Download Tuva Khoomei Samples on Loopmasters

The sample CD Tuva Khoomei is now available for download on Loopmasters. The download is packed with the Tuva native throat singing, Khoomei, native string instruments like the Doshpuluur and the Igil, and many more hard to find samples unless you are planning to take a trip to Tuva anytime soon.

The original sample CD is still available here at Discovery for those of you old schoolers out there who like to still have the master on hand. But if you don't like waiting in the mail for a CD to arrive then get on Loopmasters now and download the files in minutes.

Tuvan Sounds on the disc:

KHOOMEI :
A type of throat singing with a distinct fundamental and an overtone melody, used in folk music from Tuva.

DOSHPULUUR :
A three-stringed instrument with fretless similar to a banjo, but with the warm, organic sound of wood and goat skin.

IGIL :
A two-stringed, bowed and fretless instrument. Deeply connected with the mythology of the horse, the most important animal in Tuvan culture. The Igil sounds like a cross between violin and cello, and is often used to imitate the sound and rhythms of the horse.

BigFishAudio.com Gets a New Look

Big Fish Audio (BFA) is one of my biggest distributors in the U.S. and are constantly updating their website to provide the latest and greatest from the sampling world. Recently the site has taken a whole new overhaul and if I might say a step in the right direction. The website is a lot easier to navigate and the the layout has improved 10 fold. I think the Google bots really like it because within a week of the new look Big Fish was already a PR5.

As most of you already know the days of waiting on a sample CD in the mail (though still some of like having that hard copy) are soon going to be history with the digital age taking over and BFA is already in place to provide producers and musicians with instant access to some of the hottest samples available.

Big Fish will still offer the original sample CD packs as well as downloadable versions so they will definitely have the best of both worlds until the CD eventually becomes an inadequate item.

You will find all of Discovery's sample CDs available on the Big Fish website and soon available for download as well. So what are you waiting for? Get on over and check out the latest and greatest from BFA. You'll be glad you did.

Composer Simon Wolfe on Discovery Sound

Discovery Downloader will present a great line up of sound content produced by Emerging English Composer, Simon Wolfe. His samples, loops, sound effects, and production music are readily available for royalty free use in film, television, video games, live performances, and other multimedia projects.

We have just uploaded 114 high quality music tracks in WAV & MP3 formats supplied by Simon Wolfe. His tracks are available with a wide range of music genres including ambient, ethnic, classical, dance, rock electronica and more!

So Just who is this Simon Wolfe?
An emering composer for Television, Documentary film soundtracks and multimedia. Simon has written music sweeping across many genres from Ochestra, World, and Electronic to ambient, dance and classical. Some of his work has featured in the World Music Track CD released by Productiontrax.

His track "Next to you" was chosen for the film "HARD PILL" (writer/director John Baumgartner starring Jonathan Slavin)

Credits include:

"Wall to Wall" Television UK (dinosaur documentary), "Illuminations" UK
(music written and arranged for a documentary on Captain Cook's painter,
William Hodges on expeditions to Tahiti and India, featuring contributions
by Sir David Attenborough), CHANNEL 5 TV, UK DISCOVERY CHANNEL,
WEST COUNTRY TV (product advertising), SKY SPORT - middle east:
(FORMULA 1, GREAT SPORTING MOMENTS, PREMIERSHIP FOOTBALL)


Want to hear Simon's tracks? Check them out here: www.discoverysound.com/SimonWolfe

Koto Sample CD Receives Music Tech Magazine Value Award

The Koto Sample DVD received the Music Tech Value Award in the July 2009 issue # 76 of Music Tech Magazine.

The review was kinda a downer to read in some parts of the review, but nevertheless was lucky enough to be featured in MTM issue 76 which actually sold out. I can't find an issue to save my life, but fortunately the kind crew over at MTM was kind enough to send me their "last" copy.

Even if it didn't get the best review I was looking for it still got a good response from the producers and DJs that bought the album to use in their own productions.

Since the magazine was sold out and from the word on the street no reprints coming in the near future I have posted the review here for those of you who want to hear what MTM had to say about Koto sample DVD.