George Fir: Camera operator, cinematographer and director in Melbourne, Australia.

I'm a writer/sculptor. I deal with rejection daily on the former. Bugs on the windshield. But then one comes up accepted. Worth all the others. Five books later, "Horses See Ghosts" is now on Amazon. And sculpture can be seen at www.wisesculpture.com What towel? What

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Hey all,

I was wondering how the composers on here work on their craft.

Here's my approach:

So I write music everyday and the way I do it is I have a first music session where I give myself 30 minutes to come up with a new tune (sometimes with prompts like a picture or an idea but sometimes just improvising, starting with loops or random chord progressions).

When the timer goes off, that's it. I bounce the project and I'm off. I get back to it in later sessions, usually 15 or 30 minute sessions. I try to avoid working more than 30 minutes on a single project to keep my ears fresh.

I've had good results with this. Sometimes the first draft is surprisingly good and I barely touch it. Most of the time it's not great but has a few elements I can work with and develop at a later stage. Sometimes it's absolutely terrible and there's nothing I can salvage! :)

What do you think? Would that work for you or do you go about it a completely different way?

Greetings - My name is Wendy Loomis and I am a composer for indie film and live ensembles. I have been asked to score a short film whose subject/genre is erotica. I saw a previous film by the filmmaker and believe it was very well done, but quite disturbing (especially as a woman). I am having some doubts about doing the job as I'm not sure I want my name associated. Any thoughts from people about this subject?

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