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Jello's ultimate guide to mainkg it in the library biz.1 There's a range of excellent midi string packages available. These can add subtlety to a mix. Real players are fine but they are prone to arriving late and require feeding and watering. Like a plant actually. LASS on the other hand is pretty low maintenance by comparison and cheaper.2 Stylus drums rock! literally! You can't make it in library without having that legendary Backbeat PushPop' loop thunderin' away in the background. Crank it up to 145bpm, whack on some Trilogy and bang!3 Aim to use as many sample CDs as possible! That way you get a wide variety of styles and authentic sounds. Another advantage, is if everyone is using the same loop as you it kinda vindicates your decision to buy the product in the first place. I always find that comforting.4 Reverse cymbals are very much IN. Building up to a climax? Get your trusty rev cym in there just to pump up the excitement level to 11!5 If it's been done, do it harder!!! Why try and create your own unique sound when you can follow in the footsteps of others! If there's lots of a particular genre about, then it's there for a reason!! The reason? Because everybody loves it of course!!!6 Be versatile show you can write in as many styles as possible. OK, that demo reel has some nice hip hop and blingin beats, but you're underselling yourself. Don't be shy, vary it with some death metal, chill out jazz and ethnic Peruvian nose flute. In this day and age you have to, quite literally, do it all.7 Don't be too creative there's nothing an editor hates more than development' in a library track. To an editor, this is the library equivalent of jumping the shark. You wanna develop' that idea? Fine go to music college and show off there or join a classical music discussion group. Libary? Keep it simple A' B' A' is all you need. Don't forget the obligatory 8 bar break in the middle and fade out at the end. Like one library exec once told me: The best Christmas trees are the ones that are cheap, can be folded up neatly and stored away safely for a year 8 Long intros the key to a good library track is a good 60-90 second intro (unless you're doing trance' see 11 below). This coaxes the listener into new heterogeneous audio soundscapes. Gradually. It generates expectation, excitement .an-ti-ci-pa tion . Very useful for editors too as it gives them time to get a real' coffee (as you may know, editors only drink real' coffee).9 Always tout your demo via jiffy bags. Face to face meetings are considered less effective in bringing your product to a library execs' attention. No, the jiffy bag is the standard form of communciation and has been ever since the late 1920s. Just pop your CD with covering letter in there (with fictitious credits of course!), send it off and responses are generally instantaneous. Lately, some composers have been know to send the demo in in blue (or even red) jiffy bags. Which certainly makes them stand out more and by all accounts gets you a review and response even quicker! 10 They tell me to be patient!' yes, an old myth this. People will tell you library music royalties take years to come through. Don't believe a word! If you aren't mainkg a 100k in 6 months get on the phone and hassle them! That's what they're there for and, being a gregarious bunch, they also look forward to calls from composers.11 The long and short of it ' Make your tracks sizeable'. You're not providing a starter are you? You don't wanna be known as Mr. Desert' of the library game do you? No. You wanna be Mr. Main Course'! After all, if they want short that's what we have 30 sec edits for! Long is good. Long is the chance to really express yourself. Long is your way of effectively communicating your intentions to an engaged listener. 6 minutes plus is fine, unless you're doing trance when 9 mins plus is compulsory with, ideally, a 3-4min intro.Hope that helps.Jello
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Aww man I saw this at Rhino'. This don't seem right, oh hell no, this does NOT seem right!!! remember the ruomrs of that KILL BILL game? That didn't work out too great(it was canceled), so how's this gonna add up? I agree, let's c this game go to the top of the charts.
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