Well, summer's here and the weather's beautiful ... and there are times I'd prefer to be outside than working away on corporate video music, among other things, but I'm happy to be working, at any time.
Unfortunately so often these days I find, though, that I'm being asked to work for little or no budget, being told that "it'll look good on your CV" or that payment will be made but "deferred" ...
Now, there are times when I'm happy to work for no money, and I'll always be glad to discuss projects where money is hard or impossible to find, and everyone's working for love - but if I'm asked to work, for no money, on projects which are obviously 'commercial', and being funded properly - for everyone involved with the production- except, for some reason, the composer ....
The answer will be no.
I value my work, and my time. If you want exceptional music for your production composed and produced to a very high standard, to picture, to your brief, by someone with many years experience ... well, you have to pay, unless I'm assured that everyone involved is doing this for love and art, not money, and no-one is being paid.
Even then I can't promise to say yes, even if I love your work. If paid work comes in during the period of production, then I'll have to down tools on your job to work on the paid work. In these tricky times, that's just how it is.
Just so you know !
