5 Alarm Music Blog

Join The Revolution! 5 Alarm Music Proudly Presents 1 Revolution Music

Sarah

We are proud to announce the arrival of Emmy Award winning composers Yoav Goren and Jeffrey Fayman’s newest endeavor, the 1 Revolution Music Library!  Experience a new breed of television production music that offers dynamic cues and a three dimensional musical approach with contributions from an assortment of seasoned television composers.  1 Revolution offers an abundance of scoring choices that characterize the many moods of the human psyche.  The debut of this exciting new library has already taken the television world by storm with tracks featured in NBC’s thrilling new game show Minute To Win It.

1RM006_33 Crossing The Line

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Yoav Goren and Jeffrey Fayman

Jeffrey and Yoav earned their “Outstanding Music Composition in a Sports Program” Emmy Award for original music in The XX Olympic Winter Games: Story of Torino.  Their signature high quality compositions have been showcased in the promotional campaigns for TV classics including Lost, Desperate Housewives, Six Feet Under and 24.  In addition, Yoav and Jeff’s engaging promo cues have been essential elements for corporate advertising for McDonald’s, Toyota, Ford, DirecTV, Amstel, Hitachi and Blu-Ray.

1RM008_01 Candid Camera

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Be part of the Revolution!  The first 10 people to license a 1 Revolution Music track will get the opportunity to offer musical direction and name a brand new track.  It would be like being able to go up to Prince and say something like “I want the instrumental to sound real catchy, like Raspberry Beret but with jazz drums and upright bass.  We’ll call it Blueberry Swing.”  Can you say “opportunity of a lifetime?”   As if you need any more incentive to license some of the best music around!

1RM01_84 Pawnee Pals

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A Fresh Dose of Brilliance: New Production Music – 7/30/10

Sarah

Brilliance wears many different hats.  It can take the form of an innovative invention that makes our lives easier or a diplomatic solution to ensure peace.  Sometimes brilliance can take the form of taking common elements and creating combinations that sound brand new.  The new releases from the JW Brilliant Series offer a fresh twist on dramatic, Blues, World, Rock and Lifestyle music.

The villain blends in with the dark of the night and prowls unnoticed by the oblivion of sleeping urban residents.  The unsuspecting target will soon realize their ominous fate that is closing in.  JWBM014 Dark Cinematic Beds ignites a sense of unease that comes from ill intent and evil circumstances.  The painful and personal aftermath of the inflicted trauma is illustrated poetically by JWBM017 Thoughtful Themes.

Drama

JWBM014 Dark Cinematic Beds

Add a layer of intrigue – Dark and ominous dramatic soundscapes

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JWBM017 Thoughtful Themes

Expansive dramatic moods, reflective and emotive themes

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You can just feel the humidity eminating from these catchy ditties that originate from the rambling highways of the American South.  JWBM015 Delta Blues is a down home collection of feel good Delta Blues that’s as American as apple pie.  Think sunsets and cicadas chirping around a weathered slide guitarist on a rickety wooden porch that has fallen victim to moisture and many years gone by.

Blues/Solo Instruments

JWBM015 Delta Blues

Foot stomping Blues from porches in the American South

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Hot Tunes Time Machine: New Production Music – 7/23/10

Sarah

Music throughout the ages act like a chronological time line of our history.  Some music reminds us of the fads that were popular at the time, while other music has the emotional power to be timeless.  The new releases this week are brought to us by Deneb Records, a sub label from the Primrose Music Library, and offers a glimpse of music from other eras and parts of the World.

Although some of you may not remember the 1980’s due to the fun you had or the fact that you were not born yet, the music from that era had a pop sensibility like none other!  DNB701 80’s Vocal Impression brings us back to the time of leg warmers and curling irons.  These sexy female vocal tracks are hot like Flashdance!

Period

DNB701 80’s Vocal Impression

Sensual female vocal Pop from the 80’s

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Get funky with DNB702 Groovin’ High!  This collection of jazz infused grooves and sensual horns is bound to lift your spirits.  Welcome to the land of cool!

