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Rock Funk Beast: Rock instrumental
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Anyone can participate, so the dancers include groups that have practiced for the event, children who are just learning the steps, as well as locals and tourists who just want to try.
Durig the late afternoon, there was a performance by young musicians and dancers.
I shot the video on 4 August 2023 using a Fujifilm XT-5, Fujifilm X100T and iPhone.
#japaneseculture #folkdance
The competition honors a legendary samurai—Nasuno Yoichi—who fought with the Minamoto clan and was famed for his exploits in the late-12th century Genpai War against the Taira clan. According to an account in a chronicle of the war—the Heike Monogatari—during the Battle of Yashima in 1185, a beautiful woman in a Taira clan boat placed a fan atop the pole and dared the Minamoto warriors to knock it down. Nasu no Yoichi rode into the sea on horseback and knocked the fan down with a single shot.
For more information about the competition, visit my webpage for this video: longzijun.wordpress.com/video-production/ogi-no-mato-kyudo-taikai
About the music
The song is my own. It is entitled Creatures: youtube.com/watch?v=O3lEGyWWLzw
Archers are given 4 arrows by the competition organizers.
The kyudo competition honors a legendary samurai—Nasuno Yoichi—who fought with the Minamoto clan and was famed for his exploits in the late-12th century Genpai War against the Taira clan. According to an account in a chronicle of the war—the Heike Monogatari—during the Battle of Yashima in 1185, a beautiful woman in a Taira clan boat placed a fan atop the pole and dared the Minamoto warriors to knock it down. Nasu no Yoichi rode into the sea on horseback and knocked the fan down with a single shot.
The wind and the waves posed quite a challenge for the competitors. During the competition people in motor boats collected the stray arrows.
For more information about the archery competition, visit my webpage for this video: longzijun.wordpress.com/video-production/ogi-no-mato-kyudo-taikai
About the video
I shot the video and photos on August 4 2023 using an iPhone 10 (for the walking shots) and a Fujifilm XT-5 for the 'stable' shots. I had forgotten to pack a monopod or tripod that morning, so getting stable shots was quite challenging.
Editing was done in Premiere Pro
About the music
The songs can be downloaded from my website:
Somewhere Deep in the Sea is performed and composed by Jessica Yip (I recorded the song): longzijun.wordpress.com/2017/11/22/free-background-music-38
#kyudo #archery #nikko
For download links to the music and more information about how I created the visuals, go to my blog post: longzijun.wordpress.com/2024/10/29/chrysalis-new-song-music-video
About the visuals: These were created using Kaiber, an AI video generation site. For more information about this site and about the methods and prompts I used, check out the above link.
About the music
Creatures is the latest song in my Free Background Music Series. This royalty-free piece has an upbeat mood and moderately fast tempo (120 bpm). It combines elements of afrobeat, electronic music, pop, reggae, rock and jazz.
The music was recorded, mixed and edited using Cakewalk by Bandlab.
As with the other songs in the background music collection, this royalty-free song is free to use for non-commercial projects (and in monetized YouTube videos that are otherwise non-commercial in nature) as long as credit is provided (music by longzijun). For more information, refer to the detailed terms of use: longzijun.wordpress.com/music/free-background-music-series-terms-of-use
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#aianimation
#longzijun
Piccinini's work often features strange looking creatures that look vulnerable and that are or are being cared for (or are caring for others). The works of art show here are:
(1) The Bond (a woman tenderly holds a baby creature),
(2) Sapling (a man carries a plant-human hybrid child on his shoulders,
(3) The Balance (a red motorcycle-like being with antlers made of rear view mirrors locked in an embrace with a yellow scooter-like being),
(4) Celestial Field (The three aforementioned sculpture were placed an installation entitled ‘Celestial Field’. in this installation, thousands of a flower stems hang from the ceiling and emerge from the floor like stalactites and stalagmites in a cave),
(5) No Fear of Depths (A hybrid of a human and a dolphin embraces a human girl)
The song is my own—it is called Creatures.
#contemporaryart
#art
The video was taken during Sunday evening, so you can get an idea of the what Hong Kong residents do to unwind: eat out, go for a walk or jog, play basketball, take their kids to a playground, etc.
Among the places visited are Kai Tak Station Square, AIRSIDE (an office building and shopping mall, Kai Take Avenue Park (a popular playground for kids), Tak Long Estate, the cycling area of Kowloon Bay Park, an outdoor dai pai dong. (e.g., a Hong Kong style cafe) and Kowloon Bay Sports Ground
00:00 Kai Tak Station Square
19:00 Tak Long Estate & Kai Tak Avenue Park
33:17 Kowloon Bay
Camera: DJI Osmo Pocket 3
#walkingtourindonesia
#walking
#hongkong
Patricia Piccinini is an Australian artist who is best known for her hyperrealist sculptures of weird and grotesque creatures. The creatures are often presented in scenarios that suggest feelings of tenderness and love. inviting viewers to think about things like:
What exactly is a human and what makes us human?
What makes someone (or something) deserving of love?
Why do people and animals and 'creatures' look the way they do? How does environment shape appearance?
Will scientific developments in genetics be used to create new transgenic species (The word 'transgenic' refers to an organism that that contains genetic material into which DNA from an unrelated organism has been artificially introduced)?
This exhibition also featured some of Patricia Piccinini's multimedia work, sketches, painting and more stylized sculptures.
For more information, visit my art blog at: artjouer.wordpress.com/2024/10/15/hope
The song is my own—it is called Creatures. The video for that song is here: youtube.com/watch?v=O3lEGyWWLzw
The song can be downloaded from my main blog: youtube.com/watch?v=O3lEGyWWLzw
The video was shot using a Fujifilm X100T and an iPhone.
The installation called 'Continuous' had two parts: Resonating Life which Continues to Stand, (which featured scores of large glowing egg-shaped objects in the park, with some floating just offshore in Victoria Harbour) and Resonating Trees (which featured trees illuminated with LED lights).
The ovoids and the trees change color due to the presence of people, the presence of wind and waves and also the changing colors of the ovoids and trees around them.
This installation by Japanese art collective teamLab emphasizes the inter-connectedness of everything—the land and the sea, people and the environment around them, technology and nature, artwork and audience, sound and light, light and darkness and individual people with one another.
The glowing ovoids in this installation are large and soft and can be pushed over, but they will spring back up (i.e., the 'continue to stand' in the installation's title). Thus, another one of the themes of the installation is the resilience of life.
The installation was organized by the Leisure and Culture Services Department (LCSD) as part of its Art@Victoria Harbour event.
I also have a video introducing teamLab Planets in Tokyo: youtube.com/watch?v=G6EtM1r0Eko
I shot this footage in May 2024 using a DJI Osmo Pocket 3, a Fujifilm X100T and a Fujifilm X-T5. The DJI camera was good at moving shots (e.g., shooting while walking or doing pans and tilts) and did a great job with limited light. I did the long-exposure-shots at the end of the video using the X-T5 on a tripod with the shutter speed set to 2.5 seconds.
