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.
Read MoreOpen Forum Friday: What Has Been Your Biggest Timesaver?
It's time for a new feature around here that we will be calling "Open Forum Friday". Every Friday morning, we'll post a question that relates to the business of audio post-production. You log into the COMMENTS section below each post and give us and the rest of the SCO community your perspective on the matter. Today, we're kicking it off with something that anyone who's ever been on a deadline should find very helpful...
Read MoreBudgets: Putting Your Money Where Your Mock-Up Is
"How much money will I make as a film composer?" That's the six million dollar question, isn't it? As much as we can try to come up with a complete answer, the only true answer really is, "Whatever you can!" The bigger question—and the one I want to tackle here—is "How much money do live players eat up during a film score's production and how do you plan for the bloodshed?" The answer to that questions is... "I wish there was an answer." Now that I've been no help at all, let's see if we can figure it out together...
Read MoreIt’s Never Over
This weekend's post ties together a couple of the topics we've touched on during first year here at SCOREcast (has it really been almost a year… we ought to do something to celebrate! Hmm…): delivery and studio organization. The question, then: Is a gig ever really over? Sometimes it's clear when you're finished (especially if things go, how you say, not so well). Other times, though, it seems that these ghosts of gigs past come back to haunt us over and over. More on all of this after the jump.
Read MoreHeather Fenoughty: Quality of Life
In a recent Scorecast article I wrote that I’ve never turned composing work down that I honestly believe I have the time and the...
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