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Find Your Niche: Tips from a Top-Selling Pond5 Music Artist

Taylor Brook teaches music history at Columbia and electronic-music composition at Manhattan School of Music, but he always finds the time to create production pieces that resonate with buyers.

October 31, 2018 / 196 Shares / Comments

Community, Pro Tips

How to Find the Perfect Music for Your Video and Your Budget

Finding the right music can take a lot of time. Sometimes you know what you want from the beginning, but many times the music creation and/or searching comes after production has ended.

June 16, 2017 / 436 Shares / Comments

Artist Spotlight, Pro Tips

From Concept Albums to VR with Multimedia Artist Nate Mars

NYC-based multimedia artist Nate Mars’ newest record is a collection of ambient, drone, and experimental electronica that calls to mind ’80s soundtrack pioneers like John Carpenter or Vangelis.

June 13, 2017 / 376 Shares / Comments

Inspiration, Pro Tips

7 Ways to Use Music to Create Mood and Meaning Onscreen

From camera angles, to lighting, to actors’ movements, everything you see onscreen is meant to convey meaning. And nowhere does that meaning come across more than with the music choice during a scene.

January 6, 2017 / 1154 Shares / Comments

Artist Spotlight, Pro Tips

From House Music to Fashion House: Tony Quattro on Composing for Video

Producer, composer, and DJ Tony Quattro’s latest project is a collaboration with Portlandia star Carrie Brownstein, composing the score for a star-filled short film she created for fashion house Kenzo.

September 28, 2016 / 418 Shares / Comments

Artist Spotlight, Inspiration

The Music of ‘The Magnificent Seven’: Simon Franglen’s Debut Solo Score

Grammy-award winner Simon Franglen is no stranger to music. But until 2015, when he lost his friend and frequent collaborator James Horner, he’d never composed a film score by himself.

September 22, 2016 / 385 Shares / Comments

Contests, Pro Tips

How to Score: 3 Tips for Creating Film and Video Music

If you’ve never written music for visuals before, but want to try video scoring, check out these tips. You’ll be shocked by how far you can get with even a little instruction.

June 28, 2016 / 342 Shares / Comments

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