Full video: youtube.com/watch?v=4xSx-UdTe9A
#artjouer
After creating the original AI-generated videos in Kaiber, I used Premiere Pro to edit them (e.g., changing the speed, reversing some clips, smoothing out the AI animation, doing some color matching between different clips, etc. )
The gentle piano song is by Jessica Yip and is the 38th song in my free background music series. We recorded it a few years ago, and it can be used for free in your videos for non-commercial projects (as well as in monetized YouTube videos) as long as you credit the artist. (Somewhere Deep in the Sea: Music composed and performed by Jessica Yip). You can download the song and find out more information on my website: longzijun.wordpress.com/2017/11/22/free-background-music-38
I had been working on using those video clips to accompany a fast rock song, but I couldn’t quite make that song work in the mix, so I used an older song with a totally different mood.
For inspiration, I used different styles in the prompts such as: CLAMP (for the colorful manga-style young women), Gustav Klimt (for a couple of the portraits and for the evolving ‘woodblock’ fox masks), Junji Ito (for the fierce-looking fox at the end—there were a few more interesting clips inspired by that artist that I had been rock version, but were too terrifying for this piano version) and Paul Klee for the patchwork style near the end. I also worked with some of Kaiber’s ‘house styles’. For more information about Kaiber AI (e.g., the things it does well and its limitations, you can refer to the article I wrote about producing the first video in the series: longzijun.wordpress.com/2023/09/29/creatures
The next AI video will be on the theme of ‘chrysalis’.
To check out other songs in the free background music series, you can:
a) Subscribe to this channel: youtube.com/channel/UCLCYZWv_6bKXeKSlVsbfnSA?sub_confirmation=1
b) Visit my free background music page (where the songs are sorted by song number, type of music and duration): longzijun.wordpress.com/music
c) Go to this playlist: (youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC18F37A8C46DC478)
Credits
Video production & editing, music recording: longzijun
Music composition & performance: Jessica Yip
Kaiber #AI #AIVideo
For download links to the music and more information about how I created the visuals, go to my blog post: longzijun.wordpress.com/2023/09/29/creatures
About the visuals: These were created using Kaiber (kaiber.ai/create), an AI video generation site. For more information about this site and about the methods and prompts I used, check out the above link.
About the music
Creatures is the 45th song in my Free Background Music Series. This royalty free electronica piece has a calm mood, but features a lot of changes in rhythm, so it is suitable for accompanying montages like in this video. The music was recorded, mixed and edited using Cakewalk by Bandlab.
As with the other songs in the free background music collection, this royalty-free song is free to use for non-commercial projects (and in monetized YouTube videos that are otherwise non-commercial in nature) as long as credit is provided (music by longzijun). For more information, refer to the detailed terms of use: longzijun.wordpress.com/music/free-background-music-series-terms-of-use
#kaiber
#aiart
#ai
As with the other songs in the free background music collection, this royalty-free song is free to use for non-commercial projects (and in monetized YouTube videos that are otherwise non-commercial in nature) as long as credit is provided (music by longzijun)
Download links to the WAV and MP3 files are on this page, which also includes more information about the photos (the location, sunset scenes, street art and abandoned van): longzijun.wordpress.com/2019/02/05/travel-video-our-mini-trip-to-tokyo
For more information about the terms of use, you can refer to details here: longzijun.wordpress.com/music/free-background-music-series-terms-of-use
This song in my Free Background Music songs playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC18F37A8C46DC478
I played this song on a Korg M50 Synth and recorded it using Sonar Home Studio. I recorded the song during the COIVD-19 pandemic, so I wanted to create something upbeat to chase away the boredom of social isolation.
The video footage is of a short trip I took to Tokyo with my daughter in the summer of 2018. She has her own lifestyle and travel channel (her videos are in Cantonese): youtube.com/channel/UC4UNGDKO0eFIgilfpv8qrwg
I shot the video using a Fujifilm X100T, a Sony Nex-7 and an iPhone.
For this trip, we didn't do a lot of activities because Tokyo was in the midst of a record-setting heatwave. We live in Asia and travel to Japan fairly regularly, so in this trip, we didn't go to any of Tokyo's must-see tourist spots, we just went to places that we felt like going to.
Yuigahama Beach
This beach at Sagami Bay is about an hour by train from central Tokyo. It is not a spectacularly beautiful beach, but you can rent surfboards there and get away from the city for while.
teamLab Planets
For me this was the highlight of the trip. teamLab is a collective of artists, musicians, computer programmers and engineers who specialize in creating immersive and interactive light and sound shows. They now have a permanent museum in Tokyo, teamlab Borderless (https://borderless.teamlab.art/), but we went to their recent exhibition at Toyosu: teamLab Planets (https://planets.teamlab.art/tokyo/). Both exhibitions require advance booking. I have a longer video of the teamLab Planets show here: artjouer.wordpress.com/2018/08/21/teamlab-planets-tokyo
I couple of years ago, I stumbled across another of their installations in Kyoto. I have a photo gallery and article about that here: artjouer.wordpress.com/2016/10/19/kyoto-light-festival-at-tadasu-no-mori-and-shimogamo-jinja
Nekobukuro
This was an unplanned visit. While visiting the Tokyu Hands Department store to buy souvenirs, we noticed that there was a cat playground there, so we decided to check it out.
Ueno Park
We went on a Sunday and they had a little flea market there. We also visited one of the temples there (Shinobazunoike Bentendo) but did not stay long because of the heat.
Senso-ji in Asakusa
After visiting Ueno park we went to this large temple complex. That evening was the Sumida Fireworks festival, so a lot of people had taken the opportunity to get dressed up in traditional Japanese attire.
The restaurants
These were chosen by my daughter. A few of them were Ikebukuro—which is a fairly popular shopping district—because our hotel was close by.
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The free MP3 and WAV file for this soundtrack recording can be downloaded from: longzijun.wordpress.com/2021/02/16/intro-theme-26
You can refer to the terms of use here: longzijun.wordpress.com/music/free-background-music-series-terms-of-use
The composition, arrangement and performance are by Jessica Yip. You can view two other videos of Jessica's music: The Mercury Tale (youtube.com/watch?v=eTCO6OehrrQ) and Somewhere Deep in the Sea (youtube.com/watch?v=K0O1RsOYibI).
I shot the video and recorded the music. The video footage is from a trip I took to Hokkaido in 2017 (youtube.com/watch?v=uUZWB5bWX94).
This royalty-free song is included in the 'Short themes for intros, outros, credits and very brief videos' section of the free background music series.
The keyboard is a Yamaha Clavinova. The song was recorded in the Creative Media Music Studio at SKH Lam Woo Memorial Secondary School. http://cmestudio.wordpress.com
As with the other songs in the free background music collection, this royalty-free song is free to use for non-commercial projects (and in monetized YouTube videos that are otherwise non-commercial in nature) as long as credit is provided (music by longzijun)
Download links to the WAV and MP3 files are on this page, which also includes more information about the photos (the location, sunset scenes, street art and abandoned van): longzijun.wordpress.com/2020/08/20/free-background-music-43
For more information about the terms of use, you can refer to details here: longzijun.wordpress.com/music/free-background-music-series-terms-of-use
This song in my Free Background Music songs playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC18F37A8C46DC478
I played this song on a Korg M50 Synth. The composition was inspired by all the problems we have been facing during 2020. It has a somewhat sad mood but includes key changes to major keys in order to show a feeling of hope.
