Background Packs by Toivo Media

All my work is available on Graphic River, part of Envato Marketplace, which is a great home for creatives on the web.

Reach for the Sky

This is my entry for the Audio Jungle Music Video Competition. Please support me!

Photo Colorizer

Colorize your photos to give them a great look, change the weather or season, or create an instant sunrise or sunset! Bring alive a black and white or monochrome image, or just improve a full-color image. Available on Graphic River.

Stock Vector Graphics

These vector graphics are available on Graphic River.

Castle at Night

This dark and gothic image is available on Graphic River.

Meteor Storm Background

This sci fi image is free for you to download and use.

As It Once Was - Cinematic Celebration

I'm currently working on a medieval style music project, and I just had a very inspiring experience creating a new track - As It Once Was. Normally I sequence a track out in midi and keep working on it for weeks before I feel it's ready to produce the final piece. I'm a perfectionist about how I want the music to sound. But with this track I midi sequenced a couple of tunes and some drums, and then went ahead and produced and arranged the track using a few loops with different instruments applied to them. It took only a few hours to finish, and I just let the track evolve naturally as I made it, without having too clear an idea of the final arrangement in my head. I enjoyed it about as much as I've ever enjoyed making music, and I'm very happy with the final result. I also think it's the most upbeat and catchy piece of music I've made!

Listen to my music on my website.

Battle of the Bands!

I just had a bit of fun with these two authentic looking fonts from a great font site - dafont.com. What's the best font you've ever downloaded?

The Creation of Minimalist Metal

Last year I finished an album called The Cold South. I tried to do something original, and I have hopefully succeeded in bringing together three different music types - rock/metal, minimalism and electronica. I wrote an all out hard rock/ heavy metal album on my Ibanez, then began to program the music in Guitar Pro 5. Once the rock/metal tracks were in place, I began adding many synthesized orchestral tracks, creating dense layers on top of the already loud and powerful guitars and drums. Tracks containing simplistic piano, harp or string melodies were overlaid, creating subtlety behind the bold and loud guitar and orchestral tracks. I wanted there to be many parts underneath the main melodies adding richness to the sound, for the listener to discover on repeated listens. This began to mimic the minimalist orchestral compositions of Philip Glass, but with the added heavy rock dimension.

I allowed the sound to evolve naturally, and hadn't originally planned the inclusion of the electronic orchestra. I then used Edirol orchestra plug-in, the Drumkit From Hell, and Guitar Pros’ own electronic guitar sound to produce the album. Production took place in Sony Acid, with use of Soundforge and Classic master limiter.

I believe that I've come as close as I ever will to creating a piece of music which has a fairly unique sound, and I'm proud of the finished result.

Listen to Creation - Layers to hear how I built up the sound in segments, using many tracks, while balancing the sound so that the more subtle elements can also be heard.