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Nick Olman

 
Nick Olman

Songwriter and Composer for Film & Visual Media

3 songs
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Picture for song 'Among Them' by artist 'Nick Olman'

Among Them

Song created for the short film "Gun Barista" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwj1S9gll3A
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Picture for song 'Bleed this Love' by artist 'Nick Olman'

Bleed this Love

Part of the Kinamlo project.
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Picture for song 'The Deepest of Black Waters' by artist 'Nick Olman'

The Deepest of Black Waters

Ambient soundscape portraying a feeling of hopelessness while encompassed solely by a vast body of water.
As a solo artist, Nick has been writing and recording music since 1996. He started small using a cheap Alvarez electric guitar, his father's acoustic guitar and a Tascam 4-track. Time wise, during the first years, composition was almost a full time job. Like most young writers, his first attempts were not polished gems, but they truly revealed his lack of restraint when it came to stylistic conformity. He experimented with unconventional tunings, arrangements, chords and scales. This is not to say he completely abandoned the standards of hooks and melodies, but that he did not fear stepping outside their safety in order to make his music that much more intriguing. His solo work led to a number of years playing guitar in rock and metal bands around Grand Rapids, MI. The projects all slowly faded, never due to a failure to create unique and relevant music, but because of the impenetrable scene surrounding them. Despite the lack in success, the experience sharpened his skills as a guitarist and expanded his stylistic catalog. Leaving the performance scene behind, Nick turned to the realm of film. Combining his diverse writing skills and solid palate of production tools with his composition base instilled at Grand Valley State University, Nick formed a clever blend of orchestral arrangements and electronic manipulations. A style which may be best described as "beautiful sonic destruction."
Have you performed in front of an audience?
Currently I do not play live. I'm not as interested in doing full band shows at this time, but would be willing to perform acoustic shows with the Never Ending Octopus material.
Your musical influences
August Burns Red, John Cage, Copeland, Deftones, Electric Six, Danny Elfman, Fantomas, Peter Gabriel, Hellogoodbye, Imogen Heap, Inade, Jimmy Eat World, Mogwai, Motion City Soundtrack, Murcof, Nine Inch Nails, Nothingface, Opeth, Paloalto, Russian Circles, 30 Seconds to Mars, Story of the Year, Tool, Christopher Young
What equipment do you use?
ESP electric guitars, Taylor Acoustic guitars, Alvarez and Ibanez basses, Boss GT-6 guitar effects processor, Mesa Dual Rectifier amplifier and matched cabinet, Shure and MXL microphones, M-Audio audio and MIDI interfaces, FL Studio, Sony ACID Pro, Amplitube and Ampeg amp modeling plugins, Rob Papen Blue and Albino soft synths, various Audio Damage VST plugins, Native Instruments Absynth 5, various T-Racks 3 plugins, Classic VST effects (So good and so free!), and a lot of other free VST plugins.
Anything else?
Please contact me if you are interested in licensing any of my tracks. Having produced these tracks, I can make custom arrangements and mixes. I'm also available for custom track creation in any of my project styles. Ideally, I'm looking to score for independent horror films. If you are looking to contract work in this area I'd be quite flexible regarding compensation. Note about Creative Commons Licensing: If you would like to use any of the applicable tracks under a CCL, please let me know. I would like to keep track of usage and it also will help build my portfolio. I will also then be able to furnish you with the original 44.1kHz WAV files for complete sound detail, if needed. If you are a business and would like to use them, they may actually be available to you (though my licensing page says otherwise), but you MUST contact me first about usage. I thank you in advance for your cooperation.
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