Jim Pfeifer

Jim Pfeifer
  • Unique - Soundtracks
  • Phoenix, AZ
  • Song Plays: 12,190
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Magic Moves
R & B - Funk
Plays: 18
Sunshine Soul Groove
R & B - Soul
Plays: 25
Midnight Groove Machine
R & B - Soul
Plays: 26
Soul City Boulevard
R & B - Soul
Plays: 46
Under The Willow Sky
Country - Contemporary
Plays: 28
Backroad Backbone
Country - Contemporary
Plays: 31
Barefoot Banter
Unique - Soundtracks
Plays: 69
Wild Horizons
Unique - Soundtracks
Plays: 71
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Jim Pfeifer is a solo composer/artist creating a variety of instrumental music for use in film/TV and advertising, combining elements of Americana, Blues, Jazz, Retro Soul and orchestral arrangements.  His songs have been placed in various shows and ads including "Ozzy & Jack's World Detour", "Return To Amish", "Cult Justice", "The Garden", "Housewives of New York City", "The Ride That Got Away", Artesano Bread, and others.



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Bio

Jim started on guitar at the age of 12, studying with a Jazz guitarist during his high school years in Tucson, Arizona while playing in school Jazz Band and various classic rock bands. Early on he had a fascination with creating chord-melody arrangements of his favorite songs, which is where he learned harmony and arranging techniques.

During college he majored in Electrical Engineering but continued his studies with courses music theory, Jazz improvisation, and electronic music. He also gigged regularly playing in various bands performing in a variety of styles Tejano, Dixeland, Bigband Jazz, Top40, and Fusion. He began working at a local recording studio, helping songwriters arrange and record demos of their songs. He was inspired to start his own home studio during the 80s after working with so many other musicians who were taking advantage of the newly-available decent-quality gear coming to market for home studios.

After college lived in LA for several years where he worked as an engineer by day, and continued playing music on the side. He did several demo projects with New Age artist Michael Hoppe, as well as several children's music projects. In 1994 he moved to Phoenix to raise his family and continued to play with several bands in the Phoenix area.

He also started focusing on writing his own original material and doing session work on the side. Some of the session work included projects with Tommy DeVitto, one of the founding members of The Four Seasons (of Franki Valli fame). Jim started his own music blog in 2013 about composing and recording for home studios, called crazycomposer.com

He continues to write and record his own music in addition to actively gigging in the Phoenix area.

Jim is a 2nd place winner in the 2013 International Songwriting Competition for his song "The Invasion of Mayberry"

Jim's music has been placed in TV shows on A&E, TLC Network, E! Channel in addition to corporate websites and podcasts.

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John Walradt
3 days ago to Jim Pfeifer

Jim, "Magic Moves" is an excellent instrumental. I've listened to instrumentals from commercial artists, one who I remember in junior high was Tommy Newman, who went on to do movie scores, but even much of his don't have the interest that your instrumentals have. My mind doesn't blank out and leave when I listen to your music. Also, Broadjam isn't the site it used to be and doesn't reflect the quality of your music. Like the Billboard charts, it reflects BJ marketing. Participation is down but maybe that's expected since the pandemic was declared over. I've noticed AI all over BJ, too. It's taken over and it does amazing things, but at a high cost: the loss of the actual human touch and the soul of the composer. Are your tunes getting picked up? With thousands in libraries it seems that would be a crap shoot. Yours definitely has moods that should fit perfectly.
John

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Jim Pfeifer
3 days ago

Thanks so much for the kind words John! I have noticed the same on BJ, that the opportunities aren't as good as they were before. I'd submitted some songs for opportunities in the last year and even got selected for one of them, but the publishers of that opportunity wouldn't even return my repeated email response to them, so I stopped submitting to BJ opportunities. Now, I go directly to the libraries I'm working with which I found outside of the BJ universe on my own. I have had some songs placed with those publishers, but not a lot of placements. I'm trying to finish up this collection of retro-soul inspired tracks and try my luck with these to see what happens. I haven't noticed a lot of AI tracks on BJ but I wouldn't be surprised. As far as I know, most libraries and most "real" opportunities for sync will not accept tracks where created with generative AI. This is why I continue to create my music the old-fashioned way, creating all of my own song ideas and recording the tracks myself. The only place where AI enters the picture is to help me master my tracks (in Ozone) and for helping me come up with song titles. But other than that, it is not being used to help me write my music. The day that sync licensees no longer care about using AI generated tracks in film/TV/advertising is that day that us human composers no longer have a chance. I'm not sure if we're there yet, but I believe it may happen for certain kinds of music.

