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Ashley Renee Smith
Next Week's In-Person Stage 32 Meetups!

Hey, Composers!

There are 2 FREE Stage 32 in-person networking meetups coming up next Thursday, October 17th! I'm including links to the meetup pages for you all below. If you live in any of these cities or are nearby, be sure to RSVP and seize this opportunity to meet with other creatives in person...

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Suzanne Bronson
Phoenix Area Composers!

In Person Meet Up This Month!

https://www.stage32.com/meetups/1998

Amanda Toney

Very cool for all the Arizonians in our community!

Navid Lancaster
If you haven't heard yet. Finale is over

MakeMusic ends development and availability of Finale; partners with Steinberg to sell Dorico directly.

https://www.scoringnotes.com/news/makemusic-ends-development-and-availab......

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Linwood Bell

Kerry Kennard There is no problem at all. Just showing that I’m moving from Sibelius. Everything is up and running and I look forward to diving into the program once I put a couple things to bed. Prob...

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Kerry Kennard

Welcome to Dorico, Linwood Bell .

It’s a great program and good support on FB Dorico group.

I changed from Sibelius to Dorico also.

Linwood Bell

I’m really liking Dorico. I watched several tutorials. Some from them and I grabbed the Groove 3 and Udemy courses. I did my first arr using Dorico this week and it went pretty smooth. Took me longer...

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Kerry Kennard

Linwood Bell - try the drop down for each different part.

Yes, Dorico seems faster and cleaner / has less hit problems than Sibelius 7.5.

W - huh ? Hmm have not heard about this Key command for Showin...

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Linwood Bell

Thanks...I've got it all. :) The "w" key command was used in Sibelius for parts as well. I've still got an active Sibelius license for almost another year. I've got 20 years worth of "stuff" written i...

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Ashley Renee Smith

This is awesome! Thank you for sharing, Linwood!

Ashley Renee Smith

Absolutely incredible!

Brandy Camille

Linwood Bell questions that need answers lol that's incredible!

Navid Lancaster
Premiered last night on YouTube!!

Aneela Maraj Wallace interviews me about Film Music and Sound Design for her show Aneela's M.I.C

I give advice and relate some life experiences as well. Stage 32 gets a lot of love in this interview.

Video by GNK MEDIA (Ghanesh Kolai) and recorded at Opa Live Lounge.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C...

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Kerry Kennard

Congrats! Thanks for sharing.

Maurice Vaughan

Congratulations on the interview, Navid Lancaster! Incredible interview filled with advice and insight! You said, "A woman can be telling a guy 'I love you' and the music is saying something different...

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Navid Lancaster

Kerry Kennard Thank you so much.

Navid Lancaster

Maurice Vaughan Thank you so much. It was a long interview but that gave me enough time to state a few things. Happy how it turned out.

Maurice Vaughan

You're welcome, Navid Lancaster. Love that you showed Stage 32 love in your interview. I subscribed to Aneela's channel to check out more videos.

Linwood Bell
Your Workspace

Last week I rearranged my studio. I bought a new desk from Buso Audio and it sure is more comfortable in here. Really happy with it. Join in and share a photo of your space. We can talk gear. :)

Linwood Bell

Ashley Renee Smith That's a nice room to sit back and create in. You sound like me. I'm in here all day, grab dinner, take Rosie for a walk, and then I'm back til 8. Then off to Netflix/Hulu; rinse/re...

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Kerry Kennard

Ashley Renee Smith - what kind of Light Strands or lights ? In this studio room, it's only the Florescent bulbs. Maybe it would help me to be more creative in this space writing music. I know I had a...

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Kerry Kennard

Hmm - are they really a nice warmth added to the room, Ashley Renee Smith ?

Ashley Renee Smith

For me, they're perfect Kerry Kennard! But I think it depends on how many strands you get and how big of a room it is to suit your preferences.

Joel Irwin
Parts or Whole

I recently participated in my 11th year of scoring a film for the 168 film festival in Atlanta last weekend.  I scored a film called "The Offer'.  I was also asked to score a second film called, "Counted" but the film was still being worked on the night before the deadline and never locked and so I...

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Kerry Kennard

Does the Director write the work for Hire most of the time, Joel ?

I read the first one is Atlanta. Are you close to this area ? I heard Atlanta has a good film industry.

I’m in Ohio and there’s a few...

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Joel Irwin
Pay Attention To The Temp Track

A couple of days ago, I heard a talk by an established and experienced composer, Carlos Rivera who has won 3 prime time emmys whose scores include Queens Gambit and Hacks.  He talks about being asked to score a 20 second clip and provided with a temp track (which by the way came from the opening of...

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Sydney S
Learn from an Award-Winning Composer who’s worked with Ridley Scott, John Woo & Chris Columbus!

Licensing existing music into a film is often more complicated than a lot of people realize. From choosing the correct song, types of music you can access, rights needed and even the fees commanded there are a lot of considerations to be made if you want to include music in a film. This webinar aims...

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Kerry Kennard

Sydney S - thank you for the information about this webinar / class.

In this section - Hiring the Right Team

What’s the difference between a sound designer and Composer?

is the sound designer more of a...

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Sydney S

Wonderful questions Kenny!!

Navid Lancaster

Cool!! Ready to rock with this one. Webinar comes just in time too.

Navid Lancaster
Kerry Kennard

Yep - I’m definitely waiting!

Computer and Musix Apps are working fine !

Kerry Kennard
Film Dayton info. / Letter to Agreement

In our local OH group, there’s this good news about work / Film in the area. !!

Any advice when pitching for composing /

Audio editing work?

I’ve done a few letters to Mandy, though I never hear anything back from this organization / yet.

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Filmscience was awarded $4,053,423 in the latest round of...

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Kerry Kennard

Nothing huh ? I applied anyways !! Wish me luck and hope I hear something back.

Maurice Vaughan

Hope you hear back and it's great news, Kerry Kennard!

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