Overall the effect is meant to be relaxing, kind of a like a lullaby for our troubled times.
The photos and video were taken in and around Wu Kai Sha—an area in Hong Kong's New Territories where I lived for a couple of years.
The title of the song is the final line from a poem by Emily Dickinson entitled: By the Sea
This royalty-free music may be used for free for non-commercial purposes; just provide a credit: music by longzijun. You can also use the music for free in monetized YouTube videos (that are otherwise non-commercial in nature).
Download links (MP3 and WAV versons are available) for this song are at my website: longzijun.wordpress.com/2020/02/26/free-background-music-42-drifting
If you plan on using this music in you videos, you can refer to more detailed terms of use here: http://longzijun.wordpress.com/music/free-background-music-series-terms-of-use
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#Pomeranian, #longzijun, #RoyaltyFreeMusic
About the video:
My children and I shot the video footage. This video features Ball Ball, our lovely Pomeranian. We shot the footage last year when he was still a puppy. Now he is quite a bit larger, though he is still quite small. Originally, I had planned to call him Jon Snow of House Pomeranian, but I thought that 'snow' sounded too similar to 'no' and would cause him endless confusion.
The footage was mainly shot using a Sony NEX-7 camera.
To check out other songs in the free background music series, you can:
a) Subscribe to this channel: youtube.com/channel/UCLCYZWv_6bKXeKSlVsbfnSA?sub_confirmation=1
b) Visit my free background music page (where the songs are sorted by song number, type of music and duration): longzijun.wordpress.com/music
c) Go to this playlist: (youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC18F37A8C46DC478)
Credits
Music composition, music production, photography, and editing: longzijun Video footage by longzijun, Eamonn and Jade
Song duration: 2:00
Tempo: 120 bpm
About the recording and editing:
The video was edited using Adobe Premiere Pro and I recorded the song using Cakewalk’s Sonar Home Studio. The synth, strings and bass parts were recorded with a Korg M50 while the percussion, guitar and cello parts are from loops.
The video features a timelapse of Osaka, Japan (from early evening to night)
These short instrumental tracks are free to use for non-commercial purposes and in monetized YouTube videos (that are otherwise non-commercial in nature) as long as credit is provided (music by longzijun).
You can refer to the terms of use for songs in the free short instrumental series: longzijun.wordpress.com/music/free-background-music-series-terms-of-use
The free MP3 and WAV files can be downloaded from this page: longzijun.wordpress.com/2012/12/26/sonicidence
If this intro music track is not what you are looking for, you can check out my other short instrumental themes:
longzijun.wordpress.com/music/intros
The YouTube playlist is at: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL75F9BE9A4772013D
The music was mainly composed and played using a Korg M50. It is based on an excerpt of one of my free background music songs: Sonicidence.
About the Osaka Timlapse video:
I shot the photos of the Osaka skyline as the sun was setting in the summer of 2016. The camera I was using—a Sony NEX-7—doesn't have an automatic timer, but it does have a time delay setting (e.g., the shutter will release a set time after pressing the button), so, in order to take the photos for the time-lapse, I had to press the shutter button for each photo. For more photos of that trip (to Kyoto, Osaka an Nara)
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These short instrumental tracks are free to use for non-commercial purposes and in monetized YouTube videos (that are otherwise non-commercial in nature) as long as credit is provided (music by longzijun). You can refer to the terms of use for songs in the free background music series here and free short instrumental series: longzijun.wordpress.com/music/free-background-music-series-terms-of-use
The free MP3 and WAV files can be downloaded from this page: longzijun.wordpress.com/2019/02/18/intro-themes-17-24
If these tracks (which are mainly synth-based) are not what you are looking for, you can check out my other short instrumental themes:
longzijun.wordpress.com/music/intros
The YouTube playlist is at: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL75F9BE9A4772013D
The music was mainly composed and played using a Korg MicroX synth and a Korg M50 synth and recorded on Sonar Home Studio.
I shot the footage of the fireworks in August 2018 in Ottawa, Ontario using a FUJIFILM X100T camera. The fireworks show was the German entry in the Casino du Lac-Leamy Sound of Light festival.
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#IntroMusic, #RoyaltyFreeMusic, #longzijun
The song is entitled Unfolded and is the 41st song in my free background music collection: longzijun.wordpress.com/music
This royalty-free music may be used for free for non-commercial purposes; just provide a credit: music by longzijun. You can also use the music for free in monetized YouTube videos (that are otherwise non-commercial in nature).
Download links (MP3 and WAV versons are available) for this song are at my website : longzijun.wordpress.com/2019/02/11/free-background-music-41-unfolded
This video is also the second on in my new Travel Diary series. The first video is a trip to Tokyo: youtube.com/watch?v=qZVsOTSSHqo
The girl who appears in the video is my daughter and she has her own lifestyle channel (in Cantonese): youtube.com/channel/UC4UNGDKO0eFIgilfpv8qrwg
If you plan on using this music in you videos, you can refer to more detailed terms of use here: http://longzijun.wordpress.com/music/free-background-music-series-terms-of-use
Hashtags
#Hokkaido, #longzijun, #RoyaltyFreeMusic
About the video:
The video footage and photos are from a trip to Hokkaido, Japan during the summer of 2017. We went to Furano (and the nearby towns of Biei and Nakafurano), Niseko (and the nearby town of Kyogoku). Lake Toya (and the hot springs at Jigokudani) and Sapporo. More information about these locations is available on the song's download page (the second link in this description). You can also visit my Flickr album to see photos of the trip: https://flic.kr/s/aHsmvpE2J7
The footage was shot using a Sony NEX-7 camera and FUJIFILM X100T camera.
To check out other songs in the free background music series, you can:
a) Subscribe to this channel: youtube.com/channel/UCLCYZWv_6bKXeKSlVsbfnSA?sub_confirmation=1
b) Visit my free background music page (where the songs are sorted by song number, type of music and duration): longzijun.wordpress.com/music
c) Go to this playlist: (youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC18F37A8C46DC478)
Credits
Music composition, music production, photography, video and editing: video: longzijun
About the recording and editing
The video was edited using Adobe Premiere Pro and I recorded the song using Cakewalk’s Sonar Home Studio. The synth and bass parts were recorded with a Korg M50 while the drums, percussion and guitar parts are from loops.
Like the the other songs in our royalty-free music series ((longzijun.wordpress.com/music), this song is free to use for non-commercial purposes as long as credit is provided (Music composition and performance by Kate Kwok). You may also this royalty-free song in monetized videos on YouTube that are otherwise non-commercial in nature as long as the music is credited.
