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Film composer @dan.keen breaks down his secret weapons for film music — watch him showcase his go-to sounds and how UJAM plugins help to shape his scoring process.

#ujaminstruments #vstplugins #musicproduction

After 18 months of thinking, 3 days of recording and 6 months of post-production, I am absolutely thrilled to announce that my new business EST. is officially live. For those of you who know me or who have followed me for some time, this marks an incredibly exciting moment for me - to create a platform for music and product-making projects, truly on my own terms. I’ll be working with an extensive network of Established Collaborators and delivering best in class royalties structures for contributing players, in addition to perpetual product updates and a total revamp of my YouTube channel.

In the meantime, I’m proud to introduce the first product from EST. - Poet’s Piano. It would mean the world to me if you checked out the website and joined the mailing list at estsound.com 🙌

I’ve been making something

I call this the Stutter Piano. @spectrasonics_official Wing Upright + @uaudio H910 Harmonizer on the Portamental preset. Full video on my YouTube channel - link in bio!

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This just fell out of me while improvising this evening. In case it wasn’t obvious, I still love what I do ❤️

@nativeinstruments @aliciakeys

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Felt Piano from Friends, my new collaboration release with @songathletics. Full video on YouTube!

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Our new Kontakt library, Friends, was produced by musical whiz @dan.keen and this is an excerpt that helps you get a sense of what it’s all about…!

Head over to our YouTube to watch the entire walkthrough…

#musicproducer

Announcing: Friends - all of the classic studio instruments in one, beautifully-crafted sample library.

Available at our website now.

#kontaktlibrary #musicproducer

multisampling.

#kontakt

Absolutely thrilled to receive my first @officialcharts award in celebration of @takethat’s album This Life going number 1 last year! 🙏❤️

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Day 1 back in the saddle. I only have one New Year’s resolution for my music making - write HORIZONTALLY first, then vertically. That is - to commit to the structure of the piece, before filling out with production and harmony. I often get trapped down the rabbit hole of dialling in the “perfect” snare sound, ultimately to be replaced by a real kit later - and after a few hours of looping the same 32 bars, I get jaded and give up on it. I’m quite sure this will be the secret to finishing more music this year. Here’s hoping anyway. Happy new year.

#music #newmusic #londonmusic #composer #producer #musician #recording #studio #composerlife #musicproducer #recordingstudio #filmcomposer

This has been the best year of my career. I’ve been blessed by an incredibly eclectic mix of projects, meeting new collaborators and making new friends. Lots to share in the new year - and even more beautiful work to be done! Signing off for the holidays now. See you in the new year!

1. A very DK-centric orchestral arrangement for Gary Barlow
2. Recording for Take That’s no. 1 album This Life
3. An amazing day recording at AIR for a film coming in 2024
4. Tracking piano for a song release in 2024
5. Visiting @fracturesounds for their Tom Factory sample sessions
6. Piano sampling for a project launching in 2024
7. Shooting @lindenjay’s studio for @songathletics
8. Tracking drums for a new musical
9. Conducting the sample sessions of my Petrichor woodwind textures library
10. Consulting for @srm.sounds for the release of Max Richter Piano

#music #newmusic #londonmusic #composer #producer #musician #recording #studio #composerlife #musicproducer #recordingstudio #filmcomposer

This has been the best year of my career. I’ve been blessed by an incredibly eclectic mix of projects, meeting new collaborators and making new friends. Lots to share in the new year - and even more beautiful work to be done! Signing off for the holidays now. See you in the new year!

1. A very DK-centric orchestral arrangement for Gary Barlow
2. Recording for Take That’s no. 1 album This Life
3. An amazing day recording at AIR for a film coming in 2024
4. Tracking piano for a song release in 2024
5. Visiting @fracturesounds for their Tom Factory sample sessions
6. Piano sampling for a project launching in 2024
7. Shooting @lindenjay’s studio for @songathletics
8. Tracking drums for a new musical
9. Conducting the sample sessions of my Petrichor woodwind textures library
10. Consulting for @srm.sounds for the release of Max Richter Piano

#music #newmusic #londonmusic #composer #producer #musician #recording #studio #composerlife #musicproducer #recordingstudio #filmcomposer

This has been the best year of my career. I’ve been blessed by an incredibly eclectic mix of projects, meeting new collaborators and making new friends. Lots to share in the new year - and even more beautiful work to be done! Signing off for the holidays now. See you in the new year!

1. A very DK-centric orchestral arrangement for Gary Barlow
2. Recording for Take That’s no. 1 album This Life
3. An amazing day recording at AIR for a film coming in 2024
4. Tracking piano for a song release in 2024
5. Visiting @fracturesounds for their Tom Factory sample sessions
6. Piano sampling for a project launching in 2024
7. Shooting @lindenjay’s studio for @songathletics
8. Tracking drums for a new musical
9. Conducting the sample sessions of my Petrichor woodwind textures library
10. Consulting for @srm.sounds for the release of Max Richter Piano

#music #newmusic #londonmusic #composer #producer #musician #recording #studio #composerlife #musicproducer #recordingstudio #filmcomposer

This has been the best year of my career. I’ve been blessed by an incredibly eclectic mix of projects, meeting new collaborators and making new friends. Lots to share in the new year - and even more beautiful work to be done! Signing off for the holidays now. See you in the new year!

