Software para grabar música online con otros (en inglés)

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Servicios de colaboración musical online te permiten tocar, ensayar y grabar música con personas de mismo interés conectadas desde una computadora remota en todo el mundo. Te conectas con otros músicos, vocalistas, compositores e incluso tus propios fanáticos para crear la música que te gusta en tiempo real o de forma asíncrona. También puedes intercambiar ideas, descubrir nuevos estilos de música de otros artistas independientes y probar libremente sin la presión que te viene encima por estar alquilando un estudio de grabación.




A menos que hayas decidido hacer un jam en tiempo real con tus músicos conectados desde una plataforma remota, servicios de colaboración musical online funcionan básicamente de la misma manera: grabas una pista con tus propios instrumentos conectados a una computadora y la subes para que los demás la trabajen y construyan encima de ella.

Si tú y tus partners musicales ya disponen de una conexión de internet de banda ancha, también puedes usar los servicios de colaboración musical online para tocar en tiempo real sin preocuparse con el típico atraso que caracteriza las transmisiones de audio en internet. Basta con conectar tu instrumento a tu PC/Mac, encontrar tus socios musicales y estás listo para empezar a tocar.

Proyectos de colaboración musical pueden ser tanto públicos como privados, dependiendo de las necesidades de producción que tienes, y algunos de los servicios de colaboración musical que disponibilizo aquí en esta guía también proveen un mercado directo para que distribuyas tus canciones.

De forma interesante, DJs y algunas personas creativas que no son músicos pueden usar algunos de estos servicios de colaboración musical para remixar y hacer mashups de cosas nuevas y antiguas.

En esta guía de MasterNewMedia, puedes encontrar un mapa abarcador de los servicios de colaboración musical disponibles en el mercado, incluyendo algunas de las características fundamentales y una tabela comparativa que los organiza todos. Al revisar cada uno de los servicios, estos han sido los ítems clave que he averiguado:


Formato de archivo soportado: Tipos de archivos aceptados para subir tus pistas musicales.


Sesiones públicas/privadas: Acceso gratuito o restrito a proyectos musicales.


Distribución/ventas: Distribución de pistas musicales en otros sitios o redes sociales.


Evaluación: Evaluación mutua de músicos.


Precio: Coste básico inicial y características.

LISTADO EN INGLÉS

Online Music Collaboration: Best Tools And Services To Collaborate On Music Projects



http://www.masternewmedia.org/online-music-collaboration-best-tools-and/


eJAMMING AUDiiO

With eJamming AUDiiO you can create, perform and record musical tracks online and in real-time. The software (for Win and Mac only) allow you to connect to other musicians both by public or private chat and by creating or joining a session. Inside a session you get in touch with up to three other musicians for real time music collaboration, creation and recording. Or you can also play on your own and record your creation. All you have to do is plug your instrument to your computer and then configure the software with the instructions available on the website. You cannot upload your own tracks for the time being. Each musician has a skill level rated by the eJamming community, so you can decide whom you want to play with. Once you have recorded your tracks you can also send your music to a friend or jam-mate. eJamming AUDiio is priced either $9.95/month or $89.95/year.


http://www.ejamming.com/



Kompoz


Kompoz is a social workspace for musicians and songwriters. You can record a music track, upload it and then invite others to contribute to your song by adding other instruments or vocals. Public and private projects are available, so you can collaborate with anyone or specifically select the people to work with. Check the ratings of your selected musicians to choose the right co-author for your creation. Then upload a music track (MP3, AIFF, WAV, WMA, OGG), a PDF with tabs or vocal parts and meet your jam-mates to start collaborating together on your own song. To get feedback from the Kompoz community, you can use the forum discussions to share opinions and suggestions with other members. When your project is ready, share it via Twitter, Facebook or your own website by grabbing the embed code. Public projects are free and licensed under a Creative Commons license. Each private project you start costs $8.95 and you can choose either to share your music under a Creative Commons license or traditional copyright.



http://www.kompoz.com/



JamNow


JamNow is a free online collaboration platform that allows you to play, record and collaborate with other musicians. You can host live shows for your fans or just play and record your tracks on your own. To use JamNow you have to download a free software (Win and Mac) on your computer. The software allows you to get in touch with other passionate musicians and supporters via chat or using a microphone. Your music projects can be both kept public or private and all members have a rating score, so it is easy to meet the people you need to perfect your songs. No exposure features to distribute your music on third-party websites. No info either on file formats supported to upload a music track.


