SOUND ON SOUND
When it comes to telling composers what to do, job titles are no barrier to meddling.
If you make music for a living, now’s the time to unite with others to protect your rights.
No matter how ridiculous a line may be, it’s the media composer’s role to toe it — even if the fate of the world is at stake.
We all have musical skeletons in our closets, but at least media composers don’t have to wheel them out every night at Wembley Arena.
Unless you’ve worked in today’s television business, you can’t hope to understand the true meaning of job satisfaction.
Recent disturbances in the space-time continuum gifted our columnist an unsettling vision of Oxford Street, circa 2014.
One thing that never changes in the world of music: the people who make it usually end up getting ripped off.
You’ve got to be good to get ahead in this game. And not just at mending cookers.
In which our hero eats too much cheese before bedtime and falls into a strange, Cheddar‑fuelled dream...
To reach the top as a composer for the media, what you really need is ‘people skills’ — and the patience of saints.