Making a living as an artist or composer is often difficult and comes with a lot of uncertainty. However, many who have musical talent tend to forget how valuable it can be in the marketplace. There are tons of ways for composers to earn a steady income. But, in order
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Interview with The Young Offenders & Love/Hate Composer, Ray Harman
Edited by Katie Tarrant Damien Walsh speaks to the legendary Film & TV Composer Ray Harman about his work on the multi-award winning film The Young Offenders and gets some very interesting insights into Ray's life in the business. Ray's most recent work includes the Feature Documentary The Farthest directed by
Interview with Music Producer/Mixer and Composer, Rich Aitken
Audiokinetic & CRAS Launch Wwise Interactive Music Certification Program
Audiokinetic Inc., the provider of cross-platform audio solutions for the interactive media and gaming industries has launched its second Wwise online certification program: the Wwise-201 Certification. As with the Wwise-101 Certification, both the learning material and the examination content for the Wwise-201 Certification have been developed in partnership with CRAS (The
Cinematic Studio Piano: A Sample Library Review
Review by Andrew Overfield Edited by Alyx Jones Developer: Cinematic Studio Series Composer: Andrew Overfield Sound Designer: Alex Wallbank Reviewed on: MacBook Pro 16GB DDR3 2.2GHz i7 Cinematic Studio Piano (CSP) joins the Cinematic Studio Series’ (CSS) lineup alongside Cinematic Studio Strings which I reviewed back in August. You can see this review -> HERE <- Setup & Interface The installation is
Composing Music for Games: A Chance Thomas Book Review
Review by Andrew Overfield Edited by Sam Hughes Author: Chance Thomas Publisher: CRC Press (Taylor & Francis Group) Reviewed on: Paperback I love reading material and I eagerly anticipated getting stuck into Composing Music for Games by Chance Thomas. Now there are many different mediums where information, guidance or education can be distributed in the world. A simple YouTube search on
The Drop That Contained The Sea: A Christopher Tin Performance Review
The Drop That Contained The Sea: A Christopher Tin Review Review by Andrew Overfield Edited by Sam Hughes Composer: Christopher Tin Performance: The Drop That Contained The Sea Venue: Barbican Centre, York Date: 16th July 2016 Andrew Overfield reviews his recent adventure at York Barbican last night, seeing Christopher Tin live. I’d like to start off by introducing Christopher Tin. A
EastWest Hollywood Solo Series Review
Review by Andrew Overfield Edited by Sam Hughes Developer: Sounds Online / EastWest Producers: Nick Phoenix / Doug Rogers Sound Engineer: Shawn Murphy Composer: Andrew Overfield Reviewed on: Mac / Logic Pro 9 When I was approached to review another EastWest product I jumped at the chance. I always love playing around with new toys and I had a
Interview with “The Witch” Composer, Mark Korven
Sam Hughes chats to composer, Mark Korven! Mark is a Toronto based award winning composer of music for film and television. His client list includes CBS, CTV, CBC, E1, PBS, and BBC. He has also composed feature film scores for acclaimed directors Deepa Mehta, Patricia Rozema and Vincenzo Natale. In 2008,
The Cloud: An EastWest ComposerCloud Review
Review by Andrew Overfield Edited by Sam Hughes Developer: Sounds Online/East West Composer: Andrew Overfield Reviewed on: Mac / Logic Pro 9 You don’t get much bigger than EastWest when it comes to virtual instrument production, and as one of the market leaders an innovators for the last 27 years it’s not hard to see why. At the