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Out Take: Chris Kuhrt - Director, Participant Services at Film Musicians Secondary Markets Fund
In some cases, there might be more money out there for musicians than they’re aware, which is why the Film Musicians Secondary Markets Fund exists. The nonprofit organization researches, collects ... -
Out Take: Alison Plante - Chair, Film Scoring Department of Berklee College of Music
Boston probably isn’t the first city that comes to mind when you think of the film and music business, but Berklee College of Music is the premier institution––and until recently, ... -
Out Take: D. Brent Nelson, Composer (Days of Our Lives)
Since 1992, composer D. Brent Nelson has co-written the musical backdrop to one of America’s longest-running daytime television soap operas: Days of Our Lives, which has earned him three Emmys ... -
Out Take: Kari Kimmel, Composer-Songwriter
Prolific L.A.-based songwriter Kari Kimmel has placed an impressive 650-plus songs in television shows (The Walking Dead, The Office) and major films (World War Z, Southpaw) and composed more than ... -
Out Take: Colin Gilbert, Associate Director of Participant Services, AFM & SAG-AFTRA IPRD Fund
Once, the widow of a famous Motown session player was on the verge of being evicted, when a nonprofit told her about a lot of money––royalties from her late husband’s ... -
Out Take: Ronit Kirchman, Composer
Composer and producer Ronit Kirchman says one of her favorite and most unusual film score compositions in her own catalog is 2012’s The Skin I’m In, which illustrates the range ... -
DIY Spotlight: WNT-AL-N
WNT-AL-N, (pronounced Went All-In) certainly isn’t putting himself in a box when it comes to genre, nor will he let his influences be pigeon-holed into any one style or culture. WNT-AL-N ... -
Out Take: Will Bates, Composer
A musician since early childhood, London-born composer Will Bates has long since moved on from “torturing” his parents with his violin-playing at age five to now scoring award-winning projects in ... -
Out Take: Lolita Ritmanis
Lolita Ritmanis says she doesn’t have time for writer’s block. “We plop ourselves down at our keyboards and know that by the end of that day five to six minutes ... -
Out Take: Peter Manning Robinson
For Emmy and BMI Award-winning composer and pianist Peter Manning Robinson, playing music was intuitive: he sat down in front of a piano at age 3, ran his hands over ...
