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Tips for composers
Tips from the Stars
- Dario Marianelli – Tips from the Stars
- John Ottman – Tips from the stars
- Mychael Danna – Tips from the Stars
Film Scoring 101
- 5 tips to orchestrate from piano
- COMPOSER SURVIVAL GUIDE
- Composers Best Enemies
- Decoding why you love that film’s score
- Film Scoring Tips exclusive content
- Film Scoring Vocabulary
- From short to feature – Part 1: first ideas
- From short to feature – Part 2: spotting session
- Scoring with Notational Software: Intro
- Scoring with Notational Software: video sync
Assisting composers
- 5 tips to orchestrate from piano
- Assisting composers – be helpful while learning
- Keep Your Career Moving Forward Without Burning a Bridge
- Preventing the BIG Disaster – Recording
- Preventing the BIG Disaster – Tech
Business
- 5 tips I’ve learned being in an accelerator program
- 5 ways to compensate composers when there is no budget
- Film Scoring Tips exclusive content
- How to charge for my Music: some thoughts on how to construct a budget
- NFTs for film composers, an easy to follow guide!
- Terms used and misused in contracts and negotiations
- Tips to self-manage your career until you are agent-worthy
Composing
- 5 tips to orchestrate from piano
- Are You Writing “Too Big” To Get TV Work?
- Easily create ambient violin textures
- Easily create ambient violin textures – part 2
- Film Scoring Tips exclusive content
- Native American Flute in Film Scoring. Part 1
- Native American Flute in Film Scoring. Part 2
- Native American Flute in Film Scoring. Part 3
- Scoring with Notational Software: Intro
- Scoring with Notational Software: video sync
- The Creative power of restrictions
- Use light to write better scores – Part 1: introduction
- Use light to write better scores – Part 2: control lighting with MIDI
- Use light to write better scores – Part 3: build a touch MIDI controller
Game Music
Library Music
- Being in “sync” with the industry
- Library Stars: Dan Graham (Gothic Storm)
- Library Stars: Kristen Agee (411 Music Group)
- Netflix’s Dark Desire: a recipe for success – Editor
- Netflix’s Dark Desire: a recipe for success – Music Supervisor
Gear and software
- Advanced DAW routing & bouncing setup – Composer Bridge
- BBC SO: is it portable?
- Composer Bridge – Introduction
- Composer Bridge is now available!
- Edit your audio on a budget with RipX
- Film Scoring Tips exclusive content
- Get a free Composer Bridge demo!
- Home Studios Secret Weapon – SoundID Reference Review
- How to solve your macbook pro’s audio dropouts problems once and for all!
- In action demo – Composer Bridge
- Look ma, no hands! Foot MIDI controllers double review (and giveaway!!)
- Modular Synthesis for the Film Composer – Part 1
- Modular Synthesis for the Film Composer – Part 2
- Modular Synthesis for the Film Composer – Part 3
- Modular Synthesis for the Film Composer – Part 4
- Modular Synthesis for the Film Composer – Part 5
- Modular Synthesis for the Film Composer – Part 6
- Our first sample library is FREE…
- Scoring with Notational Software: Intro
- Scoring with Notational Software: video sync
- Secret Keyboard Maestro macro technique – Composer Bridge
- Spitfire Audio Appassionata Strings – Who is it for?
- The Beat Sync Calculator
- Tips from the past: Noise
- Tips from the past: Tape
- Tips from the past: Vinyl
- Top 5 beginners tips for sampling
- Toy Drumkit – an original FREE sample library!
