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ABC's Ugly Betty Uses 5 Tracks From Musync Catalog From Season 4

2009-11-05T15:44:00.000-08:00

The music supervisor came to us asking to replace several Thievery Corporation type tracks and we found a bunch and they ended up licensing them for 2 different episodes. If you want to hear the tracks please send an email to info@musync.com and we'll send you a link to the five tracks.

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This Weeks Featured Artist album: Laudanum - System:On

2009-11-04T15:14:00.000-08:00

Style: Ambient/Goth/Progressive Electronic/Minimalism/Noise

For fans of: Bauhaus, Brian Eno/John Cale, Mars Volta, Kasabian

Perfect for projects with advanced edits and subjects leaning toward urban edge, sci-fi, contemporary tech or even horror atmospheres. This collection includes electronic metal tracks mixed with rich ambient soundscapes, some with a literary bent. Instrumental tracks are available for intros, credit roll, Goth/psychedelic sequences and theme music.

This eclectic and evocative collection reflects a move toward the dramatic with sustained themes and melody coupled with driving rhythmic intensity. Much of this work includes soaring keyboard lines matched by intricate percussion/noise patterns interspersed with piercing guitar riffs and intimate vocals.

Cuts such as “Nitelife” could be sampled from a warehouse dance/trance party while “Russian Moon” is nearly a lush new wave romp. Filtered vocals on “Catching Blue” backed by underscored sequenced percussion tracks and blend of rolling raw guitar noise best exemplify the sophisticated and high-energy approach that colors Laudanum’s deconstructed songwriting craft. “FWB” and “Words and Ideas” shows this band is not afraid to rock when it makes sense. Using vocals as instrumentation mixed with syncopated drums and guitar muscle are artfully blended to create intriguing mood and emotional textures.

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Lionsgate - Crank/Crank 2 PPV TV Spot Uses Music From Musync

2009-11-01T14:58:00.000-08:00

Lionsgate films came to us asking for a replacement track for a PPV tv spot they were creating for Crank and Crank 2. We found them the perfect track and they ended up licensing it from us. Check out the commercial with the Musync track below. If you want to receive an mp3 of the song just send us an email to info@musync.com and we'll shoot you the mp3.

Crank + Crank 2 PPV TV Spot Music Licensing From Musync from Musync on Vimeo.

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This Weeks Featured Artist album: Track A Tiger - I Felt The Bullet Hit My Heart

2009-10-28T14:53:00.000-07:00

Style: Alternative/Indie Rock/Punk

For fans of: Elliott Smith, Low, Yo La Tengo

Perfect For: Films, TV programs or spots, and corporate branded projects needing atmospheric indie pop/rock. Also good for projects needing catchy and dreamy music with mixed vocal harmonies, strings and beats.

Dynamically spirited and sonically vibrant doesn't always mean loud guitars, especially if you're the atmospheric indie-pop and electro-textured slowcore outfit known as Track A Tiger. Fresh off the heels of their critically-acclaimed We Moved Like Ghosts, this band isn't resting on their laurels one bit, right off their Deep Elm Records debut. Deeply engaging and undeniably subtle with crushing boy-girl harmonies, sparkling keyboard effects and a wall of twinkling electronic sound, Track a Tiger is back with the fantastically named, I Felt The Bullet Hit My Heart. Cool to the touch, the aptly titled album saunters through twelve tracks of soul-numbing sweetness with Sandy Kim's falsetto in Don't Let The Nightlight Dance, which is downright charming. Dreamy indie-pop for you and yours? Bingo. The band keeps picking up comparisons to mega stars in the indie-rock world such as Yo La Tengo, Low, American Analog Set and Iron and Wine, because there is a genuine experimental quality to their highly creative, polished, lo-fi sound. The band's clever songwriting, ingenious arrangements and intricate instrumentation are not only pleasing to the ear, but also the psyche.

Instrumentals available as well as the vocal tracks.

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This Weeks Featured Artist album: Peplab - Ken Sent Me

2009-10-21T14:46:00.000-07:00

Style: Dance/Electronic/Synth Pop

For fans of: Royksopp, Phoenix, Daft Punk

Perfect For: TV Spots, video games and corporate branded projects needing fun, upbeat and lively retro 80s inspired tracks. Also great for film or television programs needing music for dance club or flashback scenes.

