What's Going On

I recently finished a teaser for an Indie movie whose director is trying to raise funds to complete the project.  Editing was a bit laborious because there was little said about the movie in the clips I was given.  Still, I was able to glean enough from what I was given to put together a video.  I wrote the music for the teaser, which I enjoyed doing.  My only payment is a promised IMDB page, but that might get me some more work that actually pays (fingers crossed).

I think writing music for Indie movies and videos is probably a good way to go.  The price is normally $60 per page, but I think I should probably charge a little less for Indie movies since they often have problems raising funds.  I really need to check to see what ASCAP rules are about that since I'm a member, though.


Right now, I'm trying to write some music that would be suitable for a Western movie.  I've never written that style, so it's a fun challenge.  I don't have any potential buyers for it at this time, but if I can do a good enough job, perhaps someone will want to use my music.  I could really use the money since the dentist wants $3000 to pull my broken teeth and give me dentures.  The price seems awfully high, but the dental school wants $150 a week and a commitment to keep going every week.  The most I have left over after groceries and utilities is $200, but that generally gets eaten up by some unforeseen emergency.


I hope that I will be at least successful enough in this venture to gain a little capital.  CD Baby is offering something for musicians to provide music for pay to people making videos, but they don't seem to spell out the details or the prices.  That makes me think it may be too good to be true.  Unfortunately, I'm pretty much an idiot when it comes to business and legalities and my head has been too foggy lately to read through everything I should be reading up on.  At least I'm moving forward even if it's a step at a time.


I haven't been writing too much lately because it's a pain to do on the cell phone.  I've been confined to bed so much lately that the cell phone has been my only option.  Today I feel well enough to sit at the computer and type a little.  Hopefully, my health will continue to improve.


One of the things I need to do is learn how to use blogger or blogspot as they seem to want to call it now.  I've given up on Multiply changing their TOS.  I'm getting to old to keep having to change sites.