The Professional Image
There's a whole category of cliché that seems, at first glance, to revel in shallowness. "Fake it till you make it," "image is everything," "style over substance" and a bunch of others, all trumpeting the virtue of looking the part… to the detriment, one supposes, of actually being the part. Our career, though, hinges on perception. In fact, film music could be said to be all about manipulating the perception of an audience (through music). So maybe there's an argument to be made that these clichés, empty and soulless as they may seem, actually have some value for us in our day-to-day professional lives. More on image, and why it is actually important, after the jump.
Read MorePlaying for Time
This weekend I'm once again consumed with work: finding it… doing it… following up afterwards. It reminds me that one sign of a real pro is that he or she is extremely careful with time. More on that after the jump.
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 MoreGetting Out
Last week's discussion of spotting was all about entering a scene; now let's take some time to consider how to exit (gracefully… or maybe not so gracefully!). More on "getting out," after the jump.
Read MoreToo Much Competition?
We’ve been psyching ourselves up a competitive frenzy this month—so I thought I’d take a look around the edges and see if...
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