[Fmpro] Pump Audio story

Thu Oct 18 00:18:36 GMT 2007

and who is to blame?

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On Oct 17, 2007, at 5:07 PM, Tracey Larvenz wrote:

> I tend to think that there is less scoring work available.  Just
> listen to what is on the soundtrack of those stations above channel
> 13 on your cable box.  It's nearly all library.  When you listen, you
> hear the same stuff over and over again, be it the food channel, TLC,
> or whoever.  I haven't seen an increase in the budgets for shows in
> years.  If anything, the rates are declining as they're trying to
> squeeze out more programs instead of running repeats.  One of the
> things that is also hurting us is the practice of producers tempting
> hundreds of young composers with the lure of credit instead of pay.
> This is even done on PBS, which used to be strictly score.  Just
> scour Craigslist and you'll see the ads.  It used to just be indy
> films, but now tv producers are jumping on the bandwagon.
>
> Ugh.
>
> Tracey Larvenz
> www.melodiousthunk.net
>
>
>
> On Oct 5, 2007, at 8:52 AM, Michael S Patterson wrote:
>
>> I would somewhat disagree with the idea that there is less scoring
>> opportunities.
>>
>> But I guess it’s what you are comparing present day to.
>>
>> There are so many more channels out there, it’s no longer 3
>> networks and
>> 2-3 indies per large market. Less than 20 years ago I only had 30
>> channel
>> with my premium cable package and a number of those channels just ran
>> old movies.
>>
>> Plus all the deals that cable stations make with libraries only
>> apply to
>> not using other libraries. I’ve scored series for networks that
>> have had
>> deals with libraries but didn’t want to use them because they wanted
>> ‘branding’ so to speak.
>>
>> There is a ton of opportunity out there! It’s just that you can’t
>> expect
>> a network that gets a .6 share to pay the same as a network that gets
>> a 3, 5 or 10 share.
>>
>> Michael
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 10/5/07 7:55 AM, "kirbyko3 at aol.com" <kirbyko3 at aol.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Pete, I'm right there with you. Scoring gigs are harder and harder
>>> to come by
>>> anymore, because of music libraries. And the music libraries
>>> becoming SO
>>> competitive is reducing the fees that anyone has to pay to even
>>> use one, which
>>> means that the pie getting split up amongst the participating
>>> composers is
>>> even smaller.   But if someone is just starting out in the
>>> business, I can see
>>> where a library would be very appealing: you can build up some
>>> resume credits
>>> and you can start triggering the ASCAP payments, while you work
>>> towards
>>> finding the scoring gigs.  I truly hope that a few years from now  
>>> the
>>> pendulum swings the other way and people start hiring composers
>>> again.  But
>>> I'll be the first one to admit that I like the occasional library
>>> checks and
>>> accompanying ASCAP checks that pop up in the mail every so often.
>>> I won't
>>> count on it in my budgeting, but as found money, it's kinda nice.
>>> But it DOES
>>> sorta feel like I'm helping to contribute to my own demise as a
>>> composer. Kerry
>>
>> -----Original Message----- From: Peter Wetzler
>>> <peter at soundforms.net> To: fmpro at nxport.com Sent: Fri, 5 Oct 2007
>>> 10:29
>>> am Subject: [Fmpro] Pump Audio story I hate to be pessimistic but
>>> I used to
>>> get a dozen or so bread and  utter doc. scores a year through an
>>> ABC house in
>>> NYC until a new  roducer came in and signed a deal with Pump Audio
>>> and only
>>> once  ince then when the editor complained loudly about the
>>> inability to  o
>>> anything original did I ever get called back in.  As I peruse AES
>>> nd NAB
>>> conventions each year I observe new music composition  oftware
>>> programs
>>> (Sony, Apple, etc) and other programs bundled with  ibraries.  I'm
>>> amused
>>> when I hear the loops in Soundtrack Pro on TV  hows or films and
>>> though I'm
>>> hopeful that in 5 years time they will  e passe and producers will
>>> crave
>>> original music again  the die seems  o be cast and most likely in
>>> five years
>>> there will be an "all new"  oundtrack pro library.  All of us who
>>> love the
>>> thrill of watching  icture go by and weaving a musical underscore
>>> can't help
>>> but feel a  reat sadness at the prospect of making music
>>> libraries.   Peter
>>> Wetzler/Sound Forms            "Intuitive Music"
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