SCOREcast 6: Managing a Live Session
Broadcasting from the frozen tundra of Portland, Oregon, Deane is busy this week auditioning players for an album project at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, and took the opportunity in this episode...
View ArticleSCOREcast 11: Session Players (w/Rick Fry)
In this 11th episode, Deane interviews L.A. session guitarist Rick Fry about his guitar work on some of Deane’s recent scores.
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Live Recording Mixing
I got my start recording score music for episodic television a couple of decades ago, when the personal studio trend was just getting going in a big way. Among many others, I engineered music for the...
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Working with Others
I started out by scratching my head a bit, considering the topic of Collaboration. After all, there’s often only one engineer in the room, particularly in composer’s personal studio. But then, I...
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Mixing: Technical Guidelines, Part 2
Recording and mixing music is a collection of skills that can take a lifetime to acquire. But almost every composer needs to do their own mixing sometimes, whether for a demo, low-budget project, or...
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Personal Studio Acoustics
The first hint was not being sure what was up with my bottom end. Not the one in the chair, the one in the speakers. I know, I’ve been there. In the chair, in front of the speakers. Spent a good part...
View ArticleThe Brightest Light In The Room
I’m sure you’ve had this experience: you go to a party, a meeting or seminar, or maybe just an informal gathering of people — friends, work colleagues, folks out in the world. Inevitably there is one...
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More Bits, More People
Seems like there are a lot of ways to spend your money these days, often more money than may be coming in. What are the right choices to move your career forward? Here are a couple of contrasting...
View ArticleCasting Your Score
Recently I attended the first annual (or bi-annual? More soon, I hope!) SCOREcast Online mixer and picnic at a beautiful home here in LA, and I sure enjoyed meeting and getting a chance to talk with a...
View ArticleThe Extinction of the Orchestral Player
This morning, we arrived at the Musicave to find numerous emails from SCO readers pointing to an article written by Drew McManus (if you are interested in “orchestra management”, but you don’t read...
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