Nov 25, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, General
Staying Up To Date Watch as many movies as you can. If you want to seriously work in the film music field, you need to know what is going on in the “business”, you need to get an understanding of how music is used in movies and also what current developments take...
Oct 30, 2019 | Composition, Daily Film Scoring Bits
Finding Your Own Voice as a Composer As a composer, you’re very often confronted with conversations about “finding your own voice” and “your piece sounds like composer xyz” and some young composers feel very under pressure to develop an unique style. While of course a...
Aug 28, 2019 | Composition, Daily Film Scoring Bits
Expanding Your Comfort Zone Deliberately move out of your comfort zone from time to time. Even if you feel highly uncomfortable writing music in a different style or for a different line up than what you’re used to, it is a great exercise and will sharpen your skills....
Mar 25, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, General
Musical Studies in the Internet Age There has probably never been a more accessible base of knowledge available for learning composers before than in today’s times. Being able to watch legendary performances of all sorts of music on Youtube, listen to millions of...
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...
