School Of Rawk

Hot new mix tape is released today, School of Rawk, chock full of rock tracks by Rob Neary. You can download the tracks here.

A note from Rob about his mix tape:

20 Tracks was a big challenge, so how did i write them? I Basically armed
my mp3 player with as much (12GB) Pop Rock music as i could. A lot
borrowed from Leyden Irwin my Fiance's brother in Cape Town, whom i have
to say a big shout out too.

Once I had listened to as many bands and styles as i could, it all began
to sink in and then the end results are the songs you hear today...

Track listing:

• The Race
• An New Tomorrow
• Catch Me If You Can
• Don't Look Back
• Flying High Again
• Resistance
• School of Rock
• Skater Park
• The Art Of War
• The One I Want
• Welcome To The Party
• Break The Rules
• Stop And Stare
• Falling For You
• Russian Roulette
• Shine On
• Super Human
• The Last Time
• The Wild Side

Rob Was recently featured in HUMTOO's HUMCAST series:



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HUMCAST 04 - introducing Corey Bates

HUMCAST is HUMTOO's podcast series...In this 4th edition, meet Corey Bates.




Corey Bates has been writing and performing since the age of 17. With the regional success he experienced having his music in regular rotation on many area radio stations, Corey decided to relocate to Los Angeles and attend Musicians Institute.

In 1996 he joined the newly formed version of Neve, a band discovered by Randy Jackson. The live dates, label showcases and recordings he played on eventually led to their signing to Columbia Records.

Corey also supported many other up-and-coming aritsts, often filling the role of music director. His experience and abilites were a perfect fit for many solo artists on the rise, such as Kendall Payne on Capitol Records (1997); where he worked with producer Ron Aniello (Lifehouse, Days of the New, Guster).

All the while, his song writing skills were also being recognized and he was offered spec recording time by then Saban Entertainment composer Ian Nickus (The Red West, Friends, Power Rangers). It was during those late night sessions that 'Alternate Lifestyle' was recorded, which was eventually placed on Dane Cook's Tourgasm series and the soundtrack on Playtone/Atlantic.

After relocating to Rochester, NY, he filled the role of Audio Producer for an interactive products company and created promo music for Microsoft, Cisco Systems, the PGA and many others. Locally he has written music used on PBS, RES Exhibits and hired as sound consultant on an audio branding project for Kodak.

These days Corey is performing with his band, Cruelty Free, in the upstate New York area and abroad and continues to have his music licensed for tv/film.

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Featured Music Maker for February

foukbass.humtoo.com (Alex Fouquet) COMPOSER / PRODUCER / MUSIC ENGINEER

Canadian composer Alex Fouquet makes his living playing, recording, and most of all, composing music. His work can be found in numerous cinematic scores for major companies as well as independent film makers and producers. With his dramatic and expressive touch, Alex creates and mixes his special and unique blend of orchestral, ethnic, electronic, and modern music. Alex’s scores are currently used by clients in Canada, Japan, the USA, China, Spain, Belgium, and Hong Kong, just to name a few.

While living in Japan in 2005, he composed an instrumental CD under the Osaka-based Groove Studio’s label. The CD has been released in 50 countries. Alex is well known for his work at Big Score Music for which he has composed over 100 original tracks. Alex also composed original scores for TV shows such as Les grands reportages at RDI-Radio Canada, and Belgium’s famous soap opera Spring. Lately, he has been collaborating with animation studios in the Middle East. He was also pleased to compose music for projects such as: an advertisement for HP computers (made by G2 studio in Beijing www.g2studio.net ), MTV USA’s reality show Parental control, and the 2009 movie Alien Presence . Alex also worked on a Chew TV project that was brought to him by Humtoo. Alex has been an active member of Humtoo since the very beginning and has built strong business contacts through the website.

Starting his musical career performing as a live musician, Alex has toured around the world as a bass player for major productions such as Cirque du Soleil’s Cheval-Théâtre. The group has been recognized as one of the world’s top live circus acts and Alex took part in over 450 performances in the United States.

Now focusing on creating great scores that aim to show a wide spectrum of emotions, Alex’s motto remains the same: there is no greater feeling than the one you get when you finish a project and both the producer and composer are proud of what they have accomplished together. Only passion and devotion to your art and a professional attitude can make that happen.

More info here: foukbass.humtoo.com

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Metropol

Metropol, HUMTOO's latest mix tape, full of smooth percussive electronic grooves...the rhythms of city life.

Track listing:

Beauty - jayhales



Lounge of Lurv - TheAudioDetective
Ruff Lounge - TheAudioDetective


Moby Dyk - garrycribb




Urban Decay - godfreymusic



In An Electro Blue Dream - Giannis
A later shade of blue - Giannis



Leave the city - graham
Trippin - graham


Muffle - audioscapist
Three - audioscapist
Mon Salève - audioscapist

Last Orders - neokitsch



Im flying - foukbass
Bukowski no vox - foukbass
waiting - foukbass

Passenger of the night - StoneLionMusic



Alone in the city - Hans



Light at the end - KeyDrum12



shimmy - Soundgram



Here are what some of the music makers behind the mix tape have to say about their tracks:

Last Orders - Neokitsch is a quirky twist on the smooth groove/lounge music idiom, which uses unusual vocal echoes, and kitchen utensils for its percussion.

