At work this week: I just completed this musical theme / signature for a cool-sounding video podcast - 10 Things TV. I really enjoy working with websites that have a video series or video podcast - I think this has been an area of rapid growth on the internet, and will continued source of interesting material and edgy approaches to connecting with audiences.

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When I saw the animation for this piece, I was immediately reminded of Liquid Television (does this give away my age?) on MTV back in the day. Something about the hues and and beat-up-ness of the screen.

Once I located a tempo that matched the pace of the animation, I whipped up a strong beat using a mix of Stylus RMX and Superior Drummer. Then I fond an Omnisphere patch that had the right amount of techy-meets-grind tone and wrote the melody, which ended up being a sort of theme / variation arrangement that seemed to reflect the back-and-forth ping pong-ed-ness of the words on screen.

The bassline might be my favorite part. I first played it on my electric bass, but then realized it was too low to have any presence on smaller computer speakers. So I doubled it an octave higher with a synth bass line.

Add a power chord, and some chaotic audio destruction at the end (courtesty of the Stutter Effect plugin- free!) and we’re all set.

Credits:
Amanda D. Quraishi, Ten Things TV
Justin Dehn, Design & Animation
Meagan Clark, Producer