Download Links
Two versions are available. The version in this video has been slightly compressed to reduce the dynamic contrast (the softer parts have been made a little louder). There is also a full dynamic range version available; this one has greater contrast between the quieter and louder sections: longzijun.wordpress.com/2018/07/09/free-background-music-40
About the song
Kate has described her inspiration for the song:
“It's called 'Tale of the Forgotten Forest Kingdom'. I had this picture in mind when creating the piece: a wayward traveler stumbles upon a forest fairy and follows her into the ruins of the forgotten forest kingdom; the former glory of the kingdom can still be seen among the statues and columns (the middle, loud part of the music), but eventually even the magical beings (the fairies) abandon the castle and the legend of the forest kingdom fades away into nothing but folklore and memory (as represented by the pianissimo ending)."
More Free Songs
To check out other songs in the free background music series, you can
a) Subscribe to this channel: youtube.com/channel/UCLCYZWv_6bKXeKSlVsbfnSA?sub_confirmation=1
b) Visit my free background music page: longzijun.wordpress.com/music
c) Go to this playlist: (youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC18F37A8C46DC478)
About the Recording:
The song was performed on a Yamaha Clavinova and recorded using Sonar Home Studio.
More Songs by Kate:
I have worked with Kate on a number of projects on different channels
Piano arrangement and cover of Misty Road (from the Korean Drama ‘Moonlight Drawn by Clouds): youtube.com/watch?v=a1te9L7fBZg
Piano arrangement and cover of Feast of Starlight (from ‘The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug’: youtube.com/watch?v=Xuy-h2P9IHI
Piano arrangement and cover of I Vow to Thee My Country (by Gustav Holst): youtube.com/watch?v=ac2IiRNEr14
Cover version of Taylor Swift’s Breathe: youtube.com/watch?v=ehT6ZgKWstA
Piano only version of Breathe (karaoke backing track): youtube.com/watch?v=UIgqFV3hkBA
#KateKwok #RoyaltyfreeMusic #FreeBackgroundMusic #longzijun
Summit
Composed and produced by Gary Ames
Free Download
The free audio files (MP3 and WAV) of the different versions of the song are available on this page: longzijun.wordpress.com/2017/12/27/free-background-music-39-summit-by-gary-ames
Free Background Music Series:
This is a collection of songs you can use for free for presentations, YouTube videos, and other multimedia projects. You can refer to the the detailed terms of use here: longzijun.wordpress.com/music/free-background-music-series-terms-of-use
To check out other songs in the free background music series, you can
a) Subscribe to this channel: youtube.com/channel/UCLCYZWv_6bKXeKSlVsbfnSA?sub_confirmation=1
b) Visit my free background music page: longzijun.wordpress.com/music
c) Go to this playlist: (youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC18F37A8C46DC478)
About the Song
This orchestral instrumental is suitable for use as a cinematic soundtrack for action scenes and dramatic videos and trailers. I have already used in a sports video and it worked very well.
Gary is participating as a featured artist. You can listen to more of his work at his social media sites:
youtube.com/channel/UCkBSJInB_3Jzkn8t1MjP1XQ
soundcloud.com/gary-ames-397977258
garyamesmusic.com
About the Video:
To create the music visualization of the video, I used the Generate Spectrum function in Adobe After Effects (CS4), applied the spectrum to a circular mask and then ran it though a variety of effects such as Fast Radial Blur, Griddler (to create the tiles) and Kaleida (to create the kaleidoscope-like effect).
Somewhere Deep in the Sea
Composed and performed by Jessica Yip
Produced by longzijun
Free Download
The free audio files (MP3 and WAV) of the different versions of the song are available on this page: longzijun.wordpress.com/2017/11/22/free-background-music-38
Free Background Music Series:
This is a collection of songs you can use for free for presentations, YouTube videos, and other multimedia projects. You can refer to the the detailed terms of use here: longzijun.wordpress.com/music/free-background-music-series-terms-of-use
To check out other songs in the free background music series, you can
a) Subscribe to this channel: youtube.com/channel/UCLCYZWv_6bKXeKSlVsbfnSA?sub_confirmation=1
b) Visit my free background music page: longzijun.wordpress.com/music
c) Go to this playlist: (youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC18F37A8C46DC478)
About the Song
Jessica is one of our channels’ guest artists. This is a gentle piano song that is suitable for use as a soundtrack for touching, tranquil or nostalgic scenes.
The song was recorded using a Yamaha Clavinova. Jessica has a very light touch when playing the piano, so even during the climactic moments the song keeps its tender mood. Two versions are available. The one in this video has been slightly compressed to reduce the dynamic contrast (basically this means that the softer parts become a little louder). There is also version with the full dynamic range version available (This version has greater contrast between the quieter and louder sections).
Jessica has also contributed the song The Mercury Tale. a fifty-second piano instrumental: youtube.com/watch?v=eTCO6OehrrQ
About the Video:
The video is comprised of:
a) A music visualizer effect I created in Adobe After Effects using the Music Spectrum effect. I attached that to a circular mask and then animated it further using the Griddle effect. I quite like the final visualizer. It is almost like the graphics are producing the music rather than simply responding to it. The title text was also also animated in After Effects using one of the text animation presets.
b) Water footage published under a CC0 (“no rights reserved”) licenses
c) A background texture by myfreetextures (http://www.myfreetextures.com) published under a CC attribution license.
There is also a bonus track at the end of this video, a one-minute orchestral version of the slow part of the song. This is the 17th song in the Free Short Instrumentals series (featuring songs that are 6 to 60 seconds in length). Like other songs in this free YouTube music series, this song can be used for free in non-commercial projects and in YouTube monetized videos (that are otherwise non-commercial in nature) as long as credit is provided (include the credit "music by longzijun").
Download Links:
The download links to the free audio files (MP3 and WAV) of the different versions of the song are available on this page: longzijun.wordpress.com/2017/08/01/collaborations
Credits:
Music composition, music recording, video recording and video production: longzijun
Piano arrangement and performance: Kate Kwok
The following dancers submitted videos of their interpretations of the song and are featured in this video :
Dance 1: Haruko Kasai, Japan; video by Shinji Shirahige (YouTube Channel: youtube.com/user/sshirahige)
Dance 2: Hope Gemmell, USA (YouTube Channel: youtube.com/channel/UCx_vQsWd0F5F8YiqIwOMygg)
Dance 3: Applee Official, The Czech Republic (YouTube Channel: youtube.com/channel/UCK1rP0Ym4WPovf6PH9-D71g)
Dance 4: Dance by Sarik Karichashvili and Mariam Barbaqadze, choreography by Sarik Karichashvili, Modern Dance Studio, Georgia (YouTube Channel: youtube.com/channel/UCc_y7bNYIsXIQcz1RVz9bXA). You can see their entire performance in this video: youtube.com/watch?v=wXjg-VUNyG0
Free Background Music Series:
This is a collection of songs you can use for free for presentations, YouTube video soundtracks, and other multimedia projects. You can refer to the the detailed terms of use here: longzijun.wordpress.com/music/free-background-music-series-terms-of-use
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Kinesonik Project:
The Kinesonik project is a collaborative project for dancers (the kinetic part of the name) and musicians (the sonic part) that allows them to gain exposure for their work while providing resources for other creative artists to use.'Permission has been given by the people who submitted videos to use their footage in this video and for this video to be monetized.
