The Sound Board

EASTWEST/QUANTUM LEAP is excited to announce the upcoming release of HOLLYWOOD POP BRASS, your new go-to product when you need a tight, bombastic, and dynamic brass section to make your next track pop, sizzle, and soar.

For this project, producers DOUG ROGERS and NICK PHOENIX recorded one of the top horn sections in the industry in EastWest's famous Hollywood studios, and brought in multiple Grammy award-winning engineer MOOGIE CANAZIO to craft a sound that's larger than life. MOOGIE CANAZIO has recorded music icons Ray Charles, Sarah Vaughan, Sergio Mendes, Diana Ross, Luis Miguel, Michael Buble, Melody Gardot, and many more. He's been nominated for over 35 Grammy nominations and has won 7 Grammys and Latin Grammys.

HOLLYWOOD POP BRASS features a 4 or 5 piece ensemble that includes 2 trumpets, trombone, tenor, alto, and baritone saxes. It not only includes incredible sounding multi-sampled ensemble sections recorded in the famous Studio 1 at EastWest Studios ("the best brass recording room in the world” according to Michael Jackson engineer Bruce Swedien); it also includes dozens of stylized phrases in multiple keys recorded in Studio 2, a favorite of many latin artists going all the way back to Tijuana Brass by Sergio Mendes and Brasil 66. These phrases will simply blow you away with how easily they slide right into your track, and cover many genres from pure pop to rock, funk, soul, and many distinctive rhythms and melodies from the latin world.

HOLLYWOOD POP BRASS was created for one simple reason - there's just nothing else out there on the market that instantaneously gives you that fiery, punchy pop brass sound that made songs like Uptown Funk such mega hits. The great thing about this library is that there's something for everyone - whether you want to build deep and detailed orchestrations with one of the world’s top horn sections, or if you just want to "plug and play" using licks and phrases that will inspire you and bring that "it" factor to your song. It's the ultimate ensemble pop/latino brass collection that will leave you screaming, hollering, and begging for more.

HOLLYWOOD POP BRASS will be available this spring for purchase and as a free addition for all subscribers of ComposerCloud, the #1 subscription service for musicians.

HOLLYWOOD POP BRASS includes the following (most articulations include multiple dynamics, and round robin sample alternatives):

SUSTAIN
Sustain normal attack
Sustain accent attack
Sustain normal attack slight build
Sustain accent attack slight dim

STACCATO
Staccato

FALLS
Falls super short
Falls short
Falls long

MARCATO
Marcato (long staccato)

DOITS
Doits

SWELLS
Swell 1 sec
Swell 2 sec
Swell 3 sec

RIPS
Rips

SHAKES
Shakes

GROWLS
Growl with strong attack

STACCATO
Staccato rep lightning at 120 bpm

LEGATO
Legato passes at multiple dynamics

STABS
Stabs

DOZENS OF PHRASES AND LICKS
Each phrase or lick in multiple keys