Hello all, I am an independent composer based in Manchester. I have worked on short films, adverts and TV shows. My current projects are an ongoing effort to get into computer games and to write a short EP of electronic music which I hope can show people that electronic music doesn't have to be aggressive, repetitive or musically bland. www.davekavanagh.co.uk
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Hi Dave, As well as screenwriting and part-time teaching, I still work freelance as a creative director and occasionally choose music for ads, so I'll pass on your link should anything come up in the ad world. I'd love to be suggesting music for films, but they rarely get out of the development hell stage! All best, Tim John
Thanks Emily, and Tim that's very good of you. Advertising work is a wonderful source of bread and butter money!
Nice to meet you, Dave. I checked out your website. Nice website... unique musical sound. Very nice musical style.
Hi, Matt. Perhaps it's just me, but it seems perhaps not the most elegant form to thank someone's offer to help by relegating their arena to bread and butter. That would hugely dampen my own enthusiasm, in all events. Also, here in the States, advertising is not only some of the best-paying work, but frequently some of the most fun and innovative, allowing composers to pull from various skills and styles in their arsenals of training and experimentation, including electronics. So, perhaps all that colors my reaction. Wishing you much success in all your creative endeavors.
you can certainly do electronica. do a little album of a dozen different tracks and see how it goes.
Hi Deon, your comment is confusing, there was a Matt in this conversation but he joined after your comment. Otherwise you sound like you were directing the comment to me and I think you misunderstand me. Bread and Butter is not an insult, it's a way of saying a fundamental source of income, something vital and reliable. None of that suggests anything negative, just frequent. I'm genuinely grateful for Tim's offer, I hope a cross of a saying's meaning doesn't mislay that.
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And thanks Matt, that's encouraging to hear! I have 3 new tracks very nearly completion and a handful of others in the works but I'm currently having an equipment failure so everything's on pause!
Nothing wrong with bread and butter. Without it, there's nowhere to put the jam and honey!