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Some Things I've Learned about Songwriting in 25 Years | Cliff Goldmacher | TEDxMemphis Cliff Goldmacher is a songwriter, session musician, producer, engineer and author. In his talk, he covers a few things he’s learned about songwriting in the twenty-five years he’s been doing it and plays snippets of a few of his songs to illustrate his points. In the music business for over twenty-five years, Cliff Goldmacher is a songwriter, producer, engineer, author and educator. His songwriting collaborators include Grammy award-winning and multi-platinum selling artists Keb’ Mo’, Ke$ha, Lisa Loeb, Grateful Dead drummer, Mickey Hart, and Chris Barron (Lead singer of the Spin Doctors). Cliff’s songs have been cut by major label artists in genres ranging from country, pop and jazz to classical crossover. His music has also been used on NPR’s “This American Life” and in national advertising campaigns. Cliff’s song, "Till You Come To Me,” went to #1 on the jazz charts. This ...

So after long last I put together a short cinematic film music reel of some of my music. It's a little on the short side, but I thought it was time I had something up on my website. Next I need to work on a movie reel and an animation reel. The last one I made is probably fifteen years old. Anyone interested in the music you hear can contact me directly for your project at spenayoung@gmail.com or you can download an entire Royalty Free cinematic music album here: https://sabrinapenayoung.bandcamp.com/album/royalty-free-edition-cinematic-music-for-film-tv-apps-video-games-and-youtube-bandcamp-only Thank you so much for your dedication to this blog. It's great readers like you that make my life as a composer and filmmaker so amazing. So rock on! And share!

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Free Kindle Books - Science Fiction, Horror, Music and More from Author Sabrina Pena Young Enjoy FREE KINDLE DOWNLOADS this weekend for BLACK FRIDAY and CYBER MONDAY!  DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE BOOK NOW! https://www.amazon.com/Sabrina-Pena-Young/e/B009OEXD6G

Cinematic Film Music Reel of Award-winning composer Sabrina Pena Young. Contact Young for all of your film, business, commercial, and production needs. Specializing in high quality cinematic music.

Even someone who has no prior musical training can use the information in this video from University of Kansas music theory professor Scott Murphy to create chord progressions that not only sound like the movies, but are associated with particular affects, settings, or narrative elements.

James Horner's TED Talk on  composing film scores At TED2005, James Horner gave a talk on composing film scores — an unusual art form where one artist works in service of another’s vision. Horner died on June 22, 2015, and while TED has never been able to share his full 15-minute talk because it contains film clips that require rights clearance, we wanted to share this portion of it.

Film Composer Danny Elfman talks about Dark Shadows in this intensive Q&A   Composer Danny Elfman talks about Dark Shadows in this intensive Q&A moderated by Jeff Bond. Hosted at Warner Brothers Studios, Elfman goes into great detail about his relationship with Tim Burton and much more. He also answers questions from fans. Please excuse the shaky camera work and choppy editing. I did not come prepared to film this, but due to my great location decided to capture it so other's could experience. Enjoy! This is not the full interview as some parts were omitted due to lack of focus and time.

Grammy and Emmy Award-nominated Ramin Djawadi is the man behind the music in TV series like "Game of Thrones," "Westworld" and "Person of Interest," along with blockbuster films like "Iron Man" and many more. Now, he's embarking on a nationwide tour that's taking him out of the studio and onto the concert stage. Ben Tracy reports.

Film Music/Audio Editing Workshop Part 2 and Screenwriting Talk READ MORE HERE:  https://www.meetup.com/Buffalo-Movie-Video-Makers-BM-VM/events/244282776/?_cookie-check=3IaK_k-guMqGhNwl Local filmmaker and composer, Sabrina Pena Young (LIBERTARIA: THE VIRTUAL OPERA), continues her workshop on Film Music and Audio Editing which she started at our September meeting.  We also have the results of our Shorty Contest. Find out the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place vote getters and watch the 1st place winning entry again. In the second half, Thomas Doran will offer some guidelines on how to improve your screenplay writing. This is in anticipation of our first Screenwriting Challenge! More details to follow! BM-VM meets every third Monday night of the month (from Sept. to June) at the Screening Room at the Boulevard Mall in Amherst, NY.  BM-VM was formed EIGHT DECADES ago in 1934 in Buffalo and the first meetings at the Statler Hilton. It is one of the oldest film societie...

Advanced Audio for Filmmakers Logic Tutorial Learn about pitch shift and equalization in this advanced audio techniques for films by award-winning composer Sabrina Pena Young. Part of a presentation and FREE Film Workshop Oct. 16 @7pm at the Screening Room in Amherst New York. Hosted by the Buffalo Movie and Video

The BMI-Sponsored Panel on Film Music featuring Directors and Composers involved with films being shown as part of the 2016 Sundance Film Festival

Behind The Music: Composing for Fan-Favorite projects Featuring the musically creative minds behind this year's top sci-fi/fantasy/action/animated television series and highly anticipated films. A group of talented composers describe how they elevate scoring to new heights, provide sneak peaks to their projects, and participate in WonderCon's exclusive debut of a LIVE composing demo. Prolific composers include Nathan Barr (True Blood), Jim Dooley (Wilfred), Robert Duncan (Castle), Mark Isham (Once Upon A Time), Danny Jacob (Phineas and Ferb), David Ari Leon (The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes) and Blake Neely (The Mentalist). Moderated by actress Ellen Greene (Pushing Daisies). A Q&A session and exclusive giveaways will follow the discussion! Hosted by CW3PR, Costa Communications and ASCAP. WONDERCON http://www.comic-con.org/wc/

"La La Land" composer Justin Hurwitz was at Gold Derby's "Meet the Experts" panel to discuss working on the score for the movie musical.

I hosted a short informal panel on being a freelance game composer at MAGFest 9 this year. I was joined by Super Meat Boy composer Danny Baranowsky and Eterenal Daughter composer David Saulesco as we talked about resources composers need to network and be successful in this field. Learn more about me and follow my blog at http://www.jwmusic.org - I've got lots of tech articles and various things there! I am on the Audio Jury for the Indie Games Festival 2011 and have composed for over a dozen games including The Spirit Engine 2 and GunGirl 2.

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COVER REVEAL: After the Apocalypse, coming November 17 by Josh Roseman READ ORIGINAL ARTICLE HERE: https://roseplusman.com/2017/10/17/cover-reveal-after-the-apocalypse-coming-november-17/ Posted on   October 17, 2017 by   Josh Roseman My latest novel,  After the Apocalypse , will be released November 17. That’s one month away, which means it’s time to show you the cover: Click through to see it full-sized. Many thanks to Sara Noto from  notobella designs , who has done all but one of my covers since I started publishing. Good, isn’t it? From the back cover: Eleven years ago, a superhero named Alexandra saved the world from the Dark King, and then disappeared without a trace. The only person who knows what happened to her is Andrea Collins. Andrea is 29, overweight, lonely, and depressed, and more than anything else she wants to know why her powers went away… and what she can do to get them back. But once Andrea discovers the truth, ...