NME Online Magazine and James Semple
This week has been “the” week for James Semple, who composed the spooky music for THE QUEEN OF CROWS e-book trailer. I’m working on an interview with him for FlamesRising.com, and in that interview he confirms that he has been selected to work on the film score for the upcoming horror flick HOUSE OF HELL. [...]
2010.07.11 Setting Music to the Trailer
Today I had a meeting with the composer for the music to THE QUEEN OF CROWS promotional trailer. The first thing we did was listen to various sounds and whatnot to decide what the feel of the music should be. Did I want the composition to be dramatic and tense or smooth and understated? Did [...]
2010.07.05 Frickin-Frackin Technological Snafus
Finished making the trailer and finding the sound effects for the music today. I decided to go with that “old film” feel as much as I could. Initially, I was going to do a black-and-white silent movie with scrollwork on black panels as the promotional text. It ended up being too hard to see the [...]
2010.7.02 Music is the Universal Language
Had an exciting conversation with a professional composer this past week. While I work on the novel, I’m also looking at ways to promote THE QUEEN OF CROWS to raise funds for the print edition, which people are asking for. Hey, people. Remember that our world isn’t set up to allow writers, artists or musicians [...]
Yeah, Simple is Better
Been going through a de-cluttering phase the last couple of weeks. Getting rid of the all the “how to” crap and focusing on what’s important. The constant stream of publication announcements, how to get published (and/or write/market/etc.), “buy my book” and people trying to be edgy by revealing the inside of their stomach contents has [...]
Violet War Soundtrack: Grimm Tales
Once Upon A Time… Enter the Realm of Fable, where goblins, elves and sylvan spirits dwell in the deepest shadows of the forest beneath the wicked Witch Queen’s spell of eternal darkness. Nox Arcana invites you to immerse yourself in a haunting soundscape of bewitching melodies, eerie sound effects and pulse-pounding orchestrations as you explore [...]
