Stoyan Jams

Here’s one piano/synth piece, I was exploring what the good people at Spitfire audio have to offer in terms of free-ish plugins – some LABS pads (free) and BBC symphony (free if you wait 14 days). Subscribe to the podcast: RSS, iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play

A short and soothing (hopefully) piano plonking. Subscribe to the podcast: RSS, iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play Update: now with a video

Episode #4 comes to you again from Los Angeles, California. This little piece for acoustic guitar, messed up echoey acoustic guitar as background, and random percussion noises is called “Shepherd’s”. Hope you like! Subscribe to the podcast: RSS, iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play — Update: now with a video

This one gem is called “Life”. It’s very short. Enjoy! It’s basically one chord. The thing is, putting music out there is just too hard, mainly because of our inner critic. Nothing is perfect, nothing is even close to good enough. Our creations are too precious. We don’t want them out in the cold wide … Continue reading Life (Stoyan Jams podcast, episode #3)

I needed about a minute of ambient music and this is what happened. Three chords repeated with slight variations. Mostly stolen from Bach’s Prelude in C. Type these into MuseScore. Render in to WAV in MuseScore with samples for “strings”, then with “ooh”, then with “bassoon”. Copy these to Reaper. Cut some parts from “ooh” … Continue reading Ambient Bach: Stoyan Jams episode #2

Well, hello and welcome to my podcast! This is episode #1 of what I hope would be a place to put up musical noises on some semblance of a regular schedule. Enjoy and happy new 2018! This first one is a jam in F. This thing is based around the idea of skipping the third … Continue reading FGam: Stoyan Jams, episode #1