This blog post contains a great technique that SO MANY top Library composers use. And you can apply it too. As you may know, I’m personally not a huge fan of composers buying every sample library under the sun. Yes, keep your samples relevant and of the highest quality you can afford, but you’re at …
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I recently added a big section to the Library Music Thats Sells course all about emailing Music Libraries. From that rather substantial video I’ve sliced out a few of those points that I’d like to share with you here. In amongst these tips are the importance of subject lines, (including options that perk interest and …
Ok, ok. Possibly a contender for the most overdramatic blog post title about production music! But haven’t we all been there? Making a full or even part time living from writing music can be hard. A lot of people give up on it. If you have points where it all seems pretty bleak – be …
One of the advantages I can offer to you in terms of Production Music is the perspective and experiences of someone who co-owns a Music Library. We’ve seen and heard a lot of things over the years. Great music. Terrible music. Composers we feel we want to deal with, and composers we definitely don’t. …
There are a lot of things that can result in people not making a success of achieving an income through library music. A lot of the time the issue I hear is, “Oh, there’s so much competition, libraries just aren’t taking tracks any more.” I can tell you that’s bulls**t. Yes there is competition. There’s …
Ever bought a sample pack with melodic loops, only to find that the performances are locked to a specific tempo? In those situations, you can often find that writing a track around those loops can be the easiest way forward. You need it to feel natural and not that the melodic loop was forced into …
You’re onto a good idea in the studio. Maybe you spent a few hours producing up this little hook, chord sequence or groove. The next morning you enthusiastically fire up the computer, listen back, and… …well… …let’s be kind and describe it as “incredibly underwhelming”. Looks like you just had a visit from the Mediocre Fairies. …