Month: November 2017

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Research : Professional Practices : Communication

Today I have been carrying out research on professional practices within the music industry, I have been looking at a various number of websites and books. Sourcing the article Learn How to Communicate in the Music Industry(thebalance.com) by Heather McDonald I have found a relevant passage to help me define and explain professional practices in the music industry,

One of the most basic ways to demonstrate your professionalism is the way you communicate with your colleagues in the music industry. Whether you’re a musician approaching a record label, a label approaching a distributor or a wannabe manager reaching out to an established manager for some advice, being professional matters. Here are a few things to keep in mind.

  • Get to the point
  • Don’t be too casual
  • Respect Boundaries
  • Don’t lose your temper
  • Be Courteous

I have also been looking at the The New Music Industry: Adapting,Growing, And Thriving in the Information Age (David Andrew Wiebe)

David wrote professionalism is important….different industry people have different preferences for communication

Good communication is a key skill to have if you wish to be professional and successful within the music industry. Throughout the duration of this project I will be ensuring my communication with artists is always appropriate and  productive.

This post relates to Learning Outcome 1

 References

The New Music Industry: Adapting,Growing, And Thriving in the Information Age By David Andrew Wiebe

https://www.thebalance.com/music-industry-quick-tip-communicate-like-a-professional-2460778

 

 

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Week 7 Tutorial Write Up

Today me and Lee looked at all my demos I have ready to send to artists, he helped me finishing of the mixes for some of them so I can send them.We also talked about the importance to regularly be updating my blog so it doesn’t become a second priority. For next week I will go through my blog posts with Lee to see which ones are relevant and which ones are not.

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Week 7 Lecture Write Up

Our guest lecturer this week was Lol Hammond, Lol is a Music Supervisor at Vertigo Films he has worked on multiple productions including films such as Bronson. Lol defined a Music Supervisor as someone who is responsible for the composition, sound design and sourced music present on a film/TV production. Because of the nature of his job he has to wait for the film to be in assembly, he will then sit down with the director  and decide which scenes would benefit from music and which would not.

He described his job as “50% creative and 50% negotiation” he explained how he spends a lot of time talking to record companies/publishers trying to clear third party music for use. He went on to say how it can be very difficult sometimes trying to negotiate rights for a piece of music and sometimes the price set by the publisher/record company is out of budget, so he will have to find a similar piece of music that is easier to obtain.

To be a successful Music Supervisor Lol suggested you should have a wide range of musical knowledge in multiple genres, he also talked about how important it was to have good networking skills so you can gain more work.

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Week 6 Tutorial Write Up

Today myself and Lee looked at one of my sketches for my EP. I exported all the stems into Pro Tools  and used a frequency analyzer plugin to remove the low end and other frequencies from each instrument. This allowed me to give each instrument in the mix a place to sit.

When I enter the mastering stage, I can effectively turn up the levels of the mix without it suffering distortion. For next week I will bring Lee another sketch and we will apply the same techniques to it.

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Week 6 Lecture Write Up

The guest lecturer this week was Luke Pickering, an ex student from the University Of Lincoln. Luke currently works as an assistant engineer to Paul Epworth at the famous Church Studios in London. Luke graduated for the Audio Production course about five years ago, before landing the job at Church Studios Luke said he was struggling to find relevant work and did a lot of little things to keep him busy this included free lance work and being a lecturer at the University, he actually teached me studio techniques in level one.

Luke talked about the importance of being persistent when trying to land a job, he suggested we do anything and everything we can and take any opportunity if one should present itself . Luke suggested that we sign up to a studio agency called Miloco, this agency offer work experience programs within studios.

One of the key things I took away from Luke’s lecture, was the concept of thinking about the industry as a “service industry” he said we should understand that a company is taking a chance by involving us with their client’s experience and when we are delegated tasks, no matter how small they are we should take them very seriously.Working in the studio environment will require us to be proactive and out of the way.