Aug 5, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, General
The Difficulty of Networking at Networking Events Very often, business connections are not made in places where they are expected to be made (e.g. business meetings, fairs, festivals etc.) but rather in places where you normally won’t expect them. The simple reason...
Jul 29, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, General
The “Lucky Punch” Project A career as a media composer is incredibly unlikely to launch like a rocket out of nowhere. And yet there are many composers who (secretly) wait for the call from a blockbuster director offering them a job that is several levels...
Jul 22, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, General
Stay in Touch With Clients Taking care of your important business contacts and keeping the contact alive is a very important thing to do. This is especially important when you haven’t worked with them for a while. Producers/directors often have so many things on their...
Jul 15, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, General
Price Dumping Between Composers Learn to say no. The entertainment business unfortunately is a field where price dumping is everyday’s business. Unfortunately, even among composers there is often a lack of decency regarding such issues. Some composers will fight to...
Jul 8, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, General
Unpredictable Income 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 depending on projects that...