Peplab's third album ‘Ken Sent Me’ is clearly inspired by many icons of the 80’s, but Peplab’s progressive production-skills always prevent it from becoming ‘retro all the way’: Peplab’s music definitely captures the sound of today and tomorrow. Supported through the years by tastemakers like Norman Cook aka Fatboy Slim and Pete Tong, Peplab has built a dedicated international following, attracted strongly by both their contagious DIY attitude and their unique "dance/80's pop-crossover" sound, making them truly accessible and hard to ignore.

“Infectiously original grooves, unconventional sounds and strong vocal hooks to perfection, often blurring the lines between alternative pop-rock, 80’s electro and underground dance”. One of the best attempts that's the truly unique sound of Peplab.

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Epson Uses Musync Music

2009-10-18T12:10:00.000-07:00

Recently an agency client came to us asking to replace a Jack Johnson song and we found a perfect replacement for them with our musician Latch Key Kid. Check out this online video for this Movie Night For The Holidays Internet Spot for Epson.

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This Weeks Featured Artist album: Teddy Presberg - Outcries from a Sea of Red

2009-10-15T15:38:00.000-07:00

Style: Funk/Jazz/Psychedelic

For Fans Of: Medeski Martin & Wood, John Scofield, Jimi Hendrix

Perfect For: Projects needing a musical splash of original funk and vibrancy. All instrumental music that is ready for radio bumpers, TV shows, commercials and sexy theme music.

To hear songs from Teddy Presberg or any other band send an email to info@musync.com and we'll send you a link to three tracks.

The wait is over for critically acclaimed guitarist/improvisational composer Teddy Presberg’s newest musical contribution. Outcries from a Sea of Red is a musical exploration worth the wait.

One again Presberg delivers his fans fresh genre-bending music with a funky pulse through honest and raw recordings. The album features a handful of songs that seemingly blend into one another — yet each cover a unique musical purpose. From busted home studio recordings with cameos from his dog, dream sequences interspersed with live recordings at St. Louis’s infamous Delmar Lounge, jazz takes recorded in the dining room, and even mixing in the birds of spring as they sing from Presberg’s back yard.

Teddy Presberg’s original and masterful blending of genres will add a unique splash of color and vibrancy to any of your corporate-branded projects.

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This Weeks Featured Artist album: Public Radio - Sweetchild

2009-10-07T12:24:00.000-07:00

Style: Pop/Rock/Indie

For fans of: Death Cab For Cutie, The Postal Service, Paramore

Perfect for: Film, TV shows and commercials, corporate branded projects that are targeted to teens and young adults. Also good for projects needing catchy pop/rock music with soaring boy-girl vocal harmonies and irresistible hooks.

At first listen, PUBLIC RADIO is intriguin, then, riveting, and soon, addictive. A dizzying collection of electronic beats, pop hooks and highly emotive vocals, their debut SWEETCHILD is pure, unadulterated "emotronic". It's a reflection of contemporary emotional life that will be applauded not only for the sheer strength of its songs, but also for the striking harmony of its individual parts. Lead singer and songwriter Mark Mathis' voice blends with the subtle electro arrangements so pleasantly, it's almost as if these songs found him. On a mission to make a difference, PUBLIC RADIO forges songs that are inspiring for personal and social change. Mathis adds, "The thing that I love about this album is that it's aggressive, but it will even make you cry. I still feel inspired when I listen to it. The album isn't necessarily anti-establishment, but the undertone of Sweetchild is one of resistance to the norm. Music shouldn't be treated like a commodity, which is often the case these days. It should be regarded as a driving force of social change." A perfect balance of raw energy, crafty songwriting and lyrical sincerity, this powerful debut will keep your ears dancing from start to finish.

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This Weeks Featured Artist album: The American Dollar - Ambient One

2009-09-30T11:42:00.000-07:00

Style: Ambient/Cinematic/Instrumental/Orchestral

For Fans Of: Sigur Ros, The Album Leaf, Radiohead, Pink Floyd

Perfect For: Lush Spacious Instrumental tracks, stripped of all original drum and guitar tracks to create and even more background and unobstructed feel. Perfect Ambient music for slow-motion, nature, fast action. Themes ranging from dramatic to relaxing.

