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