Do you want people to enjoy & look forward to your podcast? Do you want more subscribers and for each one to tell others about it? If so, paying close attention to your podcast intro and outro is a must do. How you start your podcast and how you end each episode can really affect how people feel about you and your podcast and so it’s important to get it right. If it’s not memorable and doesn’t excite your listeners in the right way, it could actually be turning them away from you.
Read More4 Signs of a Great Composer to Work With
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How to Write a Great Music Brief for a Composer
Are you thinking of working with a composer for your game, film or commercial? If so, it will be really helpful for both you and them to create a clear brief to work together from. This will help to ensure that you are thinking along the same lines, are both working from the same set of information and it may also help to clarify your thoughts.
Here are a few things to make sure you include in your composer brief:
Information about your project
Include details and background about you and your project.
What is it called?
What is it about?
Who is it for?
What are you trying to do with it?
What are your plans for it?
What does it look like?
Make sure that you include everything that is important to you about the project, where it comes from, your vision for it and anything else that comes to mind.
Where you are at with your project
How far along are you in your project and what is left to do? It can be really helpful for a composer to have an idea of what sort of a timeline you are working with and where you are in your overall project.
Music requirements
Give an indication of what you're hoping for musically.
How many tracks?
How long should they be?
What music style do you have in mind?
Include examples and reference tracks
Where does the music fit into the project exactly?
How you plan to use it?
Deadlines and budget
It is often helpful to give an indication on what your budget is or any budgeting constraints you have to work with, and also what sort of timeframes and deadlines might be coming up for you or that you have to work within.
This will help the composer to manage their time, their work and to establish upfront whether or not they can work with you and within these constraints or not.
About the author
Ninichi is a game music and film music composer. She works with talented indie game developers and film makers to create unique soundtracks for their games and films.
Explore this website to learn more about Ninichi & how she can help you with the music for your project.
Follow her @ninichimusic
5 Important Considerations Before Hiring a Game Music Composer
in Game music, MUSIC
Are you considering hiring a composer for your game, film or media project? Are you clear about what you want from the music and from your composer once you’ve hired them? If not, perhaps some of these tips might help you think through some key areas before making the final decision of who to go with, which composer to hire and which musical direction to take for your project.
Read MoreIntroducing Ninichi's Pleasantville (Royalty free casual game music pack)
Are you currently on the look out for some ‘pleasant’ music for your video game, film, commercial, podcast or YouTube channel? If so, maybe this Pleasantville Music Pack is just what you need!
Hello there, I’m Ninichi, and I’m a game music composer (check out my homepage)! I’ve worked with numerous indie game developers, podcasters, YouTubers and filmmakers on their various games, channels and projects. It’s always a huge honour to do so and I’m always so excited when someone commissions me for a new project. At the same time, I’m also a big supporter of indie projects and know that in some cases it may not be possible to commission custom music.
That’s why I created my video game music packs which are designed to help indie project makers (i.e. not just game makers but anyone who may find this music useful) and to give you all an affordable option to access some high quality music.
My music packs are all royalty free music packs, which means that once purchased, there’s no need to pay any on-going fee for using the music in your projects. So once you’ve purchased it, away you go! (Do note, however, that you are not allowed to create variations of the music or to sell it on in any way).
The Pleasantville Music Pack is a set of 6 easy-to-listen-to tracks, great for casual games. All the tracks are designed to be uplifting and to work well as background music that creates a calming, light-touch, relaxing vibe! They’re a set of pleasant tunes that encourage concentration and a sense of fun whilst remaining subtly in the background supporting casual gameplay. They would also be perfect in the background for any project seeking something that’s easy to listen to and that will offer a sense of calm.
Check out this fun preview video now and get a feel for The Pleasantville Music Pack:
This royalty free casual game music pack is a stand-alone music pack, however, also works well with the Town Music Game Music Pack and Cute and Casual Game Music Pack. Feel free to explore these as well or to see The Pleasantville Music Pack in more detail.
About Ninichi
Ninichi is a game music and film music composer. She works with talented indie game developers and film makers to create unique soundtracks for their games and films.
She offers a wide range of ready-made, royalty-free game music packs along with other production music available to license. Explore these on her website now.
Follow her @ninichimusic
How to Choose Great Background Music for your Commercial
Making sure that you choose the right background music for your marketing video is vital as it sets the tone for your video and marketing campaign. Having professional sounding and appropriate music supports your brand and marketing message and so you should definitely take the time to consider what kind of background music will be best.
Read MoreIntroducing Ninichi's Town music (Royalty free casual Game music)
in MUSIC, Game music, GAMEDEV
Do you need some cheerful casual music for your video game? Are you looking for music that is easy to listen to, relaxing and that sits perfectly in the background? If so, the Town Music Pack, might be just what you need!
I’m Ninichi, and I’m a game music composer! I’ve have been incredibly lucky to have worked with many talented indie game developers on the music for their games (check out my game music). It’s an honour and a joy to be involved in so many wonderful projects. At the same time, I’m also a great supporter of indie projects in general and know that not all games can afford custom music.
So, to try and help with this I decided to create a variety of video game music, royalty free music packs for indie game developers on a super tight budget but who still want some decent, high quality music in their games.
Each of my royalty free game music packs can be purchased, licensed and easily downloaded directly from my website. Once you complete the checkout process, you’ll get the files to download and away you go! You will have the music you need for your game! Yay!
The Town Music Pack is a set of 5 relaxing and uplifting tracks, great for casual games. Perfect for background music and setting a calm and laid back, positive atmosphere whilst also keeping listeners engaged and happy all at the same time!
This royalty free casual games music pack is designed to support casual gameplay and fun simulation games. The tracks are all cheerful, light-hearted, fun and are quite hummable! The tracks are also all loopable and come in both easy-to-use mp3 and WAV formats.
Have a listen now and watch this short preview of the Town Music, game music pack:
So, if you’re currently in need of some music that’s royalty free, easy to listen to and is ready as a set to be used now, check out the Town Music Royalty Free Music Pack e-music-packnow!
If however, you don’t feel this game music pack is right for you, check out these instead:
About Ninichi
Ninichi is a game music and film music composer. She works with talented indie game developers and film makers to create unique soundtracks for their games and films.
She offers a wide range of ready-made, royalty-free game music packs along with other production music available to license. Explore these on her website now.
Follow her @ninichimusic