SCOREcast 35: Michael Barry and Michael Patti
Deane and Brian speak with Michael Barry and Michael Patti, co-founders of Cinesamples, about the recent decision by the American Federation of Musicians union to deny contracts to sample library producers.
Read More →SCOREcast 34: Peter Rotter
Deane and Brian ring in six years on the air with premiere Los Angeles contractor Peter Rotter, whose mile-long resume features the majority of the biggest films of the last decade.
Read More →What Are You Worth?
Composer Brian Ralston puts a different spin on how you sell yourself as a composer in today’s over-saturated market.
Read More →51 Marketing Ideas for Film Music Composers
Attention spans are short and very demanding. If you want to make your art into a business, you have to brand yourself and then market your art. No getting away from it.
Read More →SCOREcast 32: Tom Salta
Veteran video game composer Tom Salta stops by to chat with the boys about the art and business of scoring video games during SCOREcast’s 5th Anniversary episode.
Read More →SCOREcast 31: Total Request (Sorta) LIVE!
In our first Q&A episode, we open up Twitter, Facebook, and a hangout on Google+ to hear what’s on your mind about writing, producing, “politiking”, and navigating the business.
Read More →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 →Richard Bellis: Re-Sophisticaton
Advanced technology has merely enabled us to be efficient, but composing music for media is much more than efficiency.
Read More →SCOREcast 27: The Long Winter
Deane Ogden and Brian Ralston co-host an edition that is so crammed with new goodies you’ll forget all about the fact that we’ve been in hiding for 10 months!
Read More →Tools for Studio Organization
Today’s composer needs to be balanced as a businessperson and writer. Here are some tools to help keep it all running smoothly.
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Heather Fenoughty: Personality Branding
The month of June has been one of reflection, for me, on the first half of the year, consolidation, evaluation, and looking forward to what the rest of the year will hold. It’s the calm between storms, if you will. One of the things I’ve been mulling over and considering is business development and branding. After all, my freelance work is a business, and it deserves the same care and attention as any business to grow and become more profitable.
Through this process, I’ve become fascinated with the ‘Myers-Briggs’ test. There are loads of different kinds of personality tests out there, but this is the one I’ve found the most useful and accurate for how I approach life and, more importantly, the business of scoring picture.
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