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 →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 →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.
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 [...]
Read More →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 [...]
Read More →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.
Read More →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 [...]
Read More →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 [...]
Read More →"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 [...]
Read More →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 [...]
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