From short to feature – Part 1: first ideas
One of the biggest struggles a composer meets when moving the first steps in this difficult but incredibly rewarding journey
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5 tips to achieve a better performance when recording
I used to be really scared about performing live in front of producers and people who were there to evaluate
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Tips from the past: Noise
The art of noise The modern film composers live in an era where not only they have to write great
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5 tips to get (most of) your first cues approved
Someone very wise once said “well begun is half done”. When sending the first batch of cues to a director this
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5 Tips to get studio level recordings in (almost) any room
Very often modern composers perform at least some of their recording (and mixing) from their homes/home-studios. The Internet is saturated
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Use light to write better scores – Part 3: build a touch MIDI controller
Our path to automate our smart lighting in sync with music/video continues. Today we will take one step further. Let’s
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How to expand your stereo to 3 channels in any DAW
The center channel is very important in movies. It allows the viewers to experience the frontal soundscape as intended. Even those
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Tips from the past: Tape
There is an idiomatic phrase in the popular Italian language that makes me giggle every time. The closest translation I
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SEO for composers: Google and your portfolio website
On average, you spend about 24 hours a week online. That’s according to official statistics. So a website is essential
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Use light to write better scores – Part 2: control lighting with MIDI
Your DAW is the remote In our quest to exploring alternative ways to boost a composer’s productivity, last week we
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