Welcome to our 5th Annual "Stand Out" Contest with over +$25,000 in prizes.

All you have to do to enter is compose an original piece (highlighting at least one of our 8Dio instruments) of music of no longer than 5 minutes. This contest is all about YOU.  What do you sound like?  What is in your heart and soul that translates to your brain into your fingertips and into sonic glory?  What makes you "STAND OUT"?

https://8dio.com/2016/09/26/8dio-stand-contest-2016/

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Impermanence is a master demo for 8Dio by Troels Folmann. The demo was created with all three volumes of 8Dio CAGE (Custom Aleatoric Group Effects). It also contains samples from other libraries, including 8W (by V8P), Hybrid Tools 1 & 2 by 8Dio and Adagio Cellos.

The premise of the demo is based on Buddhist concept of: "Impermanence" - the notion that nothing truly lasts forever and everything is in a state of change, hence reflected in the music.

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8Dio CAGE Master Demo: "Impermanence" by Troels Folmann

DIGGY'S NEW SINGLE! MY GIRL THE REMIX PROD BY THE ASSOCIATES 

Diggy - My Girl - The Associates Remix (Dirty)

Remixed by Lido (https://soundcloud.com/lidogotsongs)
'Left Hand Free' from the album 'This Is All Yours'
Available on iTunes here: smarturl.it/TIAYitunes
Available on CD - http://smarturl.it/TIAYcd // LP - http://smarturl.it/TIAYvinyl
Listen on Spotify here: smarturl.it/TIAYPlaylist

Left Hand Free

Left Hand Free (Lido Remix)

I composed this track for the album "Iron Poetry" by Really Slow Motion.
This track was licensed for the "MALEFICENT" trailer movie campaign. 
It was also recently included in a compilation by Epic Music Vn as one of the best top 30 epic tracks of 2014.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcfIroNI3NU

The track is included now in the public album "Of Mist And Magic".
Get your copy here:
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iTunes - http://bit.ly/1xtEGAr
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Cesc Vilà - Collapsing Universe

Lionheart

Composed, recorded and produced by Lawrence Whitehead.

Violin by Lydia Marshall
Guitar by William Browne
Dulcimer by Max Pownall

Fortune Favors The Brave

This track was primarily composed with samples from 8Dio Majestica - The Largest Symphony Orchestra (240 players) ever sampled. A virtual music software instrument (VST/AU/AAX) by www.8dio.com

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Majestica: "Teaser Trailer" by Troels Folmann

"Be Calm" from the Into Light (Video Game Soundtrack)
 
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https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/into-light-video-game-soundtrack/id1063762877

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Be Calm

An incredible journey into the jungle of feelings that intimately bind us to nature.

8DIO Pluguins: 
Agitato Legato

8dio Stand Out Contest Submission: "The Jungle" by Juriy Nikitin

This was composed as part of a selection of tracks to accompany the signing of the register at my daughter's wedding.

8Dio Adagietto string chords were improvised and then layered to give space then I improvised the Virharmonic Bohemian Violin over the top for the melody.

8Dio 2016 Stand Out Contest Submission: Heaven Sent by Mike Sugars

DOWNLOAD: https://turbotunes.bandcamp.com/track/road-to-arborlon
Just type "0" in bandcamp to get it free :)
(That is unless you want to leave a tip for my mountain dew fund!)

This is a track I themed in The Shannara Chronicles, really great music in that series, definitely has influenced some of my recent writing style, so has the show dark matter, great show as well.

8Dio 2016 Stand Out Contest Submission: "Road To Arborlon" by Matthew Richardson

Track was composed using Cage Brass Hybrid tools 3 and violins from 8dio adagio strings

8dio Stand Out Contest Submission 2016 LAND OF 8000 SOULS BY ROB DIGGY

This piece was made using the following 8 Dio libraries : 
1928 Steinway Piano
Agitato legato violin
Misfits Washboard
Bazantar
Wrenchspiel
Liberis
Misfits Trumpet
Francesca vocal ambiance
Rythmic aura Acoustic
Hybrid tools vol 1

1rst Prize 8Dio 2016 Stand Out Contest : "Mind with a view" by Nicolas Soulat (Feat. Noémie)

This sassy misfit melange creates an approachable space where ambition meets reservation, slapped with a little nonsense for good measure.

