First rejection!

I got my first rejection today! They're an inevitable part of the process. There are so many submissions now that it is becoming more and more difficult to keep the gatekeepers happy. They've heard it all before.
Anyway, I figure I'll try something new. I've added a "Free Audio" Page to allow downloads of all of the music that Audio Jungle doesn't want. They're registered on a website called Adrev, that keeps track of audio used on YouTube, and funnels a little bit of advertising revenue your way when it's used in videos. It's really just pennies, but they add up - to nickels eventually. With time.

Anyway, my "Rising and Falling Logo" was the first to get the axe, and is now available for download on the Free Audio page. Anyone need a logo?

Thursday, June 20, 2019

Violin and Harp Ident

A short clip for branding purposes that uses violin, harp, a synth pad, and a pizzicato bass stinger. Both major and minor versions for a little versatility. I submitted this one on Thursday, 6/20/2019.

First of the week

I'm running a little behind my goal of 5 submissions a week due to losing a lot of time to downloads - either new virtual instruments or backups of a hard drive that crashed. I've got some longer songs in the pipeline, but feel I'm going to need to crank out some short loops & logos to get more stuff submitted so I can catch up. Anyway, here's the first one of this week.

This is a short, techno loop I did with two contrasting sections - the first is a driving, busy, techno section with arpeggiated & gated synths, and the second is one that features a little derpy lead synth against a bass riff for a little comic relief. It makes a perfect 32 second loop.

Friday, June 14, 2019

Dark Heroic Fanfare Logo

This is a fanfare I wrote and recorded for logo purposes. It uses symphonic bass, snare drum, french horns, trombones, trumpets, and tuba in a fanfare that builds and crescendos to a low sustained note. It's dark, dramatic, and intense.

Thursday, June 13, 2019

Rising and Falling Logo

A short rising and falling theme song for identification or logo purposes. Busy without being rushed, and a mixture of acoustic & electronic with a moving, gated, rhythmic vibe.

Week One Setback

I suffered my first setback of the summer yesterday when my external hard drive containing all of my audio files died. My wife picked up a new (and much larger) model, and my backups are being transferred as I type. My library of cymbal crashes are on there, and I've got gaping holes in some of my tracks where they belong. I've got plenty on the synth and software synths, but they just aren't the same.

I still intend to submit some files by the end of the week. I'd love to stick with the five submissions a week goal that has worked out in the past. A few short logos mixed in with more substantial recordings that take longer, and I may just hit that magic number of 200 published items that has been evading me for so long.

Saturday, June 8, 2019

And so it begins again....

June 8th, and the summer officially begins for me again. Here's how it starts out for me….

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This book has been sitting on the shelf half-finished for a year or so. Time to finish digesting it and put it to work. I figure I can alternate between reading and writing/recording music. Now that I'm so much less busy, I can get busy. (So much sassier with italics.)

Wednesday, April 10, 2019

April Update

It turns out that I somehow managed to check off all of the goals that I set for myself last summer. I guess that means it's time for some new goals.

Here's what I managed to check off since the summer:

Have an item make 50 sales
Make $150 sales in 1 month
Reach 400 Sales
Reach the 52% sales level on AJ

And for the record….
My "Harp Dream Sequence" has 52 sales since I posted it.
I've actually had 1,201 sales as of this date. A good bit better than that goal of 400.
My sales level is up to 66%.

I'll have to do some thinking about the next set of goals. So here are some parameters.

My goals should have more to do with how much music I write and record, rather than how many sales I make. I can't predict or do anything specific about sales - only the stuff I produce to sell.

I'd really like to focus on adding to the catalog. Right now I have 195 recordings online. That's agonizingly close to 200.

It would also be fun to break into some new categories that I've never submitted recordings for. There's something fun about trying something out of my comfort zone.

Sunday, March 31, 2019

Spring Update

Just a short note to mark a milestone: I've had one of my songs get 50 sales. Nothing very fancy about the song itself - it's just a simple recording of a whole tone scale on a harp that I did for anybody needing a little audio to cue a "dream sequence". But it's sold 50 times, so "thanks" to all the dreamers out there.