Passenger in the Night - StoneLionMusic I like to put myself mentally in to the place for what I am composing for. I imagined being in a Taxi and traveling through the city at night and watching the buildings and lights reflect off of the store front windows. I felt that using a smooth jazz theme matched very well with that.

Alone In The City - Hans I tried to depict the sensation of loneliness in a big city when you don't have any means to get in touch with the one you love.
I started the track with a sort of Avant Gard chord progression a la Erik Satie (Gymnopedie) and used break beats to sound more modern and urban.

Light At The End - KeyDrum12 I was inspired by watching Nature documentaries and scenery pictures. I just wanted to reproduce, almost "painting", those beautiful landscapes through music.

Mon Salève - Audioscapist is a piece with a darkish heavy mood resolved by soaring lighter sections. Inspired by my memories of le Salève, a mountain with wondrous views of Geneva and surroundings. I remember one day watching parascenders rising in the thermals from the top, the lighter pads mimicking them were written first, followed by the driving bass to give the piece the solidity of the slopes.

Shades Of White

Shades Of White is a new mix tape full chock full of 'minimalist emotive drones'.

Track listing:

Molecule Connection - Stonelionmusic
Deep - Stonelionmusic

The Minds Eye - Stonelionmusic

Deep water shallow Breath - davewaugh

june - davewaugh
barrier reef - davewaugh

The Ocean - neokitsch

Ben By Night - neokitsch
Schumann Fish - neokitsch
Frost - neokitsch

Evolving - Keydrum12

Torture 1 - Wizzer

The Lonely Walk Home - godfreymusic
Droning, now waving - godfreymusic
Cold Dawn - godfreymusic
Russian Theme - godfreymusic
Intensity - godfreymusic
Air - godfreymusic
Grindsonte Love - godfreymusic

Temptation - IanD

Here are what some of the music makers behind the mix tape have to say about their tracks:

Ben By Night: (Neokitsch) is an ambient piece which is tranquil, reflective and enlightening. It is a location specific piece, as the music resonates through the chimes of Big Ben, so this track is a perfect choice for those wishing to describe a London night scene.

The Ocean : (Neokitsch) is a mysterious and haunting piece with threatening rumbles contrasted with high pitched chimes. It weaves through light and dark moods, describing the uncertain depths of the otherworldly ocean.

Schumann Fish: (Neokitsch) uses a mixture of subtle ambient music with sound recordings. The name comes from the piece being inspired by a particular passage in one of the Schumann Lieder, although this piece however, has an aquatic texture.

Frost: (Neokitsch) is very dark, with a distant, reverberant female voice accompanied by the low crackles and rumbles of the vintage analogue Moog Rogue synthesizer.

Deep water shallow breath: (Dave Waugh) I spent hours searching through all my synths for sounds and tweaking them, what I was really looking for were synths that were unpredictable, never responding the same way twice, I'd record the outcomes and reposition the audio, sometimes reversing the audio files. Other synths I used had an incredible delay, only starting to be audible a couple of bars after playing them, and then twisting away long after the note had been stopped on the keyboard. I enjoyed not knowing what to expect next in the track. I renamed it when it was complete because it gave me the feeling of something terrible lurking beneath a deep ocean.

June: (Dave Waugh)I tried for something a little more musical in regards to the timing on this track, I started with a bass pulse and a couple of very gentle synths which complement eachother to provide the pad. The melody line is a combination of a celesta through effects and synth. The organ sound which enters in the last third of the track, is a build up of delay from a couple of the synths.

Barrier reef: (Dave Waugh)Although probably the simplest sounding of the three tracks i have on Shades of White, this track took surprisingly long to create. I took hours to find the right synths and although a very simple progression, reworked the chords several times. The track surprised me when it was finished.

Evolving: (Keydrum2) I was inspired by watching Nature documentaries and scenery pictures. I just wanted to reproduce, almost "painting", those beautiful landscapes through music.

Molecular Connection: (stonelionmusic) I often compose music with out any title in mind at all. I am often inspired by the track itself to title it something and go by the "feeling" of the piece. This reminded me of something on a Molecular level and all the connections within ourselves there are.

The Minds Eye: (stonelionmusic) I've always loved doing Ambient/New Age style music and try to convey things through it. In this track I thought it was like a short trip though the mind in a slightly grandiose and expanding way.

Deep: (stonelionmusic) This track was originally done for a deep sea documentary and because of that I tried to convey depth of the ocean and some of the wonders deep within the sea. Recently this track under a similar title was pitched for a feature film because of it's relaxing nature.