http://www.jamnow.com/



MixMatchMusic

MixMatchMusic is a free community where artists and music lovers meet to share their tastes or collaborate on music projects. You can connect with other members to create, complete or remix tracks using MixMatchMusic suite of audio tools. Then upload your own tracks to start or use a "stem", a music sample you find on the site. To find the right musicians look at their ratings from the community. Once you are satisfied with the results of your project, publish your music on the website. Each song costs $1 and for each track sold $0.85 go to those people who collaborated creating the music. To release your song on third-part locations you need either to have permission from the company or the co-authors of the song. No info on file formats supported to upload a music track.



http://www.mixmatchmusic.com/


Tune Rooms


Tune Rooms is a free online service to create and remix music tracks with the help of other musicians. You can create your own music sessions (or "tune rooms") by uploading your own tracks in MP3 format or by adding existing tracks already on the website. Then allow others to contribute with their own song sketches to help you complete your songs. Tune rooms allows users to assign a Creative Commons license their works, featuring the license prominently on each composition. No ratings or distribution tools available.



http://www.tunerooms.com/




Oomix


Using Oomix musicians can collaborate online on their songs and even monetize their music without spending a dime. Record and upload a single-instrument MP3 track to Oomix and let others play their own groove and complete your track. Some others may want to remix different tracks and create a unique music piece using the Studio tool (Windows only). Each song perfected and created by a group of musicians is sold for a pre-determined price. Each musician or remixer assigns a percentage to her contribution that identifies the amount of work done (e.g. 30% bass guitar, 30% guitar, 20% drums, 20% remix). The money each contributor gets is calculated according to the percentage of work done and total earning made from the sell. You can rate each musician but not freely distribute the songs you create (only sell is allowed). Private projects are not permitted.



http://oomix.com/


Jamglue

Jamglue is an online community for creating and sharing original music and audio. You can upload your recorded music (MP3, WAV and WMA formats allowed) or voice track, create mixes, and then share your creations on your blog or MySpace profile. You can either upload a track from your hard-disk, a URL, or use JamGlue library to mix different tracks using a Flash-based interface; no software to install on your computer. Once your mix is completed, you can download the song for free. You can also write mini-review or comments to rate your favorite artists. Private projects are not allowed. Free to use.



http://www.jamglue.com/


WeMix


WeMix is a free online service where musicians can collaborate together and produce original songs. Co-founded by the rapper Ludacris, WeMix usage is simple: you sign up, create your page and upload your original songs, beats, vocals, riffs in MP3 format As a member you can collaborate on songs using WeMix Mashpit, offer feedback, rate your favorite artists and share ideas for new music with others. If you want to distribute your music you can grab the embed code of your published songs and paste it onto your social media pages or website. Top performers also get a shot to turn their songs into real records by collaborating with star musicians and the entire WeMix community. Your show might even be broadcast on TV.



http://www.wemix.com/



Indaba Music


The mission of Indaba Music is to foster a community that offers artists to connect and work creatively together on music projects. Create a free blog to share your music (MP3 is the only format accepted for upload) and photos or connect with other musicians to work on a project together using a web-based workspace. Each musician is rated by other members and has a personal profile page to facilitate your choice. If you are not a musician, you can also browse the Indaba Music library of Creative Commons-licensed songs and remix a song, even privately. Basic plan to join Indaba Muisc is free and you have all it needs to create, remix and share your songs. If you need advanced audio tools you can purchase one of the two premium plans starting at $5/month or $50/year.



http://www.indabamusic.com/




MyOnlineBand



MyOnlineBand.com is a network of professional and would-be musicians that want to share their music tastes and play collaboratively on music projects. Once you register to the network you can upload your songs (MP3 or WMA only) to share with others and use a live-chat facility to communicate in real-time with the musicians of your team. You also have a public profile page that works as a resume to help other people evaluate your contribution to their tracks. People can also support you economically through a dedicated link, though this is not compulsory to download a song. In fact, all you need to do is download tracks from the MyOnlineBand library, add your own audio contribution and then re-upload the song to the site. You can also upload document files to provide your jam-mates with chords, lyrics and tabs that will help you improve the songs. Both public and private projects are allowed. MyOnlineBand is free to join. No rating allowed.



http://www.myonlineband.com/



MyBlogBand



MyBlogBand is a virtual jam room where you connect to other musicians, play and publish you recordings for free. You simply post your creation on the forum area of the website and let others add more instruments, give feedback, make suggestions, and collaborate on the song. If you like the additions made, you can then share the revised collaboration. You can also choose to work alone and open a private project or publicly release your creations. Audio tracks must be submitted in MP3 format and you can post lyrics, tabs and any other document that might help co-authors create songs. No rating and no ability to distribute your songs on third-party websites.