- Use light to write better scores – Part 2: control lighting with MIDI
- Use light to write better scores – Part 3: build a touch MIDI controller
- Vienna MIR: secret tips from its creator – part 1
- Vienna MIR: secret tips from its creator – part 2
- Vienna MIR: secret tips from its creator – part 3
- Why you shouldn’t buy any new gear …
Lifestyle
- COMPOSER SURVIVAL GUIDE
- Composers Favourites’ – Episode 1 – Anne-Kathrin Dern
- Composers Favourites’ – Episode 10 – Gareth Davies
- Composers Favourites’ – Episode 11 – Tristan Noon
- Composers Favourites’ – Episode 12 – Mark Doggett
- Composers Favourites’ – Episode 13 – Iran Garcia
- Composers Favourites’ – Episode 14 – Roman Kovalik
- Composers Favourites’ – Episode 15 – Daniele Truocchio
- Composers Favourites’ – Episode 16 – Sanna Salmenkallio
- Composers Favourites’ – Episode 17 – Michael Miller
- Composers Favourites’ – Episode 18 – Fabrizio Mancinelli
- Composers Favourites’ – Episode 2 – Shie Rozow
- Composers Favourites’ – Episode 3 – Sergio Ronchetti
- Composers Favourites’ – Episode 4 – Kenny Wood
- Composers Favourites’ – Episode 5 – Arhynn Descy
- Composers Favourites’ – Episode 6 – Cali Wang
- Composers Favourites’ – Episode 7 – Alessandro Mastroianni
- Composers Favourites’ – Episode 8 – Aurélie Webb
- Composers Favourites’ – Episode 9 – Brian Ralston
- Why you shouldn’t buy any new gear …
Networking
- Composers and scoring competitions
- FILM SCORING MECCA | Series introduction
- Get out there, get your music out there
- Social Composers: Perspective
- Social Composers: Professional Composers
- Social Composers: SCOREcast part 1
- Social Composers: SCOREcast part 2
- Social Composers: SCOREcast Hollywood
- Social Composers: SCOREcast London
- Social Composers: tips by Richard Kraft
- Social Composers: VI-Control
Online presence
- Composer Showreel – part 1
- Composer Showreel – part 2
- Composer website blueprint: Bio
- Composer website blueprint: navigability
- Composers and scoring competitions
- SEO for composers: Google and your portfolio website
- Social Composers: Perspective
- Social Composers: SCOREcast part 1
- Social Composers: SCOREcast part 2
- Social Composers: SCOREcast Hollywood
- Social Composers: SCOREcast London
- Social Composers: tips by Richard Kraft
Recording, mixing & mastering
- 5 tips to achieve a better performance when recording
- 5 Tips to get studio level recordings in (almost) any room
- 6 tips to get a pro mix in any room
- Easily create ambient violin textures
- Easily create ambient violin textures – part 2
- FILM SCORING MECCA | Recording Engineer at Abbey Road Studios
- Film Scoring Tips exclusive content
- Home Studios Secret Weapon – SoundID Reference Review
- How to expand your stereo to 3 channels in any DAW
- Preventing the BIG Disaster – Tech
- Session Super Stars: Benjamin Powell
- Session Super Stars: Tina Guo
- The orchestra is ready, no pressure…
- Tips from the past: Tape
- Tips to get the most out of a remote recording session
- Top 5 beginners tips for sampling
Soundtrack album
Workflow
- 5 tips I’ve learned being in an accelerator program
- 5 tips to get (most of) your first cues approved
- Advanced DAW routing & bouncing setup – Composer Bridge
- Assisting composers – be helpful while learning
- Composer Bridge – Introduction
- Composer Bridge is now available!
