Slowly Building Background Music

Here's a piece that builds slowly, allowing you to create tension leading up to a revelation in your media projects.

An Ambient and Nervous Track

Here's a track that combines an ambient vibe with a hint of drum and bass. Use this musical background to convey nervous tension in your story.

How I Got Into Instrumental Music (Part Four)

For me, no discussion of my roots in instrumental music would be complete without mentioning the fusion movement of the 1970s.

Music That Means Business

"Progress in Process" is a bright, uptempo corporate music background for scenes of work getting done, teams succeeding together, and similar themes.

Making Music on a Budget: Workstation

Musicians and composers on a tight budget face an uphill battle to produce marketable tracks. Here's how I approach the problem, starting with recording and sequencing.

A Sonic Dreamscape

Here's a dreamy soundscape that can sit up front or way in the back of your video or presentation.

An Eerie Soundscape

Here's a creepy sounding musical background for mystery or horror projects.

Add this eerie musical background to your stock music library.

A Hopeful Anthem

Here's an instrumental pop ballad for conveying the emotion one might feel in overcoming adversity.

Tell your story of hope with this track, royalty-free.

How I Got Into Instrumental Music (Part Three)

I have more previews of new stock music coming this week. In the meantime, here's a little more biographical information about my lifelong fascination with instrumental music.

Back in the Saddle, More or Less

The dust is finally clearing from my recent move, and I've resumed working on music. I put together three new pieces this week. One is very uplifting tune I mentioned in an earlier post that I'd been working on for some time. The other two are short soundscape type pieces I was able to put together pretty quickly. I'll be previewing them on this blog beginning next week, and will hopefully be back to regular posting for everyone -- all two or three of you :) -- who stop by.

April Sales Highlights

Once again in April, a number of my pieces had their first sales.