Questions About Productions Music

[Ivan Bertolla -Mastermind Productions]

Hi folks

I am interested to see how many people here are in involved in
production music ? Whether it is creating it , editing it etc.

1/What are the most popular edit points that TV people want from music
production music
15 seconds , 30 seconds , 60 seconds

2/Are tags essential for producers when using music to film and TV? tags
being held chords in between a piece so it can be faded out

3/If anyone works in this area I would value feedback

Please reply direct I dont get a good news feed

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Regards

Ivan

[Lorin David Schultz]

"Ivan Bertolla -Mastermind Productions" > wrote in
message ...
> Hi folks
>
> I am interested to see how many people here are in involved in
> production music ? Whether it is creating it , editing it etc.

Using it. Our network now has some kind of exclusive deal now though,
so I'm only allowed to use music that is fed to the affiliates via the
network. We don't use "off the shelf" libraries.

Before you ask, I'll tell you that I have no idea where it comes from,
how they buy it or anything about the source other than that it comes to
me from the network.



> 1/What are the most popular edit points that TV people want from music
> production music
> 15 seconds , 30 seconds , 60 seconds

5, 10, 15 and 30 seconds. I've never cut anything sixty secods long,
ever.

That said, the length of the source piece is irrelevant to me, since I'm
gonna chop it up into whatever I want anyway. Sometimes I even have to
change music mid-item, so it winds up being a non-standard length
anyway.

What I appreciate is a tempo that divides up nicely into whole seconds
(like 120 bpm), short phrases that can be rearranged as necessary (4
bars is good), and a hard ending. Fade outs suck.



> 2/Are tags essential for producers when using music to film and TV?
tags
> being held chords in between a piece so it can be faded out

See above. It's nice to have something to fade if required though.



> Please reply direct I dont get a good news feed

Sorry, I don't wanna type it all again. You want the info, come here
and read it.

--
"It CAN'T be too loud... some of the red lights aren't even on yet!"
- Lorin David Schultz
in the control room
making even bad news sound good

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[Lorin David Schultz]

"Ivan Bertolla -Mastermind Productions" > wrote in
message ...
> Hi folks
>
> I am interested to see how many people here are in involved in
> production music ? Whether it is creating it , editing it etc.

Using it. Our network now has some kind of exclusive deal now though,
so I'm only allowed to use music that is fed to the affiliates via the
network. We don't use "off the shelf" libraries.

Before you ask, I'll tell you that I have no idea where it comes from,
how they buy it or anything about the source other than that it comes to
me from the network.



> 1/What are the most popular edit points that TV people want from music
> production music
> 15 seconds , 30 seconds , 60 seconds

5, 10, 15 and 30 seconds. I've never cut anything sixty secods long,
ever.

That said, the length of the source piece is irrelevant to me, since I'm
gonna chop it up into whatever I want anyway. Sometimes I even have to
change music mid-item, so it winds up being a non-standard length
anyway.

What I appreciate is a tempo that divides up nicely into whole seconds
(like 120 bpm), short phrases that can be rearranged as necessary (4
bars is good), and a hard ending. Fade outs suck.



> 2/Are tags essential for producers when using music to film and TV?
tags
> being held chords in between a piece so it can be faded out

See above. It's nice to have something to fade if required though.



> Please reply direct I dont get a good news feed

Sorry, I don't wanna type it all again. You want the info, come here
and read it.

--
"It CAN'T be too loud... some of the red lights aren't even on yet!"
- Lorin David Schultz
in the control room
making even bad news sound good

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