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I was sent an email this morning from a friend, whose son did the animations for this film on Nik Baertsch’s band Ronin, called ‘Ingredients for Disaster’.

It now means I’ll have to watch the documentary on Prime, but I can cope with that.

It’s the first time I’ve heard of this guy, but I reckon that...

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Kerry Kennard

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- Maurice Vaughan
1 day ago

Sounds interesting … especially when he moved to LA - ;-) yep - networking is key in this bus. Last night a guy at the Film meeting shared a place in this area I need to check out.

Alan Brewer

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- Maurice Vaughan
17 hours ago

Good advice in several areas. Reach out and offer your assistance. Then, being reliable and "delivering the goods," well done and on time is key. Do a great job for one person and referrals will likel...

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Maurice Vaughan

18 hours ago

I like your music, Shahriar Vaghfrahmani! It feels like a Fantasy Adventure type song, so I think it fits the picture of the door/forest more than the island picture. I think there's too much going on...

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Geoff Hall

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- Maurice Vaughan
4 days ago

Shahriar Vaghfrahmani I love it, Shahriar. I want to work with Nik and Simon in the future.

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- Linwood Bell
- Maurice Vaughan
2 days ago

Linwood Bell ooh, I like the way you can change the time signature of the music in Digital Performer, Linwood.

Linwood Bell

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- Geoff Hall
- Maurice Vaughan
2 days ago

Geoff Hall DP really helps out with SMPTE and putting things to a grid where it's easier to hit points and edit when you have to do it all in the box and quick.

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- Maurice Vaughan
2 days ago

Linwood Bell thanks for the share, Linwood. Have a great Christmas.

Geoff Hall Hugs to you and your Family this Christmas, Geoff.

Shahriar Vaghfrahmani

Thank you dear Maurice Vaughan for your detailed comment and I'm agree with you.

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- Maurice Vaughan
4 days ago

Stephen Folker H , I think it's very worth to save "Sometimes less really is more" in my mind forever

Kerry Kennard You had listen to a lot of Traditional Barq., Classical and Romantic music in your Undergrad studies. how much is great!

4 days ago

You're welcome, Shahriar Vaghfrahmani.

“Let me count the ways” - lol

No - Always tight schedule while in school- every hour blocked out (ex. Piano 8 am - M W F /

T / TH - music theory class

M-Sat = drum - percussion practice.

Have a great week !

Alessandro Sicardi

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1 week ago

Many thanks Linwood Bell and Maurice Vaughan !

Indeed it was fun, and the original music put there was Wagner, so quite challenging...

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- Ashley Renee Smith
1 week ago

You're welcome, Alessandro Sicardi.

Ashley Renee Smith

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- Maurice Vaughan
1 week ago

This is awesome, Alessandro Sicardi! Great job! It’s a great scene and your version works really well.

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- Ashley Renee Smith
- Maurice Vaughan
1 week ago

Alessandro Sicardi The winning entry was a crack up wasn't it? The 8 bit stuff. People really went nuts on it. Caught us all off guard. So nice that Spitfire will give us footage like this to play aro...

Thanks Ashley Renee Smith <3

Right Linwood Bell these are very nice chances to mess around with cliches...

Hannah Woolmer

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- Maurice Vaughan
2 weeks ago

I think this is great advice! Instead of calling them 'tricks,' I'd view them as key tools and techniques, much like those found in the tradition of Bach Chorales. He articulated it really well!

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- Maurice Vaughan
2 weeks ago

Voice leading....

Linwood Bell did you not like that expression?

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2 weeks ago

I'm ok with how anyone else might internalize something or see things. I look at the thumbnail and see voice leading.

Maybe you’d wanna use the existing material as upper structures.

Kevin Gamble

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3 weeks ago

Your music is beautiful! But I feel it is too busy for a scene like this. The music should be more minimalistic, and I would never use chimes for such a dark and dismal scene. Less is more here, and should be darker, less orchestration.

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- Shahriar Vaghfrahmani
- Maurice Vaughan
2 weeks ago

Shahriar Vaghfrahmani I think it would be great since you are asking for feedback is to respond to peoples feedback, because people take the time out of their lives to offer constructive criticism tha...

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- Kevin Gamble
- Maurice Vaughan
2 weeks ago

I agree with Kevin Gamble , seems too busy throughout. At the :07 those bright bells need to be not so bright- like the other areas with similar sounds.

In this scene - it’s all underscore, so not many moving lines. There is more activity near the end of the piece. Sometimes the lightness heightens the emotional part created by the actors; it does dep...

your comments made me do better since now....

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- Mark Gosney
2 weeks ago

Composer, Arranger, Prompter.

Mark Gosney

2 weeks ago

Yea exactly, I’m working on my Masters Degreeon Film Comp and Orchestration, and the more I hear this stuff the I wonder if it’s actually a good investment anymore.

So we open accounts here: https://sora.com

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