http://www.myblogband.com/



Dopetracks


DopeTracks is a free online music collaboration network where you can record your beats and sing together with other vocalists. Just plug your microphone to your computer and use the built-in Flash application to record your vocals. Then upload your track to the service and provide lyrics so that your fans can sing along. Other users can also comment, "dope" (rate) and help you improve your beats participating to your vocal performances. Once you are satisfied with your beats, distribute your performance to Facebook, Twitter, MySpace or Xanga. No info on the file format needed to upload your vocals and no private projects allowed.



http://www.dopetracks.com/



Virtual Recording Studio

Virtual Recording Studio is an online music collaboration venue where musicians meet to work together on new music. All you have to do is upload an original music track in one of the supported formats (MP3, WAV, WMA, OMF, and MIDI) and then start a project to let others contribute to your song. Projects can be either public or private. In a private project you selectively control who can hear your music or collaborate on your songs. Ratings and comments are allowed, but you cannot distribute your finished creations on third-party websites. You can also install Virtual Recording Studio on your own web server to create your personal music collaboration community. Free to use.



http://thenetstudio.com/Scripts/VRSLogin.vrs



Online Jam Sessions



Online Jam Sessions is a music collaboration platform where musicians meet to jam together live, regardless of the distance. Jam rooms are manly designed to be public, but you can also hand-pick selected musicians to play with and start a private jam session. To start you need to register and choose an artist from a real-time updated list of people playing. Then you can chat (publicly or privately), upload an audio or video file to work on (any format allowed) or ask a musician to join her performance. You may both jam using just your audio or also your video. Ratings and comments are allowed. You cannot redistribute your finished songs on third-party websites. Online Jam Sessions is priced at $10/month or $100/year.

http://onlinejamsessions.com/ojs/



Link: http://www.masternewmedia.org/online-music-collaboration-best-tools-and/#ixzz0ugoyZrCT

(En inglés) Como trabajar de compositor. Ideas

DONDE ESTÁ EL ARTÍCULO

http://emusician.com/tutorials/emusic_jingles/

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Jingles All the Way
May 1, 2006 12:00 PM, By Steve Skinner


If you're skilled at composing, arranging, and producing, there's money to be made writing music for advertising. As with television and film scoring, the field is highly competitive, and only the most talented make a consistent living at it.

There are three basic ways to work as an ad-music composer-arranger. You can freelance; be a staff writer at a music-production company, or music house; or run your own music house.

Free, Not Easy
Ad-music writers often start out as freelancers. Although it's best to live in a major market area such as New York or Los Angeles to get that work, people can now work from anywhere given the ability of broadband Internet to transfer large audio and video files.

Here's a typical freelance scenario: An ad agency contacts one or more music houses and asks them to submit demos for a national commercial. Each music house typically submits four to six demos, some of which may be written by staff composers and some by freelancers.

Freelancers generally make $200 to $500 for such jobs, and are expected to turn in polished, finished-sounding tracks. Once all the demos have been submitted, the ad agency and its client listen and pick a winner.

The winning music house and the winning composer make any revisions required by the agency; the house then submits its final version. Several months later (agencies are notorious for being slow payers), the music house gets paid a creative fee from the agency, of which the writer typically gets somewhere between 30 and 40 percent. (It's up to the freelancer to negotiate that.) Depending on the size of the creative fee and the percentage the composer negotiated, his or her cut is typically around $1,000 to $2,000.

On commercials produced with union talent (which most national spots in the major markets are), you can make good money from the session and, especially, from the residual payments for singing on the track. You can also make decent money, although considerably less, from session fees and residuals earned for playing an instrument or instruments (see the sidebar “Residual Benefits”).

The Reel Thing
The best way to get your foot in the door with freelance work is to put together a demo reel, which consists of an audio CD featuring tightly edited musical pieces that show off your composition and production skills. If you've worked primarily on album projects, you can use song excerpts — but keep them short.

If you've composed music for picture, you might have enough material to make a DVD video reel. If you don't, consider recording commercials off the air and writing new music for them as a way to get more video-reel material. Whatever format your reel is in, it's crucial to put your best stuff first.

Once you have your reel together, start calling music houses and ask if you can submit it to them. Follow up with phone calls or emails, and be polite but persistent.

On the Payroll
If a music house is particularly impressed with your skills, it's possible to get a job as a staff composer. Those positions, however, are less common than they once were. I spoke with Fritz Doddy of Elias Arts (www.eliasarts.com), a major music house in New York. He told me that the staff writers there receive a salary and benefits, and they get residuals for the commercials they write, sing, and play on. Other music houses may have different types of compensation arrangements for their regular composers, such as paying them as independent contractors.

