Before I go headlong into burying my cortex in Flood music, for the next week or so I'm creating a few sound and music elements for two new projects: a mobile game and an online educational product, both of which will hopefully (touch wood) lead to similar work later down the line. A lot of my work …
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Nobody likes networking. It is a fact. I have yet to meet a single person who says, "You know what, I just LOVE working the room! All these people I don't know, so many faces, so little time, let's DO THIS." More likely it's, "I hate these events... they don't work... I've never gotten a …
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Let's get honest. (yikes!) How much do I charge?
I'm doing all this business planning-type-stuff at the moment and part of it is to work out what you're actually good at and not, your strengths and weaknesses, and to take responsibility or delegate accordingly rather than doing the lot yourself. So I took this Myers-Briggs Test and it turns out I'm an 'INTJ'... sometimes …
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Just a few points for starting up in the film music business… quite a few of which I wish someone had shared with me when I first started out. Register as self-employed no later than 3 months after you've made money from a music commission or track sale.Decide whether you'll trade under your own name …
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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) to help the process go a little more smoothly... Get involved as early on as possible Communicate with your director Communicate with the editor Be really …
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