Location: San Diego, CA, United States Of America
Member since: May 5, 2010
Tracks in portfolio: 21 (Click here to hear all tracks)
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The Interview:
1. High profile projects or clients you have worked for?
Our song “Carnival Lights” was placed in the recent Disney/Touchstone Pictures film, “The Last Song,” by Nicholas Sparks, starring Miley Cyrus and Greg Kinnear. We also compose music for several popular daytime TV talk shows. We’ve had TV placements in “Man v. Food” with Adam Richman, “Bad Girls Club,” and “Little Miss Perfect.”
2. Primary instrument?
Tracey: keyboards & ethnic instruments; Vance: guitar, bass & ukulele
3. Favorite music-making piece of gear or software you currently use?
Tracey: Stylus RMX and Ivory Piano; Vance: Omnisphere and Trilian
4. Film score or song you admire? Why?
Tracey: John Williams, Dave Grusin and Maurice Jarre. Vance: big fan of the Beatles, John Denver and James Taylor.
5. Music education background?
Tracey: studied classical piano and songwriting; Vance: studied arranging and orchestration; we both take composing classes and constantly go to music seminars and events to learn more.
6. If you had a time machine and could record or perform once with any artist, who would it be?
Tracey: Dvorak and Frank Sinatra; Vance: Paul McCartney and Elvis Presley
7. Moment you first knew you would be a musician?
Tracey: around age 5, would read a storybook, then go write a little song about it on the piano; Vance: around age 16 when singing and playing in country bands in Hawaii.
8. Advice you would give to a younger family member interested in a music career?
Read everything you can about the music business; meet — and establish relationships with — helpful, positive people; try different musical styles and projects to find out what you’re really good at doing; have a burning passion; and never, EVER give up.
9. Favorite time of day to work in your studio?
We work best in the evening or at night when it’s quiet.
Big thanks to Tracey and Vance for contributing tracks that help make MusicRevolution the Production Music Marketplace.
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Mike Bielenberg is a professional musician and co-founder of http://www.musicrevolution.com, a production music marketplace where media producers and business owners can license high-quality, affordable music from a online community of musicians.
