An effective arrangement can make a good song great. Music arrangement is like arranging flowers or being a gourmet chef: you take the existing ingredients, and put them together in a way that is interesting and satisfying. It is also like story-telling, you take the listener with you on a journey, and leave them on a higher plane.
An arranger takes existing lyrics, melody and rhythm, organizes them into a structure, chooses instruments to play the parts, and decides on how the parts are to be played. He may also compose new material. Like a chef, many of his decisions will be subtle. His aim is to add the right flavor to the song, to whet the listener’s appetite and leave them wanting more.
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We appreciate the fact that while authors are the backbone of our service, buyers keep us going. Without buyers, we’d have nothing at all. To show our appreciation we’re giving away $200 worth of AudioJungle credit to ten lucky buyers. All you’ve got to do is tell us about some of the ways you’ve used AudioJungle purchases in the past, and perhaps how you hope to make use of the service in the future.
To do this, simply scroll down and leave your message as a comment. In a couple of weeks we’ll draw ten winners and contact you using the email address you leave using the comment form. Don’t forgot to mention your AudioJungle username in your comment so we know where to send the credit!
Thank you for buying your audio files from AudioJungle.
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I received a lower score than I expected (49) on last week’s “63% of People Can’t Live Without Music – Are You One of Them?” quiz. One of the reasons for that is podcasts. Rather than listening to music as I drive, shave and garden, I regularly listen to podcasts. That way I’m not just being entertained, but educated as well.
A podcast is like a radio show, only distributed via RSS over the internet. Some are professionally produced, but many are done by amateurs. Most are about a particular interest or topic. And there are a ton of them on music and recording – some featuring indie music, others exploring music technology, and many explaining techniques for playing and recording music. (more…)
“I can’t live without music!” Have you ever heard or said that statement? 63% of people can’t live without music. This article will show you whether you are one of them.
The average person can survive three minutes without air, three days without water, and forty days without food. How long can you survive without music?
Below are 10 statements that sum up why people can’t live without music. All ten may not apply to you – everyone is different, and music has a different appeal to each person. And each statement comes with five or ten bullet points to help you determine how true it is of you. Because we all enjoy music in different ways, some of the points may be contradictory. (more…)
As of a few hours ago the Envato Marketplaces have their first quarter-million dollar author. DigitalScience broke through our top sales badge and we’ve quickly rushed out a new author badge – the Plutonium Paw 
for authors who have sold more than $250,000 worth of digital goods!
That authors can make as much as US$15,000 a month with the marketplaces is a very rewarding thing to see for everyone here at Envato. And while FlashDen authors are definitely leading the way, we’re seeing solid growth on all the marketplaces, particularly ThemeForest and VideoHive with authors on both earning in the four figures each month.
As always the team is working hard to make our marketplaces truly profitable places for the whole authoring community. We just recently passed 2000 authors with at least one sale and a total community size of over 150,000 people – a staggering number.
So here’s to many more records to smash in the coming years!
In the comments to a recent Audiotuts+ article, a reader called Kristian introduced me to a music tuition site called halfStepup.com (which from now on we’ll call HSU). Kristian Habenicht is a performer, singer and songwiter from San Martin, California, and one of the founders of the site. He started HSU with two college friends who are also musicians.
Learning music can be expensive, and it’s great to know that HSU is completely free of charge. Most of the resources of the site are available without signing up. But to get the most out of the site – including the ability to make comments and participate in the forum – registering up is a must.
The registration procedure is simple, and the ladies will be pleased to know that “female” is the default answer for gender. Being an Aussie, I was asked to skip the “States” question, but there was no way to clear the field, so I left “Alabama” as my answer. I didn’t mind typing my date of birth in the US format, and a password was emailed to me within seconds. On first log in, I edited my profile and changed my password.
The website has a modern look and grungy graphics. There are a few ads, but they don’t overwhelm the site.
HSU’s goal is to create better musicians. And to do that, it gives you three resources. (more…)
