String Arranging - Part 2
Tuesday, May 20th 2008 Usually fees for the arrangement are discussed before the hiring, and often it may be why you were chosen, but hopefully you were chosen because of the quality of your work. Fees can vary greatly for a single string arrangement from $500 - $3,000+. Most of this depends on your name value. You can consult many resources for rates.
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String Arranging - Part 1
Thursday, May 15th 2008 I've worn a lot of hats in the music world, but the one I‘ve worn the most, and also enjoyed the most is being a string arranger. So, what is string arranging, and a string arranger?
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Inside The Recording Studio: Our Exclusive Interview With Doug Rogers
Tuesday, January 1st 2008 A native New Zealander with 30 years experience in the audio industry, Doug Rogers is the recipient of many recording industry awards including Recording Engineer of the Year.I was able to catch up with Doug right after Thanksgiving to discuss his decision to invest in creating EastWest’s new PLAY virtual instrument. Read more...
Inside The Recording Studio Presents, Dirk Campbell's Origins
Monday, February 19th 2007 Dirk Campbell is a composer who has the created music for 12 film scores, 14 different television programs for the BBC, and numerous commercials including Bailey’s Irish Cream, Land Rover, and Hyundai. As a performer, he has participated in numerous concerts and stage presentations, and for movie lovers, he performed in the recordings of The 13th Warrior and Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire.
But Dirk Campbell is also a composer whose creativity extends beyond notes to creating sample libraries, not of orchestral instruments, but ancient instruments. His newest collection is called Origins, and it’s a fitting title for our inaugural episodes. Tonight, we interview Dirk to get a feel for the man and the mission. In succeeding episodes, Dirk will take us back into pre-history as you’ll learn not only about the instruments of early man, from the bone flute, to the brass of the Roman Legions, but also what goes in to recording them.
Sonic Control Launches New Program, Inside The Recording Studio
Thursday, February 15th 2007 Inside The Recording Studio is a brand new program on Sonic Control whose purpose is to simplify what's happening in music technology by taking you behind the scenes to meet the artists, inventors, songwriters, engineers, composers, programmers and developers who are involved at one stage or another with producing the music you hear on radio, TV and film. Read more...
