In order to boost the probability of people finding my new sound effects page I have created a script that automatically generats static HTML-files for every sound effect in the library. The script also creates a simple main index page for containing links to all the individual HTML-files so that the engine crawlers can find the individual pages correctly. It will be interesintg to see if this generates any additional traffic.
I created a few explosion sounds for the upcoming game intense Xbox 360 2D Shooter Duality: ZF (which also features an Imphenzia soundtrack). In order to help out other indie game developers I have made these explosions and other sound effects available at the new section http://soundtrack.imphenzia.com. All sound effects are 320 kbps stereo MP3-files, freely available.
I have registered a new account at YouTube and THIS is the new Imphenzia Music Secion. I am creating 30-second previews of most of my tracks and using the “video response” feature to other popular trance videos. By creating two “channels” at YouTube, I release full length videos and these preview clips and I plan to keep adding to these channels whenever time allows me to. I use “Animoto” to create what could be classed as something between a video and a slide show and I’m quite impressed by their engine to quickly produce quite cool clips.
This is also part of my promotional drive to get Imphenzia more established in the trance world.
Admittedly I’ve not been too good at promoting music. I spend most of my time either making music or on my other projects (game development, site development, photography). Being an artist for over 10 years the music has slowly been promoting it self but I have come to realize that it is time to put more effort into finally promoting Imphenzia more.
So what have I done about this the past few days? Well, first of all I created the new track named Mind Machine in order to make my music a bit more desirable on the dance floors hopefully catching the ears of DJs out there.
Then I’ve started to register on more sites such as LAST.FM, AMIESTREET.COM (where my albums were released FREE today so hurry up and grab them before the price starts to climb).
I’ve also started to become more visible in places like MySpace.com - so if you are a MySpace user, please add me as a friend
On my site, I link to each section where I’ve registered to encourage my listeners and fans (yes, including you) to visit and rate / comment / listen to the music in order to climb the charts and draw a bigger audience.
Then I found a site called ANIMOTO.COM where you could sync music and video together. I used this to create some very short YouTube clips to hopefully draw an audience. Here’s an example of what it looks like:
I will create fullength videos of my free tracks and post them on youtube later, they only charge $30 for a one year unlimited pass to create these video audio syncs.
I’m hoping to create a guide for others to follow if my attempt is successful, which I hope it is of course…
I’ve been working hard to make a new track that is more DJ-friendly than most of my other tracks and the result is the recently released “Mind Machine“. The main aim of my music have always been focused on the casual listener rather than a dance floor but I want to make sure I also cater for this market and hope to raise the awareness of some DJs about Imphenzia.
So, what’s Mind Machine then? Over 7 minutes of progressively building trance with a central core of melodic and euphoric trance. The track has also been released through TuneCore which means that it will eventually appear on sites like iTunes,Napster and eMusic.
I hope you like this new release and please let your friends know about it =)
I had the pleasure to visit the Godskitchen New Years Eve party at Münchenbryggeriet in southern Stockholm for a party presented by Monday Bar named Godskitchen & Polysexual New Years Eve. It featured DJs such as Simon Patterson, Mark Eteson, Russel G, Paul Thomas, Neil Navarra, Lucy Fur, Mark H, Fredrik Thernell, Christian Öhman.
It was great fun and gave me plenty of inspiration for new tracks that would be more suitable for the floor.
I have recently finished a new track that so far remains unreleased. It is more club-oriented and DJ-friendly with longer intro and outro and it’s been a long while since I contacted any labels but I am eager to check for interest so I can reach the audience of established DJs and services such as Spotify that currently don’t accept material from independent artists.
I have just contacted trance labels such as Armada Music (Armin van Buurens label that also contains many sub labels), Could9Dance, Maelstrom Records, Yawa Recordings, Storm Music, Mondo Records, Vandit Digital and we’ll see if I get any reply I also sent it to Ministry Of Sound but their inbox was full so the e-mail bounced – hopefully I will get further with the other labels, haha.
Many many hours of hard work finally resulted in the launch of the new 2009-look for Imphenzia.com. All previous sections (music, games and soundtrack) have been united and also a new addition is the section textures which is a searchable database of textures for game makers and modellers.
The new site has cross functionality between the sites and it was developed in PHP with a MySQL backend. The sections now share a common user account feature which will enable anyone who has previously purchased a track, mp3-album or registered a game to access this content at all times.
Another feature is that it was designed with the ability to skin the site so it can be customized, maybe becuase you want a different look or because you want a bigger font or narrower page size etc. There is only the default skin available at the moment but now that the site is launched I may find some time to create some skins.
I hope you like this new site and please feel free to give me feedback or comments. You can also discuss it in the Imphenzia forums
Another sleepless night resulted in a new track called “Evolution”. It’s a very upbeat trance track with a very happy melody and I found the mood quite appropriate now with it being Christmas and all As you may have read on the main page it’s a free track so the mp3-file (in very high quality) can be downloaded.
My next focus will be to try and get my music launched on Spotify.com. I have already contacted them but they are not quite ready for indie-artists yet but will hopefully launch an upload platform next year some time. I think that Spotify finally delivers a good platform that is perfect for both artists and listeners. Not only is the songs extremely accessible for fans and listeners, but the artists receive compensation from the adverts on free accounts and from the paying members. It’s like radio on demand basically
