SCOREcast 28: Richard Bellis
Emmy Award-winning composer Richard Bellis hangs out with SCOREcast for an in-depth look at the state of the film music business.
Read More →Getting Gigs: Balancing Your Worth With Your Wishes
Tell me if this scenario sounds familiar to you. A filmmaker approaches you about a gig, and really wants you for the job. In your excitement, you talk through the particulars and get all of the information that you can… except for the money part. The conversation continues until, finally, there is nothing left to [...]
Read More →Thoughts On Assisting Composers: Part II
Last time, in this space, I walked you through some of the scenarios I’ve seen as a composer’s assistant, and how I’ve either learned from them or eschewed them as personal practices in my own career. Let’s look at a few more, these ones having to do more with money and time. Budgeting It seems [...]
Read More →Productive Time Management
Its late on Tuesday night, and you’ve forgot to buy the groceries that day. The kitchen cupboards are bare, so there’s nothing to be cooked. Your stomach growls at you in hunger, screaming “feed me” and you reluctantly decide that Turkish Kebab place down the road is your only option at this point. You return [...]
Read More →James Olszewski: Saving Green- Your Biggest Bang for the Buck
For most things, I’m a firm believer in You Get What You Pay For. When my family travels, we always try to book the best hotel room, the best flights, the best everything we can, even if it hurts a little. Because if I’m going to go on vacation, I want to do it right; [...]
Read More →Music, Time & Money
Here’s your novel-length (but, I hope, exceedingly valuable!) provocation for the weekend… more of a self-assessment question, really: What does it cost you—in time and money—to write one minute of music? It’s an important thing to know, agreed? If, at the very least, we’re looking to break even (i.e., not have to pay for the [...]
Read More →James Olszewski: Good, Fast, Cheap: Pick Two
One of the common conversations around the office in my day job revolves around the phrase “Good, Fast, and Cheap: Pick Two”. This is a classic project management conundrum that plagues stakeholders in all industries. The idea behind it is: You can have a high quality product quickly, but it will be expensive. You can [...]
Read More →No Money, No Time
Happy weekend, everyone—and for our United States readers, Happy Labor Day. Hope you’re laboring on something inspiring and energizing. In the true spirit of WP, it’s time to take some potshots at this month’s theme. Provocation: Composers should work without schedules and/or budgets. …obvious, right? Turning the whole thing on its head and seeing what shakes [...]
Read More →The Value of Television Music
As a rule I’m not a fan of cold-water opinion columns. You know the kind: “Here’s the hard, bitter truth about [insert choice of profession here].” The way I see it, more cold water (cold ink?) is simply unnecessary. You know the long hours required to improve, to get your name out there, to advance [...]
Read More →Weekend Provocation
Welcome to the brand-new home of the “Provocations” column. We’re still finding the best schedule for all this content we’re creating on SCOREcast, and it seems like the weekend is a good time for mulling over the kinds of issues we tackle here. Remember, as always, that these provocations aren’t necessarily to be taken literally—they’re [...]
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