I must say this is an awesome video creation tool. Using just a few still photos, 2 short video clips all shot on point and shoot cameras and then the map creation and text to speech capabilities of Stupeflix, I’m pretty impressed. It did take a little longer as I think the server went down over the weekend and I had to wait to finish. Tell me what you think below.

Feeling It – By Andrew Ingkavet

All of these tracks are available for instant download and have been pre-cleared and royalty free for your use.

Check out all of Kevin’s eclectic and exciting catalog.

Here’s a few of my favorites off the top.

Chaser – Hard edged and driving, but with elements of beauty, this pulsating contemporary electronic instrumental is perfect for Xtreme Sports, Ski Movie, X Games, Fashion, Racing, or Crime Drama, Getaway, Chase Scene, Movie Theme, Trailer, Credits

Alice’s Dream – Danny Elfman ish eerie waltz. Starts off with vocalese and harmonium and gradually adds orchestral and electronic elements as it builds in intensity. Great for Christmas scene with elves or any magical Tim burton ish type of scene.

Lawn Jockey 30 - quirky instrumental with acoustic guitar and accordion as the featured voices adding bass and a good drumbeat. Would make a great companion to a quirky, humorous spot. Anything from Lawn Doctor to kid’s energy bars to vacation fun

Onward – Ethereal beginning with acoustic guitar and piano gives this reaffirming instrumental track a feeling of beginning, like the start of a new day or beginning of a journey. Great for show intro, family drama, youth drama, self awareness. historical exploration documentary, biography .

These are all gems and sound straight from the Billboard Hot 100. Fans of Glee and the silky smooth vocals of Lea Michele will love Stephanie Duran who performs 10 of these tracks by Craig Neil.

Beautiful.

These are just a few of our Patriotic selections.  Make sure you check out the whole collection.

The Gift -perfect for a graduation moment or a regal celebration.

Inside Our Hearts - This ones is more contemporary radio pop feel.  Feels like a stadium with lighters aloft.

Roses – Sweeping, grandiose, cinematic and driving.

Mission of Honor - Serious, solemn, heroic, stoic.  Sounds like Gladiator.

Boldly Forward - Driving, positive, orchestral

The Prez - warm, acoustic, positive Americana

Olympic Opening - regal, motivational, grand, moving – this piece was featured at the Beijing Olympics.

This is cool. Musikpitch is a new site where advertisers can launch a contest and composers/songwriters/bands can then submit custom music for the project. The budget is clearly listed and MusikPitch keeps the publishing and administers the licensing.

Almost completely gone are the days when ad agencies would actually select a handful of music companies to exclusively work with on a project, award them demo fees and then final fees in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.

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

When it comes to advertisements, music has the power to create better moods in video commercials, as well as to bring a more personal touch to these ads. As a result, it provides a better impact to their target audience, therefore effectively promoting products and services.

While visuals might be appealing to marketers’ target consumers, the use of music in video media advertising tends to create a more lasting impression in consumers’ minds, providing a great chance for companies to build positive brand or company images.

Setting the Mood

Simple video advertisements sometimes could set the proper ambiance when they are without music. Of course, there are some scenes which might be perfectly shot and produced, but music enhances this mood and ambiance in any video media, providing a great complement to these scenes and stamping a long-term impact in the audience’s minds.

Consider this situation: There is a video of a woman who seems to be standing in the middle of crowd. With the video alone, it doesn’t seem to mean anything. There is also a big chance that people would simply forget it, thinking that it is just some boring video. On the other hand, applying music in this advertisement would set a deeper mood – something that would connect better to the target audience. Slow music in this situation would set the mood of sadness, as if the woman is sadly waiting for somebody. On the other hand, upbeat music would set a more positive and outgoing mood, as if the woman would soon do something funny.

Suggesting the Right Emotions

The use of music in video commercials also hints what the audience or the target market should feel when they see these ads. Without music, people are sometimes confused as to how they should react to these ads. Music in video ads makes sure that your desired feelings are conveyed to your audience by suggesting certain emotions. It does not overly push the feeling towards your audience, but it acts as a way to make your audience think about what they should feel as suggested by the music. Music in video media ads, therefore, helps marketers and advertisers to somewhat help tell the target audience which kind of feelings should be felt in these video advertisements.

Evoking More Intense Emotions

Simple emotions found in scenes in video ads can be heightened further with the use of music. A scene of a sad woman would even be sadder with the right music, and can evoke more intense emotions to its viewers. Music can greatly affect the effectiveness of these video media ads because they can make the audience relate to a particular emotion or feeling. Affecting people’s emotions through music will make your advertised product, service or company to be related to a particular strong emotion, such as happy, uplifting, energetic or loving.

