Button Endings

[jafo37]

Hello: Does anyone here have an example of a button Ending they can share?ThanksJafo37

[gitarrero]

can you specify what a "button ending" exactly is?

[Casey H]

HiTo the best of my knowledge, a "button" ending is simple a "hard" ending as opposed to a fade-out. Typically, a song that doesn't fade out has a single note or chord that rings for 1-3 seconds at the end. BTW, for film/TV cues, the "ring time" at the end is included in the length of the track, so if a cue has to be 30 seconds, the "ring" must be over at the end of the 30 seconds. Examples? Too numerous to mention... "Hey Jude" definitely does not have a button ending, LOL... "I Wanna Be Sedated" by The Ramones has one... Casey

[justinatrecording]

The classic Basie ending is a great example of a button ending.Do you have a specific request for a button? When we get requests for button endings we'll often do a short melody that plays around the turnaround of the chord progression. Like IV-V-I, with a little melody, in as little as a couple of bars. Sometimes TV/film production companies want longer buttons. You just have to find out what they're trying to do.

[mazz]

There's at least two listings right now that specify button endings, probably from the same client. It's pretty much as Casey said, just a hard ending.Listen to any TV channel for a little while and pay attention to the promos, (mostly commercials for upcoming shows) and you'll hear button endings all over the place.Here's an example from a promo I recently completed: http://www.johnmazzei.com/song/4it rings out a bit at the end but there's no fade out.Mazz

[jafo37]

Thanks everyone for your input with all of these jargon words out there its hard to define just what they are really looking for.Thanks for the inputJafo37

[jafo37]

Thanks Mazz for actually putting an example of a button ending up for me to listen to!Jafo37