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July 2007 Blog Posts (5)

The Composer Expo

The Composer Expo

July 25, 2007

Skirball Center, Los Angeles

This event, sponsored by Film Music Magazine and Turner Classic Movies, marks the second annual gathering of composers wanting to learn more about the creative and business aspects of composing. The Skirball Center in Los Angeles was a good venue for the event, especially for the panels that took place in Magnin Auditorium where the highly effective air conditioning provided refuge from the… Continue

Added by Bob Safir on July 27, 2007 at 4:08pm — 3 Comments

Dissapointed

I am a bit remiss about how Doug Wood was treated on the film list. I don't pretend to have any answers to the current problems, but I do wish when he chooses to post, as no other guy probably would, that he was thanked and his information then consumed and used for our benefit. This is not a defense, simply an observation on how we sometimes treat the only board member that even knows how our small end of the music industry operates.

Added by Brad Heck on July 25, 2007 at 8:22am — 2 Comments

Gear!

Yesterday I bought a pair of main monitors (Mackie HR624s), and a cheap pair of Edirol speakers for reference monitors. No more mixing on headphones. Yay!

Next on the list is probably a workstation or desk of some kind. What I'd really like is an Omnirax Forte, but (1) They are about ~~1,000 pounds~~ (Edit: actually over 3,000 - and I meant GBP, not weight!) and (2) its size in my lounge would make it slightly hard to get into my kitchen :)

I think for now I'll… Continue

Added by Mike Torr on July 17, 2007 at 2:51am — No Comments

More Music at my main music site....

Hi everyone,

I have put some of my music up on this site for your convenience, but if you could listen to it on "soundclick", my main site ( www.soundclick.com/kepeaceusa ), I'd appreciate it. There you can stream all songs by chart or by composer, and hey, it helps my rating, which is always nice because being on the charts gets more people to hear one's music.

Thanks,

Karen

Added by Karen E. Peace on July 12, 2007 at 12:20pm — 1 Comment

Soundsonline music contest runner up.

my composition for the short CG animation film by Zennor Alexander titled 'Grey's Elegy' was a runner up in the Soundsonline May/June music contest as voted for by the Sounds-online team and the movies creater.

As a prize I get to pick one of their new Play sample Libraries!

Dean.

Added by dean valentine on July 9, 2007 at 1:20pm — 6 Comments