Bensmiller

While in London a couple weeks ago, an interesting story happened that set my best friend and I into commiseration mode on one particular aspect of being a musician: collaboration. I won't tell it...

Home Recording: Garbage In, Garbage Out

As I continue my latest whimish adventures in recording, for some reason I’m awash with lessons taught me by all my engineering friends. Thought I’d share this one today: the technical background for...

Film and Television Music, Part V - Composing vs. Placement and Technical Details

Okay, so we’ve talked all about licensing your already produced music for use in picture, but what if you want to score for film – otherwise known as composing. How do you get into that and...

Film & TV Music - Part IV - Networking to Get In

Networking in any industry is time consuming, but completely necessary to get anywhere. I was actually kind of bummed back in the 90’s when the word “networking” first started to catch. Before that,...

Film and Television Music, Part III - The Production System

Most musicians who tell me all about how they are going to take over the film and TV world, also tell me they are going to do this by mailing their CDs off to production people or production offices...

Film and Television Music, Part I - The Challenge

Since the economy has tanked, it’s kind of hysterical how many new get-rich quick schemes you hear about out there. Because god knows, if there’s one time to try getting rich quick, it’s when money...

Spaghetti Sauce and Stilettos

If you’re a working musician, then you know that you have to get used to uncertainty. It’s pretty much the job. You never quite know what kind of gig you’ll be offered or for how long, or even if you...