Aesthetic Plateau Recordings

 

 

 
 
 
Radio ads, television music & sound design.

 
Radio commercials (voice-overs and customized-music written for each client' by Mike Ogle).

 

Rossignol Ski Gear' radio ad, 2012 (audio only). Rossignol Ski ad.mp3

 

 

Harley Davidson Motorcycles' radio ad, 2012 (audio only). HD Iron 883 ad.mp3

 

 

Starbucks Coffees' radio ad, 2012 (audio only). Starbucks Coffee ad.mp3

 

 

The Home Depot' radio ad, 2012 (audio only). Home Depot ad.mp3

 

 

The Vitamin Shoppe' radio ad, 2012 (audio only). The Vitamin Shoppe ad.mp3

 

 

Half Price Books' radio ad, 2012 (audio only). Half Price Books ad.mp3

 
 
 

 
Music composition examples (all music designed by Mike Ogle, BMI).

Beginning Again.mp3 Dots beginning to connect.mp3 All air and no substance.mp3 Stick-to-itiveness.mp3
18th Century Voyage.mp3 Battle Music.mp3 Blood coursing through my veins.mp3 To the nth degree.mp3
Autumn Leaves.mp3 Ascending to glide altitude.mp3 Springs and rivets.mp3 Orbiting the outer rim.mp3
Tal y como vino a mi.mp3 Flying Anvils.mp3 Squashed.mp3 Abstractions.mp3

 

 

Audio soundbeds (designed by Mike Ogle, BMI).

 

Soundbed 2.mp3 Soundbed 3.mp3 Soundbed 6.mp3 Soundbed 7.mp3

 

Soundbed 9.mp3 Soundbed 11.mp3 Soundbed 12.mp3 Soundbed 13.mp3

 

Soundbed 19.mp3 Soundbed 21.mp3 Soundbed 22.mp3 Soundbed 24.mp3

 

 
CD's I've composed, arranged & produced from 1995-2011.

 

 

Advanced New Age' 1995, Mike Ogle, BMI.
My first CD... back when blank recordable compact discs sold for
45 dollars (each)! I chose twelve songs I'd written from in between 1983'
and 1994'. I rented an ADAT recorder, plugged it into the back of my
 mixer and played my three Ensoniq multitrack sequencers into it. I put the
bass guitars on afterwards. A computer was still some years away' for me.

 

 

Aesthetics' 1998, Mike Ogle, BMI.
On this CD, I introduced adding spoken word into my music, as well as'
creating the most complicated arrangements I'd ever done up to that point. 
I realized that I'd have to start getting introduced to computer technology
eventually, but I'd already written 90% of the music for this, so I delayed
buying one. I did it the old way; analog recording/analog mix/digital transfer.

 

 

Titanium Butterfly' 2001, Mike Ogle, BMI.
After seeing my favorite composers now using computers to record their
music' I finally jumped-in' and did this 3rd CD in full digital. Things started
to get expensive from here on out. I wanted to record in 24-bit/48kHz
resolution to keep up with the Joneses'. After it was done, I learned that it
didn't matter that much. As long as there weren't any pops or crackling.

 

 

21 Movements 4 TV' 2004, Mike Ogle, BMI.
Nearly everyone who has heard my music says' that I sound like a movie.
This CD was directly written with that critique in mind. I wrote each (song)
to be roughly 90 seconds in length; to fit into TV time. I also entered into the
new world of gigabyte-sized sampled instruments. The sampler Gigastudio'
was added into my writing palette - a technological nightmare back then.

 

 

Stop This Mad Carnival' 2008, Mike Ogle, BMI.
I wanted to see if I could write lyrics to my music, and this CD was the
result. I thought it was Pop Rock', but after playing it for a musician I trusted,
I was told it was still' too complicated for Pop'... even though it had words.
This was the last CD I used analog hardware on. I also changed sampler
programs to Kontakt'. No more being an unpaid beta tester for Gigastudio.

 

 

Where I was' 2011, Mike Ogle, BMI.
For my most current CD, I bought the fastest hard drives available, 
the most RAM, the newest motherboard, the latest VST's - the works.
I ejected what was re-creatable by software and kept the instruments that
computers couldn't imitate. I've come full circle; back to the writing' of music
as the first priority. I tamed the technology and tell it' what to do now.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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