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

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

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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Labels: ambient, Bauhaus, Brian Eno, goth rock, John Cale, Kasabian, Laudanum, Mars Volta, minimalism, music licensing, musync artists, noise, pre-cleared music, progressive electronic

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

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

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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Labels: alternative rock, Elliott Smith, indie rock, low budget, music licensing, musync artists, pre-cleared music, punk, Track A Tiger, Yo La Tengo

This Weeks Featured Artist album: Peplab - Ken Sent Me

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.

Instrumentals available as well as the vocal tracks.

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

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

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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Labels: acoustic rock, Death Cab For Cutie, fluffy pop, indie music, music licensing, musync artists, Paramore, pre-cleared music, Public Radio, The Postal Service

This Weeks Featured Artist album: Pistol Opera - 2

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

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Esurance "Tune In" Spot With Music from Musync

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Got A Music Search But No Time To Search Yourself?

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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Back To School Specials At Musync

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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Gamefly Uses Music From Musync

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

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

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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"Surfer, Dude" Official Trailer

Here's a fun film that we licensed music for. Well actually the music was from one of our bands ended up on the trailer to this film. Looks like fun with Matthew Mcconaughey in the lead role. Seems right up his alley!

Of course music licensing by Musync!

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This Weeks Featured Artist album: J-Punch - Level

Style: Electronica-Dance / Dreamy / Downtempo

For Fans Of: Depeche Mode, Royksopp, Bjork

To hear songs by DJ-Punch send an email to info@musync.com and we'll send you a link to three tracks.

Dreamy and danceable indietronic. A candy-coated daisy chain of genre splicing. J-Punch utilizes a powerful blend of sleek sounds, fuzzed-out synths and hypnotic vocals to stunning effect. Straightforward and very pretty.

Following a string of hit releases on a seemingly endless roll call of labels, including Global Underground, System Recordings, 3beat and many more, J-Punch now looks for world domination with the new disc – “Level”

Traveling backwards in time and inside out through his own body, J-Punch comes full circle and re-invents the tracks which made him famous. Remixed, remastered and clearer than ever, Level is THE definitive J-Punch (hook the captain) collection. J-Punch: Level. Produced in the UK with Global Underground’s Trafik.

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The Riches on FX Network uses music from Musync

4 Tracks were recently licensed for episodes of the 2nd season of The Riches on FX Network.

To hear the tracks that were used please send us an email info@musync.com or call us 415.282.3444. If you don't know about the show ... here's a little preview about it on youtube.

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Thursday, November 5, 2009

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

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

This Weeks Featured Artist album: Laudanum - System:On

Sunday, November 1, 2009

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

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

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

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

This Weeks Featured Artist album: Peplab - Ken Sent Me

Thursday, October 15, 2009

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

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

This Weeks Featured Artist album: Public Radio - Sweetchild

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

This Weeks Featured Artist album: Pistol Opera - 2

Sunday, September 13, 2009

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

Thursday, August 20, 2009

Esurance "Tune In" Spot With Music from Musync

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Got A Music Search But No Time To Search Yourself?