Scott W. Hallgren's music & cluttered thoughts...

From the Nashville, TN
Christ Church Cathedral's "Sacred Space" concert series announces:

Score_Underscore!
Friday, November 13, 2009
7:30 p.m.

Featuring the composers:

Sally Reid
Rachel Fogarty
Scott Hallgren

Members of the Nashville Composers Association have created new, original scores for four 8-10 minute short films. This event will explore the relationship of music to film, and the composers will share with the audience their approach to composing music for film, and specifically how… Continue

Got this from Pump Audio on May 8th, and followed up this week:



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Dear Pump Audio Artist,

We would like to thank you for your music and congratulate you on being part of one of the fastest growing music licensing companies in the world. Since the acquisition of Pump Audio by Getty Images, we continue to hear praises from a wide expansion of our clients on the depth and quality of our catalog and that is a testament to… Continue

Was very pleased to catch a few new compositions at last night's concert:

Leanna Primiani's "Sirens" - a modern tone poem based on the Greek myth...

http://www.leannaprimiani.com/

Cindy McTee's "Einstein's Dream" - recorded and modified computer sounds, percussion and strings -
done without a click track!

http://cindymctee.com/index.html

Rob Mathes's "A Standing Ground: Concertino for Orchestra" - an homage to the poems of Wendell Berry of Kentucky; Copland and Schoenberg would have been pr… Continue

Is the amount of money you plan to spend on audio and music greater in 2009 than 2008?

9% Yes

27% Staying the same

27% No, less

36% Not sure yet


What projects will be the majority of your work in the coming year?

63% Non-broadcast video

36% TV commercials

9% Feature film

9% Television (series)

54% Internet/multimedia/podcast

9% Radio programs/commercials

9% Other

27% Casual/serious video gaming


In general, what part of your budgets are reserved for music?

0%… Continue

I've been struggling with my place in the creative world of late, and have been reflecting on the following:

"Maybe one day soon, when technology makes everyone sound good, sounding good won't be what matters anymore."

- Conor "Freff" Cochran, from his column in Keyboard Magazine, late 1980's

"I'm fascinated by the almost fetish and addictive need to communicate aurally and visually; witness the decline in the quality of communication in favor of quantity."

- David Warren, Australian multime… Continue