Klarinet Archive - Posting 001415.txt from 1998/05

From: "Benjamin A. Maas" <bmaas@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Playing for cartoons
Date: Fri, 29 May 1998 02:20:23 -0400

In this town, the groups that play for cartoons and other TV shows depends
on a lot of things. Few of them use a full orchestra. Many shows just use
synths... (start a thread on that: synths replacing instruments). Some
just use a small collection of eclectic instruments. To play session music,
it is either boring or terrifying. There seems to be little in between.
Some (especially slapstick cartoon music) is exceedingly difficult. Much
(ex. Star Trek contrabass clar. parts) is easy... you'd just see goose-eggs.

The other problem with orchestras for movies is that much work has been
shipped to London where a full size orchestra costs a lot less. (Union
rules can make things quite expensive) and in London, they don't need to
worry about much of that stuff.

The last thing: yes it is fun. You play a wide variety of music in a small
amount of time. If you don't like one thing, wait for the next session for
something better....

--Ben

Benjamin Maas
Clarinetist and Digital Recording Engineer
Student, University of Southern California
Executive Director, Digital Renaissance Consort
bmaas@-----.net
bmaas@-----.edu
-----Original Message-----
From: GrnShirt@-----.com>
Date: Thursday, May 28, 1998 6:22 PM
Subject: [kl] Playing for cartoons

>Has anyone ever had any experience in playing for the backgound music in
>cartoons or movies? It seems like it would be a lot of fun. Also, is it
>usually a full orchestra or just select intsruments? Are things much
different
>for movies and TV shows?
>
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