About the Song
I composed this as part of the soundtrack for a short film my students were working on (but ended up abandoning). The song was recording using Cakewalks Sonar Home studio.
This royalty-free music may be used for free for non-commercial purposes; just provide a credit: music by longzijun. You can also use the music for free in monetized YouTube videos (that are otherwise non-commercial in nature).
Download links (MP3 and WAV versions are available) for this song are at my website : longzijun.wordpress.com/2017/02/07/buoyant-new-background-music-song-music-video
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Bouyant is an upbeat instrumental track that combines elements of EDM (Electronic Dance Music), pop and folk styles. It is suitable background music for YouTube videos that are more visual in nature. If you use the song as soundtrack music in one of your videos, do leave a comment and let me know.
About Juliana
Juliana developed her YouTube channel as a way to document and share her recovery methods and fitness training after having hip-replacement surgery.
Do visit and subscribe to Juliana Payson’s channel: youtube.com/user/Onnaloves
You can read more about background and philosophy on this page: longzijun.wordpress.com/2017/02/07/buoyant-new-background-music-song-music-video
Credits
Music composition, performance and production and video editing: longzijun
Video footage: Juliana Payson
About the recording and editing
The video was edited using Adobe Premiere Pro and I recorded the song using Cakewalk’s Sonar Home Studio. I used loops for the more rhythmic parts like drums beats, the main bass line and the funk guitar parts. To create most of the melodies, counter-melodies, arpeggios, other bass lines and harmony parts, I played a Korg M50 synthesizer.
This is a song I have been working on for a while. It started off as an EDM (Electronic Dance Music piece) but morphed into something else during the recording process.
Download Links
The free download links for this song (MP3 and WAV versions) are at this page: longzijun.wordpress.com/2016/10/04/new-background-music-song-broken-ballet-piano-collaboration
If you plan on using the instrumental in your presentations, multimedia projects or YouTube videos, you can refer to the more detailed terms of use: longzijun.wordpress.com/music/free-background-music-series-terms-of-use
If you do use the song in one of your YouTube videos, leave a comment and let me know, so I drop by and check it out.
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Credits
For this video, Lee Chan choreographed and performed the ballet. In this dance, Lee emphasizes her en pointe techniques and her flowing arm movements (port de bras). You can see her dance in a more contemporary style in our video for the song The Hidden Path: youtu.be/U23s1qFcNbU
Kate Kwok provided the piano arrangement and played the piano. You can see some of her other arrangements in these videos:
I Vow to Thee, My Country (the main theme of the Jupiter movement from: Mahler's 'The Planets'): youtu.be/ac2IiRNEr14
Feast of Starlight (from the soundtrack to The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: youtu.be/Xuy-h2P9IHI
The composition is by myself (longzijun). I also shot and edited the video and did the audio recording.
Music Style
This is a gentle and somewhat sad piano song. It is influenced by classical minuets and has the ABA structure and 3/4 time signature associated with that form. However, the arrangement is rather sparse, giving the song a more contemporary feel. As the melody is prominent, the song is more suitable for wordless videos. If used in vlogs, the melody may be distracting.
About the Song
This song is about the end of a friendship. Sometimes friendships simply fade away; sometimes they quickly disintegrate, leaving at least one person one hurt and bewildered. This song is about the second kind of ending and was written after a friendship suddenly fell apart.
The free mp3 for this soundtrack recording can be downloaded from: longzijun.wordpress.com/2021/02/16/intro-theme-26
You can refer to the terms of use here: longzijun.wordpress.com/music/free-background-music-series-terms-of-use
The composition, arrangement and performance are by Jessica Yip. I shot the video and recorded the music.
This royalty-free song is included in the 'Short themes for intros, outros, credits and very brief videos' section of the free background music series.
The keyboard is a Yamaha Clavinova. The song was recorded in the Creative Media Music Studio at SKH Lam Woo Memorial Secondary School. http://cmestudio.wordpress.com
I Vow to Thee, My Country: Performance and original piano arrangement by Kate Kwok (2015)
Composed (1921) by Gustav Holst & Sir Cecil Spring Rice
Download Links
This is the second song in our Featured Guest Series. Free MP3 and WAV versions of this track may be downloaded from the following webpage:
longzijun.wordpress.com/2015/09/11/new-background-music-song-piano-version-of-i-vow-to-thee-my-country
If you use this royalty-free track in one of your YouTube videos compositions, do leave a comment so that we can check out your work.
Copyright Information
The composition is in the public domain; however, the copyrights to the recording and arrangement are held by Kate Kwok.
The composition is in the public domain because it was written in 1921 and the composers, Gustav Holst and Sir Cecil Spring Rice died in 1934 and 1918, respectively). However, if you use this song, you may get false matches in Content ID systems (like that used by YouTube) to other existing recordings. You should appeal false matches by providing information showing that the COMPOSITION is in the public domain (the year the song was written and the years the composers died) and showing that you are allowed to use this specific original recording and original arrangement (you can do this by giving the link to this video as well as the link to the featured guest series (shown at the top of the description).
Gustav Holst based this song on the Jupiter movement of his symphonic work 'The Planets'.
For more information about the song, you can see the Wikipedia entry: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Vow_to_Thee,_My_Country
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Recording Information
The song was recorded on 3 August 2015 at the Creative Media Studio at SKH Lam Woo Memorial Secondary School in Hong Kong (Kate is wearing the school's summer uniform). Music recording and video recording and production by longzijun.
More videos by Kate
She has arranged and recorded Feast of Starlight by Howard Shore (from the sountrack to the Hobbit): youtube.com/watch?v=Xuy-h2P9IHI
She has also recording a cover of Taylor Swift's Breathe
Cover version: youtube.com/watch?v=ehT6ZgKWstA
Piano-only karaoke track: youtube.com/watch?v=UIgqFV3hkBA
As Kate mentions at the end of the video the song is well known in Hong Kong because of a recent advertising campaign (The Path of Love series) by Solvil et Titus.
The music may be used for free for non-commercial purposes (and can also be used for free in monetized videos) as long as credit is provided (Music by longzijun).
Downloading
The MP3 file (or WAV file) for this royalty-free song can be downloaded via my website (where you can also find background music in a variety of styles and short instrumental themes for intros and credits): longzijun.wordpress.com/2015/01/29/little-hero-new-background-music-composition
For commercial purposes, please refer to and follow the terms of use:
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About the Recording
Music composition and recording: I recorded this song on Cakewalk's Home Studio. Most of the parts were played on a Korg M50 though some parts were played on the tiny Korg MicroX synth synthesizer.
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The free MP3 can be downloaded from: longzijun.wordpress.com/music/intros
Theme 13 is 17 second dramatic orchestral intro suitable for creating a feeling of action or excitement. Theme 14 is 13 seconds long and has a more mysterious mood. You can find different styles of intro music art the above link.
