My weekend in L.A. was absolutely wonderful. The orchestration seminar was awesome and increased my desire to devote my time and energy to film composing. Here are some of my favorite moments:
- Talking with my friend Matt about the Bible's infallibility and eating porkshops cooked in Coke. (Matt, you need a blog.)
- Meeting with Lauralee Farrer, who is producing a film called The Fair Trade.
- Being handed 370 pages of music written and orchestrated by some of the finest minds in the film scoring world. These two books have now been dubbed my Music Bible One and Two!
- Going out to Cheesecake Factory with the A-Town crew. (A-Town is slang for Allelous, which is the name of the intentional community we lived in while in Pasadena.)
- Learning that various composers give "lessons." I had imagined such a thing, but didn't know it actually existed until I went out to lunch with a bunch of classmates.
- Meeting Mervyn Warren, an original member of Take 6, who were my primary musical heroes as a teenager. Mervyn was so gracious in talking to me about my life, goals, etc. I'm looking forward to following his career.
You may be hearing less from me in future weeks, people. I have come away from this weekend with an even deeper desire to study and practice the art of film scoring!
Excellent! Compose with all your might! I've had pork chops in diet coke that rocked! If unleaded was that good, I imagine the real deal would be great to throw down!
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