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No‑one makes demos any more — it’s just that any music we make is treated like a demo.
Today's composers are expected to be available around the clock — and around the globe.
Title? Composer for the media. Job description? Squaring the circle...
Online delivery means fewer ways for things to go wrong, but it also makes media composers more faceless than ever and robs us of some vital excuses.
What would happen if composers were paid to pitch their ideas? It might just be the end of Western civilisation...
Where there's a newly independent republic struggling to establish itself on the world stage, there's an opportunity...
The only way to make money as a media composer is from publishing — but greedy production companies are targeting our back end with a vengeance.
Its lovely to be appreciated — up to a point...
You might think that being a TV composer is a life of parties, beautiful women, fame, glory and dongles, but the reality is rather different. This unique chronological study plots the lifespan of a typical project.
Some broadcasters will stop at nothing to save money, even if that means blatantly ripping off composers. So always look at the small print before you leap.