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You've all heard them before. They're the little electronic music
you'll hear on web pages. People personalize sites by including
a MIDI of their favorite song or a song which describes their
mood. But you'll also hear MIDI sequencing on CDs - whether it
supplies a drum track, looping, or some instrument that a musician
doesn't otherwise have access to. These MIDI tracks will sound
as good as the system you play it on. On a computer, you'll most
likely hear a synthy quality to it. Play them back through a MIDI
compatible instrument or sound module and you can get virtual
orchestras. But perhaps most appealing about MIDIs is that they
are extremely small in byte size. Whereas WAVs or performances
will run into megabytes and megabytes, and RealAudio of actual
recordings can be interrupted during playback due to network traffic,
a MIDI of the same song will most always be under 50K.
The
tradeoff is a MIDI can't have vocals, but it CAN have a voice
track. (You can substitute an instrument for the vocals...keeping
the vocal melody, losing the lyrics.)
If
you are a musician or are in a band and want to get your music
heard on the Internet, you can make MP3s, WAVs, and RA files...and
you should. But, you can and should also create a few MIDIs of
your songs. Have them play on your website. The quick downloads
make them an attractive introduction to your music - then visitors
can ask for the real things. A simple little teaser. Or, a must
have for already won-over fan.
Pricing
for MIDI sequencing is by hour. (Portions of hours will even be
charged as portions, not rounded up to the next hour.) The more
detailed information you provide me (sheet music/written out notation
vs. simply chords) will ensure MUCH quicker work. The only thing
I won't work from is ear. (Working by ear creates an INTERPRETATION
of your music.) And, of course the shorter the song and/or lesser
amounts of instruments make it go even quicker.
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