It feels good to be composing again. Seemingly, under a month ago I was complaining about doing all this freelance TV work and not having much time to write. Now, here it is mere weeks later and I've got several music projects lined up, only one of which I knew about in advance. In fact, the one I did know about developed into several projects in one.
The trailer for "The Life" is being produced right now as we speak and on top of that I'm going to be working on a song for the end credits of the series with singer/songwriter Amanda Brecker. Extremely excited about that collaboration which came out of the blue earlier this week.
I'm also currently composing a piano theme for a film I'll be scoring, prior to shooting, for a director I worked with last year. So far the director and I have zeroed in on an overall mood and tonality and a basic melody which I will be fleshing out later this week. They begin shooting on the 19th of August.
Add to that, a friend connected me with a .org that she works for that is looking for a 7 second bumper for their online learning channel (kinda like the opening to TED Talks). The News Literacy Project is an educational program that promotes media literacy among high school kids. So, that project is happening concurrently with the above and I'll likely be working directly with the motion graphics editor this week to find something that will highlight her animation.
All of the above events have me in this strange euphoric state right now. I can't believe I got so much work all at once. I'm still working every day of the week, sometimes at both jobs (TruTV and NY1) so finding the time for all these projects is going to be a bit of a challenge. But that's never stopped me before. I'm hoping to meet with Amanda this Friday to talk about our collaboration; it sounds like I'll be seeing the first drafts of the animation for the .org by Friday or Monday; and I'm hoping that tonight I can start drafting some musical ideas for "The Life" trailer.
Recording in my living room in the last few hours before my cousin returns from vacation seems like a good idea...even if it will be after midnight. My downstairs neighbors have never complained even when I would play the piano, which, I'm sure, they would have to be able to hear. A little acoustic guitar, post midnight, never hurt anyone.
As for the theme for Ben's film, I've got a leg up on it and I just need to start dragging my laptop around with me so I can work on the structure of the piece. I think I'll actually score this one out using Sibelius, which I realize I haven't used in a good long while because I haven't really had a need to score anything since last summer. So that should be fun.
Another thing I may need to try and accomplish tonight though is to submit an audition for a voice over job I was invited to audition for at Edge Studio. The deadline is 3pm tomorrow so hopefully I can hammer that out tonight.
And this leads me to my next exciting piece of news, and ya know what? Never mind. I don't want to jinx it. You'll know when I know. It's voice over related, I will say that.
On to a final piece of news: this past weekend my brother and his wife welcomed Donovan Eugene Stewart Daoust into the world. He was born at 8:06 pm Saturday night, just as I was going on stage with Lacy at Jamey's House of Music in Philly. I'm incredibly psyched to visit them in a few weeks and meet the little guy. He's adorable. :)
That'll be a nice little break as well, getting out of town for a slice and then a little nostalgia, likely visiting my old college town and some friends there. Updates to come on the projects as they advance!
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