The year is flying by. April is speeding to a close as I finish up the bulk of the music on a very cool project for the V&A Museum down in London. More about this challenging experience in later posts nearer the time the exhibition will open... I'm starting work on a new feature film, …
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This is a very small announcement (well, HUGE to me but really shouldn't impact on most readers!). I've taken a step back from the string trio. Not a decision taken lightly, it was part of an inevitable trend of moving in the direction of doing what I love rather than doing it for the money. …
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2010 has been awesome, more so than 2009, which was pretty damn cool in itself. I expect 2011 will follow the trend, but now I'm thinking about what I can do to help push 2011 into the stratosphere.
51 Marketing Ideas for Film Music Composers is my most recent column for SCORECastOnline.com. I've wracked my brains to come up with all the ways I can possibly think of to market yourself as a film music composer, and this post is the result. I'll tell you what's worked for me, what hasn't, and what …
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The more I think about this, the more the strands of the argument grow and overlap and evolve. I get more questions than answers and I want to know what you think. So... what is the value of your music? Or the value of any art you create? Aesthetic Value The value given to any …
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