We recently got this question from a confused customer who didn’t quite understand the role of performing rights organizations / royalty collection societies, and how it applies to stock music / royalty-free music. I ended up writing a lengthy answer to her, which I felt could be of use or interest to other customers too, […]
Producing MIDI music for mobile phones / cellphones, Part 1
By Piotr Pacyna I’ve produced game soundtracks for mobile phones for over 9 years now. When I was starting out I thought that all I had to do was simply to make a MIDI file. A piece of cake! But I was so wrong… The feedback that I was receiving from the clients showed me […]
Music Production hardware and software tips, Part 1
By Piotr Koczewski Many composers talk about creating music, but few discuss the tools required to do it. What I mean is the IT side of music creation. I will do my best to explore this broad topic providing the most concrete information. The choice of displays (audio) – the more displays with a different […]
Pruning the music catalogue
We’ve always been of the opinion here at Shockwave-Sound, that there is no point at all in just amassing “as much as possible” music in our catalogue. If you’re a customer looking for one great, hard pumping, action packed track to use for your project, it doesn’t really matter whether we have 1,500 or 15,000 […]
Video from Morro Bay and Morro Rock set to our music
Photographer and videographer Harry Sloan from California has made a really nice DVD featuring our music. He has made 12 individual “video paintings” from the beautiful Morro Rock and Morro Bay California area, and set them to our music. We can recommend this video for anybody who have been lucky enough to visit these beautiful […]
Guide to Virtual Pianos
Stage vs Digital Audio Workstation By Dov Waterman There isn’t anything out there in the world of digital music reproduction that beats the sound of a real instrument. Nevertheless, the piano is one of those instruments that composers, performers and audio engineers have sought to emulate over the years. With ultra-powerful computers with […]
Tap BPM tempo with our new tool
We’re happy to announce our new online tool: The BPM Tempo Tapper! This nice tool is mostly useful for musicians, producers, DJ’s, mixers and media producers who may have the need to find the BPM tempo of a music track. Perhaps you want to use it for a workout music program where you need music […]
Artist feature: Adam Skorupa
Adam Skorupa originally became a Shockwave-Sound.com music composer / contributor because he happened to be a friend and musical collaborator of Shockwave-Sound founder and creator Bjorn Lynne. Ever since our beginning back in April of 2000, Adam’s music has been available for licensing here, and we felt it was about time we pestered him with […]
Shockwave-Sound.com music in non-profit New York art education
Leading Leaders is a non-profit educational organization that teaches kids about art, understanding art, and helping kids express themselves and their feelings through art. Our music is featured in this really nice YouTube film documenting the project. In the film we get to learn about the project and to hear some insights from teachers, volunteers […]
Mixing as part of the music composing process, Part 2
by Kole Hicks In part 1 of this 2 part series, the idea of combining the mixing & composition processes were introduced… “Pre-meditated Mixing” if you will. Many of the potential benefits were laid out and even a few arguments on when it may not be practical. Furthermore, a hypothetical Game Audio example was introduced […]