Featured multiple times on CSI: Miami and in Infiniti Automobile Advertisements in addition to dozens of other advertising, television and film credits, The American Dollar decided to do a release with licensing specifically in mind, crafting new, even more ambient mixes of their already cinematic sound. Created with media in mind the album lacks parts that obstruct dialogue etc.

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This Weeks Featured Artist album: Pistol Opera - 2

2009-09-16T15:29:00.000-07:00

Style: Hard Rock/Alternative/Pop-Rock

For Fans Of: Stone Temple Pilots, Green Day, Foo Fighters

Perfect For: Fast paced extreme sports footage, films and television shows with chase scenes, violence and quick cut editing.

To hear songs from Pistol Opera or any other band send an email to info@musync.com and we'll send you a link to the tracks.

Frustrated by a world where most albums feature only two or three decent tunes at best, Pistol Opera are ALL about the songs. Braden and Semain work their asses off to ensure every track off the P.O. assembly line meets rigorous performance standards. Can you run a marathon in record time to the rockers? Can you have the best sex of your life to the soaring anthems? How damp is the average pair of panties as one of their elegant ballads ends? These are the kinds of tough questions Pistol Opera pose to themselves during the forging of each and every musical nugget.

Pistol Opera's intense, melodic rock seamlessly fuses musical influence from the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, the Stooges, Cheap Trick, early Van Halen, Stone Temple Pilots, and Foo Fighters. Lyrically, Pistol Opera set themselves apart from typical rock 'n' roll dumb-dumbs with a clever and humorous intelligence a la Morrissey and Eminem.

L.A.-based Eli Braden and Toby Semain write, record, and produce their music almost completely on their own. The pair shares creative input on song structures, chord changes, melodies, and what to have for lunch. Braden is the singer (and bassist), and handles the bulk of the lyrics. Semain is a phenomenal guitarist AND drummer (although not at the same time); he also engineers and produces the band's recordings. Band friend Mike Stromsoe expertly mixes the finished product.

Pistol Opera just released their second CD, the creatively-titled "PISTOL OPERA II", available everywhere music is bought and/or stolen. They perform live (as a power trio with drummer Jared Summerell) all over the place as often as they can. All songs available in vocal and instrumental versions.

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Holiday Music Time

2009-09-15T15:24:00.000-07:00

Musync has an awesome selection of pre-cleared budget holiday themed music. Call or email us to hear samples.

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Breast Cancer Awareness Day Oakland A's - Uses Music From Musync

2009-09-13T15:12:00.000-07:00

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This Weeks Featured Artist album: Depth Affect - Hero Crisis

2009-09-09T15:33:00.000-07:00

Style: Electronica/Hip-Hop/Dance

For Fans Of: Prefuse 73, The Chemical Brothers, Apparat

Perfect For: Corporate-branded projects looking for edgy hip-hop/electronic music, films and TV shows that are seeking a different kind of sound for a hero’s journey

Formed in September 2004 in the town of Lorient, the Paris-based Depth Affect are a quartet comprising of two musicians, one DJ and one VJ. The group has adopted a unique musical approach by choosing to focus on largely instrumental hip-hop-infused electronica, placing the concentration on refining their sound and finding the right slant for their music to become totally universal.

Depth Affect’s latest release “Hero Crisis” is an impressive slab of acerbic cut’n’paste electronica sprinkled with an extra helping of chunky hip-hop bits. Their music is a blend of emotive chords, playful rapping, sharp beats, and catchy rhythms. The album has a music box quality, with its heavily processed samples lending an air of carefree magic. You are taken into a warm, glitchy odyssey through the eyes of some progressives who ditch urban politics in favor of gleaming hooks and cerebral, euphoric keyboards. Depth Affect builds a very personal sonic universe in which glitches and breaks cohabitate in perfect harmony. Whatever the quartet throws themselves into, they manage to make total sense of it.

Depth Affect’s inventive and eccentric numbers are well-suited for corporate-branded projects screaming for edgy hip-hop and electronic music. Their aptly-titled album “Hero Crisis” has the perfect amount of danger and mystique to be used as for films and TV shows that involve an atypical, yet epic hero’s journey.

