Today on the Ricardo Vargas Michigan blog, I wanted to give you some insight into creating background music.
When I am asked to create a new piece to act as background music for advertising, a television show, or to use as part of a music library, it is important to me to understand the feeling that the client wants the end user to feel. What type of emotion is the client looking for? When the end user walks away, how should he or she feel?
If the client has given me specs to read for the project, I will read this several times to get an idea of what the client is looking for. Sometimes, it is a shot in the dark and the client will have no idea what he or she wants the piece to sound like, but just knows what emotion it is that they want the user to feel. In this case, the project is completing in my hands and I just run with what I think could work. I will brainstorm a few ideas and let the client hear where I am headed to see if I am on the right track. Sometimes I am, sometimes I am not. Sometimes I have to start all over, and sometimes I have hit the nail on the head.
I always strive to create something I am proud of and something that I would want to listen to again and again. I like to let others listen to what I am creating to, to ensure that I am finding the right emotion in my music.
I have always been very creative in the way I think. The fact that I have the ability to create a form of art that can be used in advertising, entertainment, or just available for any general person to use if they need music, makes me happy and gives me joy.
Thanks for reading my blog post.
You can find out more about me at https://www.scenariostationmusic.com
And at https://www.ricardovargasmichigan.com
