Monthly Archives: June 2009

Whether you are synchronizing music with your productions, or simply “file sharing” (also known as “stealing”) popular music, there are several misunderstandings about copyright.  Over the next few posts, I will answer some of these common myths. Myth #1: I … Continue reading →

Frank Stella, an important American minimalist painter spoke last week at the World Copyright Summit. Interesting stuff. Check it out here. -Scott Meath

Admittedly, I have yet to tread into Twitterland.  Now it appears that one frequent user is taking a big step back out. According to a post on the Nine Inch Nails‘ official forum, Trent Reznor says he is signing off … Continue reading →

Randy Thom, sound designer for Forrest Gump and several other big movies, has written an interesting article on FilmSound.org. In the article, he discusses the challenges of working more creatively and gives the following 3 steps in his conclusion: 1. … Continue reading →

A fun bit of post production trivia… Back in 1951, a voice actor recorded a series of screams for the Warner Brother’s film “Distant Drums”.  One scream in particular was used in a scene where a man is bitten by … Continue reading →

Patrick Ross has written another great piece on the blog at the Copyright Alliance.  Commenting on a speaker at the World Copyright Summit, Ross rightfully attacks the “ask-forgiveness-rather-than-ask-permission” model that those who disregard copyright adopt.  Nice work Patrick! -Scott Meath

Wired.com has posted a short video about the score for a new videogame called Infamous.  Amon Tobin and the Sony Music team put together a really creative soundtrack using found objects and field recordings to create a dark, gritty atmosphere … Continue reading →

One of our long time friends in the post production world has written a couple of great articles I’d like to pass on.  Ric Viers, a veteran in the sound design and sound effects industry has posted the following articles:  … Continue reading →

I stumbled upon an interesting article today that I thought was worth passing on.   The article is written by Patrick Ross at the Copyright Alliance.  It’s a good launching pad for some interesting discussion on the merits of copyright and … Continue reading →

Joanne Kaufman recently wrote an intersting article for the Wall Street Journal about the difficulties that production studios face when they license music for one use, and then the opportunity arises to use the music in another way. The specific … Continue reading →