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Esurance "Tune In" Spot With Music from Musync

2009-08-20T15:16:00.000-07:00

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This Weeks Featured Artist album: Lola Dutronic - In Berlin

2009-08-19T15:18:00.000-07:00

Style: French Pop / Electronica / Disco House

For Fans Of: Goldfrapp, Saint Etienne, Françoise Hardy

Perfect For: Films or tv shows that need seductive club music, scenes that involve a relaxing lounge under the sun, advertisements for high-end retail products

Lola Dutronic is a French Pop/Electronica duo, consisting of remixer/producer Richard Citroen and Berlin-based vocalist Lola Dee, who sings in both French and English. Their latest album “Lola Dutronic In Berlin” was recorded over a three week period in an abandoned Berlin apartment and mixed in Toronto. It also features Mike Garson (of David Bowie fame) on piano.

“Lola Dutronic In Berlin” is an album of soft melodies and nostalgic moments that are neither old or new, but nonetheless a pleasure to listen to. The twosome combines immense beats and offbeat orchestration to create an infectious exotica that could well be the soundtrack to an impromptu journey that is out of this world. Lola Dee has a dreamy, super-husky quality to her voice that is both sweet and seductive, which goes hand-in-hand with Richard Citroen’s fun-loving and somewhat childish and 80s electronics. Their songs have been featured in many films and television shows, including “The L-Word,” “Godivas,” “Blood Ties,” and “Perfect Strangers.”

Lola Dutronic’s mix of sultry, danceable grooves and shimmering synth-pop numbers would go well with films or tv shows that need seductive club music, scenes that involve a relaxing lounge under the sun, or advertisements for high-end retail products that need an upbeat dash of sexy, cool music.

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Got A Music Search But No Time To Search Yourself?

2009-08-12T10:43:00.000-07:00

Leave it up to us! We have over 32K tracks pre-cleared in all genres, styles and price ranges. Why worry about the music when we can select up to 15 tracks and send you a link to download. Let us surf through the hundreds of tracks rather than you putting in the time. We all know you have better things to do than trying to find the perfect track.

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This Weeks Featured Artist album: The Synchronicity Suite

2009-08-11T13:51:00.000-07:00

Style: Electronica, Alternative, Experimental, Hip Hop, Dance, Folk

For Fans Of: Boards of Canada, Aphex Twin, Flying Lotus

Perfect For: Montage sequences, car commercials, corporate branded projects needing edgy yet mellow electronic music, and films/tv shows needing a dramatic touch

To hear songs from The Synchronicity Suite send an email to info@musync.com and we'll send you a link to three tracks.

Get ready to Synchronize! Moodgadget and Ghostly International team up to bring you “The Synchronicity Suite,” the exhilarating sequel to 2006's blockbuster compilation, "The Rorschach Suite", that is unlike anything you've ever heard before.

Fusing electronic music with a mélange of styles, from hip hop to folk, from dance to downtempo, Moongadget’s latest compilation presents an eclectic concoction of unique and gratifying grooves. Moongadget stars, such as Mux Mool, The Reflecting Skin, and Benoit Piolulard are joined with an extraordinary new cast, including pop sensation D. Gookin, experimental rockers Brael, and lo-fi piano virtuoso Praveen, to generate a work of synchronicity that exposes the diversity in electronic music. “The Synchronicity Suite” employs a scintillating mix of instrumentation, incorporating piercing distortion and glistening synths with organically poignant strokes of piano melodies and acoustic guitars. Together, this collection of songs establishes an expansive array of emotion, and will have you doing everything from laughing to crying to dancing.

Due to the compilation’s vast diversity, “The Synchronicity Suite” can be used for a variety of projects, including montage sequences and corporate branded projects. Certain tracks, such as “Voyage into the Dark,” “Across the Pale Sea,” and “Angel Dust” are perfect for scenes that involve a trendy cruise down the city streets or car commercials that call for an edgy, futuristic background, while “Buddy” and “696 Bandit” are a couple of gloomy numbers that will add the perfect touch of emotional sentiment into your film or TV show.

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Back To School Specials At Musync

2009-08-05T13:47:00.000-07:00

Lots of deals to be had here at Musync!

Our 5 And Dime Music catalog has grown over 5000 tracks. Lots of hip indie artists tracks for 5 dollars a second. All styles and genres available. Call us to do a free search for you or search online now.

