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C A S Q U A R T E R L Y F A L L 2 0 1 9 47 Greg Ondo, Sr. Tech Specialist for Yamaha (with a focus on Steinberg products), hosted a lively discussion OBSERVATIONS b y K u r t K a s s u l k e C A S about composing for television with three veteran composers. They covered diverse topics from workflow through developing themes, and even sharing a few war stories of some of their most challenging days. They finished with words of encouragement for those trying to break in. Danny encouraged, "Research what's going on [and] don't be afraid to demo for it." Bobby said to "Stay excellent [and always] do your best work," while Fred summed it all up with, "Be the solution!" The "Composers Lounge" in the Quinn Theater had several interesting events. One was an interview with Russell Emanuel of Bleeding Fingers Music and four of his staff composers, all of whom happened to be young women. Bleeding Fingers uses a new model of composition. Instead of a single composer for a project, the company will assign whatever composer(s) it feels are appropriate for the film or television show. Bleeding Fingers was inspired by Hans Zimmer's use of a team at his facility, which is in the same building as Bleeding Fingers. Following Bleeding Fingers, composer/music editor Shie Rozow gave a presentation discussing his work in both occupations. He carefully skirted a question about which is more difficult, saying that it depended on the project. Rozow has worked with Danny Elfman on a number of films and pointed out that his scores are the hardest to edit because much of it is through-composed. OBSERVATIONS b y D a v i d B o n d e l e v i t c h C A S M P S E From left: CAS Board member Jeff Wexler CAS and two CAS Past Presidents, Michael Minkler CAS and Mark Ulano CAS. Clockwise from top left: Gene Martin, Peter Devlin CAS, and Carol Thomas; Shie Rozow; EVP of Post- Production Sony Pictures Studios Tommy McCarthy takes questions; CAS Board members Sherry Klein CAS and Marti Humphrey CAS. COMPOSERS LOUNGE: COMPOSING FOR TV MODERATOR: Greg Ondo (Steinberg) PANELISTS: Danny Lux (composer), Bobby Summerfield (composer), and Fred Coury (composer) COMPOSERS LOUNGE: BLEEDING FINGERS MUSIC & SHIE ROZOW