Jan 13, 2020 | Career Building, Composition, Daily Film Scoring Bits, Film Scoring, General, News, Orchestration, Technical, Working Together
The End of Daily Film Scoring Bits? 2020 marks the tenth anniversary of Daily Film Scoring Bits. What started out as a small idea has quickly developed into a very popular resource for learning composers. I received great feedback from all over the world and obviously...
Jan 6, 2020 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, General
Package Deals There are basically two different ways of how the music budget of a production is being coordinated. 1.) The composer gets a fee for writing the music and any additional expenses for the production of the music (including orchestra recordings,...
Dec 17, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, General
Season Greetings to Stay in Touch with Clients At least in the western world, Christmas time is the one annual chance to get back in touch or to revive the contact with clients that you maybe haven’t heard of or worked with for a while. Use this opportunity to...
Dec 16, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, General
Standing in Front of an Orchestra for the First Time Depending on the status of your career, sooner or later every composer working professionally in the film or media music business at one time will have his or her first moment working with a real orchestra. Standing...
Dec 9, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, General
Dealing With Criticism Criticism is something that is hard to digest for any artist but it is also something every artist has to live with. It is impossible to please everybody and sooner or later every composer will meet someone who dislikes his or her work. However,...
Dec 2, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, General
Film Premiere Nights Premiere nights are not everybody’s cup of tea. It’s usually a loud, crowded night with lots of meaningless small talk. However, as a composer you should try to be present on such occasions. Even though, the film composer is one of the key members...