Jazz

DNB702 Groovin’ High

Groove with a swagger and a worldly sophistication

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Swoon on a grand European veranda overlooking the Mediterranean Sea with DNB703 Mediterranean Moods.  These flowing and endearing orchestral ditties bring you back to the Motherland in style. Sophistication and class abound!

Orchestral

DNB703 Mediterranean Moods

Cinematic orchestral atmospheres

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Explore the vast and open plains of faraway lands with DNB704 Vocal Emotions!  These panoramic choral and vocal tracks take you on a tour with world textures and emotive vocal inflection.  It’s like flying over a boundless paradise!

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DNB704 Vocal Emotions

Uplifting and emotive female vocals in World, Orchestral and Folk settings

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For these and many other great tracks from the Deneb Records label or the Primrose Music Library, visit our website to hear our innovative music libraries for yourself! New to 5 Alarm?  We’re happy to get you a username and password so you can search on our online music library website.  Give us a call at 626.304.1698

Give The Drummer Some! Top Notch Drummers Power Production Music Library Tracks

Sarah

What’s the biggest difference between a drummer and a large pizza?  A large pizza can feed a family of 4.  Bah-dump CHING!

We drummers have heard it all and are used to being the brunt of all the bad musician jokes.  We are used to lugging around heavy and awkwardly shaped gear up stairs and being shoved into tight dark corners of the stage.  We are used to idly watching as the lead singers and guitarists soak in all of the adulation and praise while we sit alone at the bar after the show.  As Rodney Dangerfield was fond of saying, the drummer gets “no respect!”

There are those few drummers who instill a sense of wide eyed awe and disbelief during a performance.  The general public may not be able to pick them out of a line-up, but the combination of physicality and coordination is remarkable.  Case in point – Danny Carey from Tool.  After watching their performance at The Nokia Theater last night, I envisioned electrical controls underneath his LA Clipper’s jersey powering mechanical limbs to pull off those chops.  It’s a blessing and a curse to be a trained musician.  You know enough to recognize just how difficult (impossible?) it is to play like that!

There are some smoking tracks in the 5 Alarm catalog that feature the best drummers in the business and make me want to go home and practice paradiddles.  Here are some of my favorites –

Chad Wackerman is the unassuming monster drummer behind Frank Zappa‘s touring band in the 1980’s.  He’s one of the few people on earth who can actually play the daunting and nearly impossible Black Page from Zappa’s intimidating musical vault.  This is the stuff of legend, kids!  Here’s a tribal rocker from the Sonic Ozault Music Library’s Guitar Heroes Vol.3 that highlights Chad’s power:

SOZ013 Acid Leak

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Gregg Bissonette is best known as a in-demand session drummer and all around nice guy who has toured with the likes of Toto, Maynard Ferguson and Steve Vai.  Here’s a clip from the 5 Alarm Classic Rock CD with fellow Mustard Seeds comrade Doug Bossi on guitar/vocals that demonstrates Gregg’s talent for fueling a song:

05A065 Fight Back

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Incidentally, Gregg’s brother Matt Bissonette is playing bass on the track as well.  Matt is on our Rescue Records label and flexes his Funky bass chops on this track:

Rescue Records – Open It Up

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M B Gordy is a well respected and versatile percussionist who has backed some of the top artists in the world: The Doobie Brothers, Neil Diamond, Wilco and Frank Zappa among many others.  Here’s a Brazilian celebration that features his full-circle vision in creating a drummer’s paradise:

05A019 Bahia Carnival

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Who are some of your favorite drummers?  Do you know any funny drummer jokes?  All drummers come forward, let your comments be heard!

*To hear more spectacular and awe inspiring tracks, visit our online music library website

Musical Scrap Book: New Production Music – 7/16/10

Sarah

Like a patchwork quilt, the history of our lives can be pieced together by the songs that were popular at the time of our memories.  Your old room in your parents’ house, the awkwardness of high school, your first kiss, the first day away at college, your first date with the person you ended up marrying….new and amazing experiences will continue until the day we cease to exist.  The two new CD’s from the Blazed Out Music library have the Pop appeal that can record the magic of right now.

