I found an old hard drive that had master recordings of some music I created for my own podcast back in 2014/2015. I was doing a series that had this sort of analog machines sound. It featured lots of samples of tape decks and old machines used as percussion. The series was about change and…

I have a real fixation with created soundtracks for video games that will (likely) never get made. While recording this, I imagined a retro indie game, on the level right before the final boss when your character is just about to complete their journey. It’s mellow but still hopeful. Even if you’re not coding the…

I’m back! I apologize that it’s taken me so long to get back on the recording train everyone. Babies are a real life shift! Anyhow! Let’s get back to the music! The quality I like most about this recording is that it can’t quite decide if it’s sad or if it’s happy. Like it’s caught…

A lot of the time when I sit down to record music, I start the process with a scene from a movie in mind. It helps infomr all the decisions I make to have a visual image in mind of what this music might fit with (even if that movie doesn’t exist and never will)….

I’ve been on a real music theory kick these days. This track was written and recorded in one hour this morning as an exercise in practicing scales and writing melody. My challenge was to write something musically simple that still had tension and release in it’s melody. So I chose to write in C Maj, the…

This is an older track I made back when I was podcasting more frequently. I found it while going through some old hard drives and liked something about the subtle string melody that repeats for two bars and then reverses itself. This track is a very subtle one, so I wouldn’t recommend putting it front…

I like to try and maintain a good mix of both ‘songs’ (things that you might use up front & center) as well as ‘ambiences’ (things that are designed to be in the background) on the music supply. This week’s track is one of the latter. This background soundscape is incredibly ominous, massive and dark….

I found this piano movement and something about the incessant half tone repetitive melody on the piano reminded me of Edgar Allan Poe and poem “The Raven”. The piano here is echoing the line “Tapping at my chamber door – only this and nothing more…” It’s enough to drive you mad, but if you’re looking…

This was originally recorded as a soundtrack to a short film, as you can hear, there is a big cinematic quality to this one. It is intentionally very subtle. While performing the piano I tried to barely touch the keys, just graze them, in order to give that apprehensive quality to the entire performance. I’m not…

This is a quick little tune I wrote on the piano. It’s just a few simple chords accompanied by a *very* high string descend that I thought gave the whole thing a science fiction feel. Due to the piercing nature of the string part, I’d recommend keeping this track low in your mix, but hopefully…

This track was recorded as part of our “Sleep Music Against Abuse” fundraiser in 2017. That project was able to raise over $700 in donations to a local women’s shelter. Thank you to everyone who took part! Now that Sounds Like An Earful is supported by Patreon, I’m really excited to be able to release…

This track was recorded as part of our “Sleep Music Against Abuse” fundraiser in 2017. That project was able to raise over $700 in donations to a local women’s shelter. Thank you to everyone who took part! Now that Sounds Like An Earful is supported by Patreon, I’m really excited to be able to release…