Catchy Tunes Tend to Leave Longer Lasting Impressions

Admit it – once in your life, you might have had some music stuck in your head because it was played in some video advertisement. Months or years later, you still remember that particular product, service or company whenever you hear the music. People tend to link music, brands and companies together, which just shows how effective music can be in video advertisements as compared to using only text or visuals. Video media advertising and commercials with music invest in long-term brand or company images in the consumer’s minds.

Video advertisements that tend to be the most effective, almost always balance between the use of audio and video. Music can enhance the audio, and it should offset the video to effectively relay the marketers’ desired messages to their particular audiences.

Some advertisements are better without music, but these are very rare and always depend from case to case. Most of the time, the best advertisements which leave lasting impressions are those with perfect mixtures of audio and video. The next time you watch a video advertisement, consider muting the audio. You will see a different message and effect as compared to watching it with the audio and music.

Follow this link to read actual statistics confirming these findings about video advertisement and video commercials.

Ann Rountre
Marketing Director
David Tower & Associates

Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Ann_Rountre

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!

We’ve just added a bunch of new powerful, dramatic and often heroic, sometimes dark music soundtracks to our Underscore-Drama section of the Online Royalty Free Music Store.

Check out these and the entire collection.

1. EPILOGUE
   

   Massive, grand and climactic orchestral pinnacle, followed by a warm yet thoughtful epilogue. Excellent for triumphant yet bittersweet epic endings. “Victory is ours, yet at what cost?” Very dramatic, with high production values and stunning realism. Keywords: Grand, Epic, Dramatic, Climax, Powerful, Orchestral, Massive, Filmic.  By Dave Klotz.

2. Let Them Try
   An orchestral rock guitar hybrid that builds and then releases into a gentle classical guitar and strings theme. Effective for a film underscore that needs an edge with a tender heart. A hero with a heart?  By Proofsound.
3. Memories of WW2 –
   Passionate , sad , noble French horns , strings , piano, oboe ,el. Piano ,harp 1min 56sec – by Alex Khaskian
4. Mrs. Tinkle
   Magical big Hollywood like Harry Potter meets Mrs. Doubtfire. By Sebastian Morawietz.
5. No Way Back
   Intense, bold, big orchestral rock metal hybrid. Action, action, action! Similar to stuff from the Hans Zimmer school of scoring. Blockbuster sound.  By Proofsound.
6. The Getaway Plan
   Insistent bass and guitar riff with pounding drums drive this action filled rock track.  Great for a Guy Ritchie type Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels action piece.  By Robert Wayne Johnson.
7. Yup It’s The Big Action Cue
   A massive, dramatic, hollywood style film cue suitable for anything involving frenetic action and excitement. Huge orchestra, powerful drum, chunky guitars and industrial elements make this cue perfect for any battle, chase, or disaster sequence. Keywords: Action, battle, chase, huge, orchestral, hollywood, adventure, power.  By Dave Klotz.
8. Burning The Witch
   Exactly like it sounds.  By Marinho Nobre.

Agency: The Geppetto Group
Lyrics: Steve Ingkavet, Darren Farrell
Music: Andrew Ingkavet/300 Monks

Kid Cuisine – Hot Dogs

Wake up the board room and get your ideas amplified with a soundtrack for your Powerpoint or Keynote presentation.  These 5 tracks all by Robert Wayne Johnson are perfect.

Fuzz Attack - Energetic and great in your face rock track.  Sounds like Blur’s song 2.

Eat My Dust - Fast and furious rock. Sounds like the Offspring, Motorhead, Sum 41, Green Day, Blink-182 etc. Nascar, extreme sports, action-packed determination. Rock Music, Speed Metal.

Bitter Pill - Modern rock track with lots of attitude, emotion and teen angst.

Off The Hook - Melody meets mayhem in this fast and intense pop punk track. Perfect music for a chase scene, big road action scene or any production that needs a shot of adrenalin. Sounds like Green Day, Blink 182, The Buzzcocks etc.

Biker Punks - Fast, rocking, punk, guitars with great upbeat hooks. Perfect for a sports or high energy corporate presentation..

And lots more where these came from – Music for Sports Themes, Punk Rock,  Rock and Heavy Metal and the entire Robert Wayne Johnson catalog.

Need to use these music tracks on the company website too?  How about on YouTube?  Or on a corporate sales DVD?  We got that covered too – just select the usage at the bottom of each track description.

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300 Monks has been providing award-winning  custom music, music licensing and music supervision to advertising agencies, film studios and independent producers worldwide since 2004.

Funny Music Makes Funny Stuff Funnier

Are you trying to invoke some humor in your web video?  Comedy has a sound to it and we have a bunch of royalty free tracks to help you get the laugh.

