Blog — Lab Notes

More sincere than goofy, more heartwarming than slapstick, the whimsical instrumentation found on Sunshine Kidz walks the line between Wes Anderson and SpongeBob.

StoriesNathan HonoreJuly 5, 2022production music, library music, playlist, music licensing, music supervision, organic spark, sunshine, sunshine kidz, whimsy, kitsch, children's programming, virtual crate digging, #OSPK, #OrganicSpark

New Wave UK

Emotional, yet danceable retro sounds that combine the edginess of post-punk and the shiny synths of the era.

Investigating Reality

What is it about mysteries and true crime that draws us in? Investigative Reality explores cerebral criminology with a flair for the dramatic.

New MusicNathan HonoreJune 28, 2022production music, library music, music licensing, audio branding, brand sounds, music for for videos, modus operandi, Modus Operandi, Sam Ecoff, reality television, drama, detective, espionage, true crime, #MOPM, #ModusOperandi

Finger Stylings

Finger Stylings (3ING-076), utilizes a bare bones approach to the acoustic guitar while exploring a color wheel of emotions.

Sentimental Skies

Combining the drama of an orchestral score with the raw and organic nature of bedroom recordings, Sentimental Skies (E&E-034). brings intimate, dynamic storytelling to life.

Music Supervisors Unite

Some people become divided, some people become united. Now music supervisors unite as they make the push to unionize.

Virtual Crate Digging: Under The Bridge

Far away from shredding solos or fragile fingerpicking, Under The Bridge is an unexpected soundtrack that explores another side of what an electric guitar can do.

StoriesNathan HonoreMay 31, 2022production music, library music, music licensing, music supervision, virtual crate digging, drama, underscore, electric guitar, emotive, delay, reverb, overdrive, #UND, #UNDERscore

Distinguishing Descriptions

What makes someone stop scrolling to audition a track? While the reality is that taste is subjective and everyone has their own venn diagrams of reasons, track descriptions regularly show up as a primary reason editors and music supervisors push the ‘Play’ button.

On The Run

Two tracks showing two sides of the same coin, On The Run (LMTL-034) hits the ground running with boisterous rap from prophpeezy.

Our Fallen City (Single)

Waves of emotion pour out of every word in a dynamic acoustic pop arrangement, Our Fallen City (LMTL-033) is a ballad for harder times.

The Way I Crash (Single)

All the blazing energy of a championship game, featuring confident and flowing rhymes and a soaring, hopeful vocal hook.

Two Hearts (Single)

Sweet declarations of love, full of good intentions and (relatively) innocent adventure in an electronic pop fantasy.

Hometown Pride

The entire License Lab team is quite literally all over the map with composers in cities like Nashville, New York, Portland, and our internal team in California, Washington, and Wisconsin. In that spirit we wanted to highlight a few Milwaukee artists who have spread their wings and are making waves on a national scale.

Artist Watch: Kase + Klassik

Live at The Opera House is an intimate record that feels less like you’re in a gorgeous auditorium and more like this collaboration of top talent from Milwaukee’s robust jazz and hip-hop scenes are playing live in your living room.

StoriesNathan HonoreMarch 30, 2022indie artist, kase, klassik, jazz, hip-hop, impovisation, stoughton opera house, live recording, free jazz, turntablism, jordan lee, jamie breiwick, john christensen

Hyperpop

As melodramatic as it is playful, Hyperpop is full of booming bass, futuristic synths, and uninhibited electronic percussion while vocoder-soaked vocals bounce off the walls.

Palindroma

Ready your racecar for Palindroma featuring arrangements that swell in the middle and have an outros that match or mirrors the intros.

New MusicNathan HonoreMarch 28, 2022production music, library music, music licensing, audio branding, brand sounds, music for for videos, drama, dancing about architecture, ehren ebbage, palindrome, Aibohphobia, mysterious, lo-fi, tension, strings, #DAA, #DancingAboutArchitecture

Walk On Talk On

A new reality TV soundtrack infused with a bit more personality, featuring flavors as varied as EDM synths, brass stabs, lively Latin piano, and bluesy guitars for every captivating, dramatic display.

New MusicNathan HonoreMarch 28, 2022production music, library music, music licensing, audio branding, brand sounds, music for for videos, modus operandi, Modus Operandi, Sam Ecoff, reality television, shark tank, drama, #MOPM, #ModusOperandi

Sound Advertising

With millions and millions of dollars spent on Super Bowl commercials and weeks of build up and teasers, it’s no wonder folks are analyzing these ads in an academic fashion. But no matter the tone of a spot, shouldn’t all music used be an integral part of the storytelling?

StoriesNathan HonoreMarch 8, 2022music licensing, production music, story, music supervision, music supervisor, production, Superbowl, superbowl commercial, Marketing Brew, catch and release, Catch&Release, Delta, Wieden+Kennedy