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Leon Portelance
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United we stand! So we've all talked about this forever. How do we put actions to our words? Why is it so hard to organize composers? Everyone else seems to have a guild or association. Any ideas?
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United we stand! So we've all talked about this forever. How do we put actions to our words? Why is it so hard to organize composers? Everyone else seems to have a guild or association. Any ideas?
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United we stand! So we've all talked about this forever. How do we put actions to our words? Why is it so hard to organize composers? Everyone else seems to have a guild or association. Any ideas?
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United we stand! So we've all talked about this forever. How do we put actions to our words? Why is it so hard to organize composers? Everyone else seems to have a guild or association. Any ideas?
Composers Guild
United we stand! So we've all talked about this forever. How do we put actions to our words? Why is it so hard to organize composers? Everyone else seems to have a guild or association. Any ideas?
Rowan Galagher joined Leon Portelance's groupComposers Guild
United we stand! So we've all talked about this forever. How do we put actions to our words? Why is it so hard to organize composers? Everyone else seems to have a guild or association. Any ideas?
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United we stand! So we've all talked about this forever. How do we put actions to our words? Why is it so hard to organize composers? Everyone else seems to have a guild or association. Any ideas?
Profile Information
- What have you composed for? Or what medium do you work around?
- Choir, Orchestra, Small Ensemble, Big Ensemble, Songs, Contemporary Ensembles, film, web
- What is your favorite genre or style of music?
- Classical & Pop/Rock
- Is music your main income source?
- No - Not Yet
- Where do you live?
- Sonora, California, USA
- About Me (MUST be more than 10 words to be approved):
- 55 year old classically trained songwriter, composer, arranger and orchestrator. Originally from Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Graduated with Bachelor of Music in composition & Theory from the University of Victoria (1976). Worked as a recording engineer & producer. Currently scoring for film.
Equipment: DAW Logic Pro 7.2 on a Mac G4 dual 800 with Motu 2408 Mk 3 & MIDI Express XT; SLAVE Pentium 4 - 3 Ghz with Tascam PCI-822, VSTack; CONTROLLERS Yamaha P-140 & Evolution MK-425C; SAMPLES EWQLSO Platinum & Gold XP, Symphonic Choirs, RA, Colossus, StormDrum; Real Guitar 2; Project Sam Horns; GPO; Lyrical Distortion 1 & 2, Gunslinger; DIVA; Kontakt 2; Giga 3 Orchestra, GVI; MASTERING Izotope Ozone 3; CONSOLE Mackie 24x8; MONITORS Tannoy, JBL, Bose, Auratone.
- Website:
- http://www.kaatzamusic.com
LEON'S MUSIC
Player 1 - Classical & Film Score
Player 2 - Rock & Pop
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Player 1 - Classical & Film Score
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BIO
Leon Portelance (53) is a songwriter, composer, arranger and producer. He has a well equipped home studio in Sonora, California. Leon plays keyboards, guitar and bass. Lately he has be working on tv and film cues using sampled orchestral libraies like East West Quantum Leap Symphony Orchestra and Vienna Symphony Library.
Leon grew up in Lake Cowichan on Vancouver Island, Canada. He parents started him on accordian when he was about 6, but he thought it was dorky. Then he played sax in elementary school band. When he was 9 he saw the first Beatles appearance on the Ed Sullivan show. He wanted a guitar!
At 13, Leon's best friend Sean Vance asked him if he could learn bass because they were putting together a band and needed a bass player. Leon asked what a bass was. "It has only 4 strings," Sean told him. This started a musical partnership that spanned many bands and personnel changes.
Leon's songwriting over the past 35 years has explored a variety of genres from pop & rock to jazz and classical. Leon has a BA in music composition and theory from the University of Victoria and has worked as an engineer and producer at several recording studios. His first recording gig was as an assistant engineer at Mushroom Studios in Vancouver, Canada and he was later a part owner of Bullfrog Studios, also in Vancouver.
Leon's ultimate dream would be to win an Academy Award for Best Sountrack or Best Song, but a number 1 hit on Billboard wouldn't hurt either!
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Reorganized my music player list and added a couple of new tracks
Posted on June 21, 2008 at 3:22pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
I just reorganized my music player list on my profile and added a couple of new tracks: "The Autumn Mist" & "A Spring Rain."
My goal is to eventually turn this into a demo reel with about 10 tracks that I can put onto CDs.
As always, comments are welcome! A Spring Rain was especially challenging in the orchestration. I spent a lot of time on it and I'm not sure if I quite got it right yet.
My goal is to eventually turn this into a demo reel with about 10 tracks that I can put onto CDs.
As always, comments are welcome! A Spring Rain was especially challenging in the orchestration. I spent a lot of time on it and I'm not sure if I quite got it right yet.
Some New Material - would like some feedback.
Posted on February 20, 2008 at 6:00am 5 Comments 0 Likes
I've recently posted some new material.
A couple of shorts that I did for the MFTM course:
Indianapolis
Raggae Electronica
They are both exactly 1 minute long and are meant to be looped.
And also 4 new installments in a series I am working on based loosely on Tolkien's the Silmirillion
The Dawn
The Long Road Home
Call to War
The Refugees
Any feedback would be appreciated!
Thanks.
A couple of shorts that I did for the MFTM course:
Indianapolis
Raggae Electronica
They are both exactly 1 minute long and are meant to be looped.
And also 4 new installments in a series I am working on based loosely on Tolkien's the Silmirillion
The Dawn
The Long Road Home
Call to War
The Refugees
Any feedback would be appreciated!
Thanks.
Faith before Reason - The New America
Posted on January 13, 2008 at 5:59pm 2 Comments 0 Likes
My new book is hitting the shelves on 1/15/08 and is already available for pre-order from Amazon, Barnes and Noble and all major online bookstores. It can also be ordered from any brick and mortar bookstore. Getting it on the shelves is another thing, but I am working on it! The best deal is still on my website www.RBooks.org, where you can get an autographed copy for only… Continue
My second Novel is being published in December!
Posted on November 23, 2007 at 3:55pm 1 Comment 0 Likes
My 2nd novel will be released in December. I am quite excited about it.
It is very political and will likely do better in the "blue" states
than the "red" states. The book will have a suggested retail of $13.95
and will be distributed by Ingrams. It will be availble to order at all
major bookstores (getting it on the shelves is another thing when you
are trying to get established) and online at all major bookstores. I
will be selling autographed copies on my… Continue
It is very political and will likely do better in the "blue" states
than the "red" states. The book will have a suggested retail of $13.95
and will be distributed by Ingrams. It will be availble to order at all
major bookstores (getting it on the shelves is another thing when you
are trying to get established) and online at all major bookstores. I
will be selling autographed copies on my… Continue
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Great music, very beautiful writing and really good orchestration, it is very nice to use different styles, your track The English Garden is little bit close to my composition Love Melody but in the Oriental style, and very nice that you used the same idea in The Soldier's Dream but with different rhythm, you can listen to Love Melody in my site or from the youtube.com just please follow this link.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=yGj1-6cueqQ
Best regards,
Ahmad
Wishing you continued success in all that you do.
David Beard - UK
Film Music Composer
Mike
Hope all is going well.
Keep me posted.
Kind regards
Matthew
I feel very happy to meet you.
pedro
Great tracks. Particularly like farewell to the king.
Regards
Matthew
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