Mar 4, 2019 | Career Building, Daily Film Scoring Bits, General
The Director-Composer Relationship Once there has been established a working relationship between a director and a composer, as long as both parties are happy with this relationship, it will usually last for quite a while. While this is beneficial and makes a few...
Feb 25, 2019 | Career Building, Daily Film Scoring Bits, General
Exaggerating Your Portfolio When being new in the field of writing music for media and not having a lot of references and jobs that you have done, trying to get a gig that pays well and/or will have a higher impact on your career is always tricky and also not very...
Feb 18, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, General
Paying for Job Offers There are quite a few people and companies who try to make money from the fact that the market for media composers is extremely crowded and everybody is looking for jobs. There are a few platforms online that promise access to “job offers” if you...
Jan 14, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, General
Financial Security While Being Self-Employed One of the most frightening things in being self employed, especially at the beginning, is the mostly complete unpredictability about your stream of income. This is even more scary when being a composer where you’re...
Sep 17, 2018 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, General
Momentum of a Big Project Once you’ve finished a project that is rather big for you considering your portfolio, don’t fall in the state of “Now, I’ve done this, time to relax a bit.” Use the momentum of the project and try to aquire new jobs. It is much easier to...
