A note to all those up-and-coming arrangers out there: when deciding how much to charge for a hack arranging gig, keep in mind that you will fall into bed exhausted at 2 AM, only to find yourself wide awake at 4:30 AM with one single line from the song stuck on endless repeat in your head.
Go for hazard pay.
What defines a “hack” arranging gig?
Dude. You look like Bela Lugosi.
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This, at $16 per 4 bar line.
So, Michael.
Listening to this, I’m reminded of how stupidly good you are at pulling just about anything out of your tail end and making it sound / feel / look right.
Now, with that said, what the flaming hell is this project you’re working on?
Good flaming lord.
It’s for a Christmas Show at the Actor’s Co-op theater in Hollywood. The shtick is that a guy has a Christmas dream-come-true, and gets to host his own 60’s style Hollywood variety show. It’s meant to be an homage to that sound, the Doc Severinsen thing, with all the cliches and a little bit of the camp.
That’s me, baby. Campy musical cliches, written to order.
This song puts a smile on my face. I think, “For the next hour or two, everything will be alright with the world.”
Can that be your new Addison Road author pic?
I love, “Celebrities are such a treat.”
My pride has compelled me to point out that what I linked to is the songwriting demo only, to get final approval from the music producer on the show before I go to actually print scores and do a full-blown big band track. I’ll post the final when I have it.
So, I’m not the only one paying for my sins right now, I take it?
I’ve been hacking away all weekend… and I don’t mean coughing.
Which is why I haven’t done the far more important task of responding to Chad on the McLaren thread….
but gimme time
One of my copyists just IM’d me that he is now a diabetic from listening to the last song he worked on…. It’s called hyperglycemic shock. Then he sent me several pictures of people throwing up.
Ah, the rewards of musical excellence.