A sample of my cover of Justin Bieber's, 'Beauty & A Beat (feat. Nicki Minaj)', with a rock/pop twist. Driven by acoustic guitar and piano, pounding of the bass drum for each chord to give that 'Pop' feel, both accompanying the lead guitars playing the melody in octaves. A cover that I hopefully will finish.

Beauty & A Beat (Rock/Pop Cover of Justin Bieber) - Sample

A sample of a rock/pop instrumental cover of Jason Derulo's, 'The Other Side'. Wanted to experiment with punchy pianos and heavy guitars, being accompanied by fat drum sounds and the highs from the acoustic guitar. Hope to finish the song fully soon.

The Other Side by Jason Derulo (Sample instrumental Rock/Pop Cover)

Short sample of a country/pop/Taylor Swift sort of sound. Experimenting with different genres requires a different approach to mixing and mastering, which is just the experience I need.

Country/Pop Sample - Acoustic guitar, banjo etc.

Taking a look back at Arctic Monkeys' old sounds inspired me to make an indie/rock styled piece. Started out producing indie/alternative pieces, now returning to make more of a sound that I love.

Indie/Rock Arctic Monkeys styled instrumental - Sample

An instrumental, again, in the style of Mumford & Sons. Went for a 'Winter Winds' kind of sound. Was fun to make.

Looking for a longer version of this instrumental? Check out the full instrumental of this song here: https://soundcloud.com/davidhydemusic/acoustic-alternative-folk

Acoustic/Alternative/Folk/Rock Instrumental - Mumford & Sons Inspired

An updated and extended version of a previously uploaded instrumental. Mastered to be much louder and designed to try to capture that indie/rock sound: less highs, and more lows and mids with a bit of drive. Simples.

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Indie/Rock Arctic Monkeys styled instrumental FREE DOWNLOAD

Full instrumental of Jason Derulo's 'The Other Side'. Download and use is free, but if you're looking to use this as means of singing over and making money off doing so: be careful, because I don't own full rights to this song, and neither do you (unless you are Jason Derulo or his label, and in which case, do whatever). Feel free to download at your own accord. Peace.

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The Other Side by Jason Derulo - Pop/Rock Instrumental FULL (DOWNLOAD LINK IN INFO)

An acoustic cover of Hudson Taylor's, 'World Without You'. 1 whole take. Enjoy.

World Without You by Hudson Taylor (Acoustic guitar + Vocals Cover)

Full instrumental of a previously uploaded sample. Enjoy.


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Acoustic, Alternative, Folk, Rock Instrumental - Mumford & Sons Inspired FREE DOWNLOAD

Does what it does.

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Hip-Hop Instrumental - FREE DOWNLOAD

Been away for a while. Writing some songs and stuff. 

This is a short instrumental that I came up with playing the guitar,  and was inspired by Mumford & Sons. As always, instrumental is free to download, use commercially etc. (see license for more details). Enjoy.

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Acoustic/Folk Instrumental - Mumford & Sons Inspired FREE DOWNLOAD

Been away for a while. Enjoy.

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2016

Piano Rock Instrumental FREE DOWNLOAD

60s/70s rock instrumental. Free downloads, and free to use commercially (see Creative Commons license for more details).

2019

60s & 70s Rock Fleetwood Mac Inspired Instrumental FREE DOWNLOAD

Pendulum inspired rock-pop D&B instrumental. Enjoy.

Drum&Bass Rock Pendulum Inspired Instrumental FREE DOWNLOAD

EDM/Pop dance instrumental inspired by deadmau5 and Zedd. Free to download and use.

EDM Pop Zedd & deadmau5 style Instrumental FREE DOWNLOAD

2020

Zedd & Porter Robinson Inspired EDM Instrumental FREE DOWNLOAD

A simple beat I made a long time ago, influenced mainly by Dr. Dre's 'Chronic' beats. It was created with the intention of being a spark for future projects for Billy, but ended up being a pretty good sounding and catchy beat. The lyrics that Billy raps were completely freestyle, I basically made the beat and said to Billy, "I'll play the beat and I want you to literally rap whatever comes to mind", and that's exactly what happened and the lyrics you hear are exactly what he came up with completely on the stop, first take. Obviously, this won't be the end of Billy and I's collaborative work.