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2009-07-24T11:38:00.000-07:00

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This Weeks Featured Artist album: Lullatone - Songs That Spin In Circles

2009-07-15T16:18:00.000-07:00

Style: Electronica, Twee Pop, Children’s Music

For Fans Of: Colleen, I Am Robot and Proud, Piana

Perfect For: Commercials for toys, baby products, and electronic products; scenes that involve characters resting/dreaming peacefully; creating calm, soothing, serene atmospheres

Lullatone was formed in the night, when a restless Shawn James Seymour began composing soft, gentle pop tunes that wouldn’t disrupt the slumber of his girlfriend, Yoshimi Tomida. Their music, which the group likes to refer to as “pajama-pop,” is characterized by innocent, child-like quality and spare, lo-fi sounds.

Originally composed for their newborn son, the duo’s latest release, “Songs That Spin in Circles,” is a lovely and alluring collection of lullabies. These set of tracks were deliberately composed to loop seamlessly using the repeat function on your music player. Their sound is a saccharine delight of cute, minimalist melodies and sumptuous analogue tenderness. The group makes brilliant use of soporific instrumentation, employing glittery glockenspiels, warm sine tones, and fluffy percussion, with tape hiss as ambient white noise. “Songs That Spin in Circles” serves as the perfect bedtime background for babies and adults alike, kindly whisking you away to a magical dreamland.

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Gamefly Uses Music From Musync

2009-06-12T10:09:00.000-07:00

This is a pretty creepy spot but I still like it. What do you think? Music from Musync of course.

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Preview our 5 And Dime Music Collection now!

2009-06-03T17:25:00.000-07:00

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Search the music live now. For the remainder of the year you wont need to register. If you have a song in mind you'd like to use just let us know and we'll set up the license.

5 And Dime Music is our budget catalog so all tracks are 5 dollars a second for any non broadcast usage. For broadcast usage it bumps up to 10 dollars a second. So you figure a 30 second internet spot only would cost you 150 dollars. To air on television it's only 300 dollars.

Keep in mind 5 And Dime music is only the tracks you see in the search not any of the bands that you see featured on our site. Please call or email us with questions you might have.

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Producing Corporate Videos? Require Longer Pieces Of Music?

2009-05-20T09:55:00.000-07:00

Our 5 And Dime Music catalog includes hundreds of cuts that are longer than the usual library cuts that are :30 or :60 or 1:30 long.

We've gotten requests in the past from many clients that want longer cuts for their corporate videos so we have tons of tracks available to choose from in our catalog.

Call to hear some of the many choices.

We have hundreds of styles and all tracks for non-broadcast use will be 5 dollars a second - very budget minded.

Some of the popular folders from our discs are:

Child's Play - Music targeted to productions involving children or targeted to kids
Happy Rock - Productions that need positive Acoustic rock tracks with a little bit of electronica thrown in.

Or any of the other 90+ folders in our 5 And Dime Music Catalog.

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This Weeks Featured Artist album: The American Dollar - A Memory Stream

2009-04-29T09:43:00.000-07:00

Style: Post-Rock / Ambient / Experimental-Instrumental

For Fans Of: The Album Leaf, Explosions In The Sky, God Is An Astronaut

The American Dollar are an experimental instrumental band with post-rock credentials from Queens, New York.

The name and music are part of a series of contemplative reflections based on the world we live in, and exactly how we live in it. These expressions take the form of positive, negative, and neutral emotions depending on your viewpoint and the meaning conveyed in the music, whether it is love, sadness, thought, appreciation, rejection, etc.. Meaning is personally and individually creative, a large factor which makes us human.

A Memory Stream, the third release from NYC instrumental-duo The American Dollar (John Emanuele and Richard Cupolo) shows new sides and an overall more mature sound. Working in both rock and electronic zones the album is the bands most consistent effort thus far. Creating some of their richest ambiences and most explosive moments with tracks like Lights Dim and Bump, respectively, this album made top 20 lists of critics and listeners all over the internet late last year. Despite only having released this recently the band is currently deep into their fourth full length record, slated for release late 2009, amidst extensive touring around the United States.

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"FAT GIRLS" by Eli Braden

2009-04-27T12:19:00.000-07:00

This is funny! From one of our bands. It's a comedy music video called Fat Girls.

"FAT GIRLS" by Eli Braden - watch more funny videos

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