This Music Supervisor Will Rock Your World…
October 27, 2017
Music supervisor, David Hayman, from Supergroup Sonic Branding Co. was awesome enough to take time out of his busy day to be interviewed. In fact, he actually had to step out of the film editing studio to do it.
He is wrapping up a new film called “The Padre” starring Tim Roth, Nick Nolte, and Luis Guzmán.
You are going to get an amazing peek behind the scenes. Some of the questions I asked him were:
- Do you ever accept music from independent artists? (You’ll love his answer).
- How should artists get your attention? (You’ll like this one too).
- Why do you like working with unsigned music? (…and this one as well).
Check out the video below and then feel free to leave your comments below and let us know what you think.
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Great Stuff once again Chris!
Glad you liked it, Jamie.
Thanks for posting – Love the "courage to be simple" line!
Yeah that’s a great one isn’t it. I also like the one about music being the only thing humankind has done that we haven’t messed up.
… #Very heplful guy’s!!!
Sweet! Glad you found it helpful, Todd.
Really great Interview and very informative! Thank you so much Chris! Pity though that doing a cover is the best way to get a better break or at least that is the way the scene is leaning towards!
Actually, when I asked David about that, he didn’t support the idea of starting with covers. His biggest suggestion was to be defined in your sound and writing. Maybe have another listen to that part. Really glad you found this helpful, Harin!
BIG LOVE! – David
An interesting introspective interview.
Dave is very articulate, concise and matter of factly on his depiction of the gears and mechanics of this industry.
It would be engaging to set down and discuss the architecture of the marriage of music to visuals and the ingredients of what it is that makes art acceptable, hence successful .Two mediums that are limited by subjective interpretation. However Dave seems to have his finger on the pulse of the sociological rule of behavioral acceptance from the populace of a diversity of cultures.
Thanks for sharing,
Karl
Hi Karl, thanks for the comment. You may be right, but I have always thought of art as something that also challenges acceptance. I sure hope an inspired choice of what music belongs in a movie soundtrack, doesn’t just come down to hard sociological rules of behavior.
Hi Chris,
No debate that challenging established "accepted" art forms is the mother of invention and fosters innovative breakthroughs.
Dave wouldn’t be successful if he wasn’t congruent with his material selections and aligning his creative choices with the sociological normative rule of populace acceptance.
Dave certainly possesses an intuitive talent and ability for identifying what works. Based on his interview I gathered he has a grasp on audience, target markets, trends, demographics, cultures and their sociological normative rules of behavior with art and entertainment. And a big helping of good musical taste!
Thanks again for sharing.
Karl
Well it sounds like we agree more or less. There is a reason there are pop songwriting formulas, yet the most successful writers are the ones who create something new and therefore create new popular culture acceptances and behaviors. We’ve come a long way culturally from Big Band to Punk Rock. 🙂
TEAMHAYMAN
David has it totally right, music is the only thing that human’s have done that is not destructive, even the worst serves a purpose of awareness. We are really blessed, although some speaking from the gutter, it still is one of the real good purposes in life, nothing else is more important than creating, and especially creating music that effects every single person in the world.