My book Guerrilla Film Scoring was released in 2015, and it was almost immediately adopted by universities across the country and many aspiring film composers. Today, Amazon released the feature-length documentary in 9 episodes. The documentary is entirely segments from celebrity interviews which contributed to the book, so for those of you who aren’t likely to read it’s now streaming! It’s free to Amazon Prime members and very affordable to everybody else. Guerrilla Film Scoring explains how to create a great film score quickly and cost effectively in the current industry climate, and it fills a much-needed hole between the study of music and a career as a composer. To create the book I built a team of 20 celebrity composers …
A Question Of Balance
We are not slaves, nor indentured servants, nor debtors. We owe the music industry nothing. Why, then, does it ask for everything? Unlike the majority of professions, the music industry routinely has a habit of following us home. And to be fair, a professional musician with a home studio chooses to live at work. Our personal lives are not sacred or even sheltered. Whatever our boundaries are, whatever our limits of productivity or unemployment, whatever our priorities, all will be tested and challenged by the music industry. This threat to a healthy and balanced life is pervasive and affects everyone from aspiring graduates to career musicians. That means you. Why is balance important? Let’s consider just a few of the …