Take Those First Steps to Start Composing for Visual Media

Hi everyone and welcome this month's blog post!  Have you ever dreamed about being a composer for film and visual media but don't know where to start?  For those of you who haven’t attended my free webinar on this topic, today I’m going to give you a quick overview of the three steps you can take to get started.  However, there is another free webinar coming up, so click on the link below to register!
 
Step 1

So if you’ve decided you’d like to give scoring to picture a go but need some guidance as to what to do next, the first thing is to make sure that you can compose in different styles.  If you tend to compose in only one or two styles, you will need to branch out, and the best way to do that is have a listen to what has come before.  Jump onto YouTube and watch what the visuals are doing with the music supporting it.  Then compose something similar using the elements of the existing music, for example, orchestration, tonality, tempo etc.
 
Step 2

So once you’ve composed music in different styles, you’ll want to showcase what you can do.  But in a world where intellectual property is greatly valued, how do you go about scoring to picture without infringing copyright?  Well, there are websites that host royalty-free, free-to-use videos that you can use for your compositions.  If you’d like some links to these websites, email me at the address below and I’ll send you my composer resource pack.  Once you’ve started creating little videos for your showreel, upload them to a YouTube or Vimeo channel, so that they are all in one place for people to find them.

Step 3
 
The third step is to increase your knowledge.  There are so many free tutorials online that can get you started, and also courses to help you increase your skill-set.  Begin with some tutorials first to start filling gaps in your knowledge.

And if you'd like me to expand on these steps further, register for my free webinar "From no idea to having a clue, start composing for visual media", Saturday 11th September 2021 at 10am Australian Eastern Standard Time.  Click the link to register:

​https://www.eventbrite.com.au/x/from-no-idea-to-having-a-clue-start-composing-music-for-visual-media-tickets-166480157633
 
Anyway, that’s it for now.  If you want to know more, hit me up at the details below.  Thanks for reading and I’ll see you next month.  Bye for now!