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An associate I met at MOFA in Columbus, OH won “Best Original Score / series” award recently and wanted to share with the group.
He’s a guy with lots of experience, knowledge and talent.
I Hope ok to post here; don’t think he’s a member yet, so the Success story area wouldn’t work.
Congrats out to M...
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A lot of firsts: First song I have published on spotify. First song in collobaration with a stage32 member (text Lenny Levy - Like everyone who wants his music to be notified I would love to see in the statistic that it is actually heard and put on some playlists. More should come, during the next w...
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Congratulations, Alexander Benra!
"Among the provisions secured in the new contract are protections against artificial intelligence, which SAG-AFTRA said will go into effect immediately. Those include codifying that the terms “artist,...
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Yeah - this is terrific and so glad to see SAG-AFTRA continuing to work hard for artists!
It’s great to see this news … only to 2026 ?? Wow / would like to see extension to 2030 at least - IMHO.
“The deal, which runs through 2026, received 97.69% yes votes. The major record labels covered...
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Thank you for sharing and keeping us updated, Navid Lancaster!
Are you watching any of them today, Linwood Bell ? Might be nice - though most are over 5-7 years now - LoL
I twisted one up and went opening day in '77. Not watching any TV until maybe 9pm tonight to go to sleep by. I'm in here in the fast lane today and it was an early start.
May the fourth be with you...
I watched a New Hope again on Saturday and it was awesome to revisit.
LOVE, @Linwood Bell! Star Wars Day is my birthday and I watch at least one of the films every year. Some years I do bigger marathons, it just depends on what birthday plans are on the schedule. This y...
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MuseScore is now Musescore Studio with improvements in Muse Sounds and other improvements in anticipation of their next major release later this year. Film Composer background inspiration picture not included. :)
Congrats with the new name. !!
Navid Lancaster, what is Musescore Studio used for?
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross’ fantastic Challengers score is the latest to demonstrate the magic that can happen when rockers go Hollywood
https://www.avclub.com/best-film-scores-rock-musicians-1851439236
I love film scores from folks like Pat Metheny, Lyle Mays, Herbie Hancock or even stuff like Marvin Gaye's Trouble Man. There's so much good music out there and so many who do it so well.
I flipped when I heard that Mark Mothersbaugh was scoring films - beyond cool.
I agree with what is being said in this video. AI generated music is here and it's going to stay. It's good for some things and not good for others. Look at the video and let's discuss.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8NyEjB_XeA...
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Any other composers/Songwriters see the new Dashboard at BMI ?
It’s really nice !
I went to BMI to write down other Metadata info this week.
Here’s the article; there’s a video how to use when you login to the new portal.
Will check it out later today
Okay just did it. Wow this is really different. Much easier to read and the Royalty Dashboard is very informative
Hey all! I’m new to Stage 32 and I’m looking forward to chatting with your all and getting to know you! I wanted to get a quick poll and take the repertoire on whether working composers find LinkedIn to be a valuable resource I’ve seen other positions from he film industry, but mostly executives and...
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Linwood Bell that's hillarious, and rad!
Kerry Kennard hadn't considered IMDB Pro as a potential source for cold contact. Thanks for the suggestion!
what i mean by hustle, hustle, hustle is just that you have to work hard to make and maintain relationships with people - gotta be in it to win it kind of thing.... linkedin is an important tool that matters to many executives and helps build your presence.
Thank you Marsy Robinson! I totally get it, and appreciate your clarifying your comment. Thank you for your perspective!
Cheers!
Hey Brian, I find it useful as a research and networking tool - finding potential collaborators and learning about them, and maintaining relationships in a fairly low key way. Any jobs that do get pos...
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Hi Everyone! Want to chime in here quick and say hello. I’m a fairly new composer in the industry (3-4 years) and I’m looking forward to connecting and hopefully learning from you all!
Have a great week ! - Kerry Kennard
Hey Kerry! Good question. I use both- tonal and non-tonal. Often times my samples will start off as non-tonal—then through processing and manipulation—I will end up with tonal sounds-or vice versa.
In...
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Welcome Jeff Goldsmith You'll meet a lot of great people in the community. Be sure to drop a hello in the Introduce Yourself lounge as well.
Jeff Goldsmith , I understand. The sound palette will differ depending on the scenes and the period set in the Film. Your ideas seem to be a little like.Hans Zimmer ! I saw Dune 2 about 2 weeks ago an...
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Glad to have you here Jeff! Here’s a blog about composing you might like on Stage 32: https://www.stage32.com/blog/3343
Shanika Freeman (music composer, playwright, and screenwriter) talks about four ways video games shaped his approach to composing in today’s blog.
www.stage32.com/blog/4-ways-video-games-shaped-my-approach-to-composing-......
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"Composer Hans Zimmer (DUNE, INTERSTELLAR, THE LION KING) joins us on this episode of the Team Deakins Podcast. Hans takes us back to his early career working the espresso machine for composer Stanley Myers and later making runs for director Bernardo Bertolucci on THE LAST EMPEROR before reflecting...
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There is not a single sound coming from Hans Zimmer creative space that doesn't work magnificently to the picture, and this is one of the reasons why, I think. Thank you so much for sharing, Florin Şu...
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I absolutely adore Hans Zimmers work, and his whole collaborative way he and his trusted artists pull such passionate and moving works out of even the simplest forms!
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Amanda Toney Yes! He’s showing off a little, because he’s having a ball! But he absolutely creates space, collaborates with the filmmakers because they just love the stories so much, and lets the musi...
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Just happened across this one today. Speaks with Zimmer’s primary sound designers and talks about the process of building the sound palette he has in his head BEFORE composing anything.
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I saw Dune 2 a few weeks ago and saw Hans Wrote the music for the film. I replied in another post about this, and one person said there were a lot of Fx going on - and of course there were many scenes...
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Very cool, Kerry Kennard! Congrats to Mike!
Thanks - for him :~) He's a good source of inspiration and reality. Hope he finds Stage 32 useful someday.