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.
2023 Career Symposium: Songwriting for Sync and Writing to a Brief
Songwriters Russell Ziecker, Wayne Kirkpatrick, and Nina Ossoff talk with moderator Eddie Schwartz about creating songs…
2023 Career Symposium: Relationship with the Composer/Songwriter
Composer Jeff Rona moderates a conversation on music supervision with Allison Wright Clark, Michael Jay, and…
2023 Career Symposium: Creating Your Own Sound on a Budget
Composers Dara Taylor, Chris Alan Lee, and Brent McCorkle speak with composer Jay Weigel about creating…
2023 Career Symposium: Blending Songs and Score in “Flora and Son”
Composer and songwriter Gary Clark speaks with SCL President Ashley Irwin about creating the music for…
2023 Career Symposium: Selecting the Right Voice and Getting the Performance
Composer Mark Evitts moderates a panel on vocal production featuring Lauren Cooksey, Lauren Lucas, and Tim…
2023 Career Symposium: Assembling Your Creative Team
Composer Joel McNeely, orchestrator David Shipps, and engineer Satoshi Noguchi speaks with music contractor Gina Zimmitti…
2023 Career Symposium: Score Analysis – Writing to Picture for Maximum Effect
Academy of Scoring Arts President David Das is joined by composer Mark Isham to analyze and…
2023 Career Symposium: Self-Publishing and Royalty Streams
Kris Ahrend (The MLC), Marc Rucker (SoundExchange), and Teri Nelson Carpenter (Reel Musik Werks) chat with…
2023 Career Symposium: Writing to Brief and Building a Library
Songwriters Jonathan Grow, Angela Lauer, and Chris Wirsig speak with 11 One/Music’s Founder and President Randy…
2023 Career Symposium: Working in a Non-Linear Environment
EA Music’s Steve Schnur, composer Pinar Toprak, and engineer Satoshi Noguchi speak with composer Tom Salta…