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45 Q3 2017 / CINEMONTAGE to convey that musically. As a craftsperson, it's a beautiful thing to serve emotions in a film like that." Such lessons, of course, Spiva learned over a very long time, and with guidance from some leading industry lights, as mentioned. That's why he emphasizes his interest in mentoring young professionals — particularly in an industry sector that has largely seen the role of the assistant music editor degraded in recent years. Helping younger, eager artists is also personally important because his daughter, Jordan, works in the industry, and his nephew, Derrick Spiva, Jr., is an accomplished composer outside of the film business. "As music editors, today we don't have nearly the opportunities [to learn the craft] that we did before," he says. "Outside of a few of the bigger shows, they don't normally carry assistant music editors the way they did when I came in, as a matter of course. It is really difficult now to get into music editing and actually learn that craft. "Mentoring plays much more of a hand in just getting more people involved, so I've been redoubling my efforts," Spiva adds in conclusion. "There are a few people I've been helping lately, and that is a good feeling." f "As music editors, today we don't have nearly the opportunities to learn the craft that we did before. Outside of a few of the bigger shows, they don't normally carry assistant music editors the way they did."