Sep 3, 2018 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, General
Losing a project Losing a project for whatever reason is in general very disappointing and depending on how much effort you already put into it can be financially quite damaging. However, it happens to everybody in the business from time to time. Sometimes, a...
Aug 27, 2018 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, General
Face to Face Meetings Nothing beats face-to-face meeting. Even though the internet and Skype have made it possible to work on a project over long distances without constant personal meetings, meeting a client in person and spending an evening together at a restaurant...
Aug 20, 2018 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, General
Listen to other music This one seems like a no-brainer but actually listen to music. It is very often surprising how little time professional musicians and composers spend listening to music other than their own. “When I leave the studio in the evening, I don’t want...
Aug 13, 2018 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, General
Working on several projects at the same time Unless you get to work on long-term projects alot, being a composer for the media quite often also means organizing and juggling several things and projects at once. While this is not just a challenge from the standpoint of...
Aug 6, 2018 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, General
On Screen Credit In the excitement of getting to start working on a project, it is not uncommon to forget to negotiate about smaller things that in the end might become reason for frustration. One of these things is your credit. Not negotiating the place and way you...
Jul 30, 2018 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, General
Projects with unpredictable work load On some projects the expected workload is extremely hard to predict beforehand which makes it even trickier when you need to schedule it in or to give a quote on your costs. If you can not come up with a flat fee, it might be...
