arphaus

Joining Magnatune

Sat, 24 Jul 2010 08:48:27 +0000

Magnatune have graciously accepted my music. They claim not to be evil and I expect them to be much better partners than Pump Audio. Check out my release entitled Green in the sidebar to the right or on their site.

More break, dammit

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:48:41 +0000

I've seen the light – I won't be making more music anytime soon. I wouldn't be going out on a limb too much to say that the rest of 2010 will be production free. This prolly wouldn't be the case if any of the 3 or 4 licensing services that accepted my music actually came [...]

On using cracked software, and turning people from pirates to customers

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:00:00 +0000

I used to use cracked software. I was involved in the music industry and had received NFR copies of software at tradeshows, and I felt entitled to free software. I regret this, and think about the loss of income for the people who worked so hard to create the software. I now refuse to use [...]

Synth-shopping & the benefits of budgetary limitations

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:00:00 +0000

Earlier this summer, I was totally set on Zebra. It was modular, could do a wide range of sounds, and there were a lot of great presets showing it off. But I’m glad budgetary restraint kicked in as there were 2 hitches: There were too many logical reasons to get it (modular, wide range of [...]

Researching opportunities for licensing/selling music

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 14:21:55 +0000

Since work and other concerns (like that ’3 kids’ thing) is keeping music-making time at a minimum, I’ve been looking for ways to get what music I have out there. Since I’ll be ditching Pump Audio, for licensing I’m trying www.yookamusic.com (first track accepted) www.magnatune.com (waiting to hear if they like the first track) www.musicsupervisor.com (4 [...]

Fah Q Pump Audio

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:09:29 +0000

So Pump Audio/Getty Images dropped royalties from 50% to 35% recently, citing their inability to run their business effectively (they need to ‘support’ their workforce, which means they have no idea how to sell music like they sell photos). I figured it was found money and ok for a couple of surprise checks a year, [...]

Brand new synth: Fabfilter Twin 2

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 02:59:34 +0000

I was waiting to buy Zebra (mainly waiting for some more clients to pay up) but fate intervened. Last weekend Fabfilter had a promo on a Mac software site to buy Twin 2, Timeless 2 & Volcano 2 for $99. I missed the deal, but bought Twin 2 anyway because the interface is absolutely brilliant. [...]

Quick thought on Pump Audio’s highway robbery

Sat, 20 Jun 2009 17:18:48 +0000

I might keep the tracks they already have there if the next check is decent. I won’t send anything new (not that I want to anyway, since they make it hard by asking for a cd), but it’s pretty much found money. And also because I can’t find the masters of any of the tracks. [...]

Getty Images tells Pump Audio artists to grab our ankles

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:17:10 +0000

I signed up with Pump Audio in 2006, thinking it might be cool to have some of my tracks licensed. Especially if they ended up on a nature documentary. My stuff was accepted and nothing happened at all. Then Getty Images bought Pump Audio, and I figured nothing would improve. Getty's MO with their image business [...]

Synthshopping continues…

Fri, 22 May 2009 18:56:01 +0000

Since I'm waiting on some clients to fork over some cash, I haven't bought Zebra yet. With a bunch of free vsts I've gotten in the meantime (post on that coming sometime soon – emphasis on sometime), I'm reconsidering Zebra. When I use the demo for a potential track (or just plain noodling), something's not grabbing [...]