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neo-drones mix tape

Neo-drones is the first of HUMTOO's invite mix tapes. Here are some of Neokitsch's thoughts on neo-drones.

This mix tape came naturally to me, as ambient genres of music are often requested for NeoKitsch. The instruments and performance style bring about a hypnotic, meditative aura. Most of the pieces, although thoroughly minimal, use a technique where all the twelve notes of the chromatic scale are used mainly in relation to one and other, rather than sticking to a key, and it avoids melodic and traditional harmonic structures. This approach, I find, encourages the listener to appreciate textures and mood above all else, as each note is of equal importance. As NeoKitsch produces music for visual mediums, this mix tape is designed to enrich the screen with deep textures, as well as keeping a distance, in order not to dominate the image.

Some of the instruments used were the Moog Etherwave Theremin, Violin, Viola, Folktek Folkchord, Micro Garden, Electron Monomachine, Lap Steel Guitar, Moog Voyager, Bass Guitar, Omnichord and the Haken Continuum Fingerboard.

All tracks are live improvisations recorded at the NeoKitsch studio using a ProTools HD system, with vintage and modern mics and preamps, including the Nuemann U87 and AKG C414.

Neo-Drones is an eclectic mix of atmospheres, which will be appropriate for any soundtrack seeking ambient sounds with the ‘less is more’ approach.”

Listen to it here!

If you'd like to see Neokitsch at work in his studio, check out his HUMCAST:

Disco Retropolis

As HUMTOO’s first mix tapes are completed, we thought we’d give you a rundown on our hottest new release…

Disco Retropolis

“Retro Funk And Disco Grooves”

Track Listing

Lost in Disco – garrycribb
Retro Flares – garrycribb
Westbay Bridge – garrycribb



Funk It Now – keydrum12
Friday Night Fever – keydrum12



Can Ya Dig It – StoneLionMusic



Back To Funk – TheAudioDetective


Quarter Past Funk O’clock – audioscapist
December – audioscapist
Funkliving – audioscapist


On The Run – jaywoods
Funky Junky – jaywoods

Funkasaurus 1 – nspaas
Funkasaurus 7 – nspaas
Funkasaurus 5 – nspaas
Funkasaurus 8 - nspaas
Funkasaurus 2 - nspaas
Funkasaurus 3 - nspaas

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HUMTALK – First releases for 2010 and the Macbook pro is still up for grabs!

Happy 2010 from the HUMTOO team! We hope you had a wonderful festive season.

HUMTOO has 3 new mix tapes hot off the press ready for use! Neodrones is full of ambient drones. Metropol is jam packed with smooth percussive electronic grooves. And get a serious dose of retro funk and disco grooves with Disco Retropolis. You can find them here: mixtapes.humtoo.com.

Remember, any use of either a track from the library or from a project created in the music marketplace is eligible to win a Macbook pro. More information can be found here: macbook.humtoo.com. More prizes are to be announced shortly, so stay tuned!

The latest HUMCAST is up on our youtube page and it features award winning duo EntropiK, check it out here.

If you need assistance logging into the site, have any questions, email us any time - talktous@humtoo.com or mike@humtoo.com.

All the best for 2010!

Kind regards

The HUMTOO team

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HUMCAST 03 - introducing entropiK

HUMCAST is HUMTOO's podcast series...Meet EntropiK, the budding producer of media music in multiple genres including classical, electronic and easy listening, and also a performance/ recording duo who make beautiful and boundary-breaking music featuring cello and electronics.

As a producer of media music, EntropiK.humtoo.com is also gaining a solid and favourable reputation. In the past 12 months, they have scored 2 award-winning short films: Enfant (by AdamR) and Le Cinquième Jour (David Forest Animations) and have licensed a vast number of their tracks for a variety of media platforms including documentaries, corporate films, commercials and films.

They have a growing list of short films scores to their name and collaborated on a feature film score for the British independent horror film, Bane.

More info www.humtoo.com

Featured Music Maker for January

EntropiK.humtoo.com is known both as a budding producer of media music in multiple genres including classical, electronic and easy listening, and also a performance/ recording duo who make beautiful and boundary-breaking music featuring cello and electronics.

Winners of HUMTOO's HUMFEST prize, they are also currently finalists in the international People's Music Awards, and have been generating a buzz on BBC Asian Network and 6 Music with tracks from their latest EP, Cellotronics.

As a producer of media music, EntropiK.humtoo.com is also gaining a solid and favourable reputation. In the past 12 months, they have scored 2 award-winning short films: Enfant (by AdamR) and Le Cinquième Jour (David Forest Animations) and have licensed a vast number of their tracks for a variety of media platforms including documentaries, corporate films, commercials and films.

They have a growing list of short films scores to their name and collaborated on a feature film score for the British independent horror film, Bane.

For more information and to listen to some of their music, check out EntropiK.humtoo.com