BOM013 Urban & Electro Pop drags you out onto the dance floor and seduces you with dizzying beats, sexy vocals and hip hop styled rappers.  Inhibition is a dull bedfellow and being on our best behavior never sparks any good material for our memory reels.  Right?

BOM014 Hot Pop: Rock & Downtempo is an uplifting slice of freedom.  With catchy vocals and rock guitar hooks, these tracks are the kind that have a long lease in your car stereo and fuel the good times.  It’s Summer and the music should match the heat of the night!

Cheers to good times and even better music!  The memory reels are spinning…..

For these and many other great tracks from the Blazed Out Music library, visit our website to hear our innovative music libraries for yourself!

Urban

BOM013 Urban & Electro Pop

Featuring current styles of dance clubs and party music. From Hi-Tech Electro Pop to provocative Latin Hip-Hop. Calling all the sexy people to the dance floor!

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Pop/Rock

BOM014 Hot Pop: Rock & Downtempo

Anthemic hard rock and pop punk, sexy vocal pop and dreamy sensual downtempo.

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*If you love what you hear and need a music search, call our music director Tyler Harp at 626.304.1698. We’re happy to get you a username and password so you can search on our online music library website.

Homage To The Hollywood Bowl

Sarah

I love The Hollywood Bowl!  My first pilgrimage this year happened last Monday to see Kings Of Leon with some my fellow 5 Alarm comrades.  Whether you are watching a breathtaking performance by the LA Philharmonic Orchestra or an electrifying rock n’ roll experience like a Kings Of Leon show (Caleb Followill: Beard or no beard?  Discuss.), you can’t help but feel the music and surroundings revitalize your entire being.

With its wide and glorious band shell, bench seating nestled inside a natural outdoor amphitheater and picnic areas that allow for outside food and beverages, The Hollywood Bowl is a unique and historical treasure.

Here are some fun facts about The Hollywood Bowl:

The first performance was by the Los Angeles Philharmonic on July 11, 1922

It’s one of the largest natural amphitheaters in the world and the largest in the United States with a capacity of 17,376

The “Muse Fountain” located by the entrance was designed by sculptor George Stanley who also designed the Oscar statuette

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Inner Bliss: New Production Music – 7/9/10

Sarah

There’s an inner receptor in our bodies that language or the tangible cannot touch.  If you close your eyes and focus, it is possible to swan dive straight into that internal sanctuary and find peace.  The new releases from the Ridgeline Music Library tap into that mysterious place that makes us all human and receptive to emotions.

RGL012 ElectroTwang combines Americana styled acoustic guitar with hip electronic grooves to round out deep collages of sound.  These tracks take you on a road trip through long stretches of Southern highways and stop for all amusing roadside attractions along the way.  Giddy up!

Delve into wide expanses of sound elements and earthy percussion tones with RGL013 Drums & Drones.  It’s like floating on top of those fluffy clouds that drift outside of your airplane window seat.

Spring into action with determined focus.  RGL014 ElectroWorld is a diverse blend of strong electric guitars and confident drums to ignite your momentum.

What’s on the Other Side?  RGL015 The Other Side makes you want to find out.  This alluring collection of dreamy vocal pop and soaring Alternative Rock anthems reaches inside you and pulls at your heartstrings like a skilled puppet master.

So sit back and relax.  Float in the direction the tide carries you……

For these and many other great tracks from the Ridgeline Music Library visit our website to hear our innovative music libraries for yourself!

Various Categories

RGL012 ElectroTwang

Country influenced acoustic guitar with an electronic edge

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RGL013 Drums & Drones

Drones and percussive underscores, dramatic soundscapes

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RGL014 ElectroWorld

Intriguing electronic worlds, mysterious and alluring melodies

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Drama/Rock

RGL015 The Other Side

Dreamy and emotive alternative rock with vocals

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*If you love what you hear and need a music search, call our music director Tyler Harp at 626.304.1698. We’re happy to get you a username and password so you can search on our online music library website.

