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.

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.

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!

Why Composers & Lyricists Should Affiliate With The Teamsters

The road to Unionization isn’t simply paved with negotiations about pension and benefits… It is about the core definition of what we do as media composers and how we are perceived by those who hire us to accomplish that work.

SCL Backs Composers Union Effort

It took them a year, but the Society of Composers and Lyricists have come out in support of the proposed Composers Union, spearheaded by the Association of Music Composers and Lyricists (AMCL) and the Teamsters Union Local 399. Read more…

Composer Unionization: AMCL Announces Organizing Meeting in Los Angeles

The Association of Media Composers and Lyricists (AMCL) has announced its next organizing meeting on April 19, 2010, to update composers and lyricists on its progress in regards to unionizing the group under the Teamsters 399 banner. The message, sent via email to its mailing list members, also reflects last week’s resignation of the group’s founder, Alan Elliott (his name is now absent from the list of participating committee members), and indicates that three new members have joined the committee—composers Richard Marvin, Sean Callery, and Snuffy Walden. The announcement reads as follows: You are invited to attend an important event: an organizing meeting of the Association of Media Composers and Lyricists, hosted by Teamsters Local 399 on…

Alan Elliott Resigns from AMCL Union Organizing Committee

This morning, a mass email went out to the mailing list of the Association of Composers and Lyricists announcing that the group’s founder, Alan Elliott, would be resigning from their organizing committee effective April 1. The email also denotes that a few more participants have joined the Organizing Committee, namely composers Ray Colcord (a past president of the SCL), Richard Gibbs, Mike Post, Vivek Maddala, and orchestrator Christopher Klatman. The following is the exact text of the memo: On April 1, Alan Elliott is resigning from the Organizing Committee of the Association of Media Composers and Lyricists after four years of dedicated service in advancing our unionization efforts with Teamsters Local 399. The Organizing Committee,…

SCOREcast 24: Alan Elliott

On our 24th episode, Deane and Lee talk with Alan Elliott, spokesman for the Association of Media Composers and Lyricists (AMCL). The AMCL is the steering committee that is spearheading the unionization of film and television composers in Los Angeles and is comprised of Mr. Elliott, and fellow composers Bruce Broughton, James DiPasquale, and Alf Clausen.

Film Music Magazine Talks to DEANE OGDEN

Today’s issue of Film Music Magazine features an interview with SCOREcast founder Deane Ogden. Deane talks with Mark Northam about the impetus behind SCOREcastOnline.com and where the SCOREcast online community is headed in the future. He also opens up about the proposed composers union, his feelings on current film music trends, his thoughts for beginning and veteran composers, and much more. Be sure to check out this insightful interview here!

Composers Union: A Call to Seasoned Leadership

Across the film music industry, the recent composer unionization effort has been at the forefront of everyone’s mind for the last few weeks. Led by film composers Bruce Broughton, James DiPasquale, Alan Elliott, and Alf Clausen, the Teamsters Local 399 has offered a hand as one of the most powerful union organizations to help unionize composers — one of the last creative groups in Hollywood to still work without a collective bargaining agreement. Since the announcement of this effort, there have been many opinions expressed, a lot of intense debate and discussion, and a load of mixed emotions on all fronts. I’ve mentioned before that I am yet undecided on the issue. To be honest,…

"LA Times" Reports On Composers Union

One of the first of the big papers to weigh in on the issue, the LA Times, speaking about Monday night’s info meeting held in Burbank by the Teamsters, reported that “half of those in attendance signed cards to join the Teamsters”. Add to that the rumblings that a handful of upper-tier composers are planning a media blitz in support of a union in the next few weeks, and this issue of Composer Unionization is definitely heating up! Read the rest of the LA Times story here, and come back and tell us what you think in the COMMENTS below. Does this article sway your thoughts in any one direction?  Why or why not? SCOREcast…

Composer Unionization: More Questions Than Answers

Last night in Burbank, approximately 435 people from the film composing community turned out for the Composers Unionization information meeting that was hosted by the Teamsters Local 399, and moderated by composers Jim DiPasquale, Bruce Broughton, Alf Clausen, and Alan Elliott. Teamsters union rep Steve Dayan was also on hand to answer questions about the proposed Teamsters/Composers relationship. Online, in print, and in the private circles of our community, there is no shortage of opinions on this issue, and in some cases the battle lines have already been drawn. Up to now, I have personally held off on making my own ruminations public or offering my own opinions on this issue of composer unionization. In…