CONDUCTING A FILM MUSIC ORCHESTRAL SCORE part four
This is the last of four tutorials about conducting an orchestra for the purpose of recording a music soundtrack.
Tutorial four
The psychological attitude
You’d ...
ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR part three
This is the third of four tutorials about conducting an orchestra for the purpose of recording a music soundtrack.
Tutorial three
How to be prepared?
The state of mind is ...
CONDUCTING AN ORCHESTRA part two
This is the second of four tutorials about conducting an orchestra for the purpose of recording a music soundtrack.
Tutorial two, the ways to synchronise.
I will not ...

HOW TO CONDUCT MUSIC ? part one
This is the first of four tutorials about conducting an orchestra for the purpose of recording a music soundtrack.
Tutorial one, the gesture
My purpose here ...

HOW TO BECOME A SOUND ENGINEER ?
You would like to be, you are, a sound engineer.
Why will I hire you instead of somebody else?
By Stephane Meer, Head manager of Studio ...

How to make music for films (part one)
1/ The first way to write music for films is global.
2/ You watch the movie from beginning to end.
3/ And then, without watching ...

How to make a hit song ?
1/ hahaha, are you naïve?
There is no recipe, but…
2/ There are ways to INCREASE your chances to make a hit!
3/ Is your song catchy?
When ...

Keyboards versus Orchestra
1/ An orchestra sounds better…or does it?
2/ Do you have enough time to orchestrate?
3/ Did you think about the validation/modification process?
4/ If you can’t pay for a really ...

How to write for cartoon series?
1/ Cartoon music is the art of stop and go
2/ It is also very much based on energy
3/ If you respect those two parameters: “stop ...

Should I accept to work for free?
1/ The worst non-sense I sometimes hear is:
“Don’t devaluate yourself working for free”.
2/ When I was a beginner I had the luck of meeting ...
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