- Film Scoring and Design
- Film Scoring Tips exclusive content
- From short to feature – Part 1: first ideas
- From short to feature – Part 2: spotting session
- How to optimise your deliverables and help your orchestrator help you
- In action demo – Composer Bridge
- Secret Keyboard Maestro macro technique – Composer Bridge
- The Creative power of restrictions
- The Lean Composer – Part 1: MVC
- The Lean Composer – Part 2: Pivots
- The Lean Composer – Part 3: Small Batches
- The Lean composer – past, present and future
Tips for filmmakers
- 5 musical terms film makers often get wrong
- 5 secret words to speak the language of composers
- 5 tips to deliver better videos to composers
- 5 ways to compensate composers when there is no budget
- Aspiring filmmakers and composers
- Film editors and music – recording and mixing sessions
- Film editors and music – spotting session
- Film editors and music – Temporary music (part 1)
- Film editors and music – Temporary music (part 2)
- Film Scoring Tips exclusive content
- Film Scoring Vocabulary
- Podcast Episode 04 – Film Scoring Party – Filmmakers Feedback
Tips for film editors
- 5 musical terms film makers often get wrong
- 5 tips to deliver better videos to composers
- Film editors and music – recording and mixing sessions
- Film editors and music – spotting session
- Film editors and music – Temporary music (part 1)
- Film editors and music – Temporary music (part 2)
- Film Scoring Tips exclusive content
- Film Scoring Vocabulary
- John Ottman – Tips from the stars
- Netflix’s Dark Desire: a recipe for success – Editor
- Podcast Episode 04 – Film Scoring Party – Filmmakers Feedback
Tips for songwriters & producers
- Film Scoring Tips exclusive content
- Netflix’s Dark Desire: a recipe for success – Editor
- Netflix’s Dark Desire: a recipe for success – Music Supervisor
- Songwriters and film music
Labs
- Composer Showreel – part 1
- Composer Showreel – part 2
- Composer Showreels: research phase
- Composer website blueprint: Bio
- Composer website blueprint: navigability
- Composers Book Club – first book
- Composers Book Club – Meet the host
- Composers Book Club 01 – Submissions open (UPDATE)
- FMF episode I – submissions closed
- FMF episode II – submissions closed
- FMF episode III – submissions closed
- FMF episode IV – submissions closed
- FMF episode IX – submissions closed
- FMF episode VI – submissions closed
- FMF episode VII – submissions closed
- FMF episode VIII – submissions closed
- FMF episode X – submissions closed
- FMF episode XI – submissions closed
- Our first podcast is coming!
- SYM – Showcase Your Music – Episode 02
- SYM – Showcase Your Music – Episode 03
- SYM – Showcase Your Music – Episode 04
- SYM – Showcase Your Music – Episode 01
Podcast
- Composers Favourites’ – Episode 1 – Anne-Kathrin Dern
- Composers Favourites’ – Episode 10 – Gareth Davies
- Composers Favourites’ – Episode 11 – Tristan Noon
- Composers Favourites’ – Episode 12 – Mark Doggett
- Composers Favourites’ – Episode 13 – Iran Garcia
- Composers Favourites’ – Episode 14 – Roman Kovalik
- Composers Favourites’ – Episode 15 – Daniele Truocchio
- Composers Favourites’ – Episode 16 – Sanna Salmenkallio
- Composers Favourites’ – Episode 17 – Michael Miller
- Composers Favourites’ – Episode 18 – Fabrizio Mancinelli
- Composers Favourites’ – Episode 2 – Shie Rozow
- Composers Favourites’ – Episode 3 – Sergio Ronchetti
- Composers Favourites’ – Episode 4 – Kenny Wood
- Composers Favourites’ – Episode 5 – Arhynn Descy
- Composers Favourites’ – Episode 6 – Cali Wang
- Composers Favourites’ – Episode 7 – Alessandro Mastroianni
- Composers Favourites’ – Episode 8 – Aurélie Webb
- Composers Favourites’ – Episode 9 – Brian Ralston
- Podcast Episode 01 – A. Bodin Saphir – Filmmakers Feedback
- Podcast Episode 02 – Fraser Brown – Filmmakers Feedback
- Podcast Episode 03 – Lance S. A. Nielsen – Filmmakers Feedback
- Podcast Episode 04 – Film Scoring Party – Filmmakers Feedback
- Podcast Episode 05 – Paolo Rotondo – Filmmakers Feedback
- Podcast Episode 06 – Nigel Mattison – Filmmakers Feedback
- Podcast Episode 07 – Iria Pizania – Filmmakers Feedback
- Podcast Episode 08 – Ana Pio – Filmmakers Feedback
- Podcast Episode 09 – Laura Scrivano – Filmmakers Feedback
- Podcast Episode 10 – Mac Montero – Filmmakers Feedback
- Podcast Episode 11 – David O’ Reilly – Filmmakers Feedback
Videos
- Film Scoring Tips exclusive content
- How to charge for my Music: some thoughts on how to construct a budget
- Terms used and misused in contracts and negotiations
- The Lean composer – past, present and future
- Use light to write better scores – Part 2: control lighting with MIDI
- Use light to write better scores – Part 3: build a touch MIDI controller
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