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Music To Celebrate A Life, A Tribute Video

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Bob Miller 1926-2010 from rohnjaymiller on Vimeo.

A very moving and beautiful tribute video to father from son.This features some of our music, “Along The Mississippi” by our composer Mike Stidolph.

You can find this track and others in Mike’s fabulous catalog of Acoustic and Americana music.

Lovely and full of love.

Cool Commercial Shows How Composer Lalo Schifrin created Mission Impossible…Fantastically

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As a composer, I really got a kick out of this commercial spot for Lipton Yellow Label Tea which shows how a composer, a very famous one, creates the music for a major pop culture event: Mission Impossible.   The music has lasted for decades since the television series and then with the movie remakes with a bonafide star Tom Cruise.

Check it out.  I wish I had a room where these players would drop from suspension wires whenever I needed them!

Interesting how infectious that theme is and how it has lasted the test of time – mainly because of that cool rhythm.  Could it be Lalo Schifrin‘s Argentinian upbringing?  Tango anyone?

And yes, the tea does things for me, though I prefer the pearl jasmine tea I get down in Chinatown at $100 per pound.  Man!  Just talking about makes me want to go brew a pot!

Enjoy!

Andrew

10 Favorites – Background Music Download

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High quality royalty free music for backgrounds of video, websites, film, presentations and even music on hold.

Free downloads available for every track.   Just click on the download music preview link under each title.  You can try them out in your project and after you get approval from your client or partners, come back and buy the high resolution version as an instant download.

Here’s 10 of my personal favorites.  Or see the whole section of background music.

Enjoy!  Andrew.

Great Acoustic Guitar Tracks – Royalty Free Music

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Just added 7 great tracks from Nicky Needle.  We are so fortunate to have so many great Acoustic and Americana options in our royalty free music library.

Check them out:

Cold Miracle Composer: Nicky Needle A minimalist bluegrass piece that sounds straight out of T Bone Burnett and Cold Mountain. Price: $34.95

Desert Minor Composer: Nicky Needle Haunting slow acoustic guitar blues. Beautiful. Price: $34.95

Open D Composer: Nicky Needle Slow passing of time. Electric and acoustic guitars. Pensive moody. Price: $34.95

Song for my Friend Composer: Nicky Needle Beautiful acoustic guitar solo. Lullaby-like and comforting. Price: $34.95

Tangled Cables Composer: Nicky Needle Slow acoustic guitar solo. Thinking through the events leading up to this moment. Price: $34.95

30 new club, dance, electronica tracks and more from Jay Woods

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Just posted 30 great new tracks from the UK’s Jay Woods.  Fabulous electronica stuff as well as some very quirky and cool hip/hop.  Some of our favorites include

Jazz and Rave – sort of like a Medeski Martin & Wood type thing or perhaps St Germain?

Deadly Germs – serious drum & bass with some funny vocal samples and a version with no vox.

Feeling Fine - Beatles- inspired pop piano in an electronica way.

Hope of Summer - Summery strings set against a laid-back hip-hop beat.

Acid Drop - Reggaeton!

enjoy!

Great Music Ideas for Podcasts

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Having a piece of background music for your podcast helps you to communicate professionalism and give you another way of showing your brand.  Music has the ability to give the feel of your brand rather than just the logo.

Here’s 20 great ideas for great music to use in your podcast openers and stings.

1. Big Dipper - Conservative.  Upbeat, melodic piano instrumental with electronic elements that give it a mystical and spacey sound.  By Robert Wayne Johnson
2. Biker Punks – In Your Face. Fast, rocking, punk, guitars with great upbeat hooks. Perfect for a sports or high energy corporate presentation. By Robert Wayne Johnson
3. Explodopop – Energetic.  Great drums on an alt rocking track.  By Tom Curiano.
4. High Velocity – Technology.  Upbeat yet urgent, pulsing, electronic orchestral. Exciting for a chase scene without the dark tinge of so many electronica pieces. Maybe useful for a commercial – think Jason Bourne chasing someone whilst wearing his $100,000 watch.  By Doug Sparling.
5. New Dawn – A Powerful and inspiring rock track with layered guitars that create a passionate feel. Great for many different projects.  By Dan Phillipson.
6. An Upbeat Country Diddy – Americana, Down Home, Backyard, Country Living, Lifestyle.   A great acoustic country hoedown. Short and sweet and perfect for a television intro, podcast intro music or website.  By Mike Stidolph.
7. American Reject – Quirky, modern pop rock that starts with a light and humorous vibe that leads into a big, rocking chorus.  By Robert Wayne Johnson.
8. Best Years of Our Lives – Instrumental. Bouncy, optimistic, bright, happy mellow rock with piano. Folky, fun and perfect for a commercial.
9. Happy Cars - Bouncy!  I always thought this would be great for a weather/traffic report or a return from the commercial sting.  By Rob Hann.
10. Hoodoo Barbecue. Fun and retro.  Rootsy, old time, guitar driven rock ‘n roll. Sounds like Bo Diddley.  By Robert Wayne Johnson.
11. Amazon Hunt 1 – Looking for a jungle motif?  The next Steve Irwin?  Aggressive, Energetic, Ritual and Sacral For Film and TV Ethno drums , jungle voices , flutes
12. Ingka – Jazzy and bluesy.  Swinging, popping and grooving. Composer: Andrew Ingkavet
13. Phi – Technology.   An upbeat tempo with a distinctly technical sound mixed with good old bluesy funk on fender rhodes, acoustic bass and some hot loops.
14. Signal 8 – Technology and Pharmaceuticals.  Smooth, organic yet pointy. This piece may work well for pharmaceutical, technology and other business presentations.
15. Bitstream – Technology, Finance.  Sounds like Moby.
16. Crazy Techno - Technology, Entertainment.  Like the title says.  Upbeat!
17. I Drink The Sunshine – Technology, Art, Entertainment.  Very cool.
18. Current Affairs - Technology, News, Science, Entertainment.
19. Dinner With Dave - Retro, Funny, Old Fashioned, Silent Film, Newsreel.  This is a great solo piano piece.
20. Macondo.  Latino.  Energetic, bouncy, short, horns with percussion.

And you can always just search royalty free music using keywords here.