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American Federation of Musicians Ratifies New Deal With Studios!
Great news! The union’s members have ratified the Basic Theatrical Motion Picture and Basic Television Motion Picture Agreements contract.
https://deadline.com/2024/04/american-federation-of-musicians-ratifies-d......
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- 1 month ago
Congratulations, AFM and those who are gonna be affected positively by this! The agreement does sound groundbreaking. Thanks for sharing, Ashley Renee Smith.
- 1 month ago
Agreed, Maurice Vaughan! I hope that it truly makes a difference for these hardworking artists.
Jacob Collier Answers Music Questions
I found this really fun video where singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jacob Collier is answering the internet's questions about instruments and musical theory!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpjUu2g8fOY...
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- 2 months ago
Super cool!
- 1 month ago
Maurice Vaughan, it's used a lot in scores for Sci-Fi series and films!
Cool, Ashley Renee Smith. I can see it (hear it) being the score for a scary Sci-Fi series or movie.
- 1 month ago
Theremin for sale. Never been touched! (rim shot)
- 1 month ago
Hahaha! Linwood Bell, points for seizing your moment!
AI -Voices... another way to procratinate ;)
I just discovered the possibilty of letting faimous voices sing the song I am working at the moment. It is really fascinating. I have an old computer so it takes a while to generate the AI voice over the track.
Allthough I work in a legal profession myself (but nothing with copywrite) I wonder, coul...
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I'm pretty sure you can't use an AI voice trained only on Adele's voice. Not sure about mixing the two voices. AFAIK, copyright in AI area is just being established. It would be fair to get permission...
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I downloade replay ai . I could not download the models from weight.cc so I googled other sources
How to organize your sounds?
This is a Newbee-Question:
Can the experienced ones give me a hint how to organize sounds I found interesting. I find a lot of interesting sounds, listen to them and think - maybe sometime they will be useful, but then - how will I find them again.
I know it is a way to procrastinate, looking for sou...
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- 2 months ago
Hi Alexander Benra - are you recording the sounds and logging them all on a drive or a google doc with links that you can easily access? Are there any Foley Artists out there who can chime in on this...
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- 2 months ago
Thanks for the idea with the links, I haven't thougt doing it like that - good idea - I should have done this from the beginning....
- 2 months ago
For orchestra stuff I’ve got a few templates with different sections for different situations. Also templates for things like a pop horn sections ….or saxes, trumpets, bones, for BB type tunes. The sy...
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'The Last Repair Shop' wins at the Oscars.
"The Last Repair Shop" a love letter to young musicians in the Los Angeles public school system and the craftspeople who repair their instruments for free, won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Film last night. Very moving and close to my heart. You can watch it for free on The Los Angele...
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What a great short doc - well deserved and fabulously expressed.
Imdb pro
anyone want to weigh in on IMDB PRO?
worth it, not worth it, has anyone made viable and positive connections via IMDB PRO and had any success stories come from it?
I am thinking about pulling the trigger on the yearly subscription but wanted some feedback from you all here first.
all the best to you al...
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- 2 months ago
From one of our own, Nicolas Repetto.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBTKSYR28_U&t=3s
- 2 months ago
Gaelen Meier you'd be surprised how many email addresses are up there! i think it's useful!
- 2 months ago
I find it invaluable and use it every single day. If you are reaching out to some of the larger agencies, they do give a general email address versus a targeted one though.
- 2 months ago
Agree with Amanda Toney - I find it an enormously valuable platform to see what artists and reps are doing and find contact information that's tough to find elsewhere.
- 2 months ago
It's an indispensable tool for finding producers, actors, directors and more! Industry pros most often check out your IMDbPro platform before hiring folks..
It's Maestro's special Day...
All of us here in the Composing Lounge would like to wish Maestro Terence Blanchard a very Happy Birthday! Big ole piece of cake, T.
Happy Birthday, Terence! The webinar sounds incredible, Linwood Bell!
- 2 months ago
Thanks, Linwood Bell. Wow! Incredible. Terence and everyone!
- 2 months ago
Happy Birthday, Terence, you legend!
- 2 months ago
Happy birthday, Terrence Blanchard! Thank you for sharing your talents with the Stage 32 community and with the world!
- 2 months ago
Thank you for this link - honestly it is the first time I heard this song. In my opinion the "magic" comes from the whispering voice with the breathing. That creates an intimacy. in melody or chords I do not see something special.
- 2 months ago
Interesting read, Linwood Bell! Thank you for sharing! I'm not the biggest Billie fan normally, but I do find something very captivating about this song.
Coffee & Content: John Williams Reveals How He Came Up with Cinemas Biggest Scores
Stage 32’s founder and CEO, Richard “RB” Botto, shares two videos in today’s blog.
In the first video, infamous film composer John Williams breaks down how he has come up with some of the most iconic film scores of all time.
In the second video, director Damien Chazelle of “La La Land” and “Whiplas...
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- 2 months ago
I'm working on a spec script, and I'm listening to the "Jaws" theme as I write it, Leonardo Ramirez. Perfect score to listen to when working on a suspenseful script.
- 2 months ago
That's awesome, Maurice Vaughan. For each script, I've fallen into the habit of picking one piece that influences the overall screenplay and run with that.
- 2 months ago
Like listening to the same score/song over and over as you write, Leonardo Ramirez?
- 2 months ago
I know that sounds odd but in some cases, it's worked very well Maurice Vaughan. It keeps the tone consistent throughout the script.
- 2 months ago
Definitely, Leonardo Ramirez. I do the same thing.
John Williams and Terence Blanchard are now members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters
Great news!! Maestro John Williams and Composer Terence Blanchard (who has a webinar called 'Masters of Craft: The Film Composer's Process' in Stage32's Next Level Education section) are now members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
See the link below
https://www.abc27.com/news/entertainmen...
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- 2 months ago
Loong overdue for both of them!
- 2 months ago
I've been a Terence Blanchard fan since Malcolm X, his score for that was amazing and it was one of his first!
- 2 months ago
For those that might not know...here's John's son. https://youtu.be/s021m2C7-aI?feature=shared&t=2001
- 2 months ago
Thanks for sharing, Navid Lancaster ! So well deserved! And Terence Blanchard's webinar is fantastic!
- 2 months ago
Navid Lancaster Thaks Man !
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Thanks for sharing, Navid Lancaster. Suno needs to be shut down. And there needs to be HUGE, successful lawsuits (with massive international press) against people and companies that use AI to make art...
Expand commentThanks for sharing, Navid Lancaster. Suno needs to be shut down. And there needs to be HUGE, successful lawsuits (with massive international press) against people and companies that use AI to make art so they'll stop using it.
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I hadn't heard of Suno. This is going to shake up the music industry in some wild ways. It reminds me a bit of Napster in that it's likely going to change the landscape of the business entirely before regulations and restrictions are actually put in place.