Stock Music track: McKenna Beach

A beautiful acoustic vision of warm and sunny beaches of a far-away island. Traditional instruments performing a modern composition filled with hope and happiness. Acoustic guitar, sitar, bouzouki, organ and Rhodes piano.

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Track details

Track ID number: 4479
Genres: Soft: General Soft / Romance -- Country & Bluegrass -- Folk / Americana & Nu-Folk
Moods/Emotions: Peaceful / Tranquil / Bliss -- Floating / Ethereal / Dreamy
Suggested Production Types: Outdoorman / Fishing / Hiking -- Religious / Faith / Spiritual -- Vacation / Travel / Discovery
Prominent Instruments: Guitar (Acoustic) -- Organ -- Sitar / Zither
Keywords / Hints: romantic romance nature outdoors trekking wistful nostalgic feelings emotions pretty landscape vista scenery folk americana
Tempo feel: Slow -- Medium
Tempo Beats Per Minute: 81
Artist: Gayle Ellett & Todd Montgomery
Composer: Gayle Ellett & Todd Montgomery (BMI)
Publisher: Gayle Ellett & Todd Montgomery (BMI)
SRCO (Sound Recording Copyright Owner): Gayle Ellett & Todd Montgomery
PRO / Non-PRO Track? PRO (What's this?)
WAV file bit depth: CD-quality / 16-bit (What's this?)
Stem files available for this track: No
Album containing this track:  Acoustic Heartland, Vol. 2 Picture Music collection: Acoustic Heartland, Vol. 2
10 tracks
About the Artist
Gayle Ellett & Todd Montgomery

ABOUT THE MUSIC:

Todd Montgomery and Gayle Ellett are currently exploring new areas of contemporary acoustic music. By combining some of the better elements of Adult Contemporary music and Psychedelic Folk, with the sounds of Traditional American, Eastern European, Asian, and Middle Eastern music, they have created a hybrid style that is uniquely their own.

Performed on acoustic guitar, sitar, Greek and Irish bouzouki, Turkish cumbus, Moroccan oud, up-right bass, harmonium and Rhodes piano, their music has a strong autobiographical feel that accurately portrays a sense of who they are and where they live.

Recorded in their Malibu studio, overlooking the Pacific Ocean, their music is a reflection of their lives in Southern California as well as the previous work they've done in the areas of Film and TV composition, Traditional World music, Rock and Jazz.

BIOGRAPHY:

Todd Montgomery began experimenting with string instruments in the fourth grade. His first public performance was at age 12. Since then he has enjoyed learning to play such instruments as Irish bouzouki, sitar, mandolin and guitar. He spent his teen years in psychedelic rock bands until he discovered the folk music of America and Ireland and performed throughout California. In search of more improvisational music, he studied the sitar for 3 years with a real sitar master, Harihar Rao, who is Ravi Shankar's oldest student. He also enjoyed recording for a major movie soundtrack, The Veronica Guerin Story. When he's not playing music, Montgomery can often be found with his wife and son or surfing the waves off Malibu.

Gayle Ellett has been composing and producing music for over thirty years. He has written music for numerous Film projects and TV shows, commercials, animation, and music libraries. One of his main music groups, Djam Karet, currently has 16 CDs released so far, and has received great reviews and awards in hundreds of magazines world-wide, including Rolling Stone Magazine's "#2 Independent Album Of The Year" and Billboard Magazine's "Critic's Choice Award". When he's not busy working in the studio, Ellett can often be found flying his hang glider 3,000 meters high over the mountains of Southern California.