Nature Sounds from Hawaii 1

Last month we returned from our 6 week long journey through the Hawaiian islands, as well as vacationing we were recording sounds, taking video and of course swimming and boogie boarding. I am back in the studio now and am starting to edit the collection of nature sounds we recorded while we wandering around in ...

10 Christmas Songs That Are Not in Public Domain 1

Many people mistakenly believe that the Christmas classics that they hear year after year in their shopping malls and department stores are all in the public domain and can be used freely in their videos and projects. Below is a list compile by Nathaniel Patchner of rightsworkshop.com of the 10 Christmas Songs you probably thought ...

New Musicloops.com Composers 2

Introducing Gary Wolk and Justin Nihiser Gary Wolk Gary writes sound-a-like music and is very good at it. Sound-a-like, or knock-off music, is music that sounds as close as possible to famous songs and styles without infringing on the copyrights of the original works. Gary’s tracks capture the unique flavor of the music of the ...

Free Online and Offline Audio File Conversion 2

At Partners In Rhyme we deliver all of the audio our customers order in WAV format. Some of our customers need their audio in MP3 format and we help them with instructions on how to easily convert their audio to any format they need using free iTunes software. For those of your who do not ...

Interview with Sound Designer for Red Dead Redemption 1

Read Dead Redemption is one of my favorite PS3 games, not only for the game play but for the beautiful environments, musical soundtrack and flawless sound design. I am posting a link to an in depth interview the audio director of Red Dead Redemption. The interview is by Miguel Isaza for designingsound.org When I saw ...

Interview with Music Supervisor Greg Debonne 9

Arron, the owner at PlayItLoudMusic.com has kindly given me permission reprint his interview with Music Supervisor Greg Debonne here in its entirety. Interview with Gregory Debonne Greg’s credentials can be found on numerous reality shows with networks including MTV, VH1, The Discovery Channel, SPIKE, A&E, Lifetime, BRAVO, to a name a few. As a music ...

Embedding Audio Files 2

How do I put background music on my web page? It’s fairly simple to add background music to your web page but first you have to consider your visitors. Never put a sound that plays automatically in the background with no option for the user to turn it off. In fact, it would probably be ...

Reddit Conversation re: Performing Rights Organizations 2

There’s a very funny and very informative conversation going on regarding performing rights organizations like BMI, ASCAP and in this case PRS going after people singing to themselves at work (?!?!?). Check it out if you have a moment, it’s pretty enlightening; this_is_getting_ridiculous_now_recording_industry This comes as ASCAP loses their battle to charge mobile phone users ...

10 Ways Businesses Use Twitter / 5 Essential Twitter Apps 2

follow me on twitter Find out how to use Twitter to streamline your business and improve your bottom line including a list of the essential third party twitter apps you need to succeed. 1. use twitter to directly connect with customers you can use twitter search to look for your industry keywords and connect to ...