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Kerry Kennard
Stage 32 events

Hi Composing group,

Don't miss out on this week's FREE virtual Stage 32 July Filmmakers Club blog, events, challenges, and prize giveaway! In partnership with Blackmagic Design, Filmmakers Club is an opportunity to network and expand your knowledge about filmmaking directly from working industry prof Expand post

Jeff Briggs

Kerry Kennard Super cool idea to get some engagement going between us members. Because of this challenge I'm discovering some cool little nooks and crannies that I didn't know Stage32 had to offer. Th...

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Kerry Kennard

Jeff Briggs , You're welcome. I'm a Moderator in the Composing area so, I'm here a few times a week. Congrats on your composing work ! ... I checked out your profile quickly today. How many Docs have...

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Jeff Briggs

Kerry Kennard I haven't worked on any docs but wouldn't mind trying :-) Would love to hear the piece on Soundcloud. Feel free to DM me a link to check it out. Yes Sacramento! It's sure hot here I hope...

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Sam Sokolow
Musician Union Receives Pension Fix

This is big news for professional musicians in every sector, including film & TV scoring. https://deadline.com/2024/07/musicians-union-pension-fix-1236012638/

Musicians Union Receives $1.5 Billion Pension Fix From American Rescue Plan
Musicians Union Receives $1.5 Billion Pension Fix From American Rescue Plan
The American Federation of Musicians and Employers Pension Plan will receive a $1.5 billion pension-fix from the American Rescue Plan.
Sam Sokolow
Cool to read how Pemberton built this score

I haven't watched Fly Me To The Moon yet but this makes me want to see it even more. https://variety.com/2024/artisans/news/fly-me-to-the-moon-composer-danie......

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Kerry Kennard

Yes, very interesting story & concepts used for this tune I performed a lot. ;-)

Kerry Kennard
Copyright, AI, music services - oh My !

I Thought this was an interesting article regarding copyright and AI .

Know it’s not composing, though. It’s good to know for composers and what’s going on out there.

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https://variety.com/2024/music/news/record-labels-sue-ai-music-services-......

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Major Labels Sue AI Music Services Suno and Udio for Copyright Infringement
Major Labels Sue AI Music Services Suno and Udio for Copyright Infringement
The RIAA, on behalf of Sony, Universal and Warner Music, is suing the AI music services Suno and Udio for copyright Infringement in 'training' AI.
Brandy Camille

This could set precedent in the entertainment industry on how AI uses creative property. Very interesting read!

Pat Alexander

Needs to happen. So many great musicians over the years have faced penalties for copyright infringement on songs -- the Beach Boys, George Harrison, Vanilla Ice, The Verve, Robin Thicke, Pharrell, Joh...

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Kerry Kennard

Pat Alexander - yes - I agree.

Les Zeppelin? What tune was it ?

Pat Alexander

Kerry Kennard Stairway to Heaven jocked the opening riff from "Taurus" by the US band called Spirit. Led Zeppelin actually won the case, because sound recordings were not copyrightable until the 1976...

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Brandy Camille

Super interesting story Pat Alexander

Amanda Toney
Composing The ‘Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F’ Score Was Fate For Lorne Balfe

I just watched this over the weekend and there was a nice mix of in your face nostalgia, with subtle hints of nostalgia on the score. Would be curious to hear your thoughts on this score. https://www.forbes.com/sites/simonthompson/2024/07/10/composing-the-beve......

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Maurice Vaughan

Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F was so fun to watch, Amanda Toney! Harold Faltermeyer's Axel F is legendary, and Lorne Balfe did an incredible job on the reboot score.

Mark Deuce

I need to watchthis one Amanda Toney it got by me somehow.

Mark Deuce

Missed this one Maurice Vaughan

Amanda Toney
Composers, happy 4th of July! 20% off professional development services

Hello Composers! Just wanted to let you know that we are having a 20% off sale sitewide on our professional development services. So, if you are looking to improve and have had your eye on a composing webinar, class or lab or a reel review from a casting director, manager or producer you can now tak...

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Navid Lancaster
Do we all have this problem?

With so many free VSTs and Kontakt Player instruments around at some point you have to stop collecting and start creating. I mean, realistically how many free piano VSTs do you really need? :) :) :) :)

Linwood Bell

Lots to choose from out there. :)

Kerry Kennard

There’s definitely a balance from collecting and creating. I’ve seen two nice Sound Paint sounds - percussion and one other - under $50 ! There’s also the financial aspect affording the sounds.

Linwood Bell

Oh, it’s a money pit for sure. I bought another Apollo this week and though I welcome it, I wish it was something that made noise like another synth.

Daniel Husbands

That's a great point, far too many people collect free stuff be it VST, or 3D models, or stock videos, and aren't actually creating with it all. It's a problem that many aspects of the creative indust...

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Kerry Kennard

Daniel Husbands - I see you’re a musician as well.

What instruments do you play ?

Keyboards? This would tie into writing & composing.

Yes. I agree - write down ideas before buying more sounds / VSTs !...

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Kerry Kennard
July Filmmakers Club! 7/1 !!

July Filmmakers Club!

Things officially kick off on Monday!

I thought I would let people know about

The July news / push, and all the things St. 32 is about.

Join me for Stage 32’s July Filmmakers Club, starting MONDAY! - 7/1/2024 -

Navid Lancaster
Kerry Kennard

Seems more big companies are involved also …

( the Plaintiffs). Sony and UMG.

I don’t blame them - copyright is important for a lot of their Artists and current music.

AI is a great tool, though we ne...

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Maurice Vaughan

It's gonna take governments, huge companies (like Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group, and Warner Records), small companies, and creatives to protect against AI copyright infringement and...

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Kerry Kennard
Learning Dorico 5 - writing to picture (Composing)

I bought Dorico 5 upgrade this week. In the program there's Learning videos, and I watched this one first, since I've used Dorico 3.5 doing scoring. It's really informative with Hit Points and adding meter to make the Hit Points work a lot better ( than digging into the time code fix).

If you're sta...

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Joel Irwin
Stock music

Been rewatching all 5 seasons/156 episodes of the twilight zone. About halfway through. Quite a few episodes have no credits for music and in the imdb entry there are multiple music composer entries with 'uncredited stock music'. I assume they were paid. Now we are talking 1959 - 1964 for these epis...

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Linwood Bell

You're talking Goldsmith, Herrmann, Steiner, Cleave, etc. You know they got the do re mi.

Brandy Camille

There are many great projects where there are multiple composers involved. As long as pay and credits are equitable, I don't really see the issue with it.

Kerry Kennard

As Brandy Camille suggests, I don't see a problem with it, as long as all are credited and paid. I might want to make sure we get along well before starting the Project....

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Sam Sokolow
Good to these two working together again

Their collaboration has been strong and makes this film that much more of a must see. https://variety.com/2024/film/news/kinds-of-kindness-composer-jerskin-fe......

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Kerry Kennard

I would think so; Jerskin seems to have a way to write for both his emotions and/ or the emotions of the characters. As I grow in knowledge how to write, I would think the Latter is a better way to write, though I would think my emotions might get in the way sometimes.

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