Win a Custom Theme or Score

Revostock.com has proven to be a great source for producers to obtain stock footage, effects, and music via download. Revo has been a great broker for the Big Dog Music Design library. This month we are taking it a step further and offering the grand prize for their Monthly Producer's Challenge Contest for September. The prize consists of a FREE 30 second custom music rock genre theme, bed or score. All you need to do is upload stock assets on their site to sell and the most approved files wins!

BIg Dog Takes Bite out of Anchorwoman

Big Dog Music Design (Los Angeles / Chicago) has inked a deal to provide music for the new FOX TV series, ANCHORWOMAN.

Composer/Artist Leroy Bocchieri, who enjoyed critical acclaim and heavy video rotation on MTV Europe with his 3 previous CD releases (Day One: Figurehead, Day One: Hallowed Ground, LEROY: Electric) returns his focus to America and the mixing board to provide original, custom music design for FOX's newest reality/comedy hybrid.

"We create fresh music for TV, Film, Corporate and any other medium that uses recorded aural content as an asset," says Bocchieri.

With offices in Los Angeles and Chicago, Big Dog also provides original music for "The Surreal Life" on VH-1, "TV's Greatest..." series on TV Land, and "Focus on the Family" and other issue-oriented series on Lifetime. Last year, Bocchieri, an Italian-American from Chicago's rich indie-rock scene, was thrilled when one of his compositions was used as a theme on NBC's 2006 Torino Olympics. But even with his worldwide exposure, weekly American television continues to be his mainstay.

"Anchorwoman is an edgy comedy with a strong focus on music. We are gratified to be a part of one of the most anticipated shows on Fox's new fall schedule," Bocchieri added.

ANCHORWOMAN premiers August 22nd on the FOX Television Network.

Library on DVD

We have recently cataloged our entire library in wav files onto a single data DVD. This has proven helpful for many producers. If you would like to receive our 372 piece library on DVD for your perusal, please let us know. We'd be happy to send it.

Why we are Different....

We don’t use MIDI, we use MUSICIAN.

We don’t TELL you, we ASK you.

A SAMPLE to us is NOT an instrument…
it is a FREE demonstration of our services.

A CLIENT is a CREATIVE PARTNER.

A REVISION is a further step toward CUSTOMER SATISFACTION.

We don’t ENGINEER music, we CREATE aural pictures.

A DEADLINE is a DEADLINE….Period.

We can help your visuals....ask us how.

Music and the Mind

Daniel Levitin was a music producer and is now an expert in the neuroscience of music; how humans relate to and perceive music and sounds. Here is an article that explains it very well and can perhaps help when picking cues to marry to visual scenes.
Click Here

Big Dog on a Stick

Shortly we will be offering our complete library on a flash drive. While we are organinzing the files, we could use your help. Please tell us what you prefer:
1. mp3's or Wav files?
2. File info via id3 tags and metadata or spreadsheets with all the data logged?
3. mp3's at 192 or higher?
4. wavs at 44 or 48
5. Anything else?

Please email us your thoughts....we will discount your order 50% for any good suggestions.

The Perfect Voiceover

While we supply alot of music and sounds to productions, we are often asked for tips on recording the spoken word effectivily. Here are a few suggestions that have worked for many:

• Have the speaker warm up his or her body to raise energy and awareness.
• Provide vocal exercises such as humming, yawning, sighing and tongue-twisters to loosen and warm up vocal cords.
• Talk ahead of time about what to expect in the studio or on the set.
• Offer suggestions on how to keep a consistent distance from the mic.
• Help the speaker find a suitable vibe to fit the copy.
• Loosen them up from the beginning; help them laugh and feel comfortable – encouragement goes a long way.
• Get multiple retakes while saving the original keepers. Knowing they already "nailed it" often brings a more relaxed performance.
• Know when you have gotten the most from the subject.

A Transition Cue

Transitions in video can be a sweep, wipe, fade, effect, or blackout etc. Here is a complimentary audio transition cue done in an acoustic tambre. We have found it to be very useful in a number of ways. It comes from our Acoustic collection.
Click here for the cue.