If you’re wanting to get your music into production music libraries for film and TV placement, you can’t just write a few tracks across a couple of genres and send them out. That’s unlikely to get you a deal these days, as this industry gets more and more competitive. You’ve got to take a much …
This blog post contains a great technique that SO MANY top Library composers use. And you can apply it too. As you may know, I’m personally not a huge fan of composers buying every sample library under the sun. Yes, keep your samples relevant and of the highest quality you can afford, but you’re at …
I just came across an image that made me smile: Doesn’t it feel like that for us all sometimes?! Ha ha. There’s food for thought here though. The interesting thing regarding writing music for income, is that whilst you’ve got to enjoy the process of writing it of course, it doesn’t have …
Like many media composers, I split my time between scoring TV shows and licensing music to Music Libraries. Nowadays, in my experience at least, to be chosen to score a TV show you’ll need to pitch even if you’ve worked with some of the team before and/or have been personally recommended. As such, last year …
You’re onto a good idea in the studio. Maybe you spent a few hours producing up this little hook, chord sequence or groove. The next morning you enthusiastically fire up the computer, listen back, and… …well… …let’s be kind and describe it as “incredibly underwhelming”. Looks like you just had a visit from the Mediocre Fairies. …