Seminars
The SCL produces a number of educational seminars each year in Los Angeles and New York covering a range of subjects relevant to media composers. Topic areas certain around the business, art, craft and technology of writing music for media. Video of the seminars are included here wherever possible.
Beyond the Box with Wayne Hankin & Friends
A live demonstration of unique musical instruments that can take your music beyond virtuals and plug-ins,…
Synthesis 101 with Fletcher Beasley
This seminar provided an introduction to the basic principles of synthesis, explaining and demonstrating the use…
The Story Behind the Story with Mark Isham and Aaron Zigman
The Society of Composers & Lyricists (SCL) and The California Copyright Conference Co-sponsor a Dinner Meeting…
Conducting Techniques for Composers with Eímear Noone
The workshop touches on conducting techniques of benefit to media composers. These include exercises for strength,…
The Songs and Score to Epic Mickey 2: The Broadway Musical Comes To Video Games
The Society of Composers & Lyricists (SCL) Presents the Seminar The Songs and Score to Epic…
An Evening with Richard Sherman
THE SOCIETY OF COMPOSERS & LYRICISTS (SCL) and BROADCAST MUSIC, INC. (BMI) and THE PALEY CENTER…
AFM Recording Agreements: How They Can Work For You
This first-of-its-kind conference on the West Coast, presented by the SCL along with AFM and RFM,…
An Evening with Stephen Schwartz
A Life in Film, Television and Theater In this seminar, Stephen Schwartz, three-time Academy Award-winning composer/lyricist,…
Music Technology for the Working Composer
Featuring composer Blake Neely (Pan Am, The Mentalist, Everwood, Life As We Know It), David Knauer,…
Acoustic Fretted Instruments: Styles and Techniques
Tim May discusses and demonstrates the different acoustic guitars and other related instruments (e.g. mandolin, dobro,…
