UPDATE: New, premium shorts bonus pack added. 17 very high quality one minute+ loops and one full length track. Enjoy

After putting together music licensing group Elite Sync Lab with DJ Wings I finally got around to releasing a massive pack of music which doesn’t fit into my artist releases or not quite complete segments of music which is/are great for licensing.  I’ve decided to release these tracks, for free, for you to enjoy at your leisure, but all of the songs are copyrighted and are for private use only. If you decide to download the pack, here is what you can and cannot do with the music in these packs:

CAN DO WITH THIS MUSIC:
* Listen however you feel like, on your music player, in the car, etc…
* Give to your friends or strangers to listen to
* DJs may drop any of this music in your set, as long as you’re not selling the set recording
* Enjoy

CANNOT DO WITH THIS MUSIC:
* Sell any of the files to anyone or any organization
* Use the music for your website, even if it’s a personal site
* Use for any sort of advertising
* Use for any video project which brings in revenue for you or someone else
* Use for any show (TV or Internet) or film
* Play on the radio or internet radio
* Sample any of the music for a commercial release music project

Basically, as long as you are not making money off of my work, it’s all good.

That’s about it. If you do want to use any of this music for commercial purposes, e.g. advertising, TV, films, videos, website, radio etc… you can license the music for a small and yet very reasonable sum and – in the process – assist me in upgrading my music creating software and hardware. Pretty simple.

Some of the tracks in the pack may be familiar as some of them have been publicly released before, some are new, unheard projects. In any case, I hope you enjoy and – as always – thanks for all the support!

You will need a .zip extractor to open the archive and extract the mp3 files.
You can find one for free online (I recommend 7Zip).

What’s in the packs?
In total there are 37 tracks and loops in the three files.
The first two packs , Full Length or Minute Plus are either full length finished tracks or near finished tracks, 27 total. The last pack, Shorter Samples & Loops is a pack of 30 second – 1 minute clips of music, 10 total. The music contained in the packs is of all sorts of various genres: progressive house, dubstep, downtempo, electro house + more.

The pack comes in three installments because you’re getting a total of almost 150mb of music:

Sonaris Music Licensing Pack – Full Length or Minute Plus (Part 1) <- Click to download

Sonaris Music Licensing Pack – Full Length or Minute Plus (Part 2) <- Click to download

Sonaris Music Licensing Pack – Shorter Samples & Loops <- Click to download

BONUS:
Sonaris Music Licensing Pack – Bonus Pack Premium Shorts
This pack features 17 high quality 320 mp3 one minute + loops, everything from classic house, to dubstep, trance, chillout + more! Plus one full length track. All new stuff, mixed by yours truly today. Enjoy

If you are interested in licensing this music (and other music from my colleagues) for your commercial project, you may do so, here:
Elite Sync Lab at AudioSparx

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It’s been over a month since I’ve posted anything, but I can say now (as it’s more or less confirmed) that I’ve been working on new tracks for my upcoming new album. The release date is tentatively set for end of September 2011. I don’t want to give too much away, but I think you will like.

As far as other updates: Didn’t wind up finishing in the top 5 of the Music Master remix competition (see post below) but I am happy with the result, and I think the remix came out pretty well, considering I hadn’t done electro in a minute. I also sent an email to some company looking for music for their video game, and haven’t heard back. My last demos were rejected by Audiosocket (music licensing) again. The point of saying this is that I feel like rarely in life do things “just fall into place” by themselves, but a lot of time it takes work to achieve great things, which makes it that much more heartbreaking when I don’t and satisfying when I do – but in everything there is a lesson, as well as, inspiration.

Lately, I find myself more passionate about my music maybe more than I have ever been before, it’s a feeling which has grown within me for the last few years and is still growing.

Maybe it’s the summer, maybe it’s the fresh mountain air, maybe it’s all the working out I’ve been doing, or maybe it’s learning that even when it feels like something of the greatest importance has been found and then suddenly lost, it’s an interesting journey of self-discovery.

All of the above will make more sense once you see and hear the new album.

Turn it up and stay tuned for more.

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It’s been a productive weekend for me, musically. Uploaded a new progressive house track which I did with Alex Biagi. Finished a new remix for Alex Biagi’s upcoming EP, “Mammoth” – which I think turned out well – more on this later. And, I’ve been slowly putting in some work on my next album (not sure yet if it will be an EP or LP). I also finished a new remix for Hot Sh1t!’s “Music Master” remix competition.

This remix is a hard hitting electro house style, club-ready track at 128 bpm. I haven’t done a track like this in a while, and this was really the perfect opportunity to let it rip. So, turn up the volume (I mean, really turn it way up) and enjoy! No download on this one, for now, since it’s a competition entry.

Hot Sh1t! – Music Master (Sonaris Rmx) by Sonaris

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A collab track I put together with Alex Biagi. Originally it was supposed to be an official release on AVR, but we decided to release it fo free to the public. A chill, atmospheric progressive house track for your enjoyment.

Sonaris & Alex Biagi – Sunrise Can Wait (Original Mix) by Sonaris

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I don’t sit down to write about other people’s music a whole lot but, in this case, I couldn’t resist. I ran into DJ Seduce last year on The Sixty One and was impressed by the compilation he had posted there. I played Sambossica Vol. 2 on repeat for a few days, and thought about finding it somewhere to purchase. Somehow I wasn’t able to do it then but, today – on a beautiful Summer day – I decided to see what he’s been up to and track down his music once and for all. After scouring Amazon and not finding it there, I decided to go the easy route and visited his website. Turns out he sells his compilations through Bandcamp which I’ve heard of before but never used. Luckily, all of his compilations were available there, in high quality MP3 digital versions. A couple of clicks on PayPal and I had them downloaded, along with the satisfaction of supporting a fellow independent artist.

About the compilations: There are three compilations available for digital download: Sambossica 1, 2 & 3, all of which are awesome. Lately I’ve been trying to find some good bossa nova / samba compilations and haven’t been all that successful. But, these compilations are all you need to fuel your light “summer sounds” craving. I won’t go into too much detail on specific tracks but pretty much all of them are artfully chosen and the flow of the compilations is very smooth. The compilations are inspired by Brazilian, afro beat,  latin dance, world jazz, reggae, world groove, funky soul, deep house, broken beat, downtempo, electronica. In other words, whatever you’re into, these compilations have it, and more. Lively beats, smooth vocals and an awesome summer vibe describe the sort of sound you can expect.

About DJ Seduce: DJ Seduce is based in Arizona, and according to his website: “Over the course of 10 years, DJ Seduce has shared the stage with legendary icons, played to crowds of more than 14,000, released critically acclaimed albums and launched the “Award Winning” Afro:Baile world music event & record label. His continued strive to bring a cultural groove to the forefront, has allowed him to push his way to new heights. Some of his recent & notable accolade’s include: 4 consecutive nominations for “Best DJ” by the “Arizona Republic” & “Best Jazz” by the “Phoenix Newtimes. He’s also been a featured guest on FOX-10, and performed live on Good Morning Arizona (3TV). DJ Seduce has an extensive list of featured articles & reviews in over 15 magazine publications, including Global Rhythm Magazine & Spin Magazine.”

I try to encourage people to occasionally step back from the mainstream and explore something new, be inspired by something different. This is a great opportunity to do just that. Check out the compilation and let me know your thoughts. Salud!

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