[Fmpro] The Composer Uprising

[Alcheh Daniel]

Marinho, I can't believe what you just wrote. It is so disappointing
and hurtful. And I thought you were my friend...!

When you told me months ago that the best thing I can do in order
to get into this business was to afford sexual favors to producers
and directors, and that is how you got your IMDB credits, I trusted
and believed you. I guess I was young and inexperienced.
Now I read that you actually got paid to compose!!??
What kind of a fake are you? I thought we had something going here...!

Since I followed your advice my career has catapulted me into Hollywood
high-society: my phone doesn't stop ringing. I have been signed on to  
major
projects. Film execs are passing my name from one person to another.
It's incredible. I don't need a website, I don't even need business  
cards anymore.

Remember we used to complain that no one responds to our emails, calls
back or shows up to meetings? Well now THEY call ME from London, LA,
Berlin, Tokyo, you name it, and let me know 3 days in advance that  
they're coming
to town and that they want to see me and talk about their new multi  
million $ production.

This business is hard? You can say that again! Hard as a rock. I say  
we can either
starve or do what it takes! Everybody knows it's a dirty business and  
sometimes you have
to sacrifice a good shirt (although, I really liked that dark blue  
Banana Republic one...
I don't know what that Universal guy was eating on the Air France  
flight from Paris.)

But that's a different story.

Yes, so my music has been lately criticized for being simplistic and  
superficial.
Well, it's easy to judge. I want to see all these composers writing  
90 minutes of
symphonic music while they're on their knees, blindfolded.
Thank god for precedences like the main theme from Jaws...when you're  
cuffed
behind your back, wearing leather, you can't play much more than  
repeating minor
seconds. By just moving your pelvis, I mean.

There's a whole world to explore in film music, and you're missing  
out. I hope you
change your ways, my friend. We aren't getting younger and Apple is  
coming out
with G6s soon. You just need to to it for a while, make a name for  
yourself and then quit.
Trust me, in the dark you wouldn't know the difference between  
Gorfain and Schwartz.

p.s.  A small piece of advice - change all your XLRs to 1/4 inch.  
You'll still be
balanced, and they're much less painful. You'll thank me one  
day...There's one XLR
I still can't locate. I'm sure it will pop up one day.

DA

On Apr 8, 2008, at 5:35 PM, fmpro-request at nxport.com wrote:

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> Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2008 23:59:14 -0400
> From: "Marinho Nobre" <marinho at manommg.com>
> Subject: [Fmpro]  The Composer Uprising on L.A.'s Craigslist
> To: <fmpro at nxport.com>
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> Ted... I couldn't agree more with everything you have said.
>
> Out of my 7 imdb credits only the first one was done for free.
> Although some of them were for a lot less than I wish I would be
> making for the amount of work, I believe it was infinitely
>  better than working as a slave.
>
>> From many postings ago I have mentioned that all of this
> is a matter of mentality. The mentality of composers that is.
>
> I mean have you seen the prick replying to
> the craig's list ad saying the postings were abusive ? I can't believe
> that crap... But one thing is for sure, it is already a sign of  
> defense
> (and only over a couple of postings) against what deep inside all of
> these knucklehead directors and producers know it's plain wrong.
>
> I wonder where would they be if they started to tell that to all of  
> their
> editors ? Wouldn't it become a "final cut at home bonanza ?"
>
> I wonder what would happen if one day, every composer started
> saying NO the way some of us do.
>
> Would it improve things ?