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.
Game Changers: Cantina Tunes
Douglas Reilly of Lucasfilm Games and EA Music’s Steve Schnur moderate a panel discussion with music…
Dance Arranging for Musical Theater
Arrangers Carmel Dean, David Chase, and Zane Mark speak with SCL New York Steering Committee Chair…
Game Changers: Exploring Avenues of Audio in Video Games
Electronic Arts Executive Audio Director Gordon Durity moderates a discussion on the game audio industry with…
Vocals for Sync with Juliet Lyons
Singer/songwriter Juliet Lyons speaks with moderator and SCL SongArts chair Chris Wirsig and shares an extensive…
Scoring Live vs In-The-Box
Composers Chanda Dancy, Mandy Hoffman, and Jay Weigel speak with moderator and composer Eric Hachikian about…
Game Changers: Preparing and Navigating GDC
Chandler Poling of White Bear PR speaks to a panel of video game music professionals about…
Copyright and Its Implications for Artificial Intelligence
Technologist Albhy Galuten, publisher Abby North, law professor David Nimmer, author Jonathan Taplin, and general counsel…
Will the New ChatGPT AI Replace Composers?
Cutting-edge music makers Fletcher Beasley, Joel Douek, Jack D. Elliot, and Paul Bennon discuss the available…
The Life of a Cue
Mixing engineer Damon Tedesco speaks with SCL Nashville Chair Jay Weigel and Nashville-based SCL members about the transformation…
Game Changers: High Scores
The inaugural class of nominees in the Grammy Awards category of score soundtrack for video games…