Hip-Hop/Rap Beat (featuring Billy Woollard) (Change at 1:42)

A beat I made as a foundation for freestyle-ing, with the music, hopefully, encouraging sentimental and "guns, money and being-the-best" avoiding lyrics, which is pushed by the piano riff, organ chord background, and electric bass (as opposed to synthetic bass). Inspired mainly by Kanye West's tracks, like "Family Business", where the whole theme and lyrics of the song are about family and memories with his family, which needed a calm beat to accompany the sentimental lyrics. That's what I've tried to capture in this short instrumental.

Hip-Hop/Rap Beat - Piano and Organ style (Instrumental) Kanye West Inspired

A short rock piece that I'm currently working on. Created as a template to experiment with different guitar and drum sounds, EQs, compressors and overall mastering. Mainly influenced by steady and paced rock with drum fills and a basic drum pattern accompanied by distorted guitars (playing chords), a piano, and a bass. There's also an acoustic guitar in there which I EQ-ed to cut through the distorted guitars and drums i.e. mid to highs, just to make the piece sound more crisp.

Rock - Distorted guitar lead, drum fills, with acoustic guitar.

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A short instrumental driven by acoustic instruments like an acoustic guitar, piano, bass drum, tambourine, and cymbals; accompanied by electric guitars, a bass guitar, an organ, and some other subtle sounds to fill the piece. 

Cheers.

Acoustic/Pop/Rock/Alternative - Acoustically driven instrumental FREE DOWNLOAD

GETTING COPYRIGHT STRIKES/UNABLE TO MONETIZE ON YOUTUBE?
See below in FAQs

Composer, songwriter & producer. All instrumentals are free to download and use commercially. Read FAQs below for more information.

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Contact: davidrhyde1@gmail.com
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FAQs:
Q: I am unable to monetise my video on YouTube/I am getting copyright strikes on my videos as your music is under copyright by "xxxx" TuneCore etc. What do I do?
A: I get this all the time. If you ever get copyright claims/strikes or are prevented from monetising videos on YouTube or anywhere else, dispute the claim by stating that the music is under a Creative Commons license and include a link to the original SoundCloud page for the music.

Q: Do I have to ask for your permission to download your instrumentals?
A: Nope. If I have put the instrumental's license under 'Creative Commons', that means you can download the instrumental without permission from me.

Q: What does the 'Creative Commons' license actually mean?
A: 'Creative Commons' license means you can download and use, however you want, without permission from the owner (me). 'Creative Commons' license can allow different and varied amount of rights to the public, e.g., when the license states so, you can even remix, cover, or build upon an instrumental itself if you wish. Full rights can be checked by clicking on the 'Creative Commons' icon when you click the title of an uploaded instrumental.

Q: Does that mean I can use your instrumentals in a video or project that I wish to make money/profit financially from?
A: If the license has allowed you to (which is 'Yes' to the majority of the instrumentals), then yup, it certainly does. You can't sell the instrumental itself, but you can use it in an advert, video, or whatever it may be, and still be fully legal in making money from however you've used the instrumental.

Q: What if your instrumental is a cover or reinterpretation with no vocals of an existing, copyrighted song; can I still download it and it still be legal? And can I use that instrumental, sing over the top of it and make money from doing that; would I still be legal?
A: Well, no; not really, as I don't own the full rights to allow the public to do as they please with the instrumental. Can you make money from it in any way? Absolutely not. This is where things get a little more serious. If I do not own the rights to the song, and you don't either, that means you have absolutely no rights to make money off someone else's work; unless they've stated otherwise. You must gain permission or obtain a license to make money from reinterpretation/cover instrumentals of copyrighted songs.

Q: Hold up. You're telling me I can download your instrumentals, feature it in an advert, project, whatever, to make profit/money from, AND get to do it for free? Where's the small print I'm missing here?
A: No small print, and no secret conditions. The only condition for this whole thing to work is that you MUST give credit. For example, you've made a video on YouTube with an instrumental(s) of mine featured that you wish to monetise: Credit must then be given in an adequate form e.g., Music by David Hyde in the video itself as an annotation or in the video, or in the description of the video. Failure to give adequate credit for the music is in violation of the license, to which I hold the right to take the video down, or mute the video, unless you have subsequently given credit.

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