Moodtapes

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Moodtapes
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Background information
Years active1986 (1986)– present
LabelsMoodtapes
(A Ron Roy Production)
Members Ron Roy
Past members Ray Colcord, Frank Josephs, Jim Lum
Website moodtapes.com
Ron Roy shooting "Pacific Surf" Ron Roy Shooting Pacific Surf.jpg
Ron Roy shooting "Pacific Surf"

Moodtapes are a series of nature/relaxation videos and audio collectibles (DVD, LD, CD) produced, directed, and filmed by award winning producer and director Ron Roy. They were some of the first of the New Age nature documentary/music genre in the 1980s and 1990s along with Windham Hill and Narada Productions. [2]

Contents

They include Roy's original cinematography of natural scenery edited in perfect harmony to soothing original instrumental music by Ron Roy and various other professional composers.

Sixteen videos including Serenity, Ocean Reflections, Whispering Waters, Nature's Bouquet, Autumn Whispers...Winter Dreams, Pacific Surf, Contemporary Christmas etc, eight audio CD's, 6 Singles and numerous specialty music videos [3] [4] [5] were released by Moodtapes and Ron Roy from 1986 to 2019. [6]

Credits

Ron Roy served as the producer, director and cinematographer on all the video productions and the producer/composer of original music on Pacific Surf, Whispering Waters, Contemporary Christmas, Sizzlin' Christmas and others. [7]

He also designed all the productions album covers and artwork utilizing the original photos he took while on location for each project.

While filming one production, Ocean Reflections, Roy joined the San Diego State University Marine Mammal Research and Conservation team capturing bottlenose dolphin images with R. H. Defran, [8] the director of the Cetacean Behavior Laboratory for his Moodtape Ocean Reflections.

Moodtapes musical presentations have been played in heavy rotation on Musical Starstreams , Los Angeles smooth jazz station KTWV - The Wave and numerous radio networks coast to coast. They charted Top Twenty on the national Adult Contemporary Music charts and Moodtapes iTunes podcast Relax with Moodtapes achieved top ten status in their Fitness & Nutrition category. [9] [10] [11]

Moodtapes only solo CD release Energy was produced by Ray Colcord, an ASCAP, BMI, and Drama-Logue Award winner. Colcord also produced Aerosmith's second album Get Your Wings as well as numerous TV themes such as The Simpsons , Big Brother , The Facts of Life , Silver Spoons , and Boy Meets World .

Most recently, Ron Roy has become involved in Americana music as a composer, producer and singer/songwriter. His recent releases Now It's All Just Stuff, Bible Belted, You Could Hear The Sound of Panties Drop and You'll Never Ever Be Alone At Christmas [12] have received worldwide airplay on numerous terrestrial and streaming stations including Renegade Radio Nashville, Trucker Radio Nashville, The BandWagon Network Radio, Jango Radio, ReverbNation and more.

Roy’s Yuletide song "You’ll Never Ever Be Alone At Christmas" charted #1 on RadioAirplay’s popularity charts [13] and was named one of the Best New Holiday Songs four years in a row in their international Independent Songwriters Holiday Contest. It was also featured as the “Premiere Christmas Song” on Nashville’s Worldwide Trucker Radio Network whose Radio icon DJ Stan Campbell proclaimed: “The song is so relatable... I recommend it for ever radio station for Christmas!”

Roy’s Americana songs also landed him at #1 in his hometown on ReverbNation’s Americana Regional Charts [14] and are also featured continuously on iTunes, Spotify, and more.

Album releases

Pacific Surf DVD Album Cover Pacific Surf DVD Album Cover.jpg
Pacific Surf DVD Album Cover
#Release DateAlbumGenreDurationReviews Ron Roy asOther credits
11986Tranquility (Video & CD) Easy Listening,33:23 AllMusic:
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Producer, Director, Cinematographer Ray Colcord (producer); Eric Bikales (artist)
21988Energy CD New Age 47:43 FMQB:
positive [16]
Producer, Director, Cinematographer Ray Colcord (producer); Eric Bikales (artist)
31987Floral Fantasy Video Easy LIstening 49:37 Billboard:
positive [17]
Producer, Director, CinematographerCarmen Dragon, Eric Bikales (artists)
41989Autumn Whispers… Winter Dreams (Video & CD) Easy Listening 53:30Producer, Director, CinematographerEric Bikales (artist)
51991Contemporary Christmas (Video & CD) Easy Listening, Christmas Music 44:52Producer, Director, CinematographerFrank Josephs (composer, arranger)
61993Sleigh Ride