1. A very DK-centric orchestral arrangement for Gary Barlow
2. Recording for Take That’s no. 1 album This Life
3. An amazing day recording at AIR for a film coming in 2024
4. Tracking piano for a song release in 2024
5. Visiting @fracturesounds for their Tom Factory sample sessions
6. Piano sampling for a project launching in 2024
7. Shooting @lindenjay’s studio for @songathletics
8. Tracking drums for a new musical
9. Conducting the sample sessions of my Petrichor woodwind textures library
10. Consulting for @srm.sounds for the release of Max Richter Piano

#music #newmusic #londonmusic #composer #producer #musician #recording #studio #composerlife #musicproducer #recordingstudio #filmcomposer

This has been the best year of my career. I’ve been blessed by an incredibly eclectic mix of projects, meeting new collaborators and making new friends. Lots to share in the new year - and even more beautiful work to be done! Signing off for the holidays now. See you in the new year!

1. A very DK-centric orchestral arrangement for Gary Barlow
2. Recording for Take That’s no. 1 album This Life
3. An amazing day recording at AIR for a film coming in 2024
4. Tracking piano for a song release in 2024
5. Visiting @fracturesounds for their Tom Factory sample sessions
6. Piano sampling for a project launching in 2024
7. Shooting @lindenjay’s studio for @songathletics
8. Tracking drums for a new musical
9. Conducting the sample sessions of my Petrichor woodwind textures library
10. Consulting for @srm.sounds for the release of Max Richter Piano

#music #newmusic #londonmusic #composer #producer #musician #recording #studio #composerlife #musicproducer #recordingstudio #filmcomposer

This has been the best year of my career. I’ve been blessed by an incredibly eclectic mix of projects, meeting new collaborators and making new friends. Lots to share in the new year - and even more beautiful work to be done! Signing off for the holidays now. See you in the new year!

1. A very DK-centric orchestral arrangement for Gary Barlow
2. Recording for Take That’s no. 1 album This Life
3. An amazing day recording at AIR for a film coming in 2024
4. Tracking piano for a song release in 2024
5. Visiting @fracturesounds for their Tom Factory sample sessions
6. Piano sampling for a project launching in 2024
7. Shooting @lindenjay’s studio for @songathletics
8. Tracking drums for a new musical
9. Conducting the sample sessions of my Petrichor woodwind textures library
10. Consulting for @srm.sounds for the release of Max Richter Piano

#music #newmusic #londonmusic #composer #producer #musician #recording #studio #composerlife #musicproducer #recordingstudio #filmcomposer

This has been the best year of my career. I’ve been blessed by an incredibly eclectic mix of projects, meeting new collaborators and making new friends. Lots to share in the new year - and even more beautiful work to be done! Signing off for the holidays now. See you in the new year!

1. A very DK-centric orchestral arrangement for Gary Barlow
2. Recording for Take That’s no. 1 album This Life
3. An amazing day recording at AIR for a film coming in 2024
4. Tracking piano for a song release in 2024
5. Visiting @fracturesounds for their Tom Factory sample sessions
6. Piano sampling for a project launching in 2024
7. Shooting @lindenjay’s studio for @songathletics
8. Tracking drums for a new musical
9. Conducting the sample sessions of my Petrichor woodwind textures library
10. Consulting for @srm.sounds for the release of Max Richter Piano

#music #newmusic #londonmusic #composer #producer #musician #recording #studio #composerlife #musicproducer #recordingstudio #filmcomposer

This has been the best year of my career. I’ve been blessed by an incredibly eclectic mix of projects, meeting new collaborators and making new friends. Lots to share in the new year - and even more beautiful work to be done! Signing off for the holidays now. See you in the new year!

1. A very DK-centric orchestral arrangement for Gary Barlow
2. Recording for Take That’s no. 1 album This Life
3. An amazing day recording at AIR for a film coming in 2024
4. Tracking piano for a song release in 2024
5. Visiting @fracturesounds for their Tom Factory sample sessions
6. Piano sampling for a project launching in 2024
7. Shooting @lindenjay’s studio for @songathletics
8. Tracking drums for a new musical
9. Conducting the sample sessions of my Petrichor woodwind textures library
10. Consulting for @srm.sounds for the release of Max Richter Piano

#music #newmusic #londonmusic #composer #producer #musician #recording #studio #composerlife #musicproducer #recordingstudio #filmcomposer

This has been the best year of my career. I’ve been blessed by an incredibly eclectic mix of projects, meeting new collaborators and making new friends. Lots to share in the new year - and even more beautiful work to be done! Signing off for the holidays now. See you in the new year!

1. A very DK-centric orchestral arrangement for Gary Barlow
2. Recording for Take That’s no. 1 album This Life
3. An amazing day recording at AIR for a film coming in 2024
4. Tracking piano for a song release in 2024
5. Visiting @fracturesounds for their Tom Factory sample sessions
6. Piano sampling for a project launching in 2024
7. Shooting @lindenjay’s studio for @songathletics
8. Tracking drums for a new musical
9. Conducting the sample sessions of my Petrichor woodwind textures library
10. Consulting for @srm.sounds for the release of Max Richter Piano

#music #newmusic #londonmusic #composer #producer #musician #recording #studio #composerlife #musicproducer #recordingstudio #filmcomposer

This has been the best year of my career. I’ve been blessed by an incredibly eclectic mix of projects, meeting new collaborators and making new friends. Lots to share in the new year - and even more beautiful work to be done! Signing off for the holidays now. See you in the new year!

1. A very DK-centric orchestral arrangement for Gary Barlow
2. Recording for Take That’s no. 1 album This Life
3. An amazing day recording at AIR for a film coming in 2024
4. Tracking piano for a song release in 2024
5. Visiting @fracturesounds for their Tom Factory sample sessions
6. Piano sampling for a project launching in 2024
7. Shooting @lindenjay’s studio for @songathletics
8. Tracking drums for a new musical
9. Conducting the sample sessions of my Petrichor woodwind textures library
10. Consulting for @srm.sounds for the release of Max Richter Piano

#music #newmusic #londonmusic #composer #producer #musician #recording #studio #composerlife #musicproducer #recordingstudio #filmcomposer