Jul 4, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Technical
Small Ensemble Seating When recording or overseeing the recording of a small ensemble of musicians, pay attention to a few seating issues. If you’re not depending on a specific seating of the musicians for other reasons, you might want to go for the following option:...
Jul 3, 2019 | Composition, Daily Film Scoring Bits
Composer’s Output Rate As a composer working within economical boundaries and especially working in the media world, you need to be able to work at a considerable speed. Unless you are financially secured, you simply cannot afford to spend 2 weeks on a 30 second...
Jul 2, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Film Scoring
First View Experience Many inexperienced composers forget the perspective of the “first view” when scoring a film. Due to the fact that as a composer you watch the movie or scenes so many times your way of perception shifts during that time and you tend to forget the...
Jul 1, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, General
Giving a Face to the Name Clients and customers prefer to have a clear image of who is actually working for them. There are quite a few people who hide behind umpersonal websites that they call something like “Awesome Music Studio”, speaking of “we” and “us” without...
Jun 28, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Orchestration
Unindicated Switches of Instruments There are some sections in a real orchestra that constantly switch between different instruments without you as a composer even noticing it. The most prominent examples are the Clarinets and Trumpets. Even though a part might be...
Jun 26, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Technical
Cleaning Up Audio Tracks There are quite a few people who spend a considerable amount of time in cleaning tracks from real recordings and trying to remove all noises. While to a certain extent this is a good idea, remember that “natural” noises are part of what makes...
