Aqua Harp

This song was commissioned by Skijarama (aka Tone Shift) for his D&D campaign.
» SKIJARAMA’S YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@Skijaramaz

Sometimes, there are beautiful little moments of spontaneous synchronization: a blend of last-second planning and joyful abandon that blend into a cocktail of unplanned but unforgettable delight.

Or, that time two Dungeons & Dragons characters came together to make some impromptu music at a festival as an elephant-man flew overhead whilst trumpeting and blowing bubbles.

This is probably the silliest thing I’ve ever made, but then, what better way is there to broaden my horizons as a composer? It also gave me the opportunity to write for the hammered dulcimer again, which is always fun. The sound effects were trickier – I scoured every “elephant sounds” video I could find and only barely got enough pachyderm trumpeting to fill this song with (seems the majority of elephant sounds you hear in recordings are reused over and over, usually in ever-worsening quality…).

Note: This version doesn’t include the eponymous toots & bloops. You can find alternate versions on YouTube:
» Version with toots & bloops: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gv3v4qgoRHs
» Version with toots, bloops & a crowd ambiance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZiwL1HaSdc

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DOWNLOAD —
Grab this track for free in high-quality MP3, WAV, FLAC and other formats on Bandcamp:
https://joemcken.bandcamp.com/track/toots-bloops

Note that the Bandcamp post only lets you download the version without toots, bloops or crowd ambiance. If you truly want a high-quality download of the other versions, contact me and I’ll send it to you.

SHEET MUSIC (PDF) —
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/kd80kd5in51apla32iri4/Toots-Bloops-24-04-07-01-56.pdf?rlkey=6tk1xruvh9qoxzph06yz49sx8&dl=0

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SOCIALS —

Personal website: https://joemcken.net/
Commission information: https://bit.ly/JMComms

You can also find my music on:
» Bandcamp: https://joemcken.bandcamp.com/
» YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@joemcken

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» Twitter: https://twitter.com/joemcken_music

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SOFTWARE & CREDITS —

Recorded April 06, 2024
Software used:
» Written & recorded with Sibelius using the following sound libraries:
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;» Claps & stomps: CinePerc
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;» Hammered dulcimer: Cinesamples Dulcimer & Zither
» Mastered with Ozone & Audacity

SFX:
» Crowd by Metzik on Freesound:
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;https://freesound.org/people/Metzik/sounds/371222/
» Applause by kevp888 on Freesound:
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;https://freesound.org/people/kevp888/sounds/639482/

Art:
» Illustration by Skijarama
» Canvas frame texture by Brenda Clarke on Flickr:
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;https://www.flickr.com/photos/brenda-starr/5494874103

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Live recorded demo of a song, when I find the fitting VST instrument library for it I'll remake it. :) Anyone knows a midi GM bank based off early 2000 sounds?
I'm not the best player either, I haven't gone any lessons, so my fingerwork/timing ain't the best!

Carried by Stars

Official demo for Arva Next Generation Children Choir

Available at www.strezov-sampling.com

Remembering James by Benny Oschmann

https://archiveofourown.org/works/13699047

Tiger Tiger Late At Night

A duet I wrote for cello and piano´as a project for my current school.

The cello is a recorded performance by Ronja Schneider while the piano is a VST. I think she did a really great work considering she only had 2 days to practice on it, and I really learned how difficult it is to write expressive music and explain it in a good way. My first time doing something non-midi! Well partly.

Surfaced Memories

My first real attempt at making 8bit video game music, done with the NES VST: https://www.mattmontag.com/projects-page/nintendo-vst

Since I love Mega Man games I decided to try something on my own. This song actually started as just a test song for the NES VST, but it started to grew on me, so gave it a purpose and turned out to become pretty good! I know there's a few things I can do better, and I haven't learned how to do vibrato in the plugin yet, that's for next song! If anyone knows how-to, a link or message would be super!

A little fan-made info about Bison Man: A robot created to protect the endagered species of Earth and other planets. When he woke up after getting all necessary data inserted into his memory, he got appalled at the causes of animal species extinction and went rogue, being his own master while still doing his duty, until someone got to him and gave him another enemy other than of those to his animal friends..

The drawing is mostly done by me and I suck at drawing, except for the arms which is made by my friend Shaw. They are awesome.

Bison Man Stage

You can download and use this track for free but PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL IF YOU USE MY MUSIC: https://www.youtube.com/savfkmusic

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You can download this track for free here: https://savfk.github.io/savfk/past-tense/

This music is licensed under a ‘Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0)’.

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Introducing our new sample library, Glacier Keys: Cinematic Piano Harmonics. Available now for the free Kontakt Player. 
More info: https://fracturesounds.com/product/glacier-keys/

First Frost - James Joshua Otto - Glacier Keys

Composer in Québec specializing in orchestral, particularly soundtracks. My tools are Sibelius and a mountain of virtual instruments. (Also known as Noc.)

Open for commissions! See link below for more info.

COPYRIGHT/LICENSING: All original content on this page is licensed under CC BY-NC (https://bit.ly/CCBYNC4), except where otherwise noted.
TL;DR: Unless indicated otherwise, you can do whatever you want with my music – download it, share it, modify it, sample/reuse it in your own project(s), etc. – so long as you a) credit me as the original creator, and b) don’t use it for commercial purposes without my permission (just ask!).

Toots & Bloops

Joé McKen

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