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# How To Make An Audience Feel Nostalgic Using Music
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- Published: 2018-11-26T10:25:00.000Z
- Updated: 2018-11-26T10:25:00.000Z
- Description: Nostalgia can be a powerful tool for artists to harness, particularly when it comes to marketing to adults, and while directly copying music from their childhood by be legally suspect,. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2018/11/make-an-audience-feel-nostalgic-using-music.html]
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Nostalgia can be a powerful tool for artists to harness, particularly when it comes to marketing to adults, and while directly copying music from their childhood by be legally suspect, there are a number of other ways to use elements from their past to evoke musical nostalgia.

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In this recent post from [MusicThinkTank](http://www.musicthinktank.com/?ref=hypebot.com), **Hunter Farris** delves into the composition process behind creating nostalgia evoking music.*"Creating musical nostalgia isn’t just about thinking tonally — timbre and instrument choice can be just as useful! Ask yourself, 'What instruments would my audience have heard in music, TV shows, and movies when they were kids?'* *Whether that means using 'children’s instruments' like toy pianos, ukuleles, tambourines, etc., or instruments that look and sound retro, like jangly Rickenbacker guitars, these elements help paint a delicate picture of the sound world you’re trying to create. As another example, my parents played a lot of country when I was growing up. So whenever I hear pedal steel guitars and tight harmonies, the combination always brings me back to my childhood living room."*[*\[Continue Reading\]*](http://www.musicthinktank.com/blog/how-to-make-an-audience-feel-nostalgic-using-music.html?ref=hypebot.com)