Big Announcement – I got Arts Council funding to Develop My Creative Practice (DYCP)

Developing Your Creative Practice, Supported by Arts Council England
HUGE NEWS! I got funded. I'm now supported as an artist by Arts Council England. How bleeping exciting! I'm going to take a decent chunk of the next 7 months to both learn some new computer music toys and tools, go deeper into the capabilities of some of the tools I already have but haven't …

A Composer’s View of The Temp Track – Is it a ‘Necessary Evil’?

computer music - I Aboud - Unsplash
Also known as the 'temp score', temporary music track or 'scratch track', the temp track is used by editors in TV and film. By using pre-existing music in roughly the right tempo and tone, it's much easier to cut the picture and show it to the director and anyone else who has input on the project. But here's the problem...