Composing Music for Slung Low Theatre
This month it was my turn to write the ‘New Thoughts’ article for the Slung Low website, entitled ‘Why Music’.
You can read the whole post here.
In the article I cover a few basic, practical reasons for including music in a Slung Low show.
Slung Low makes installation and site-specific theatre. It’s anything but conventional, [...]
Online Music Licensing Follow-Up: YouLicense vs CuePop
Welcome 2009! In this new year, one of my main areas of focus will be on online music licensing, and using online resources to earn money from my pre-composed music.
Back Catalogue of Music
I have an enormous back catalogue of music, in all sorts of styles: classical, orchestral, epic, intimate, pop, contemporary, avant-garde, ethnic, pastiche, sound-a-likes [...]
Looking for a Film Music Composer Job Online?
Try Out ‘Teamscoring’
Any budding film composer really really needs to get involved with The Composer Collective. An online database, forum and resource for film music composers, they’ve just recently started ‘Teamscoring’: there’s a project in the works – the last three projects include a documentary, a drama feature and a sci-fi feature, just in the last week – and there’s the opportunity for every single member of the Composer Collective to get in on scoring it!
10 Top Tips – Writing Film Music
So you’ve got a great commission, composing music for feature film.
Congratulations!
But now what? Here are a few ideas that I’ve learned (often from some pretty tough lessons) make the process go a little more smoothly…
Get involved as early on as possible
Communicate with your director
Communicate with the editor
Be really clear about tone/mood/emotion
Be really clear about [...]
