Thursday, June 11, 2009
Back From Africa....
Hi Folks...I'm back from Africa......and it was an experience. I'll write more later...
Saturday, March 21, 2009
My album is finished
At long last my album is finished! (the first one anyway)
Check it out...
http://cdbaby.com/cd/gunnarddoboze
Check it out...
http://cdbaby.com/cd/
Saturday, February 07, 2009
New twists, turns and other such developments...
Yes, Sorry folks I know it's been quite a long time since I've done the old blog update...
Good news a little sad news...and hopefully more interesting things....
First the good news..."September Tapes" has been in regular broadcast rotation on the Showtime television network-off and on-for several months now! Finally folks will get to see this film in all of its hair raising, hubris driven insanity....Also the Good News front "The Iron Ladies of Liberia" has been broadcast on nearly all of PBS's affiliates through Independant Lens, Oh, and "They Killed Sister Dorothy" will be airing on HBO this Spring (I've got an additional music credit on that one)....I'm going to be scoring another project for Just Media and I am also hoping that I'll start work on Chris Johnstons newest production later this spring. Also, Michael Watkins "Circle" which I scored will be out for all to see very soon.....!! Oh...and I've made a foray into the world of animation! more about that later .....
Now for some sad news...(nobody died....well literally....It's more of a metaphorical death of sorts)
Over the course of my budding career as a film composer I have heard my fair share of horror stories....fortunately outside of having a few "doing business" headaches (comes with the territory) I've been pretty lucky, and grateful for having the opportunity to "do my thing". Recently, a project that I had been attached to, (for roughly 15 months) just succumbed to some rather unfortunate events which caused such an irreparable degree of harm that the film-as it stands- appears to be shelved (that is, removed from IMDB which in database parlance means death).......... nuff said about that....
This brings me to my next point...
When is a credit a credit...?
Getting attached to a project early on is great, but in this crazy mixed up business it can take several years from being attached before the project is actually finished (my first film is a shining example of this)....as the composer you ride in the caboose....your the very last individual to finally get to your part of the project.........in most cases films are shot, edited, re edited sent to post sound mixing, composing, color corrected, screened re edited then shopped for distribution (not necessarily in that order) and as one can imagine, it's a long time before the film may even see the light of day.
What gets any individual noticed by a larger audience and by other producers, directors and the like, is a project that is broadcast and/or distributed theatrically in other words .the credit becomes actualized when the project is seen beyond that of the screening room.
Which brings me to my next point....BE CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC when your brought on to something early on.....Even if your given a retaining fee or something like that it's no guarantee that money spent will equate to a project either being completed or for that matter being distributed. Keep looking for work.....it's the talent, probability and attrition factor that determines your success......
be good....
spread yourself around ...
and hang in there....
Good news a little sad news...and hopefully more interesting things....
First the good news..."September Tapes" has been in regular broadcast rotation on the Showtime television network-off and on-for several months now! Finally folks will get to see this film in all of its hair raising, hubris driven insanity....Also the Good News front "The Iron Ladies of Liberia" has been broadcast on nearly all of PBS's affiliates through Independant Lens, Oh, and "They Killed Sister Dorothy" will be airing on HBO this Spring (I've got an additional music credit on that one)....I'm going to be scoring another project for Just Media and I am also hoping that I'll start work on Chris Johnstons newest production later this spring. Also, Michael Watkins "Circle" which I scored will be out for all to see very soon.....!! Oh...and I've made a foray into the world of animation! more about that later .....
Now for some sad news...(nobody died....well literally....It's more of a metaphorical death of sorts)
Over the course of my budding career as a film composer I have heard my fair share of horror stories....fortunately outside of having a few "doing business" headaches (comes with the territory) I've been pretty lucky, and grateful for having the opportunity to "do my thing". Recently, a project that I had been attached to, (for roughly 15 months) just succumbed to some rather unfortunate events which caused such an irreparable degree of harm that the film-as it stands- appears to be shelved (that is, removed from IMDB which in database parlance means death).......... nuff said about that....
This brings me to my next point...
When is a credit a credit...?
Getting attached to a project early on is great, but in this crazy mixed up business it can take several years from being attached before the project is actually finished (my first film is a shining example of this)....as the composer you ride in the caboose....your the very last individual to finally get to your part of the project.........in most cases films are shot, edited, re edited sent to post sound mixing, composing, color corrected, screened re edited then shopped for distribution (not necessarily in that order) and as one can imagine, it's a long time before the film may even see the light of day.
What gets any individual noticed by a larger audience and by other producers, directors and the like, is a project that is broadcast and/or distributed theatrically in other words .the credit becomes actualized when the project is seen beyond that of the screening room.
Which brings me to my next point....BE CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC when your brought on to something early on.....Even if your given a retaining fee or something like that it's no guarantee that money spent will equate to a project either being completed or for that matter being distributed. Keep looking for work.....it's the talent, probability and attrition factor that determines your success......
be good....
spread yourself around ...
and hang in there....
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Tonight.......on Showtime "September Tapes"
Hi...
Yes tonight if your a subscriber to the Showtime network, you can watch the September Tapes, the first movie that I scored....
Yes tonight if your a subscriber to the Showtime network, you can watch the September Tapes, the first movie that I scored....
Monday, March 17, 2008
The Iron Ladies of Liberia at The Cleveland International Film Festival
This past week I had a chance to go back to my hometown of Cleveland to participate in the Cleveland International Film Festival.
The Iron Ladies of Liberia ended up recieving the Greg Gund Memorial Standing Up Film Competition Prize ! Siatta-one of the directors-was also in attendance she fielded questions from some of the attendees which included a number of Liberians who left Liberia durring its civil war, and had relocated to Cleveland. Durring the question and answer period that immediatley proceeded the screening, one of the audience memebers-a 12 year Liberian girl-said "When can I go back home?" Siatta's response was "you can come back now". Hearing that really touched me as well as other members of the audience.
So, after having participated in numerous panels, as well as schmoozing with the masses it's time to get back to my studio! I've got a whole bunch of projects that are waiting to ruin my social life so back to the world of scoring!
The Iron Ladies of Liberia ended up recieving the Greg Gund Memorial Standing Up Film Competition Prize ! Siatta-one of the directors-was also in attendance she fielded questions from some of the attendees which included a number of Liberians who left Liberia durring its civil war, and had relocated to Cleveland. Durring the question and answer period that immediatley proceeded the screening, one of the audience memebers-a 12 year Liberian girl-said "When can I go back home?" Siatta's response was "you can come back now". Hearing that really touched me as well as other members of the audience.
So, after having participated in numerous panels, as well as schmoozing with the masses it's time to get back to my studio! I've got a whole bunch of projects that are waiting to ruin my social life so back to the world of scoring!
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Next Year.......
So, whats next....well this coming year I've got several projects moving towards the front burner, One of them's a film and one-let's not hold our breath-is an ALBUM....! Yes at long last I'm going to release my first digital compilation.........I've had this dc* in mind for nearly five years....and I've waited for many reasons...First, as I was getting ready to release it last year....However, I ended up starting work on a couple of other projects many of these new compositions inspired still more which I thought should appear on this compilation....
*Why am I calling this a Digital Compilation? Well, if your one of the many folks who downloads music you'll know that cd's are becoming ancient history.....So I thought Digital Compilation would suffice.
*Why am I calling this a Digital Compilation? Well, if your one of the many folks who downloads music you'll know that cd's are becoming ancient history.....So I thought Digital Compilation would suffice.
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