Paul is right - if you write something lousy, that's great. Because the next thing can be better. If you write nothing because it's not good enough - there is no next thing. You're still getting to the first thing.

Any serious artist should never worry about quality. He should just create - the hell with quality. You'll deal with it when you can - when you have that luxury.

It really bugged me when somebody was ragging on Evan for the quality of the films he scores. Jeez! No composer can control that. He can only fulfill his end of the bargain. And continue working - that's the important thing. Keep writing! Or creating - however you do it.

@William said:

It really bugged me when somebody was ragging on Evan for the quality of the films he scores. Jeez! No composer can control that. He can only fulfill his end of the bargain.

I agree. I remember that and thought it was piss poor.

Paul, you mean that?

http://www.whirligig-tv.co.uk/tv/children/pugwash/pugwash.wav">http://www.whirligig-tv.co.uk/tv/children/pugwash/pugwash.wav

That´s cute [:D]

(but not a bandoneon, b.t.w.)

@William said:

Any serious artist should never worry about quality. He should just create - the hell with quality. You'll deal with it when you can - when you have that luxury.

Agreed. And one more tip: Do small projects but finish them!
Don´t start with one unfinished symphony after the other.

I have a large piece of paper pinned up on my wall, reading 7/10 in big black letters. That is the score I must feel I reach in terms of quality, before moving on.

This is the only way I can ever leave one bar alone, and move on to the next. My nature is to endlessly seek 10/10, and I never get there. I can go weeks without finishing anything unless I settle for what I regard as 7/10.

So thats my new religion: 7/10 [[:|]]

7 out of 10 - that is probably a good approach. Also I agree on finishing small projects. I find deadlines helpful, becauses otherwise I have problems in this area - not getting things done if they are independent of a timeframe like a CD of original music, etc. This can be very disturbing because it is like energy that has gone nowhere. You have to finish projects with some efficiency even if they are not on a strict deadline.

@mathis said:

Paul, you mean that?

Oh! you great bloke! I haven't heard that for years! How on earth did you find it. Amazing! Yes, I mean that. I wish I'd written it I can tell you. To hear that after the day I've had today (I fell off a ladder) was therapy of the first order.

Good man! [:D]

Bests

Paul

@PaulR said:

How on earth did you find it. Amazing!

Well, these are my business secrets.... [[;)]] , nooo, just a quick google.
What made you climb up the ladder?
(glad you´re not hurt too serious!)


William, I think it was a post of yours mentioning Philippe Sarde. One of his soundtracks is currently running here (Les voleurs) and I´m very moved. I´m not totally sure what the instrumentation is, it´s a string quartett, but sometimes I think there´s a Bass added. Does anybody know?

Good night, folks,
- M

@mathis said:

[What made you climb up the ladder?
(glad you´re not hurt too serious!)

Well, as it's my birthday today and as a little bit of light relief for the lads from all this music, I was painting the house as a matter of fact. I was about 13 feet up and was thinking of something else and just stepped out into space. The few nanno seconds before I landed, I went Arrrrgghhh and my wife came running round the corner, saw that I was Ok and started laughing. My fall was broken by a fortunately placed large rhoddodendron bush and her laughter turned to annoyance when she realized the rhoddodendron was completely destroyed. Plus the paint, very thick masonry paint, landed all over me. Munched up shoulder and cuts and bruises so thanks for your concern, but my self-esteem is irrevocably damaged. [:O]ops:

This morning, my beautifully painted back wall of the house, had a low-level crap attack by a bunch of wood pigeons as I stood there admiring it. [:'(]

If I had been allowed to get a Huf Haus, none of this would have happened. And don't expext little treats like this on a regular basis btw.

Bests

Paul

Multiple levels of LOL!!!!!

[:)]

LOL

LOL

LOL

Evan Evans

Paul,

You're not the first person in life to step off the latter. We all do it regularly. You just managed to do it literaly. Let that be a lesson to us all: next time you go crashing to the ground, have a good laugh over it.

As far as pigeons crapping all over one's work: we can all relate to that as well.

Therefore what your post actually says is: Just another day in the life over here - everything's a dangerous mess.

The happiest of birthdays to you lad.

Dave Connor

I'd say Happier Birthday considering what you reported. I agree with Dave there is a metaphorical nature to what you've written. If you are 13 feet up don't be thinking of something else and step out into space unless you're ready to fall, saved perhaps only by the fortunately placed large rhododendron bush.

All of these are profoundly significant elements which Paul has shared to guide all of us to a higher path of understanding in both music and life. We must remember that once we've fallen off the great ladder of life, we must all be ready to face the cosmic crap attack.

Man, 13 feet are about 4 meter, right? That´s really high. It must have been a big rhododendron bush to save you. We should award it with a medal... Is that an oscar?

Happy birthday, survivor!

It WAS a big rhododdendron bush Mathis, but no longer. Not recommended.

Many thanks gentlemen and much appreciated. It is now 00.14 GMT and another one bites the dust. Thank God for that! [:)]

Another current film composer who is one of the best is Zbignieuw Preisner. (I hope I got that first name right - whew!)

His scores use minimal, simple, repeated motifs and development but in an extremely "exposed" way so that the music participates very much as an element in the film's scene. Exemplified in "Blue" and "Double Life of Veronique" in both of which the music is a part of the story as well. Of coure he was lucky enough to have gotten jobs with Kieslowski, who was the greatest filmmaker of the last half of the twentieth century. That helps a bit with your film scoring. (Like Benny H. - his FIRST film job was "Citizen Kane." Rather nice to be offered a job on a little production like that, eh?)

BTW I wonder when Paul R will ever be permitted by his Superego to post here again? (Or perhaps it is his Id that is in charge? As Walter Pidgeon said, "Id, Id, Id!")

William,

Paul is certainly not "Forbidden" to post so his Id should be well intact.

What mindless primitive gave him the idea that he shouldn't?

DC

@dpcon said:

What mindless primitive gave him the idea that he shouldn't?

He himself [[;)]]

You may be right. It is the Mindless Primitive on the other side of that door. He is responsible for this irrational abstinence from posting that has weakened the Forum. And that Other Self will be supplied with all the energy it needs by the Krell machinery. We may never hear from Paul R again, because his Id has been given form, and nothing - not even Blasters - can stop it now.

William,

My anger at the situation is RED HOT...SOON TO BE WHITE HOT.

I need a drink...where's Robbie?

DC

Dave, don't touch that stuff Robbie makes. It's got fuesil oil in it.