Make sure you check out our royalty free music catalog sections for Cartoon/Childrens Music, Underscores-Comedy and our Funny, Zany, Goofy Music – all juicy and inspiring to take your animation to the next level whether it’s a television spot, a web video or student production.

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  Crazy Swedes

  
  

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  Flight of the Bumblebee

  Remake of one of the most famous pieces in classical music. You've usually heard this on piano but here it is with a fabulous large orchestration. Perfect for an animated film a chase scene. It's light and positive - no scary moments here. Bee music. Music For Film and TV.
  Strings flutes horns 1m14sec

  Price: $27.00
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  Big Bass Drum

  
  

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  Bring On The Clowns

  
  

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  Dinner with Dave

  A silent film type solo piano score - comical zany funny lively and just wonderful. Try juxtaposing this against a picture of great seriousness and the results will be hilarious. Or stay congruent with the humor and underscore the black and white film of your dreams.

  Price: $27.00
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  Cha Cha Cha

  Ballroom dancing cha cha fun sunny. For Film and TV. Big Band Latin Influence Brass piano. 3m49sec

  Price: $27.00
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  One more Bebop

  Old style jazz fun fast comedic . For Film and TV Piano guitar bass drums vibes 1m49sec

  Price: $27.00
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  LotsAndLotsOfNoise

  
  

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  Music Box

  Quiet innocent gentle and slightly sad perhaps. A music box. Of course can also be used to creepy effect as in so many horror films.
  

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  Pickin' With Granpa

  Warm and bouncy little guitar and dobro bluegrass ditty.
  

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  Russians in New York

  Hybrid of Russian polka with swing big band jazz comedic For Film and TV Full range of instruments : clarnets guitars trumpets bass sax trombones etc 3m35sec

  Price: $27.00
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  Zum Alpiner

  It sounds like music night at the community center in the village. Lots of old folks dancing. Polka-esque.
  

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  Welcome To Toonville

  Bright skies and wondrous optimism welcome us to a cartoon town where smiles last forever. Orchestral.
  

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Royalty Free Music For Use In Your Commercials

Commercial music, or as some call it, “spot music” is a world unto its own.  For a long time, specialists in this world made hundreds of thousands of dollars per year crafting jingles and soundtracks that make you want to buy.  Now that every band, artist and their girlfriend knows that the only real money in the music business is in getting into an iTunes commercial, it seems that established bands are even writing tracks with that end in mind.  Yes, you can find many bands that sound like stuff in the latest iTunes spots, but most advertisers do not have the budget of an Apple or the guaranteed exposure.  It’s been said that having your song in an iTunes television commercial will guarantee one million sales of that song within the next week!

So here’s a bunch of great tracks that you can license at extremely reasonable rates and download instantly for web-based commercials.  For broadcast, just give me a ring and I’ll get you a reasonable quote and license doc within your deadline.  Call me, Andrew Ingkavet at 1-888-211-5945.   And we’ve got loads more -  all royalty free music from 300 Monks – Visionary Music.

Listen to our whole collection of Happy Music.

1. Quirky Girlfriend Catchy pop track that has a sunny, quirky and fun vibe. Could be used as a theme song for a TV show or film etc. Sounds like Lenka . By Robert Wayne Johnson
2. Going Up In A Rocket - Instrumental Version – Electronica. An age of wonder. Upbeat, positive and kitschy with a sample that sounds like an old Australian exercise television program.
3. Happy Pills – Quirky 60′s pop rock with a modern spin. Twangy guitars add to the groovy, retro vibe.
4. Happy Cars -  Who knew cars could be so light and happy? After a sip of some sweet light petrol, our cars are bouncing and bumping just in time for some good driving weather.
5. Jingle Jangle Morning – Jangly guitars and pop melodies create a very dreamy atmosphere. Sounds a bit like The Byrds, R.E.M and Tom Petty.
6. Malibu Girl - Upbeat pop track with a sunny vibe and a funky groove.
7. Snow Angels In The Sand – Welcome to Hawaii. Ukelele and pedal steel guitar. I can see the palm fronds, the hula, and the umbrella in my drink.
8. The Prez Part 2 - Uptempo, bouncy, feel good pop-rock. Something about this sounds like old Rolling Stones, or the derivative Black Crowes.
9. Waltz 1 - Happy, joyful, cheerful, childlike solo acoustic piano. Slightly European/French ambience or vibe. A solo piano waltz. Perfect for a film montage perhaps remembering childhood.
10. Chemicals - Happy, groovy, sunshiney light folk-rock music in a retro style a la John Mayer. Acoustic and electric guitars, bass, drums, handclaps.