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A modern media composer’s repertoire needs to encompass everything from fugues to farmyard noises.
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A modern media composer’s repertoire needs to encompass everything from fugues to farmyard noises.
With the future of AM radio in the US hanging in the balance, we take a look at what effect it has had on the music industry over the decades.
Inside the recording studio where the likes of David Bowie, Lou Reed and Steely Dan made their albums.
The viewing public never get to see — or hear — the messy side of TV production. But that’s where the fun is.
Recording budgets have been getting lower for some time. Are the technical standards we’ve come to expect from records being eroded too?
We take a look inside one of the most famous studios in the world.
When TV composers talk about archiving, they usually mean backing up their hard drives.
Live music is more important to the industry than ever before, but there’s no reason for traditional recording studios to feel left out by this trend...
In 2006, Bill Putnam's famous United Western studio complex on West Sunset Boulevard was re-opened as the EastWest Studios retaining much of it's original acoustic design.
Most of the time, TV composers are happy if anyone notices their music. It’s when people start to like it that the trouble starts.
Just like studios and record companies, music industry trade bodies have had to adapt to survive in a rapidly changing business landscape.
We reveal the unexpected vintage treasures hidden inside an 18th Century palace.
Want to sell your music overseas, but lack the contacts, money or experience to break into foreign markets? Help and funding is available, and here’s how to get it.
Can’t find what you want in a music library? No problem. Just hire a composer to write it for nothing!
Getting your music on a movie or TV show is seen by many as the best way to make it in this business, but the real money might lie in helping others to do so...
If you thought music for media was a tough job to get into, you should see how hard it is to get out of.
Statistics, especially those about the music industry, rarely give you the whole picture, but they can tell you a lot if you know where and how to look...
One of the oldest and largest recording studios in the world, Fox's Newman Scoring Stage is still in constant demand for top-class film scores.
If you really want a direct connection with your audience, don’t write for TV — get down to your local high street.
The rise of electronic dance music in the States has provided a breath of fresh air to the charts — and a much-needed boost to the music industry.