
Since the show first aired last Spring, I have been getting a number of emails from Grey's Anatomy music fans about getting into the business of Music Supervision. Many of the inquiries are about which college classes to take, what the best companies are to work for and most often -how I got started. So here goes….
It seems obvious, but to be a music supervisor you really really have to love music. And I mean love it in that "my life would be a big dark room without it" kind of way. In college (as a political science major) at the U of Illinois, I worked as an independent promoter booking live acts and bringing them to campus venues and bars - They Might Be Giants, Camper Van Beethoven, Jane's Addiction and Smashing Pumpkins were some of the acts. This was in the late 80's so these big bands were just starting out at the time and were playing small college venues. I left Illinois to work at Triad Artists (big talent agency) in the mailroom and then at BMI in the Film/TV department. At BMI, I was first exposed to music in film and got to work closely with composers, music supervisors, music editors and observe how music actually made it into film. I focused on getting a music coordinator gig and was lucky to be hired by Paul Di Franco at Concorde Films. Concorde was the legendary B Movie Producer Roger Corman's film company and Paul taught me all the basics about spotting sessions, clearance work and negotiation in my 3 years and 30 projects at the company. In 1998, I started Chop Shop Music Supervision and have worked supervising both film and TV projects.
ps. i säsongens sista avsnitt hörs årets grymmaste låt - Gnarls Barkleys "Crazy". Programmet sändes den 4 februari i USAvilket betyder att "Crazy" placerades i programmet lååååååååångt innan den ens var påtänkt som internationell hit. Det, tycker TV-Listan, är exakt vad som menas med koll. Nu är det anledningen till att DU ska köpa en Hultsfredsbiljett.
Jaha, och sen har vi Criminal Minds som TV-Listan ville tycka om, men det gick helt enkelt inte. I ärlighetens namn var det svårt att ena komma förbi ”Greg” (Thomas Gibson som spelar Greg i den ganska jobbiga men märkligt långlivade Dharma & Greg… och nu alltså gestaltar special agent ”Hotch” Hotchner) gå omkring och vara cool. Det fungerade inte för mig. Dessutom var det inte speciellt spännande eller läskigt... och hur är läget med alla meningslösa citat? Mycket gnäll – och visst, den ska få flera chanser – men TV-Listan tvivlar starkt!
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