How to optimise your deliverables and help your orchestrator help you
Often, when working with a composer (especially one who hasn’t had much experience working in a studio environment with session
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Tips for Composers
Tips to get the most out of a remote recording session
Introduction We live in a wonderful age where we can record musicians on the other side of the planet, opening
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Terms used and misused in contracts and negotiations
Here’s another short clip in which I look at some frequently used terms that we all encounter in contracts and
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6 tips to get a pro mix in any room
Following my previous article, where I gave you 5 tips for a better recording, here are my 6 tips for
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From short to feature – Part 2: spotting session
In the previous entry of this series we explored ways to harness and crystallise our first ideas when reading a
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How to charge for my Music: some thoughts on how to construct a budget
Following a lot of chat on social media about what constitutes adequate remuneration for composing original music, this short unscripted
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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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