 | David Earl
Director of Production
David Earl has a classical background on both brass instruments and piano, and got heavily into jazz, funk, fusion, and pop when he entered his twenties. He has established himself as a serious electronic musician, and is a founding member of rtfm records, an independent electronic music label.
In 1996, David wrote and produced dance music, taught private lessons on MIDI sequencing and digital audio, and started flirting with the idea of writing music for commercials. By 2001, David had managed a professional music studio, twiddled knobs for Mickey Hart, Co-Produced the former Tower of Power singer Lenny Williams, and wrote music for countless commercials under the supervision of Andy Newell at Ripesound.
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Written by David Earl
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Monday, November 09, 2009 |
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The 45 minute rule.
Today, like all days when I write music for hire, I sat down and started writing, with only a couple of buzzwords to follow.
For one level of the game, the buzzword from the audio director was 'fast... like a racing game'
So I sit down and start to write.
I have this thing called the 45 minute rule. After 45 minutes of working, I know whether or not an idea is going to flesh out, or if it's gonna sit there in an 8 bar loop and sneer at me.
After 45 minutes, if there isn't anything of value on the screen, I take a walk and clear my head. Sometimes caffeine helps. If you aren't feeling something when you are trying to hit a home run, change your surroundings and revisit the work. *bows* |
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Written by David Earl
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Thursday, October 29, 2009 |
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Seriously? Who are your friends? If you want to be involved in sound design, music composition, producing, or engineering, you must make friends. Sorry for all of you introverts out there. In order to get somewhere with what you are doing, you must make friends with people that are doing things that are more interesting than what you are doing. I'm not saying give up your drinking buddies. Those are the people you CONFIDE in. I'm simply saying that in order to get anywhere in the biz, you are going to need acquaintances. Lots of them. For those of you who have the social abilities of a cave newt, here's what I suggest: |
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Written by Dave Earl
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Wednesday, August 05, 2009 |
Hello there folks.
So what's been up in the production side of things?
A whole lot. A tsunami of work. I am at once humbled, excited, grateful, and determined.
I've been rather stunned by the team here. There was a stretch there where we had many late, late, late nights in a row, and everyone was very supportive.
On the day I decided not to eat, because I was convinced I would pass out.... Steve came to the rescue with some truly kick-a#s veggie juice that kept me going throughout the day.
People like Steve, Paul, Matt, Deks, etc..... they are all what keeps me coming in for the hectic schedule that I have to maintain. We're all pushing hard here, and I think the fruits are beginning to show.
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Written by Dave Earl
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Wednesday, July 08, 2009 |
You will not write the great American novel.
That's what every writer should say before sitting down to start a novel.
I'm not going to write 'Passion' by Peter Gabriel today. I'm going to crank out some content, though. It's gonna be really good, too.
You can't come to a session swinging for the fences. You have to let the music tell you what to write. You have to absorb influences and try to channel their source through you.
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