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Continued from page 52 Matt: Well, I think you always have to strive to do the best work, no matter what. And also, I think it’s important, no matter what you have, you have to do the best with it. You know, not everybody is gonna be able to afford all the libraries that Kevin has, or myself, so you have to do the best you can with what you have. I think it’s very important to really challenge yourself and don’t look at it as, “Oh, it’s just background music,” or, “Oh, it’s not that that important, I’ll just have to spend a couple hours,” because he says that it only takes him two hours. I would just say that you have to strive to take the idea that you have and make it the best it can be, then your music is just gonna stick out above everybody else’s. And, you know, what Kevin said I think is so important. You really have to love it. We really love what we do, and that passion, I think, needs to be there. Don’t do it just because you think you can make money at it. If you wanted to get a really nice suite of orchestral libraries, are we talking $2,000 to $5,000? A lot more? I’m talking about if you want to get several… Kevin: The L.A. Scoring Strings are, what, $1,200, and they sound great. They’re all different. I mean, the East/West Quantum Leap—you can get it for a thousand bucks— for the Gold version. So you could have a really nifty stash for… Kevin: Those are two great ones I just mentioned for two thousand bucks. So that’s not that much of an obstacle when you think about it. You could either take a vacation or invest in… Matt: That’s absolutely true. It’s not expensive anymore to do this. If you want everything, then it does add up. Because it’s not just orchestral libraries, there are all these other libraries. It does add up, but you don’t have them all to start with. You start with just a few really good quality things, and you also don’t necessarily need to think you need to do every style of music under the moon. Just start with something that you’re good at. Kevin: Whatever sounds you have, you have to write to those sounds. If you’re not going to put live guys on, don’t try to do things with a patch that sounds crumby—like a fast line with crummy string patch, or any string patch with a fast line is almost impossible. So don’t do that. Write what sounds good. Know the limitations of your library and don’t fight it.

John, you’re an amazing man in that you are still hungry after all these years. You could easily rest on your laurels, but you’re still driven. Is there any advice you can give the folks in this room that will give them the kind of sustained passion you’ve had for so many years? What makes you still love it? John: I think you either love it or you don’t love it! If you do, at that point it’s to trust yourself. You also have to be a perfectionist and always do the best you can do. It’s that which has helped me to achieve whatever I’ve achieved. It’s that driving force to not screw up, to always have everything above a certain line. Because if one thing is below it, that’s it. Somebody hears it; it pulls the whole thing down. I’ve heard things today when I was mentoring… and a lot of things are really

good, but maybe there was something like the vocal or this or that. We always know deep inside if it’s the s-h-i-t or not. You know, we always know, so you really have to be honest with yourself and surround yourself with good people. If you don’t have a good voice, get a great singer in. If your trumpet sample sounds really bad, then get a new trumpet player. Spend fifty bucks. Like I got in the sax player, you know what I mean? I’ve spent thousands that I thought I was throwing my money away, but it certainly paid off. So my advice is to always strive to be excellent. Words to live by. You gentlemen have been nothing short of inspirational today. Thank you very much; Kevin Kiner, Matt Hirt, and John Lewis Parker. Thank you all! [applause]

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Talkback
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Education—What’s On Your Mind?
Korg Sound On Sound Unlimited Track Recorder
For Your Bookshelf: Time To Get Wise
For Your Bookshelf: Quick Takes
Slate Pro Audio Dragon Dynamics Processor
Shure Beta 91A, Beta 98A, and Beta 181 Microphones
For Your e-Bookshelf
Course Technology PTR Ableton Live 8 Course Clips Master
Superscope PSD430
FaderPro Are You Able?
It’s Your Music—Know Your Rights. Chapter 17: Composing Music For Motion Pictures
Universal Audio UAD-2 Satellite and Studer A800 and Lexicon 224 plug-ins
iOS Music Tools For Education
Readers' Tapes
Advertiser Index
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