Royalty Free Music is like a scrambling through a maze!!!!
It’s like scrambling though a Maze isn’t it! The endless options, types, genres, categories and styles! And how much ‘Upbeat...
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Michael Coltham
- Nov 21
- 2 min
How Bespoke Music Composers Engage Your Audience - The Tempo Trick.
Creating engagement is key to keeping your audience watching your film or video, or listening to your podcast. And if you don't, then...
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Michael Coltham
- Nov 20
- 1 min
The Weekly (P)Update - 20th Nov 23 - We love being a 'Pack'
At Black Lab Music we love being part of a Pack...and we love it when others join our Pack. Clients become friends, friends become...
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Michael Coltham
- Nov 17
- 2 min
How Abbey Road Studios' Changed the World (no, this is not about The Beatles).
Ever since the 8th August 1969, at 11.35am, when four men walked across a zebra crossing it has been immortalised in history.
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Michael Coltham
- Nov 13
- 1 min
The Weekly (P)Update - 13th Nov 23 - EPIC & DYSTOPIAN Music for Videographers & Filmmakers
This week is all about composing new music….yes, it’s full steam ahead on the Knights of the Colossus album….I’m really looking forward...
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Michael Coltham
- Nov 13
- 1 min
Everyone Loves Bespoke Radio Jingle Music, Right?
Every loves a bespoke composed radio jingle, right!!! Well, recently we had the pleasure of creating a new one for Nell Op de Beeck -...
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Michael Coltham
- Nov 6
- 1 min
The Weekly (P)Update - 6th Nov - Bespoke Dystopian, Epic Music Production
Dystopian, epic orchestral composing for video, film and podcasts. Plus some networking and a bit of dog walking.
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Michael Coltham
- Nov 3
- 1 min
Sometimes I Jump of the Emotional Deep End!
When creating bespoke emotive music for videographers, sometimes I jump off the emotional deep end
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Michael Coltham
- Oct 24
- 1 min
Don't ask me! Ask our clients! The 'Eloquent Visions' testimonial.
Don’t ask me, ask our clients! Yes, it’s Testimonial Tuesday! Elliot Foreman 🎥 from Eloquent Visions is a fantastic storyteller. He and...
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Michael Coltham
- Oct 23
- 1 min
The Weekly (P)Update - 23rd October 23
Hi, I’m michael and I’m the ‘Emotional Music Guy’ and welcome to the weekly Pupdate from Black Lab Music. This week is a Business Week...
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Michael Coltham
- Oct 16
- 1 min
The Weekly (P)Update: 16th October 23
Hi, I’m Michael and I’m the Emotional Music guy and Welcome to the weekly ‘Pupdate’ for what’s happening at Black Lab Music. Yes, you...
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Michael Coltham
- Oct 12
- 1 min
How do I create emotional connection with your audience?
How do I use music to create an emotional connection to your audience? In this short video I show you just one of the ways that I compose...
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Michael Coltham
- Sep 19
- 1 min
Compose some Bespoke Music for our Podcast that's Light Hearted & Playful, but with Intelligence!
I was recently asked to compose some bespoke music for a podcast. The clients brief was.... “Light hearted and playful. You know…simple...
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Michael Coltham
- Sep 11
- 5 min
How do Videographers and Filmmakers use bespoke music to make you smile, or cry?
Music is a wonderful thing. We can't touch it or see it. We can even hear it.....and still nothing happens.
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Michael Coltham
- Sep 6
- 2 min
What sort of composer am I?
Top Hat and Tails, Bow Tie on straight, Conductors Batton at the ready whilst standing in front of a symphony orchestra? Or…. A white...
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Michael Coltham
- Jul 25
- 2 min
Value is Great but Data Doesn't Lie!
Sometimes, we just need to look at the data because…..𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐃𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐋𝐢𝐞. Conventional LinkedIn thinking says that I need to...
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Michael Coltham
- Jun 26
- 1 min
Composer Insight! How do you make the music fit the video?
A videographer friend asked the other day, “How do you actually make the music fit the video…video timing is all over the place and Hit...
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Michael Coltham
- Jun 19
- 2 min
What do McDonalds, Jaws, Old Spice and the Pirates of the Caribbean have in common?
No, Johnny Depp wasn’t reeking of an old mans aftershave and eating a Big Mac whilst being chased by a psychopathic shark….although I...
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Michael Coltham
- May 22
- 2 min
Weekly Update - 22nd May 2023
Hi, I’m Michael and Welcome to the Black Lab Music Update for w/c 22nd May. But, before I get into this week, let me just update you on...
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Michael Coltham
- Apr 14
- 3 min
Let’s Get “Over Emotional” About It!
What is the one thing that connects you to the best experiences of your lives and the worst? What joins the dots?
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