The “The Secret Power of Music” by David Tame is a wide ranging work that covers the inherent power of music and its origins in the human story. For anyone who marvels at this phenomenon that we call “music,” this is an excellent read. The book is a wide but deep study of the role […]
Tag: classical music
Round-up of latest CD collections of royalty-free music
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.0.47″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.64″] Another month or so has passed since we last did a write-up of our latest collections of royalty-free music and stock music, so here’s another little update from us. Among other new albums, we have a beautiful new album of royalty-free String Quartet […]
August 2017 new royalty-free music selections
It’s been almost two months since the last time we sent out one of these newsletters, but that doesn’t mean that we’ve been lazy. 🙂 Okay, we took a couple of weeks of summer chill-out, but for the most part, we have been working on our music catalogue, in order to be able to provide […]
Classical Piano Favorites Vol. 2 – and why it’s so great!
Classical Piano Favorites Vol. 2 (2016) Dear customers, visitors, passers-by and everyone who might stumble across our site today.. Today at Shockwave-Sound.com we released our new album Classical Piano Favorites, Vol. 2. I just wanted to take a moment to write a few words about this album because I feel that this […]
Focus on classical music this week
Good quality, royalty free classical music, is hard to come by. That’s just a fact. Why? Because hiring an orchestra, with studio time and engineer, is extremely costly and time consuming. It’s a process that requires meticulous planning and preparation and costs “a small fortune” to get it done. In the “stock music scene” there […]
Keeping track of music copyrights – the difference between Sound Recording ownership and Composition ownership
We received a question by email today which I set about answering in the shortest and clearest way I could. I think it could be a useful piece of information for anybody looking to “use” music in any way, be it for school, for your company, in a public place, and so on. So the […]
Timeline of classical composers
Timeline 1 – Renaissance & Baroque period Timeline 2 – Classical period Timeline 3 – Romantic period, part 1 Timeline 4 – Romantic period, part 2 Timeline 1 – Renaissance & Baroque period Featuring the following classical composers: Cipriano De Rore, Giulio Caccini, Gregorio Allegri, Philipp Friedrich Boddecker, Diedrich Buxtehude, Johann Pachelbel, Henry Purcell, Francois […]
Choosing the right Classical music pieces for use in your project, part 2
This is a continuation of the article: Choosing the right classical music (Part 1) which you can read here. In part one of this series we looked at a list of 10 Bombastic classical pieces. Those huge, thunderous anthems that would sound great as an accompaniment to epic visuals & graphics or deep sonorous voice […]
Choosing the right Classical music pieces for use in your project, part 1
by Simon Power If you are a filmmaker or production house looking for a recognizable hook or sound bed for a visual presentation, then classical music can be a tremendous asset. The Classics can be used to add weight and depth to your project, instantly giving it a classy air of sincerity. Or they can […]
Copyrights in Public Domain music and Classical music
Who owns the rights in classical music by composers such as Mozart, Wagner, Beethoven and Vivaldi? Is it even legal for a company to sell this music and make a profit on it? Shockwave-Sound.com owner/founder Bjorn Lynne sheds some light on the rights in classical music and traditional music. Why are companies such as ourselves […]