The video footage of Earth from space and of the International Space Station and the space shuttle Endeavour is from public domain videos released by NASA
The public domain video footage can be downloaded from the NASA site. http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia
Three videos were used from NASA's HD video collection:
Animation: Rotating Earth at Nigh (1920x1080)
Earth in HD (1280x720)
The music may be used for free for non-commercial purposes and may also be used in monetized videos on Youtube; just provide a credit (music by longzijun)
Download links:
The free MP3 file (or WAV file) for this song can be downloaded via my website (where you can also find background music in a variety of styles and short instrumental themes for intros and credits): longzijun.wordpress.com/2014/05/19/new-song-the-hidden-path-background-music-32
For commercial purposes, please refer to and follow the terms of use:
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Credits
Dance: Lee Chan
Music 隐 徑 (The Hidden Path - Background Music 32): longzijun
Video shooting: Teresa Ng, longzijun
Video editing: longzijun
Music composition and recording: I recorded this song on Cakewalk's Home Studio. Most of the parts were played on a Korg M50 synthesizer. I also played alto saxophone in one section. The percussion parts were built up from pre-recorded loops.
The song is influenced by some African styles, most notably Juju music. You can hear some of the following elements:
a) Use of a strictly pentatonic scale (meaning there are no Western-music-style chords)
b) An interplay between melodic instruments playing rhythmic lines and pitched percussion instruments. There is not such a clear distinction between rhythm and melody.
c) A song structure that doesn't really on the usual verse, chorus and bridge structure
Of course, there are electronic music influences as well, such as the music in the album by David Byrne and Brian Eno--My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (which is also influenced by African sounds and rhythms).
The song was composed as a companion piece to my most popular song: Dreams, which was loosely inspired by Balinese Gamelan music: youtube=youtube.com/watch?v=QRtHl9n-G3o
The free MP3 can be downloaded from: longzijun.wordpress.com/music/intros
Theme 06 is twenty second royalty-free song (give or take a second depending on how much of the beginning you use) and is suitable for intros, outros and credit sequences.
The first version was done very quickly and is a little too long for an intro, so I always wanted to come back and try a different arrangement.
The photo in the video is of Tolo Harbour and the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). I took the photo at dawn last summer on a remarkably clear and still day. For more views of the harbour and campus (there are some nice sunset shots) go to my photo album at: photos.app.goo.gl/q8Hf2LkCFnw1E15a6
The music was played on a Korg Microx Keyboard (a mini 2-ocatve synthesizer and the different parts were mixed using CakeWalk's home studio. The intro is built on a simple chord pattern of C min, A flat, E flat, G min, and C min. I found the music was dragging so I moved the whole thing up a semi-tone.
The thumbnail image was created using a free Photoshop template from Pixeden (http://www.pixeden.com)
This short intro song is free for non-commercial use as long as credit is given (music by longzijun), and like other songs in this series of short songs, the music can also be used for free in monetized videos on YouTube (that are otherwise non-commercial in nature). For details, refer to the terms of use:
http://longzijun.wordpress.com/works/free-background-music-series-terms-of-use
If you are looking for a longer song with a similar sound and mood, you can check out my song: Ravenchanter (a little over 4 minutes): youtube.com/watch?v=u6TXInaI2j4
The title of the song was chosen because I finished on the day of the spring equinox.
If you like the song, make sure you visit Nikolaos's channel to subscribe youtube.com/user/nikosguitarman
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The aims of the the Featured Guest Series are:
a) To provide talented but under-appreciated musicians more exposure
b) To offer my subscribers and viewers a greater variety of music to choose from (and also further build up my own channel)
If you would like to have one of your songs featured in this series, do let me know. The only catch is that you would have to allow others to download the song and use it for non-commercial purposes as long as it is credited properly. Of course, you would retain all copyright over the song.
Terms of Use: The songs ''Wild Illusion' is free to use for non-commercial videos or other non-commercial multimedia projects as long as it is properly credited (music by Nikolaos Taramanidis; however,
(1) The music may not be used in works which are pornographic (or which promote pornography) or that deliberately promote illegal activities or incite hatred,
(2) You may not distribute the song in your own collection of music without permission from the composer,
(3) You may not re-mix the song and/or use it in a mash-up without permission from the composer, and
(4) You may not alter the tempo and/or pitch without permission from the composer.
For commercial use, you may contact Nikolaos Taramanidis directly to seek permission and discuss the terms of use. Nikolaos Taramanidis reserves the right to change these terms of use at any time, but any changes will not be applied retroactively.
This royalty-free song may be used for free for non-commercial purposes; just provide a credit: music by longzijun. You can also use the music for free in monetized YouTube videos (that are otherwise non-commercial in nature).
You can refer to more detailed terms of use here: http://longzijun.wordpress.com/music/free-background-music-series-terms-of-use
Dubtitution is the 31st song in the free background music series.
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About the Video
The photos are of street art (낙서) in the Hongdae (홍대앞) district of Seoul, South Korea. This is a shopping, café and nightlife area near Hongik University. You can view the entire series of graffiti images in Google Photos: photos.app.goo.gl/gGt8iApbK8av9dsf9
If you are familiar with the graffiti artists on display, do let me know who is responsible for the artwork in the video. It would be good to give credit to the individual artists.
For more information about the photos you can see the related webpage: artjouer.wordpress.com/2015/11/20/street-art-graffiti-in-hongdae-seoul-south-korea
About the Music
The music is inspired by early eighties dub (like Sly and Robbie), but the tempo is slightly faster, the arrangement is far busier and there is less reverb. In any case, this is where the song's roots lie. I first used a more reggae-sounding drum pattern, but I wanted to move it away from the traditional Jamaican sound. Most of the instruments were recorded using a Korg M50 synthesizer, while the percussion and drum loops and some guitar sounds came from pre-recorded loops from (Sound Pool Collection 14, Sony, Computer Music Magazine).
Software used:
Music recording: Cakewalk Sonar Home Studio
Mastering: Magix Audio Cleaning Lab (this isn't really meant for mastering, but I find it can add a bit of energy to the tracks)
Video Editing: Premiere Pro
Animation (the few seconds where the 'face' starts to speak): Crazy Talk
You can download the high-quality MP3 file or WAV file for this
song from: longzijun.wordpress.com/2014/01/01/echoes-and-fragments
This piano instrumental, Echoes & Fragments, is the 30th song in the free background music series: longzijun.wordpress.com/music
Terms of Use
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To see how other people are using my background music in their videos you can head over to the Your Videos My songs page (the videos are sorted into categories, so if you are making a particular kind of video, like fashion or travel, you can see what songs other people have chosen: http://longzijun.wordpress.com/music/your-videos-my-songs
About the Video
The photos are taken around Hong Kong and focus on the homeless situation here. Though Hong Kong is a rich city, there is a high level of income inequality. To compound the problem, even tiny apartments are expensive to rent and their is a long waiting list for public housing. Quite a few people just fall through the cracks. The photos can be viewed in my Google Photos album: photos.app.goo.gl/DQmcdJsS5wrUUBTQA
About the Music
This song is in a minimalist style and could be considered classical music or new age music. If you like this style, you should check out the music of Ludovico Einaudi, who is the master of this kind of style. It was played on a Korg M50 synthesizer and recorded using Cakewalk's Sonar Home Studio.
