This is the first study music released this year of 2015! Good to be back. I've been experimenting with a lot of new elements with this song, so I've decided that this song is deemed worthy for a short commentary:
First, This is "coffee music" style of study music. A coffee music style piece is used to increase productivity for doing things such as writing essays, papers, blogs, practicing math homework, answering e-mails, chores, mundane tasks, light-reading. Essentially, this is song is like coffee and is supposed to help you stay awake. Also goes well with a nice cup of coffee, caramel macchiato...mmm. The song actually took about 2 months to produce, going through revision after revision.
Second, I've been doing a lot of independent research on how to make my study music more effective, and this time, I've integrated the sound of coffee ambience in this track, which I think is a really good fit, but also recent scientific research seems to suggest that there may be benefit in having ambient noise and creativity.
Read the paper here: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/665048
Third, for the FIRST TIME in all Study Music Project history, I've integrated BINAURAL BEATS in my track! This track varies between alpha waves and beta waves. It is supposed to have some relaxing, meditative, and concentration effects on your brain. Infograph on beta waves here:
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/454371049880615482/
You have to use headphones to get the binaural beats effect. The way I've infused it is so subtle, if you're not listening for it, you won't even notice it. Some studies say that you don't necessarily have to hear the pulsations to allow the relaxing, focusing properties to take effect. I'm still experimenting with binaural beats myself, so please let me know what you think. Always trying to improve my craft.
Fourth, you can see that I have visually upgraded my opening title "Study Music Project" title clip, which I feel was long overdue. I'm still working hard learning how to use Flash for my artwork. The artwork surprisingly took a REALLY long time and VERY DIFFICULT for me! I've also started using illustrator for some of the artwork as well. You'll see two styles of visuals in this video. Hope you like the dog.
FINALLY, the quality of my Study Music Project is drastically improving largely because of the generous support of you guys on Patreon. I've been able to get feedback from my patrons before actually releasing the music and they have been giving me some awesome advice. Their support also allows me to obtain more resources to make the project better.
To show how AWESOME they are to me, I've decided to give them crazy middle names/nicknames in the credits using an online name generator. I even added in some fire graphics just to accentuate the FIERCENESS in the credits. Seriously though, thank you so much to those who support me on Patreon.
Join the fun: http://www.patreon.com/studymusicproject
Thank you for listening! :) Hope you enjoy the Study Music Project!
