Comments for Ryan Leach http://ryanleach.com Composer of Original Music for Film, TV and New Media Mon, 07 May 2012 05:30:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Starting by Planning or by Improvising? by Ryan Leach http://ryanleach.com/2012/04/starting-by-planning-or-by-improvising/#comment-1690 Ryan Leach Mon, 07 May 2012 05:30:00 +0000 http://ryanleach.com/?p=2122#comment-1690 Excellent point Bruce, composing the line is something that I don't value often enough! I hope you don't mind but I'm going to run with that idea on a future post :-) Excellent point Bruce, composing the line is something that I don’t value often enough! I hope you don’t mind but I’m going to run with that idea on a future post :-)

]]> Comment on Starting by Planning or by Improvising? by Bruce Reinoso http://ryanleach.com/2012/04/starting-by-planning-or-by-improvising/#comment-1689 Bruce Reinoso Sat, 05 May 2012 13:32:00 +0000 http://ryanleach.com/?p=2122#comment-1689 Hi, Ryan. It's an interesting question you pose. I like the Hindemith lighting at night analogy. A little scary, really. I suspect some composers see and remember more of the details of the flash. Sometimes I see better than other times, in the dark after a flash of lightning. One of the things Robert Ward taught me was to first identify and compose the Line (of thought) that the listener was to follow from beginning to end and then go back and work out the details afterwards. So, to answer your question, I think I always use both techniques. Bruce Hi, Ryan. It’s an interesting question you pose. I like the Hindemith lighting at night analogy. A little scary, really. I suspect some composers see and remember more of the details of the flash. Sometimes I see better than other times, in the dark after a flash of lightning. One of the things Robert Ward taught me was to first identify and compose the Line (of thought) that the listener was to follow from beginning to end and then go back and work out the details afterwards. So, to answer your question, I think I always use both techniques. Bruce

]]> Comment on Lessons for a Composer’s Assistant by Daniel Schneider http://ryanleach.com/2011/05/lessons-for-a-composers-assistant/#comment-1688 Daniel Schneider Thu, 03 May 2012 19:04:00 +0000 http://ryanleach.com/?p=1157#comment-1688 Thanks for the great advice. I've been assisting Jason Graves for a few years now and I'm always looking for new ways to make his work days easier. Keep up the great work! Thanks for the great advice. I’ve been assisting Jason Graves for a few years now and I’m always looking for new ways to make his work days easier. Keep up the great work!

]]> Comment on Use a Single Pro Tools Session for Playback by Marc Lawson http://ryanleach.com/2012/04/use-a-single-pro-tools-session-for-playback/#comment-1685 Marc Lawson Tue, 24 Apr 2012 11:20:00 +0000 http://ryanleach.com/?p=2105#comment-1685 Cool. Thanks, man! Cool. Thanks, man!

]]> Comment on Use a Single Pro Tools Session for Playback by Ryan Leach http://ryanleach.com/2012/04/use-a-single-pro-tools-session-for-playback/#comment-1684 Ryan Leach Sun, 22 Apr 2012 21:19:00 +0000 http://ryanleach.com/?p=2105#comment-1684 I'm in Pro Tools 10 but as you said, it will work with any other version. It doesn't even have to be Pro Tools, just as long as it can slave to Logic and host video. I have used this method on older versions of Pro Tools LE, the only thing to watch out for is I know some older versions don't have timecode and you have to calculate frames as beats and ticks which can be a little tedious. I’m in Pro Tools 10 but as you said, it will work with any other version. It doesn’t even have to be Pro Tools, just as long as it can slave to Logic and host video.

I have used this method on older versions of Pro Tools LE, the only thing to watch out for is I know some older versions don’t have timecode and you have to calculate frames as beats and ticks which can be a little tedious.

]]> Comment on Use a Single Pro Tools Session for Playback by Marc Lawson http://ryanleach.com/2012/04/use-a-single-pro-tools-session-for-playback/#comment-1682 Marc Lawson Sun, 22 Apr 2012 14:00:00 +0000 http://ryanleach.com/?p=2105#comment-1682 Hey Ryan, this sounds like a really good idea... What version of ProTools are you using for this? I am still on 8 (LE), but this would probably work with that version (I think). Great article! Marc Hey Ryan, this sounds like a really good idea…

What version of ProTools are you using for this? I am still on 8 (LE), but this would probably work with that version (I think).

Great article!
Marc

]]> Comment on Composer Focus Interview by This Month in ryanleach.com History – April 2012Ryan Leach | Ryan Leach http://ryanleach.com/2011/04/composer-focus-interview/#comment-1677 This Month in ryanleach.com History – April 2012Ryan Leach | Ryan Leach Sun, 01 Apr 2012 16:33:03 +0000 http://ryanleach.com/?p=1036#comment-1677 [...] 4th, 2011 - Composer Focus Interview April 11th, 2011 – Project Arbiter – End Titles April 18th, 2011 – New TV Placements [...] [...] 4th, 2011 - Composer Focus Interview April 11th, 2011 – Project Arbiter – End Titles April 18th, 2011 – New TV Placements [...]

]]> Comment on Film Scoring 101: Cue Numbering by Marc Lawson http://ryanleach.com/2012/03/film-scoring-101-cue-numbering/#comment-1674 Marc Lawson Fri, 30 Mar 2012 18:58:00 +0000 http://ryanleach.com/?p=1895#comment-1674 Cool. Thanks a bunch, man! Cool. Thanks a bunch, man!

]]> Comment on Film Scoring 101: Cue Numbering by Ryan Leach http://ryanleach.com/2012/03/film-scoring-101-cue-numbering/#comment-1673 Ryan Leach Mon, 26 Mar 2012 17:57:00 +0000 http://ryanleach.com/?p=1895#comment-1673 Hey Marc! I do it myself. Since I usually get one long cut of the film, the director doesn't usually even think of it as being in reels. I get one long file, and then I base my "reels" off of 20 minute chunks. I don't cut the film up into sections or anything, it's just based on the timecode. Hey Marc! I do it myself. Since I usually get one long cut of the film, the director doesn’t usually even think of it as being in reels. I get one long file, and then I base my “reels” off of 20 minute chunks. I don’t cut the film up into sections or anything, it’s just based on the timecode.

]]> Comment on Film Scoring 101: Cue Numbering by Marc Lawson http://ryanleach.com/2012/03/film-scoring-101-cue-numbering/#comment-1672 Marc Lawson Mon, 26 Mar 2012 17:27:00 +0000 http://ryanleach.com/?p=1895#comment-1672 Great article, Ryan. Simple and concise. One question... do you break up the film into reels or does the director / editor do that for you? Great article, Ryan. Simple and concise.

One question… do you break up the film into reels or does the director / editor do that for you?

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