You can find the free download link for the the different versions here:
longzijun.wordpress.com/2013/11/11/jazz-intro-music-track-10
This royalty-free music can be used for free for non-commercial purposes providing credit is given (music by longzijun). This song, as well as the others in my short instrumental series, may also be used for free in monetized YouTube videos as long as credit is provided. You can read the more detailed terms of use here: http://longzijun.wordpress.com/music/free-background-music-series-terms-of-use
Upbeat Jazz Intro Versions 1-4 (This video)
1. Guitar and tuba only
2. Piano, guitar, tuba and drums
3. Clarinet, trombone, saxophone, piano, tuba, drums
4. Female vocals (scat style), piano, guitar, tuba
Upbeat Jazz Intro Versions 5-8: vimeo.com/78447817
5. Guitar, piano, tuba
6. Female vocals (scat style), piano, guitar, tuba, drums
7. Clarinet, trombone, saxophone, piano, tuba
8. Distorted vocals (electric guitar sound), piano, guitar, tuba, drums
The video was produced by creating a short animation in iClone and then running it through various video effects filters in Adobe Premiere Pro. The Threshold effect was used to turn the animation into a two-tone black and white video. Then I added different combinations of other effects such as Invert, Find Edges, Paint Brush, Mosaic, Equalize, Texturize, Emboss and Mirror.
You can download a high-quality MP3 file or WAV for this song from: longzijun.wordpress.com/2012/12/26/ravenchanter
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About the Song
For this song, I was initially aiming for more of a folk sound, but I liked they way some of the other parts blended with the acoustic guitar so it is sort of an ambient-folk hybrid. It is kind of hypnotic and evokes a feeling of mystery.
About the Video
The video are scenes of a few beaches near where I live (Wu Kai Sha) in Hong Kong. Most of them were taken using a Sony Nex-7 but one was taken with a Digital Harinezumi 2++ toy camera. The black and white effect was created using the Color Correction - Threshold filter ins Adobe Premiere Pro.
You may use this song for non-commercial purposes and also in monetized videos as long as attribution is provided (Music by longzijun)
This is a six-second music loop suitable for use in vine videos and other super-short videos. You can also loop it, as demonstrated in this video, to create a longer version. If you do this, make sure you use the wav or aif versions that I've made available. If you use an mp3 file, it will not loop properly.
Music and video by longzijun
The five songs featured in this trailer are: Versatile (no. 02), Love & Time (theme 04), Chillvolution (no. 23), Rock Funk Beast (no.18) and Dreams (no. 12). I like to work with different genres and I think you will find that many of the songs have their own unique sound. I hope you will enjoy the music and subscribe,
The five songs featured in this trailer are:
Versatile (BGM 01): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSc2vDdx2TM
Love & Time (Theme 04): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yq2rH7mhUT4
Chillvolution (BGM 23): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2Tlwz10T-A
Rock Funk Beast (BGM 18): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETIcNYDGMk4
Dreams (BGM 12): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRtHl9n-G3o
For more details about the terms of use, you can refer to this page: http://longzijun.wordpress.com/music/free-background-music-series-terms-of-use
You can download the MP3 file from: longzijun.wordpress.com/2013/04/10/gentle-background-music-tracks-24-26
Music, photos and videos by longzijun. The thumbnail drawing of our two bears is by Maggie Lai.
For more detailed terms of use, you can refer to: http://longzijun.wordpress.com/music/free-background-music-series-terms-of-use
In this song, I am going for a Joe Hisaishi (who often composes scores for Hayao Miyazaki) kind of sound. The mood is nostalgic but still a little sweet.
The teddy bears were donated to our school studio by a student a few years ago (maybe she had outgrown them). They occasionally help out by appearing as actors and models in our videos. The photos in this video were mainly shot at the school's Creative Media Studio and English Corner as well as some other places around campus. For this video, the bears also went on an outing to Ma On Shan (in Hong Kong).
The guitar, bass, violin, flute, vibraphone, bells and ney parts were played on a Korg M50 while the drum parts are from loops.
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Music, photos and video by longzijun
This was my first try at a time lapse video. It was a trial and error kind of experiment. I learned that I should take the photos at shorter time intervals, set the focus manually (so the camera doesn't have to auto-focus before each shutter release) and bring more clothing if I am going to sit by the seaside for such a long time! I quite like the dancing barges towards the end. I will definitely do a longer harbor scene in the future. I had thought about whether I should correct the exposure in the opening sunset part so that the non-sun part of the photo wouldn't be so dark, but I was curious about what would happen once the sun actually set (the sea and sky became much lighter, which was kind of interesting).
This short instrumental theme (created entirely on the Korg M50 synthesizer) is part of of a series of free background music themes that are suitable for intros, outros, credit sequences and short videos. It is free for non-commercial use. For more detailed terms of use, you can refer to: http://longzijun.wordpress.com/music/free-background-music-series-terms-of-use
Do check out the terms of use if you would like you monetize your videos or use them for commercial purposes. The music in the short instrumental themes series may be used for free in monetized videos.
This short song can be found in the following playlist
Short Instrumentals (intros, outros, credits, themes)
youtube.com/playlist?list=PL75F9BE9A4772013D
The thumbnail image was created using a free Photoshop template from Pixeden (http://www.pixeden.com)
Music, photos and videos by longzijun. This free piano instrumental can be used for non-commercial purposes; just provide a credit: music by longzijun. You can also use the music for free in monetized YouTube videos (that are otherwise non-commercial in nature).
You can download the MP3 file from:
longzijun.wordpress.com/2012/12/26/memoryne
For more detailed terms of use, you can refer to: http://longzijun.wordpress.com/music/free-background-music-series-terms-of-use
I took the cloud photos at Lake Okanagan around Penticton and Kelowna) in British Columbia, Canada)
The music is part of a series of instrumental music tracks done as background music for videos and other multimedia projects. This song is suitable for nostalgic or sentimental scenes.
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You can download the MP3 file from: longzijun.wordpress.com/2012/12/26/memoryne
This BGM song somewhat follows the classical minuet structure.
The photos of the the beautiful scenery around Lake Okanagan were taken last summer (around Penticton and Kelowna in British Columbia, Canada)
This background music song is part of a series of instrumental music tracks done as background music for videos and other multimedia projects. This song is suitable for nostalgic or sentimental scenes and would probably work well with photo montages. If you like this one, the song most similar in style is A Word Remains Unspoken (Free Background Music No. 22): youtube.com/watch?v=Eh3AuwiG9L0
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Genre: classical piano
Suitable for: Background music in videos, photo montages and presentations, nostalgic scenes
Mood: Relaxing, nostalgic, melancholy
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Music, photos and videos by longzijun. This free instrumental background music track can be used for non-commercial purposes; just provide a credit: music by longzijun. You can download the MP3 file from: longzijun.wordpress.com/2012/12/13/new-background-music-lock-and-love
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You can also use this royalty-free music for free in monetized YouTube videos (that are otherwise non-commercial in nature).
