Here's another preview. This one is a tune called "Follow the Light" that I anticipate to be the "single" from the "Shadows and Light" project I hope to release sometime this year.
Blog of Bruce Edward Smith, composer and producer of music for commercial use and personal enjoyment. Stay up to date on Bruce's latest releases and projects.
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
The Creative Process is Funny
I was sitting looking at the news headlines last night when this idea for a piece of music came into my head. These things often hit me all at once, as if packaged and delivered by my subconscious mind. I immediately fired up my music software (Acoustica Mixcraft 6, if anyone is interested) and started working on it.
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
A Dark Trailer
Here's a dark or meditative trailer that can evoke all sorts of emotions in your next media project. The 60-second timing makes it a good choice for commercial broadcast applications.
Add this brooding piece to your stock library today!
Add this brooding piece to your stock library today!
Sunday, March 24, 2013
My Growing Guitar Fantasy
I've been working on tracks for an album I want to release sometime this year. On one of the tunes, I decided I wanted to lay down a real electric guitar track. I've used sampled guitars for some of the royalty-free music I've created on Pond5, but wanted something a little more realistic and expressive for this track. So I pulled out this old guitar of my son's - a Chinese knockoff of a Fender Strat, I think - and wailed away.
I'm no virtuoso by any stretch of the imagination. It was a struggle to get what I wanted. The intonation on the guitar isn't that great, but with processing (love that digital technology) I was finally able to get the sound I wanted. In fact, I'm so happy with the final outcome I plan to pull out an old classical guitar I've had forever and use it on some of the other tracks I'm prepping. Wish me luck.
I'm no virtuoso by any stretch of the imagination. It was a struggle to get what I wanted. The intonation on the guitar isn't that great, but with processing (love that digital technology) I was finally able to get the sound I wanted. In fact, I'm so happy with the final outcome I plan to pull out an old classical guitar I've had forever and use it on some of the other tracks I'm prepping. Wish me luck.
Friday, March 22, 2013
March Madness
Yesterday, I took the whole day to watch the NCAA college basketball tournament. It was one of those "bucket list" sort of things I had always wanted to do at least once. I'm glad I did, but now it's time to get back to writing music. I did create one short piece Wednesday - an "impish" introduction - that is now online at Pond5. I'll be posting a sample of that here at some point, maybe next week.
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