eTrade‘s latest commercial – Poolside – uses the William Tell Overture recording from our classical music library as soundtrack.
Here’s a look/listen…
eTrade’s Poolside commercial uses the UniqueTracks recording of the William Tell Overture as soundtrack.
UniqueTracks Production Music Library is happy to announce the release of a new royalty free Jazz collection created and performed by Australian composer Bill Naughton.
Straight from the Dixieland of the Roaring Twenties comes Jazz-ma-tazz; a celebration of unbridled optimism and fun. These all-acoustic Jazz Age tracks create a happy, festive mood and evoke past 20th century decades like the Prohibition Era, the Depression Era of the 1930s and the Swing Era of the 1940s.
The musicianship here is superb featuring jazz clarinet, trumpet, guitar, banjo, drums, piano and bass (tuba). This music is great for instantly creating a period in history and can also be used in comedy productions, retrospectives and anywhere that a carefree, light-hearted atmosphere is required.
UniqueTracks Production Music Library is happy to announce the release of a new royalty free Country Music collection created and performed by Australian composer Bill Naughton.
This is an all-acoustic album of 10 full-length tracks plus 60 and 30 second ad mixes. The songs are based in traditional bluegrass styles. The instruments are all acoustic including guitar, banjo, mandolin and country fiddle.
This music will work well with rural subjects, family, traditional values, and country living. The music is upbeat and festive. Many tracks convey a sense of motion which make them useful in video scenes that include travel or moving in a vehicle.
Eric Wyatt and the video production creatives at e-media, in Ft. Myers Florida, recently produced a promo spot for Bedslide which featured some tracks from the UniqueTracks Production Music Library.
Bedslide makes a unique sliding ultility for loading and unloading trucks. Basically, it turns your truck bed into a sliding drawer.
Eric told me recently
The marketing department [at Bedslide] wanted
to use something with a hard rock sound for music.
Thankfully we had your Speed Demons CD.
Here is the spot, shot for under $3000. Neat product.
Information wants to be free… (so the Web gospel reads)
Wikipedia apparently has entered the political arena, closing the site for one day to protest the SOPA bill.
What’s interesting to me is the notion that the knowledge collected by Wikipedia, freely given by volunteers spending untold hours contributing to the site, can be leveraged by the site’s owners to support their own politics.
I don’t know that that meets the approval of the many, varied, unpaid writers that contribute freely to Wikipedia or so-called crowdsource or “open source” platforms.
In an article titled The importance of Wikipedia published Nov 30, 2011 on opensource.com, Susan Hewitt, a 63-year old contributor to Wikipedia says
“Wikipedia is self-organizing and self-correcting,”. “There is no boss and police force, yet at this point in its development it’s perfectly clear that it works really well.” Wikipedia calls to the better angels of people’s nature, and those angels respond.
No police force, but apparently a higher power.
It’s the downside of the concept of a free web. The truth is there are powers behind the free web and they can use their power when it suits them. Now it’s free, now it’s not. Who decides? Well, we saw this week who decides.
Interestingly, a paid product, Encyclopedia Britannica, for instance, could not be so leveraged. Once you purchase it, it is yours. It can’t be removed from your home by the publishers because they don’t agree with your politics. Is that what we pay for? Ownership? Control? Privacy? Autonomy?
Guitar Heaven, a new royalty free music collection from the UniqueTracks Production Music Library, features 28 full-length tracks written in rock, blues and country guitar styles. There is plenty of rock energy here, classic rock, hard rock, heavy metal are all represented including a tongue-in-cheek homage to Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody entitled Bohemian Blasphemy.
There is also a fine selection of electric blues tracks, something of a throwback to 1970s guitar god jam band playing. These tracks are a rare addition to the royalty free genre.
The country instrumentals feature plenty of dynamic guitar-picking and the Latin-influenced acoustic guitar tunes will help bring out the sun.
Guitar Heaven was composed and produced for UniqueTracks by Canadian composer Neil Cross.
New Product Release: UniqueTracks’ new Modern Pop album.
Modern Pop is an eclectic mix of hip hop, rock, funk, ambient and urban club styles from producer Sekani Williams of the Arts and Kraphts Galleries. The album is a set of 28 full length tracks that will fit into any production looking for a contemporary edge. Tracks feature deep, pumping bass, sparkling percussion and inventive effects.
You’ll find laid back guitar ballads here as well as streetwise Hip Hop tracks. If you need music for a video production, multimedia project, game app, TV commercial of indie film, Modern Pop has you covered.
New Product Release: UniqueTracks’ new Retro Gamer is a collection of electronic music based on the 8-bit chipset used in legacy video games like the Nintendo Game Boy. This music emulates the tunes found on famous games like the Mario Brothers series. The atmosphere is fun, light and kind of goofy. Songs have a bouncy, buzzy, quality with a touch of innocence.
There are 21 full-length themes here. Each song is presented with several edits including an alternate mix where the main melody is pulled out of the mix. This can be helpful if you are using the track in a game and need more of a pad or muted background. Most tracks are cut right at a loop point so they can easily be extended in your editor.
These songs are just fun. They fit non-game related productions too, from quirky commercial beds to wacky YouTube Cats videos.
Have a listen. You will recognize this sound…
SPECIAL DEAL: Use coupon code GAMER to receive 20% off the Retro Gamer album at UniqueTracks.
New Product Release: Royalty Free Music Library, UniqueTracks Inc., has just released a new album of production music soundtracks designed for advertising, TV commercials, marketing films, corporate film, new product releases, podcasting and PowerPoint presentations. Produced by Russian-native, Israel-based composer Sergei Stern, this set will grab your target audience with its blend of contemporary music styles.
MAX Producer is a collection of rock, dance, funk, and easy-listening tracks created especially for use in advertising and promotional spots. The writing is contemporary and hits the right note for marketing films, corporate video, Powerpoint presentations, ads and other promotional productions. The songs are presented in full-length versions plus many edits including 60, 30, 15 second ad mixes.
The songs are good-natured and blend well with imagery. If you are creating upbeat and positive marketing messages and need that feeling underscored, then you’ll certainly find this collection appealing. The writing is engaging and the multiple music styles in the collection will find many uses in your production work.
Check it out, this is a delightful set.
New Product Release: Royalty Free Music Library, UniqueTracks Inc., has just released a new album of production music soundtracks geared towards advertising, TV commercials, marketing films, corporate film, new product releases, podcasting and PowerPoint presentations. Produced by Russian-native, Israel-based composer Sergei Stern, this set will grab your target audience with its quirky, contemporary feeling.
Good Times is a collection of 14 positive, upbeat and somewhat zany soundtracks. An engaging use of medium tempo 2-beat vamps and old-time rhythmic riffs help create the catchy, folksy feel. The mood is light and will put a smile on your face.
This music is especially well suited for advertising spots and productions in need of a happy, offbeat, atmosphere. This music will bring out feelings of enjoyment and pleasure using a fresh, individualistic, unhampered songwriting style.
