Sep 30, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, General
Consequences of Unfair Business Behavior Play a fair game. Ripping off people you work with is definitely one of the worst ideas. In the media world, reputation and the word of mouth are very strong factors. Once you get a reputation to be someone who doesn’t play...
Apr 8, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, General
Moral Concerns as Composer Many artists are at least once in their career in the situation where they might become instrumentalized for ideas or beliefs they personally don’t agree with. Being a composer in the media world maximizes this possibility. Every composer...
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...
Dec 17, 2018 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, General
Calculating your own fee Many composers who just start out in the field are often unsure about how much money to ask for a job before they are hired fearing that if they ask for too much they will lose the job. Also, the insecurity often comes from simply not knowing...
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...