Those who have been successful as freelancers or staff writers often decide to form their own music companies. A case in point is Doug Hall, now the co-owner of and chief writer for Propeller Music and Sound Design in New York City (www.propellermusic.com). He got his start in ad music working as a studio assistant at one of New York's larger music houses. He says that to succeed with your own music company, you have to present the right image; that is, you need a slick Web site and a nice office. Marketing is key: get a list of possible clients, figure out what your strengths are and who to target, and then hit the phones.

If you don't have a talent for marketing, get a partner who does. It's common for music companies to have one person who specializes in the business side and another in the music.

The smaller music houses or one-person shops are less likely to use freelancers or staff writers. The local and regional ads that they compose for are typically nonunion “buyouts,” for which a creative fee is paid but residual fees are not. To get that type of work, you'll have to function as your own music house, marketing yourself directly to the agencies or clients.

What You Need
To compose and produce music, you'll need a professional-level, computer-based DAW system (Digidesign Pro Tools, Apple Logic Pro, Cakewalk Sonar, Steinberg Nuendo, MOTU Digital Performer, and so on). Because you'll frequently be working to picture, a standalone personal digital studio won't do. You will also need a wide variety of high-quality sounds; your competition will have all the cool sounds, so you'll need them, too. Make sure to keep up with the current trends in pop music.

If you're starting your own music house, set yourself up in a nice space. Ad agency personnel won't want to come to a dumpy studio, no matter how expensive your gear is. If possible, reserve an area for people to hang out in that has food, coffee, a TV, and so on.

Whether you're freelancing or starting your own company, you'll be competing with some of the finest talent in the country, and you'll need considerable chops in composing, playing, programming, arranging, and mixing. “Try to have a unique angle so that you can stand out from everyone else,” says Hall. “Your writing needs to be both unusual and on a very high level.”

Your ability to work with people is critical. You must be flexible. The best thing visually might not be the best thing musically. You won't always agree with the representatives from the agency, the client, or the music house about what is musically appropriate. Remember — this is work for hire; it's not about you as an artist. “Do your best work,” advises Hall, “then don't be too attached to it.”

Learning how ad agencies function also helps. Interning at an agency is an ideal first step. At a minimum, pick the brain of any ad person you know. Once you understand the process that the music goes through at an agency, and the many levels of approval it must pass through (creative director, producer, music producer, and client), you'll be better equipped to compose in the ad arena.

Just Do It
Commercial composers are often given very short turnaround times. You might have the weekend to compose and produce your demo, or you might be asked to do it overnight.

The reference materials you're provided with vary from job to job. If it's a jingle, you're usually given lyrics. You might also get a QuickTime video if it's a TV spot. However, you might get only a storyboard (preliminary drawings depicting the commercial) if the picture hasn't been shot yet. For a radio spot, you frequently get a copy of the script.

In almost all cases, you'll be given a description of the musical direction you're expected to follow. Adjectives like edgy, upbeat, positive, warm, and organic are typically used. Although those words are vague from a musical standpoint, you're often provided with a piece of reference music, which can help you figure out the direction the agency wants to go. If you're a freelancer, pay careful attention to the instructions given to you by your contact from the music house.

You can make a lot of money in the ad-music business, but it's not easy. To do it well, you must love your work, have the right instincts, and be prepared to work hard. If you do, then one of these days, you might just turn on the TV or the radio and hear your own music between the shows.



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Steve Skinner has worked as an arranger-programmer for Bette Midler, Jewel, Celine Dion, R. Kelly, the Bee Gees, and Chaka Khan. He has been composing ad music for 20 years.

SIDEBAR
RESIDUAL BENEFITS
The real money in the ad-music business is in residuals. These are payments made to the talent that plays and sings on commercials produced with union musicians.

As the composer, you've presumably played instruments on the track, so you're entitled to receive union session payments and any residuals that are generated. The latter are a percentage of your initial session fee, paid every 13 weeks that the spot runs (also paid if it's reused later). Musician residuals are paid through your local chapter of the American Federation of Musicians (which you'll need to join to receive the payments) and can be a nice addition to your income. But unless you play on a huge number of spots, you won't be able to make a living from residuals alone.

The highest-paying residuals go to those who sing on commercials. Those payments are made through the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) or the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA), and can earn singers significant amounts of money.

If you sing on a network commercial, you get a healthy payment for every two weeks the spot runs — and you get health insurance. Those payments are in the same pay range as the ones that go to the actors who perform on the spots. Ad-music people always try to sing on their spots, even if just on the background vocals.

In the '60s and '70s, there were big vocal groups on almost every jingle, and a lot of singers and composers got rich from those residuals. Subsequently, agencies cut costs by limiting the opportunities for group vocals. You still hear spots with group vocals, but not nearly as often.