Sean Beeson is an award-winning composer, the owner of Sean Beeson Studios LLC located in rural Ohio.

www.seanbeeson.com

contact: otismacmusic@gmail.com

The sounds of Shuggie Otis and Michael McDonald inspired a man to write a song. A couple of Mondays later, that song inspired an Identity. The name is Otis McDonald. The mission? Good Music. 

From the mind and ears of producer/multi-instrumentalist, Joe Bagale, comes a sound that is fresh but tangibly rooted in nostalgia. When taking a listen, one may recall the soul of the 60s or the funk of the 70s. Or perhaps it’s pop radio from the 80s or the boom bap beats of the late 90s. What ever it may be, Otis McDonald is the sound of an artist who manifests a lesson in versatility and growing perspective.

The production can be dense at times, yet through it’s syncopated rhythms and unexpected harmony, Bagale is able to find the space that counts. Starting out as a studio experiment, Otis McDonald was developed over a 3 month period which found Bagale writing short snippets of music, playing all of the instruments, sampling those snippets, playing more instruments and and eventually creating entirely new songs. 

Musically it’s both playful and emotive, while giving listeners a sense of optimism and joy. Just because it’s rooted in the blues, doesn’t mean it has to have the blues. There are beats that’ll make you wanna sweat on the dance floor. A thumpin’ bass that inspires folks to make love. Synths, guitars and horns that’ll cut through to your core, and a voice that reminds us all what it’s like to be human. 

In 2015, Bagale put out 30 tracks for free, under the name Otis McDonald. Released as copyright free music, exclusively through the YouTube audio library, these tracks have been downloaded over 5 million times, streamed over 10 million times and already have appeared in thousands of youtube creators’ videos. Take a second and search Otis McDonald on YouTube and you’ll find pages upon pages of videos featuring these songs. This being a very unusual way to release music, it may be the best music nobody has ever heard. Funny how the business works. As of 2016, Bagale has formed the Otis McDonald live experience, featuring some of San Francisco and Oakland’s finest players. He’s recorded new music, soon to be released for sale and for streaming, and at least 10 new free tracks for the YouTube audio library, due out later this year.

Combining the skills of a musician, with the power of both old and new technology, the sound of Otis McDonald was born, reminding us that music is a universal language that will always have a past and always have a future. 

RMS started having the first contact with sound and music early on as a careful listener.
When he was still a child he began to imagine a lot of melodies. Later on RMS had his first opportunity to compose music using the game produced for the videogame console "Playstation 1" called "Music."
Already as an adult he ended up making his first graduate degree in Administration although he never ceased to feel a significant creative energy that needed some development.
While RMS was studying Administration he played in some amateur bands as guitarist and vocalist.
Then he spent a year (2006) taking music lessons in Brazil (Recife - PE).
When RMS arrived in Portugal in 2007 he was looking for something new and challenging concerning sound, so he decided to do a Master Degree in Sound Design (2008) at Escola das Artes (School Of Arts) - Universidade Católica Portuguesa
(U. C. P.).
He spent two years learning a lot of interesting things about sound science and sound art (for image, for music).
His final project in Escola das Artes (2010) was creating and developing the Sound Design for a 3D Animation called "O Empregado do Mês" ("The Employee Of The Month").
RMS is always looking to give new rythmic and harmonic aesthetic styles making electronic music, scores for movies and trying to be always unconventional doing Sound Design.

Take a look at his webpage 
ricardommsantos.wix.com/rmsproductions


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-I love heavy metal guitar shredding and video game music so I try to combine those influences in my music. The end result is what you can hear on the tunes from my album project "Wave".


James Marantette is a freelance sound designer and composer working out of Portland. The listings here are a variety of hobby songs and projects.

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