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: Grammy-Nominated Composer Roundtable
Composers Austin Wintory, Bear Mccreary, Gordy Haab, Stephen Barton, Chuck E. Meyers, J. Scott Rakozy, and…
Composing for Animation
In this seminar, composer and SCL New York steering committee member Allison Leyton-Brown discusses scoring animated…
How To Finance Your Music Career with Sound Royalties
Sound Royalties CEO Alex Heiche and Regional Director Business Development and Artist Relations Vanessa Thomas speak…
Generative AI for Composers
Audio Design Desk founder Gabe Cowan speaks with SCL New York steering committee member Jonathan Zalben…
Modern Media Composing with Carlos Rafael Rivera
This seminar took place at the College Music Society National Conference in Miami, Florida on Saturday,…
Music Supervisors
SCL SongArts Chair Chris Wirsig moderates a discussion with music supervisor Linda Osher about the role…
Game Changers: Mixing and Mastering Video Games
Engineer Satoshi Noguchi moderates a discussion on the mixing and mastering of music for games between…
Lightning Talk: Building Your Team
SCL Early Career Committee members Catherine Joy and Kenny Wood present Building Your Team: How to Find and Retain the People…
2023 Career Symposium: Survival Skills and Work/Life Balance for Music Creators
Tom Salta, Danny Rader, and Jessica Louvertoure discuss strategies to maintaining mental health and establishing work/life…
2023 Career Symposium: Self-Promotion and Social Media
Emily Goglia, Beth Sass, and Leonard Wolf discuss using social media and self-promotion to stand out…