“Old School,” we’ve started to make some of the the best sellers of all time available as downloads. More to come soon.
Elemental Studio Percussion is great for making quick and easy percussion parts without having to dig through tons of libraries to find a simple percussion loop. For example if I need a basic shaker to accent the rhythm section of a song I’m working I can quickly find exactly what I need. I got a beta version of this product from our production director about 2 months ago and I’ve used this product over and over since. This one is a must have.
The most common question I get is, “How did you get started making and selling loops?” When I was in school I met Nile Rodgers and he explained the use of loops from old records in making many of his disco hits. I was fascinated and ran out and bought an Akai S1000. Right out of college I got a great job selling orchestral sample libraries for the Synclavier. My friend Chris Lang and I produced “Drum Loops Volume 1 by Prosonus” and we sold quite a few of them. My boss was convinced and turned the whole operation over to me so he could focus all his time on his music. Since then, Big Fish Audio released hundreds of loop libraries and distribute many more.
For years I played the role of “A&R” but others do that now. I still sit in on all the A&R meetings and I highly appreciate everyone who submits material to Big Fish Audio. We get some great material and we get some that’s not quite ready yet. But I can always tell that a lot of hard work has gone into the submissions.
I have always used our loops to make my own music and enjoy hearing our loops in movies, TV and many top-charting records. Last year I got a kick out of hearing a construction kit from “Notorious: Hip Hop and R&B” in Slumdog Millionaire. I’ve had some of the greatest hip hop, RnB, rock, house and even jazz producers reach out to me just to say thanks for the inspiration and for keeping it royalty-free and not requiring crediting or disclosure. (We all have our secret weapons.)
Tom Meadows
President
Congratulations to Michael Clark for being the grand prize winner of the Big Fish Audio 2009 Product of the Year sweepstakes! Michael won all 20 nominated products.
Just a quick note to let everyone know we’ve just added 20 high quality download packs to our catalog. They styles are mostly electronica: house, hard dance, techno, trance, tech-funk, and some minimal. We also added an incredible Indian percussion download called “Indian Sessions Vol 1“, by KV Krishnan. Out of all the downloads, my personal favorite is “Tidy Trax“. Out of all the hard trance products out there, I believe “Tidy Trax” really nails the stylistic subtleties that are missed by less-authentic products. The basses and synths are well rounded and very warm, great melodies in all the instrumentals, and all the effects and “goodies” are unbelievable! Also be sure to check out the new book we now carry: “The Secrets of House Music Production”. It’s truly a wealth of knowledge that, until now, was kept tightly under wraps by the pros.