It's a treat~

8Dio product used: Misfit Bundle

Oh dear...

8Dio 2016 Stand Out Contest Submission: “Oh dear...” by Kevinovsky

8dio Instruments Used:
-8W for flute, synths, orchestral design, and percussion
-1969 Legacy Piano
-a touch of Barbary

Is it any wonder that when we shot out a spacecraft to reach potential extraterrestrials that we put a disc of music to convey what it is to be human? With classical, rock, pop, and blues accompanying nature sounds and different dialects of earth people, it is only fitting that if an alien from out of this world would intercept our message that they could only get a more accurate picture of the human experience by hearing music that we have created.
Music has a way to welcome a listener to someone else's heart and mind.  Just like an astronaut exploring unknown frontiers, music can only allow us to observe and admire the experience. “For who knows a person’s thoughts except the spirit of that person, which is in him?” - 1 Corinthians 2:11

And the more I understand about music, the more I appreciate the math hidden in our natural world and universe. 
Our duty as composers is to understand the patterns in sound so we can convey a story or play that hypnotic beat.  Speak to a mathematician and they would tell you that they thrive in seeing patterns in numbers.  According to some Physicists, math makes up the universe.  So it is logical to assume that as we come up with a technique to create music that the most pleasing music to our ears best follow mathematical formulas found in the environment that we live in.
The Golden Ratio and the Fibonacci numbers found in nature have been inspirational to humanity in proportion to their  music and in the creation of the instruments that make the music. 
Pythagoras of Samos (c. 570 – c. 495 BC), best remembered for the Pathagoras’ Theorem, discovered harmonic musical intervals by seeing its pattern through whole number ratios. He believed that the universe itself makes music, and oddly enough NASA may agree. 

The theme of my piece is that humans are destined to look beyond themselves.  Despite current affairs and how bleak a situation may seem, it is in the spirit of humanity that keeps us from constantly looking down and strive by looking up into the stars.  It is the imagery of space that I used to describe our journeys here.  I even added a sound from Saturn’s radio emissions for one of the musical breakdowns. And in case you're not already familiar with this concept, NASA records sounds from our galaxy through devices designed to transfer electromagnetic vibrations to audible frequencies for our ears. 

"Music is the one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge which comprehends mankind but which mankind cannot comprehend." - Luwig van Beethoven

But even more fascinating than life itself, is the mystery of love, and thus why I dedicated this piece to my wife. Call me a hopeless romantic if you want, but it is love that makes this continual study worthwhile.  And if Math makes up the universe, then it is only fair to say that music shall transcend the stars… figuratively and literally. 
Stay inspired, romanticize the opportunity, and love one another.
"When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers,
    the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,
 what is man that you are mindful of him,
    and the son of man that you care for him?" -Psalm 8: 3-4

8Dio 2016 Stand Out Contest Submission: “Mayya Malyshka" by Justin Eberhart

8Dio instruments used in this track:

Plucked Piano, Adagio, Adagietto, CAGE Brass, Lacrimosa, Requiem, 1969 Steinway Grand, Jenifer and Small Epic Drum Ensemble

8Dio 2016 Stand Out Contest Submission: “Beyond the Edges of the Map” by Axel Reyes

8dio instruments used: Adagio Violins, Claire Flute Virtuoso, Claire Clarinet Virtuoso.

8Dio 2016 Stand Out Contest Submission: “Infinite Outcome” by Cameron Munoz

First piece apart of a soundtrack for the motion comic "Sararos". 

Come support the project here! https://www.patreon.com/Sararos

Sararos: In a Heartbeat OST - Main Theme

One of the worlds most delicate creatures. 
Beautiful, majestic and full of life.
Soft to the touch. Weightless. Limitless.

To Catch A Butterfly

Composed by Tobias Lilja.
Little Nightmare.

A fantastic nightmarish game.
One of my favourite game of all time.

8Dio 2016 Stand Out Contest Submission: “Infinite Outcome” by Cameron Munoz

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