RSS Feeds: Finding Work as a Film Composer Online
The internet has expanded the ability of many different types of artists to find work and sell their art online. If you are a film composer, the internet may provide you with a new source of work that was not available to composers in generations before, but you have to know how to use it. Many composers will use the internet to market themselves but in order to really see your work pay off, you will need to understand how the internet works and what is not a waste of time.
One of the first and most obvious aspects to finding work and marketing yourself as a film composer online is to have a nice website. You want a site that is appealing, easy to navigate, and offers samples of your film scoring work in video or audio formats. It is easier than ever to make a decent website yourself these days with free applications like WordPress but if web design is not your thing, you may have to consider putting down the money to get a nice site made for you. Just using MySpace or some similar site to offer some samples and information may be alright, but it generally seems unprofessional for a film composer. Once you have a website, you are ready to market your film composing services.
There are several online directories that you can post links to your film composer website on. These will not guarantee anything but they will help your website get some search engine power and are basically just the minimum steps you should first take. Once you have your site listed on some film composing directories, the next step would be to join some filmmaking forums. You want to be visible to filmmakers, not other composers, so forget about film composing forums unless you just want to participate in them for the sake of improving your craft.
One of the more effective methods of finding work online as a film composer would be to use YouTube. YouTube can draw a lot of traffic for effectively placed videos, so having a few video samples of your film scores there can be helpful in spreading the word of your work. You may even consider making some music videos of your compositions to help market your music.
Internet marketing for film composers can help them get into the business by connecting them with filmmakers, but when it comes down to it, you still have to be a talented composer to make it. If you do high quality work and are willing to start out working for free, all that's left is to have a good website with samples of your work and to start marketing yourself on the web. Keep in mind that there is no easy road to establishing yourself as a film composer.
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