The images are photos of the Locks of Love (사랑의 자물쇠), the love padlocks at N. Seoul Tower (N서울타워) on Namsan Mountain in Seoul, South Korea. People are encouraged to dedicate their old padlocks and phones to someone they love, so each lock in the wall is supposed to represent a kind of everlasting love. It was quite touching to she so many love padlocks; I hope most of their 'love stories' had a good ending. This blog has interesting photos of the mostly naked wall just as it is starting to collect padlocks: http://www.buhaykorea.com/2009/04/10/n-seoul-towers-locks-of-love
This BGM composition is part of a series of instrumental music tracks done as background music for various videos. This royalty-free song is probably better suited to wordless videos as the romantic melody is quite prominent and there is a pretty large dynamic range for a background music track.
The string parts (violin, cello, bass, harp) and woodwind parts were played on a Korg M50 while the percussion and the guitar parts (chorus and bridge) are from loops.
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It is the 23rd song in the background music series.
The music is free for non-commercial purposes; just provide a credit: music by longzijun. For more detailed terms of use, you can refer to: http://longzijun.wordpress.com/music/free-background-music-series-terms-of-use
You can also use the music for free in monetized YouTube videos (that are otherwise non-commercial in nature).
The images are photos of Hong Kong street art (graffiti, tags, paste ups and stencils) found in the Kwun Tong industrial district in Kowloon. The full set of photos can be viewed here: photos.app.goo.gl/NRLdGiVCBww9ozJj9
Artists and collectives whose work appear include Start From Zero, Graphic Airlines, Utah & Ether, Yumoh, Quest, Zatoh and many others.
This instrumental BGM composition is part of a series of music tracks done as background music for various videos. This song in a laid-back jazzy hip hop style (90 bpm) and would also be suitable for use as a rap instrumental or backing track.
The song was recorded and mixed using Sonar Home Studio, with the keyboard, bass and guitar parts played on a Korg MicroX synthesizer and a Korg M50. I used a Sony Nex-7 camera to take the photos.
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To download this free intro music track, go to: longzijun.wordpress.com/music/intros and select Track 05
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The visuals are from photos I took of graffiti and street art in the Kwun Tong district of Hong Kong: photos.app.goo.gl/NRLdGiVCBww9ozJj9
Another of my videos featuring a lot of street art from this area is Chillvolution: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2Tlwz10T-A
genre: electronic
mood: calm and rhythmic
track no: 05
suitable for video intros, title sequences, credits. etc
This short song can be found in the following playlist
Short Instrumentals (intros, outros, credits, themes)
youtube.com/playlist?list=PL75F9BE9A4772013D
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To download the mp3 for this reggae-influenced free background music track, go to: longzijun.wordpress.com/music/intros (and select Track 3)
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Do check out the terms of use if you would like you monetize your videos or use them for commercial purposes.
I took the photos in Okinawa, Japan.
mood: happy, relaxing, upbeat, cheerful
genre: reggae, pop
suitable for intros, very short videos, credits
This short song can be found in the following playlist
Short Instrumentals (intros, outros, credits, themes)
youtube.com/playlist?list=PL75F9BE9A4772013D
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This is a short instrumental theme created using loops (mainly from Computer Music magazine and SoundPool). It is part of of a series of free background music themes that are suitable for intros, outros, credit sequences and short videos. It is free for non-commercial use. For more detailed terms of use, you can refer to: http://longzijun.wordpress.com/music/free-background-music-series-terms-of-use
You can also use the music for free in monetized YouTube videos (that are otherwise non-commercial in nature).
I created the graphics using iClone 3.
This short song can be found in the following playlist
Short Instrumentals (intros, outros, credits, themes)
youtube.com/playlist?list=PL75F9BE9A4772013D
#longzijun #RoyaltyFreeMusic #IntroMusic
You can also use the music for free in monetized YouTube videos (that are otherwise non-commercial in nature).
You can download the MP3 file from: longzijun.wordpress.com/2011/04/06/bgm-09
For more detailed terms of use, you can refer to: http://longzijun.wordpress.com/music/free-background-music-series-terms-of-use
This is the ninth track in the my royalty-free background music series. It is a relaxing song in a kind of chill-out style.
Do check out the terms of use if you would like you monetize your videos or use them for commercial purposes.
The video is Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong and was taken on board the Star Ferry and at the Tsim Sha Tsui promenade. If you do get the chance to visit Hong Kong, do take the 5-minute ferry ride. Though it's really inexpensive, its one of the top attractions here.
The music was composed using loops for the drum and percussion parts and a Korg M50 for the other parts. It was recorded and edited using Sonar Home Studio. It is a relaxing, chill-out instrumental with an oriental-sounding melody.
This music was originally created for a school promotional video for a newly set up Geographical Information Systems Lab / Oral Discussion booths (hence the name of the song).
Genre: Electronic, chillout
Suitable for: Background music in videos, photo montages and presentations
Mood: Relaxing
This track can also be found in the following background music playlist
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC18F37A8C46DC478
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This original soft instrumental song is entitled As long as a word remains unspoken. The title comes from the quote: "As long as a word remains unspoken, you are its master; once you utter it, you are its slave." (Solomon Ibn Gabirol ben Judah, an 11th Century poet and philosopher).
This relaxing royalty-free instrumental track is the 22nd song the free background music collection. You can download the mp3 at: longzijun.wordpress.com/2012/05/17/unspoken
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The was played on a Korg M50 synthesizer and recorded using Sonar Home Studio
This composition is part of a series of music tracks done as background music for various videos.
Genre: modern classical, pop
Suitable for background music for videos, photo slideshows, presentations and multimedia projects.
More Free Songs
To check out other songs in the free background music series, you can
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c) Go to this playlist: (youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC18F37A8C46DC478)
#longzijun #RoyaltyFreeMusic #FreeBackgroundMusic
You can also use the music for free in monetized YouTube videos (that are otherwise non-commercial in nature).
For more detailed terms of use, you can refer to: http://longzijun.wordpress.com/music/free-background-music-series-terms-of-use
Do check out the terms of use if you would like you monetize your videos or use them for commercial purposes.
If you are looking for longer songs, visit my website for more free background music: http://longzijun.wordpress.com/music
This short royalty-free song can be found in the following playlist
Short Instrumentals (intros, outros, credits, themes)
youtube.com/playlist?list=PL75F9BE9A4772013D
This piece was composed for a mock video advertisement (hence the very short length): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRsKgnJbtnY
The music is very simple--just an series of eight chords played using arpeggios. I may work on developing it into a longer version. The piano part was played on a Yamaha Clavinova with the string part played on a Kog MicroX synthesizer.
The stop motion video of the origami swan was adapted from footage that was used in a project by Winsome Wong, Maggie Lai and Teresa Ng--a stylized drama about school life. Maggie and I did the photography (and she did all the folding!).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfE71Pa2QK8
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