[Fmpro] Alain's film music page

[Alain Mayrand]

Wow, that was an awesome critique. I am going to make those changes 
right away!

Thanks a million!

Alain



TheOrchsVoice at aol.com wrote:
> Hi, Alain, 
> I visited your film music page and have a few  suggestions. 
> 1) Music buyers (directors, music supers, etc) are  very busy people and need 
> to access essential info quickly. With that  in mind, I'd rearrange your 
> credits page so it lists in each  line the project title, the director/producer 
> and the name of the  production company/movie studio. 
> ex: "Fabulous  Movie"            "Alan  Smithee,  Director"               
> "Risk-taker Productions or Global Studios"
>         
> While a composer's thoughts about a  project can be interesting, that info 
> should be the expandable part of the  page, in case someone actually has that 
> extra time to read it.
>  
> 2) Only list items that actually came to  fruition. Music buyers want to see 
> Real film credits - not be confused by  hearing about demos you sent for 
> consideration for projects. If you want to  place those demos on your samples page, 
> that's different/ok - because  there you're displaying all possible examples 
> of your music.
>  
> 3) Separate  your credits on the page by category. Put "feature films" first 
> at the top, then  the "short films", "documentaries" etc. Music buyers 
> want/expect to see feature  credits first - other categories are considered "less 
> impressive."  When you go through each category, think about which film has the  
> most well known director or production company or which film won an award  and 
> list those films first. Music buyers are looking for "name recognition" when  
> they view your credits. They want to see with/for whom you've worked. Seeing 
> a  "name" they know or have at least heard of before, gives them a sense of  
> "assurance" that you're respected by those "names" and know what you're doing.  
> Yes, I know all this may seem silly - it's name-dropping to the max but  
> "Welcome to Hollywood." HA!    
>  
> 4) On your credits page, it's helpful to offer  a .pdf file of your credits 
> for download in case they don't have time to read them now or need to pass them 
> on to someone  else.
>  
> 5) You might consider changing the name  of your "Quotes" page to "Referrals" 
> or "Testamonials" as those  words more specifically describe that page's 
> content. 
>  
> Keep up the good work with your music and your  website. Stay creative!
> In counterpoint, 
> Bettie R. 
> (former film music agency gal),
> webmistress - The Orchestrator's Voice 
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