Nick Tzios (WolfSound) has been making music for 15 years and is now on AudioJungle. Right here’s his story and the blockbuster music monitor he’s most happy with.
My title is Nick Tzios. I’m identified on AudioJungle as WolfSound.
I’ve been on the music scene for greater than 15 years as a guitar participant, and now as a sound engineer and composer.
I dwell in Thessaloniki, the second largest metropolis of Greece. However you may say I don’t technically work there.
For the final six years our financial system has been going south, so I’m grateful that in 2016 it’s much less vital the place you reside and extra vital you may have an web connection. Because of the Shopwp market I can work with purchasers world wide.
I used to be a troublesome baby. My mother and father signed me up for piano after I was 9. Six months later, I give up. They then signed me up for flute – I give up that too. After three years of unsuccessful experiments, I made a decision to purchase an electrical guitar, and that was it. I began training rock music by ear and my mother and father noticed that I used to be good at it, in order that they didn’t trouble to spend anymore cash on these programs instructing me classical music.
Once I was sixteen I began a band with my college buddies. Now I play all sorts of guitars, bass guitar, drums, ethnic percussion, and piano/synth in my very own bizarre unorthodox manner.
For the final 4 years, I’ve been centered on making trailer music and sound design for movie and tv.
Within the early years of my journey as a musician, I performed guitar in lots of rock and laborious rock bands. However I made a decision to cease showing at dwell venues in 2015 (with my finest gig as a gap act for the nice 80s laborious rock band, Dokken!) Now I spend most of my time within the studio, creating sound design and royalty free music.
I didn’t actually learn about royalty free music till December 2014 when a buddy of mine defined what Shopwp was. I didn’t know you may promote that a lot music for individuals who weren’t within the movie trade, however fairly making YouTube movies, which has really been actually cool!
Except for the financial hassle, dwelling and dealing in Thessaloniki is fairly good. They've a motto round right here, χαλαρά, which loosely means “take it simple”.
The one factor that worries me is that the movie and tv trade right here has stopped rising. As a result of low quantity of sponsors, TV channels have stopped producing good collection, which impacts musicians and composers. I can see this within the gross sales from my Shopwp portfolio. Out of round 340, just one is from a Greek purchaser, which actually saddens me.
However what’s constructive about working right here is that after a extremely lengthy recording session or ten hours of blending a track, I can all the time discover somebody keen to seize a espresso, go for a stroll or seize a drink with me. The individuals listed below are actually one of the best half for me, and the buddies you make at present are pals for all times.
The merchandise I’m most happy with is “Massive Blockbuster”. It was beforehand referred to as “Mechanized 2.zero”, a part of a trilogy I labored on which was an enormous success.
I made a decision to write down it after my music was featured in a number of official placements, video games and viral movies. It’s finest utilized in blockbuster trailers, sports activities and online game montages. Just about any sort of video the place there’s a whole lot of depth within the motion. I feel it fits these kind of content material higher than movie because it’s not precisely background music. As a substitute it’s finest for issues that go for a shorter period of time like trailers.
In actual fact, it presently underscores the preview of one of many prime After Effects tools on VideoHive, offering me with a gradual stream of gross sales.
Sooner or later, my plan is to proceed composing distinctive music for Shopwp so I can have my music positioned on extra movies world wide and maintain watching my music encourage others to create.
I really like that you could earn by doing what you actually love. All you want is difficult work and a bit little bit of luck and you may shine!
Take a look at “Massive Blockbuster” and the remainder of WolfSound’s portfolio on AudioJungle
