Loud Neighbors Music
UniqueTracks started out as the jazz record label Loud Neighbors Music in 1998


UniqueTracks | Frequently Asked Questions

About UniqueTracks Inc.

UniqueTracks has been licensing music online since 1998. The company was formed from a jazz record and music production company originally named Loud Neighbors Music.

Loud Neighbors Music owner, John Bickerton, started releasing royalty free music CD's in 1998. The company, until that time, had concentrated on writing original music for TV broadcast, film and multimedia.

By 1998 the royalty free music market was expanding and John decided to refine some of the company's compositions into a 2 CD royalty free CD set. The resulting CD was called Themescapes and it proved very successful in the stock music market.

As the royalty free side of the company's business grew, a new company name, one that better described the royalty free music compositions, was chosen. UniqueTracks Production Music Library came into being in the spring of 2000.

Back in 2000, all music products were delivered on CD. As progress in web technology advanced, UniqueTracks became one of the first music licensing companies to offer direct downloads of mp3 and then wav format files. Today every product in the UniqueTracks music library is downloadable right to the customer's computer.

UniqueTracks began selling sound effects in 2006 with the addition of the four volume High-Impact FX Series.

In 2009 UniqueTracks added the ArtLoops brand of stock animated footage to its product line.

Our goal at UniqueTracks is to offer creative, original and distinct music and animation products that are exclusive to this site. Unlike other music licensing sites, UniqueTracks owns the copyrights to its music. We are not just a distributor of music tracks. We are a true library and publisher of music recordings.

Because we actually own the masters to our recordings, we can enter into publishing deals that other companies can't. If you have a music usage that cannot be found in our standard license agreement, please contact us and we will work up a custom quote for the usage you intend.


UniqueTracks owner
John Bickerton

History/Bio
Based in Brooklyn, NY, Loud Neighbors Music was initially created as a publishing company for the compositions of its owner, John Bickerton.

Trained as a jazz pianist, John later studied classical music composition at Carnegie-Mellon University (1982- BFA) and Boston University (1984 - MA). Moving to New York City in 1985, John studied piano with the great jazz pianist, Joanne Brackeen. He performed, usually with his own trio, in bars and small jazz clubs through the late 1980s.
Following his composition of the theme music to an eight-part documentary by Blue Pearl Productions' entitled Hispanic Americans, The New Frontier, John expanded Loud Neighbors Music into a full-fledged music production company (1994).

Hosted by actor Jimmy Smits, Hispanic Americans, The New Frontier has been broadcast on FOX Television as well as the ABC network. Loud Neighbors Music has grown from a publishing company into a record label and music production company.

John has also composed several film scores including Christine Swanson's award winning film Two Seasons, winner of the short film competition at the Acapulco Film Festival in 1998 and a short film finalist at 1999's Sundance Festival.

Besides composing for TV broadcast, John has also written theme music for National Public Radio productions and for Primary Stages - an off-Broadway theater in New York City.

In the fall of 2000, he composed the score to the independent feature film by Faith Filmworks,
"All About You," (see review below).

Mosaec Film & Video
All About You, 2001, 90 minutes, Not Rated
By Carla Robinson

All About You is a romantic comedy in the grand tradition of films like When Harry Met Sally and Notting Hill. It's a funny, charming date movie that luxuriates in the discovery and flowering of love. Like a vacation in paradise, All About You takes us to those tender places where we all need to go sometimes.

Nicole, its main character, is a conflicted young woman running from a past she can hardly acknowledge and a future she desperately wants to thwart. Played by effervescent newcomer Renee Goldsberry (whose quirky sweetness and girl-next-door beauty will undoubtedly draw comparisons to Meg Ryan), Nicole is instantly likeable and from the moment we meet her, we care very much about her journey.
All About You won the Audience Choice award at the 57th Chicago International Film Festival, The Grand Jury Prize winner at the Hollywood Black Film Festival 2001 and the Festival Award at the Pan African Film Festival 2002.

 

Babbling Brook CD

New Age CD:
Babbling Brook
(Madacy Entertainment)

Mountain Retreat CD

New Age CD:
Mountain Retreat
(Madacy Entertainment

In the mid-90s, John composed two popular New Age CDs for Madacy Entertainment Group - Mountain Retreat and Babbling Brook. The CDs are sold in new age gift shops like The Nature Company and Star Magic. They are still very popular in Europe receiving a lot of radio play there.
As a jazz pianist and recording artist, John Bickerton has recorded three CD's in the jazz trio format.


Drinking from the
Golden Cup
Released, 1998 on
Loud Neighbors Music


Shadow Boxes
Released 1999 on
Leo Records, (UK)

Open Music CD
Open Music
Released 2000 on
CIMP records

Drinking from the Golden Cup charted on CMJ's national jazz chart reaching a high of #14 in March 1998. Shadow Boxes charted in October, 1999 reaching a high of #10 nationally. Drinking from the Golden Cup can be licensed royalty free from the UniqueTracks library.

The UniqueTracks royalty free music library draws upon this musical experience. Please explore our web site and listen to the music examples. You'll find that royalty free music doesn't all have to sound the same. Let us give your production its own unique musical identity.