Musical Traditions: Top 10 Father And Son Legacies

Sarah

With Father’s Day fresh in our recent memory banks, it’s only fitting to pay homage to a Rescue Records Father and Son team.  Forrest Lee Sr. started his prolific career in the early 1950’s with the late great Buck Owens and Eddie Cochran offering their guitar services to Forrest’s early recordings.  His son Forrest Lee Jr. carries the Country Music torch proudly and continues to have his music placed in shows like The Office, Friday Night Lights, Weeds, One Life To Live among others.

Forrest Lee Sr. playing live at KXLA Pasadena in 1953

No Blessings There Will Be – Forrest Lee Sr.

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Forrest Lee Jr.

Why Why Why – Forrest Lee Jr.

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A familial music tradition rarely ends at the grave.  As the saying goes, “The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree!”  Here’s my top 10 Father and Son musician duos:

#10 – Waylon and Shooter Jennings

Waylon Jennings established his reputation as an outlaw early in his career and narrowly escaped death from giving up his seat on the ill-fated flight with Buddy Holly “The Day The Music Died” in 1959.  Shooter Jennings carries the Country Outlaw lasso passed from his Dad.

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Music For The Ages: New Production Music – 7/2/10

Sarah

There are three major life stages before entering adulthood: childhood, adolescence and the “maybe my stereo IS a little too loud” stage.  Some of us skip the quiet stereo stage before adulthood however, just ask my neighbors!  The three new releases from the Online Production Music Library represent the first few landmarks of human development.

OPM_F014 Playhouse is a carefree blend of jovial and light hearted tracks that conjure up the images of our innocent youth.  Show and Tell, recess at the playground, cookies and milk…..ah, it was a simple time!

Rev your engines, here comes a bold rocker!  OPM_F013 Punk Rock Hero is a high octane in-your-face collection of whoop ass.  It’s as unruly as an angry teenager with plenty of rebellious anthems that bust onto the scene like a wild bucking bronco!

OPM_F012 Lifestyle & Living is like the soothing breath of fresh air from the calm after the storm.  Dreamy and melodic, these tracks are light and breezy with the comfort that maturity brings.  Experience offers fresh perspectives!

In closing, I tend to agree with Mark Twain: “Age is an issue of mind over matter.  If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.”  I’ll crank the stereo to that!

For these and many other great tracks from the Online Production Music Library visit our website to hear our innovative music libraries for yourself!

Children

OPM_F014 Playhouse

Playful, fun, quirky tunes.  Childrens’ music

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Rock

OPM_F013 Punk Rock Hero

A high octane, powerhouse of punk rock music

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Corporate

OPM_F012 Lifestyle & Living

Playful and positive rhythms and fun grooves

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*If you love what you hear and need a music search, call our music director Tyler Harp at 626.304.1698. We’re happy to get you a username and password so you can search on our online music library website.

Vivid Technicolor Melody: New Production Music – 6/25/10

Sarah

Music is like paint on a canvas.  Colors swirl within evolving melodies like rain drops collecting in a puddle.  The two new releases from the Justement Music Library conjure up strong emotional imagery that paint a vivid picture.

JUST067 Play With My Piano is an inviting mix of piano tones that resemble echos of faded memories recalled in an open peaceful setting.  With a touch of elegance and unbalanced curiosity, these tracks are like viewing someone’s past documented on Super 8 mm film playing on a grainy projector.  Personal and haunting.

The suave and hardened criminal scans the lobby for witnesses as he slips into the door that clearly states Employees Only to stash the detonator.  T minus 3 minutes and 28 seconds – just enough time to slip out the emergency exit and into the fast BMW strategically left for his getaway.  Yes, JUST068 Velvet Trigger Club is a Big Bad Mo-Fo.  Lots of tremolo hollow bodied guitars, hammond organs, big city detective horns and good ol’ fashioned swagger from the 70’s to help the plot thicken.

For these and many other great tracks from the Justement Music Library, visit our website to hear our innovative music libraries for yourself!

Various Categories

JUST067 Play With My Piano

Classy, freestyle and inspired album with and all around the piano.

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Urban/Drama

JUST068 Velvet Trigger Club

Anthology album evoking gangster films of the 60’s & 70’s.

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*If you love what you hear and need a music search, call our music director Tyler Harp at 626.304.1698. We’re happy to get you a username and password so you can search on our online music library website.