Patrick de Caumette
Senior Member
Hi all,
Latest chapter in my ever evolving professional reel, i had to put together something that was meant to feature as strong candidates as possible, and show what i could do.
Not as easy as it may sound, is to be discerning of one's own strengths and flaws, and also decide what genres you want to market yourself for?
So putting a reel together is something that needs to be thought of carefully.
A good friend was making the good point that your reel is as good as your weakest tune in there.
Throw out the stuff that is not up to the same level as the other tracks. And that means exercising some detachment from yourself.
Also, less is more: no need to include 45 minutes of music!
Five great tracks can make a great impression!
And again, make sure you feature things that you really love doing!
My personal problem, is that i am a bit all over the place. I do like so many different genres, that it may be harder to establish a personal, recognizable style as a consequence.
So my reel radically shifts from one piece to another.
But that's who i am, and in the long run, being adaptable is not a bad thing, me thinks.
Another thing, i decided to get my 6 tracks mastered by a really talented man, and it made a world of a difference!
It seems obvious, but i have always cut corners with mastering and done it myself.
Sure you save money, but in the long run, you shortchange yourself, because your music will never sound as good as when mixed by a talented engineer, and we are competing against top shelf soundtracks, so our reel needs to be in the ballpark in order to be convincing...
In my case, it made a great difference.
I hope that some of those points were useful to you: please add suggestions of your own, and i hope you'll enjoy this!!
Feel free to post yours too!
Latest chapter in my ever evolving professional reel, i had to put together something that was meant to feature as strong candidates as possible, and show what i could do.
Not as easy as it may sound, is to be discerning of one's own strengths and flaws, and also decide what genres you want to market yourself for?
So putting a reel together is something that needs to be thought of carefully.
A good friend was making the good point that your reel is as good as your weakest tune in there.
Throw out the stuff that is not up to the same level as the other tracks. And that means exercising some detachment from yourself.
Also, less is more: no need to include 45 minutes of music!
Five great tracks can make a great impression!
And again, make sure you feature things that you really love doing!
My personal problem, is that i am a bit all over the place. I do like so many different genres, that it may be harder to establish a personal, recognizable style as a consequence.
So my reel radically shifts from one piece to another.
But that's who i am, and in the long run, being adaptable is not a bad thing, me thinks.
Another thing, i decided to get my 6 tracks mastered by a really talented man, and it made a world of a difference!
It seems obvious, but i have always cut corners with mastering and done it myself.
Sure you save money, but in the long run, you shortchange yourself, because your music will never sound as good as when mixed by a talented engineer, and we are competing against top shelf soundtracks, so our reel needs to be in the ballpark in order to be convincing...
In my case, it made a great difference.
I hope that some of those points were useful to you: please add suggestions of your own, and i hope you'll enjoy this!!
Feel free to post yours too!