Boy this ai thing is getting scary to me already. And you 2 guys are sprouting the truth don't cha know!
I'm not using any AI yet but curious. I'm coming out with a book written for teenagers that addresses the mess we are in with kids glued to these things and walking into open manholes. Losing our souls? Only time will tell! Thank You both for your input and contributions! catnip=+=

John Walradt
1 day ago

Pat, it is a true pleasure to know you! You, along with a few other good friends I've made on here, are the real deal! AI is interesting and I'd like to throw a couple of songs to see how it gets interpreted but I wouldn't release them. It's far too slick yet superficial. It lacks something. Some of our members who use AI now...I could tell when they wrote a song and their input but now I can't recognize who they are! I'd like to ask, "Where are you?" With so many in the industry, pros, aspiring, and those who are too lazy to put in real effort, using Suno and related sites; are we going to see the Suno's Band's Greatest Hits?...or the Suno Hot 100? I cannot compete with a platform like that but I can tell when the true soul, feeling, and integrity of the songwriter is lost. We are headed there fast. Your book looks like it will be something much needed by our younger set. I'm very much happy and encouraged that you're here and sticking with who you are and what you do, which has much more meaning than what is going on now.
John

John, Honestly I thought at first that AI was amazing but my deeper meditations reveal that AI will steal the drive and ambition from most young spirits. Last night I revisited several posts from my own career and saw that more than half have been rewritten by AI. Even tho some are undeniably strong~ it reinforces my belief that AI will automatically reduce the amount of effort anyone will take to produce anything in the future and reduce the amount of healthy thinking that most projects require. This is sad and not what we need!
My book for teenagers and everyone else is designed to increase personal Motivation and Momentum to the point of catching on to the caboose of the train. Once someone catches on the caboose, the Super Train Engine will pull them along for the rest of their life!
John your intuition and insight are remarkable to me and it comforts me to know that someone else is watching all this from the same stadium I am sitting in!
I am in Panama City, Florida, and the book I have been working on for over 50 years is titled, "Train on the Track". "As if by magic, your dreams come true"!



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Hiey Jim Pfeifer,
I have been analyzing the Unique charts on Broadjam, and your track "Barefoot Banter" stands out as a high value asset for commercial sync licensing. However, based on my data, your current reach is hitting a "ceiling" that only professional grade of Growth can break.
As a certified music growth and Sync Agency, I don't just "post" your music; I engineer visibility. Most artists on Broadjam have the talent but lack the Industry Metadata and Momentum Scaling required for high paying placements on networks like FOX, MTV, or ESPN.
What I'm offering is a high demand Promotion Sprint for [Long Term Achievement]:
Aggressive Sync Positioning: I'll audit your Broadjam profile to ensure it meets the technical standards music supervisors demand.
Multi Platform Velocity: We will bridge your Broadjam success into a 30 days targeted campaign to spike your streaming and social signals from several platforms.
The "Vetting" Advantage: My certification acts as a seal of approval for supervisors who don't have time to sift through thousands of unsigned tracks.
The Catch: To maintain my 95% success rate for clients, I only take on three new artists per month. I currently have one slot remaining for a Folk/Unique artist, and your sound fits the current market demand I'm seeing from my licensing contacts.
If you are ready to "uploading" and start monetizing, let's secure this final slot
Sincerely,
Patrick
Music Sync Consultant & Growth Specialist



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John Walradt
over 30 days ago to Jim Pfeifer

Jim, "Backroad Backbone" is very enjoyable. I especially like the jangle styled guitar playing. Melody is pleasantly wistful. Your tunes have the feel of what you write about. "Under the Willow Sky" fits comfortably in a living room space to relax to. Seriously, you could have a couple of albums filled with the instrumentals you have composed the last couple of years and I would love to relax to them every day. They are that enjoyable. Best to you! John

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Jim Pfeifer
over 30 days ago

Thanks so much for the encouraging words, John! It's very much appreciated!



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