18 July 2010

Once in a while you become part of something great, something new. Something that, if you look close enough, you can not understand why it was not created before!

This happened to us some months ago.
We where commissioned  by Practical Music to create a song for a new App for the iPhone, iPod touch and the iPad. It is called an eBook. An electronic book for children with the title:  "Princess Arabella wants to play". The story is about a little princess called Arabella who is bored and looks for ways to play in and around the palace.
Because this is a eBook, you can read the story on the screen, but also listen to the story. We got some pictures and some voice-over samples to get a feeling of the book. This always helps when creating a song. After same days we came up with a nice melody and send a demo version to Practical music. They where enthusiastic about it, and some days later we delivered the final version for them to work with.

So why do I particularity write about this?
Did you see the eBook? NO... well you should. It is fantastic. You can read the story, you can listen to it, you can interact with the screen. By using your fingers of turning and tilting the screen all sorts of things happen. Pictures are changing, sound effects are audible.
This whole concept is brilliant. Kids will love this and will enjoy reading en listening to funny stories. There will be more stories coming up and we will participate in creating the music for it.

You want to see what the fuss is about?
Check the website of RumdeeDum, buy the eBook from the Apps iTunes Marketplace en amaze yourself and your kids.

02 July 2010

As company we make music for our customers, but we also make music for our own projects.
The latested project finished is by Patrick. His new album 'Spirit of the Ocean' is finished and available via download.

This album is a New Age album that tells the story of the live ans soul of the Ocean.
Most songs surrounds you with a soundscape of ocean emotions and other songs have more spice and ritme.
A great album to listen and relax.

You will find more info on the album and the downloads on Patrick's personal page here on the website.

20 June 2010

Het is altijd goed om samen met anderen van gedachte te wisselen.
Zo hebben we van de week gesproken met Robert Soeterbroek van Temple of Boom Music Productions in Lisse.
Robert heeft al aardig wat sporen verdient in de Dance muziek en ook in de Lounge muziek weet hij zijn weg wel te vinden.
In zijn Studio nemen zowel grote als kleine namen hun nummers op, waarbij Robert soms zowel als techneut als producer zijn kennis kan delen.
Kennis delen is ook een van Robert zijn specialiteiten. Als officieel door Steinberg erkend opleidingsinstituut worden er weeklijks producers trainingen geven aan de hand van de soft- en hardware van Steinberg.

Via-via heeft Robert van KSK Productions gehoord en het leek hem een goed idee om eens kennis te maken. En dat was zeker een goed idee. Tijdens ons gesprek hebben we veel wetenswaardigheden kunnen uitwisselen. Het was vooral nuttig, omdat zowel Robert als KSK zich in andere segmenten en muziekgenres begeven. Hierdoor kun je van elkaar leren en komen tot werderzijdse samenwerking.
We zullen in de toekomst zeker vaker met elkaar te maken gaan krijgen.

Robert, bedankt voor dit initatief.

22 February 2010

2 weeks ago, we where contacted by the VARA (Dutch Broadcasting Company) to write some songs for there program 'Kinderen voor Kinderen' (Children for Children). Deadline is February 25.
So we wrote 5 new songs in the weekend. On wednesday we recorded those songs with three lovely voices.
This weekend we send the songs to the VARA.

Now we keep our fingers crossed and wait until in March when we will hear if those songs will be used.