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.)