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: Working in a Non-Linear Environment
EA Music’s Steve Schnur, composer Pinar Toprak, and engineer Satoshi Noguchi speak with composer Tom Salta…
2023 Career Symposium: Assembling Your Business Team
Attorney Charles Sanders, publicist Ray Costa, and songwriter Michael Jay speak with SCL President Ashley Irwin…
2023 Career Symposium: Communication Skills for Getting the Best Performance
A panel of veteran session musicians including Dayna Bee, Chris McHugh, and Danny Rader speak about…
2023 Career Symposium: Getting Started After College
Pat McMakin moderates a discussion with Keith Mason, Dara Taylor, and David Das about the first…
Game Changers: The Music of Mobile Gaming
Composers Jeff Broadbent, Nainita Desai, and Mikolai Stroinski speak with composer and SCL Board Member Garry…
AI Systems and the Music Industry
Universal Music Group Senior Vice President of Strategic Technology Chris Horton presents a look at possible…
Ask An Expert About ChatGPT and Generative AI
Professor Chris Callison-Burch gives insight into the world of generative AI and answers questions from SCL…
Game Changers: Women in Gaming
Game audio veterans Lydia Andrew, Sarita Gutierrez, and Tori Letzler discuss their work in video games…
Songwriting vs. Media Composition
SCL Nashville Seminar Chair Jonathan Grow speaks with veteran music makers Angela Lauer and Tim Lauer about creating careers in songwriting and…
The Art of the Lyric
Songwriters Michael Jay, Thomas Mizer, and Taura Stinson discuss the lyrical side of songwriting with SCL…