We’ve just added a whole new collection of royalty free tunes by Gayle Ellett and Todd Montgomery, so it seemed like a good time for us to conduct an interview with this rather special musical duo. Through their “Fernwood” music project, Todd & Gayle writes and plays instrumental music 100% by hand – exclusively on […]
Author: Bjorn Lynne
Bjørn Lynne is a Norwegian sound engineer and music composer, now living and working in Stavern, Norway. He was also known as a tracker music composer under the name "Dr. Awesome" in the demoscene in the 1980s and 1990s when he released tunes in MOD format and made music for Amiga games.
Interview with Jeremy Sherman
Jeremy Sherman was one of the first composers who joined up with the Shockwave-Sound.com team back in 2001 or so. We immediately took to his music because it was so acoustic, so natural, so real. In the world of online stock music, there is a lot of electronic and loop based music, but Jeremy’s music […]
Shockwave-Sound.com supports Camp Laurel
This week, Shockwave-Sound.com was asked to donate some royalty-free music for the charity Camp Laurel, and we were happy to do so. Based in Pasadena, California, and credited by the American Camp Association, Camp Laurel helps children, youths and their families living with HIV/AIDS. They arrange summer- and winter camps, education and various forms […]
11 new exclusive tracks from Dan Gautreau
Dan Gautreau is one of the most popular artists here at Shockwave-Sound.com. His crisp, open sound combined with touching melodies and catchy hooks make some of his tracks extremely suitable for use in film, tv, web, presentations and other media. This week we have just added 11 new tracks of his to our catalog, so […]
Getting discounts on royalty-free music
Here at Shockwave-Sound.com we regularly get asked this question: “Do you offer bulk discounts or educational discounts on your royalty-free music?” — or variations on that subject. So I thought I’d post our answer to this here in the blog.Bulk discounts on ready-made collections: If you buy 5 or more ready-made collections, this would be […]
We welcome Ori Vidislavski to Shockwave-Sound.com
We have been fortunate to work with many talented composers and musicians here at Shockwave-Sound.com over the years, and this month we have the pleasure of announcing the release of 103 tracks by Israeli master composer, Ori Vidislavski. Like the other 8 or so composers who are “signed-on” to Shockwave-Sound, all of Ori’s music is […]
Shockwave-Sound are aiming for exclusive quality with first year at shockwave-sound.com only
Ferenc Hegedus music exclusively at Shockwave-Sound.com Here at Shockwave-Sound.com we have been lucky to work with some extremely talented music composers and producers over the years. Since we started this website all the way back in March 2000, a lot of different producers have contributed to what is now a superb catalogue of professional stock […]
Choosing the right burning speed when creating a CD in your own computer
We occasionally get this question or comment: “I created an Audio-CD from the downloaded WAV or MP3 files, and the CD doesn’t have a high enough sound quality.” Here at Shockwave-Sound.Com, we deliver music files either in 44.1 khz uncompressed WAV files, or in 192-kbps mp3 files. The WAV files represent the original CD […]
Royalties and performance rights – a “must read” if you use music on hold
Before you use music in public, there are some things about music copyright and performance rights that you need to understand. This article is meant to give a simple, clear overview of the issues involved in this process. Royalty free music for telephone on-hold… What you need to know. Performance rights: When music is […]
Independent review of the Sennheiser 450 Noise Canceling Headphones
As a music composer, producer and sound engineer, I need a good pair of headphones. I’ve been using a pair of Sennheiser headphones for years that I was always quite pleased with, but with the number of computers, fans, servers, external hard disks and even hard disks in hardware outboard samplers around me, frankly, the […]
