Houston Haynes: Personal Scheduling In an Online, Mobile World – Chime In!

Like so many jobs in the entertainment biz, this career demands an ever-increasing level of technical savoir faire. And yet so many composers have blind spots when it comes to leveraging technology to keep their work schedule on track. We’re often housed in a facility full of computers, with a cell phone strapped to our belt and a bagged laptop under the desk. Yet we’re still surprised when a session runs long and we miss a meeting, an email goes unanswered or we lose a time window to return an important call at a respectable hour. Sometimes assistants can help avoid such pratfalls. But just like most composers can’t afford a full-time orchestrator, copyist or…

Quotations on Workflow

As we come to the end of our month-long focus on workflow, I thought I’d share a few of my favorite quotations on the subject. They’re not all from composers, but I think they’re all relevant. Enjoy, and hit me up with some of your favorites in the comments… “Half of composing is staring out the window.” —Jack Smalley “I told my personal trainer I wanted a workout designed for the Olympic sport of sitting on my butt for 12 hours a day.” —Ron Jones “There’s a thin line between hard-ass and dumb-ass.” —Eric Haney, Inside Delta Force “Clockpanik [definition]: Not enough time to a) finish the score, b) record the score, c) become a…