Jun 24, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, General
The Media Business and Empty Promises The media world is full of people who make a lot of empty promises or try to sell themselves and their project way above value. You need to develop a sense for such people an generally be very sceptical. Usually, when something...
Jun 17, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, General
Working for a Friend Working for a friend (=the friendship existed before the business relationship) and especially negotiating a deal with him/her is very often a delicate matter as very often both parties are reluctant to go into “business talk” and shy away from...
Apr 15, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, General
A Composer’s Unique Selling Point If you seriously want to pursue a career as fulltime composer, you should try to develop a strategy that sets you apart from the rest of the people in the business. The world doesn’t need yet another “media composer doing every...
Mar 18, 2019 | Career Building, Daily Film Scoring Bits, General
“Real World” Communication Benefits In times where communication over long distances can easily be done via all sorts of practically instantaneous communication and where members of one project are scattered all over the planet, you should take every opportunity that...
Feb 25, 2019 | Career Building, Daily Film Scoring Bits, General
Exaggerating Your Portfolio When being new in the field of writing music for media and not having a lot of references and jobs that you have done, trying to get a gig that pays well and/or will have a higher impact on your career is always tricky and also not very...
