Revolution Void

This is a track I did with bass and piano VST instruments. I still prefer acoustic instruments but VST instruments make it easy to create songs with a wide variety of instrumentation not otherwise available. I recorded this track in 2 takes, first the bass and then piano improvisation on top. This track is released under an Attrib license which means you can use it for anything you want (including sampling from it and/or using it for commercial purposes). The reason is that it only took me slightly longer to record this song than it takes you to listen to it, so I am happy to let people use it for whatever they like. Incidentally, I'm focusing more on releasing Attrib-licensed music recently, putting out tracks that are alternate takes, improvisations and unfinished songs. I will probably put out Attrib-NonCommercial licensed music in the future for songs that I put more time/energy/effort into. That is, if I have to hire and/or enroll the efforts of many musicians, I use the NonCommercial license to protect my right to license the song for payment (e.g. in film, TV or video game soundtracks). But, in many cases, if the commercial endeavor is a very interesting project with a small budget, I will allow the music to be used for free. So, look forward to more Attrib licensed works in the near future and don't hesitate to ask if you want to use an Attrib-NonCommercial licensed track in your commercial project. We'll work something out. :)

Labels: jazz, piano

I posted a couple of energetic Latin / fusion jazz mixes last summer. I find that listening helps shake off the winter blues. I don't know how the weather is where you live, but Seattle is quite grey in winter and it's easy to get lulled into dreariness. So, put on some uptempo Latin jazz and dance those blues away!

• Latinesque I (60 MB 128kbps MP3)
• Latinesque II (73 MB 128kbps MP3)
• Tracklists

Labels: jazz, mix

I'm kicking off a new weekly series of releases. Every Sunday I will release a new white label hip hop track. These tracks are released to the public domain, meaning you are free to do whatever you want with them, no credit required! Cut 'em up to loot the sounds, remix, sample, mash-up -- the choice is yours. In all honesty, the reason many of these are white labels is that they "borrow" elements from other tracks. This first installment, for instance, "borrows" the famous Funky Drummer drum lick from a certain Mr. James Brown ...

Hiphop White Label #1 - Back in the day

For your listening enjoyment, here is an in-progress demo mix of a tune I am working on called Symbiosis. It is an uptempo breakbeat track with a swanky '70s-Moog-style synth lead, replete with trippy delay. The track is instrumental save for a couple of vocal samples, something about "all the zig-zaggy sounds in the universe -- listen!"

Revolution Void - Symbiosis (demo mix)
MP3 6.2 MB

License: Attribution 2.5