(CD Single)

Upbeat Christmas

music

2:54Artist, ComposerFrank Josephs (arranger)
71993It's Christmas Time

(CD Single)

Upbeat Christmas

Song

3:17Artist, ComposerFrank Josephs (arranger)
81991Ocean Reflections (Video & CD) Easy listening 43:03Producer, Director, Cinematographer Ray Colcord (producer); Eric Bikales (artist)
91992Natural Environments - Whispering Waters (Video & CD) Easy listening 44:00Producer, Director, CinematographerFrank Josephs (artist, arranger, composer)
101995Pacific Surf (Video & CD) Easy listening 47:20Producer, Director, CinematographerFrank Josephs (arranger); Frank Josephs (composer)
111996Romantic Classics by Firelight (Video & CD)
Classical music 44:24Producer, Director, CinematographerFrank Josephs (arranger)
121997Moments - Serenity (Video) Easy Listening 56:00Producer, Director, CinematographerFrank Josephs (artist), Jim Lum (guitarist), Eric Bikales (artist)
131998Nature’s Bouquet (Video) Easy Listening 54:46Producer, Director, CinematographerFrank Josephs (artist, arranger)
142009Romantic Classics by a Gentle Mountain Stream (CD) Classical music 48:37Producer, Co-arranger Pachelbel, Tchaikovsky, Debussy (composers); Frank Josephs (arranger)
152009Romantic Classics on Piano (CD) Classical music 48:54Producer, Co-arranger Pachelbel, Tchaikovsky, Debussy (composers); Frank Josephs (arranger)
162009Romantic Classics by the Sea (CD) C lassical music 50:51Producer, Co-arranger Pachelbel, Tchaikovsky, Debussy (composers); Frank Josephs (arranger)
172009 Act Naturally Country 2:07Reverb ChartSingerFrank Josephs, JIm Lum (guitar)
182011Christmas (CD Single)
Christmas Music, Rock 3:35Producer, ArrangerFrank Josephs (arranger); Jim Lum (guitarist)
Jingle Bells Chicken (Video) Children's Christmas Song 2:02Producer, SingerFrank Josephs (arranger)
192012Pacific Blue (Video) Music Video 4:12Reverb ChartComposer/DirectorJim Lum Guitar
202014Impressions of Winter (Video) Music Video 4:53Reverb ChartProducer/DirectorJim Lum Guitar
212015You’ll Never Ever Be Alone At Christmas (Single) Upbeat Americana

Christmas Song

3:59Reverb ChartSinger/SongwriterFrank Josephs (arranger)
222015Now It’s All Just Stuff (Single) Americana 3:48Reverb ChartSinger/SongwriterFrank Josephs (arranger)
232015Bible Belted (Single) Americana 3:25Reverb ChartSinger/SongwriterFrank Josephs (arranger)
242015You Could Hear the Sound of Panties Drop (Single) Americana 2:54Reverb ChartComposer/LyricsKris Feldman Vocals
252018Amazing Grace Trilogy (Music Video & Single) Gospel 2:21Reverb ChartSinger/ArrangerFrank Josephs (arranger)

Media coverage

Ron Roy shooting "Ocean Reflections" Ron Roy Shooting Ocean Reflections.jpg
Ron Roy shooting "Ocean Reflections"
Ron Roy surrounded by Moodtapes Ron Roy and Moodtapes.jpg
Ron Roy surrounded by Moodtapes
US INTL "Gold Camera" Award for "Pacific Surf" Gold Camera Award for Pacific Surf (Moodtapes).jpg
US INTL "Gold Camera" Award for "Pacific Surf"

The Moodtapes videos and music received national critical acclaim in Billboard , [18] [19] the Los Angeles Times [20] , The New York Times [21] [22] and numerous others. [23] [24] They have been featured on leading national entertainment television shows such as Entertainment Tonight , [25] The 700 Club , Live with Regis , The Oprah Winfrey Show [26] as well as various other regional talk shows. [27] [28]

Therapeutic reviews

Various authors have recommended Moodtapes in their publications to use for relaxation and to treat insomnia. [29] [30] [31]

Commercial success

Moodtapes reached their greatest commercial success during the 1980s, 1990s, and early 2000s by becoming bestsellers in thousands of specialty stores in the United States, most notably The Nature Company outlets, Natural Wonders specialty stores, and also reaching an audience of millions via the Reader's Digest Video Catalogs . [32] [29] Bloomingdale's department stores also featured Moodtapes as A Best Bet Gift Idea in 1988. [33]

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