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[MoritzPGKatz]

Hey,

Any of you audio guys do any advertisement work or film stuff?

Thought I'd share.

Here's some things I had my hands in at the day job:


[me compose and sing]


[me compose and whistle]


[me co-produce, percussion and rap a bit] (EDIT: replaced link, was dead!)
"QUANT e-sports limousine" (QUANT commercial) [me co-produce/arrange choirs]

Hope you like!  

Cheers,
Moritz

[MoritzPGKatz]

Heh, guess no-one clicks this since it's nothing but ads...

Have I now lost all indie cred?!

[Chromanoid]

Hehe, cool impressive stuff as always

[Audiosprite]

Dang dude, that is a very impressive portfolio and set of tunes

[MoritzPGKatz]

Thanks guys!

[Kole]

Nice work That first advertisement is pretty hilarious.

[Rodrigues]

Nice work man!

Ya the sportage one, has a cool vibe.  I wrote music in house, for three years, for a music production house in Toronto. Worked on ads none stop for about three years.  It was a little crazy, but I really enjoyed it. I went freelance and have shifted my focus a little, but still write full time.

Have a few ads up on the site still at www.danrodrigues.ca

Keep up the great work!

[steusicmusic]

wow, it's all really fantastic! really good job!

i'm new to all of this, but bear with me - did these companies seek you out, or vice versa?

[MoritzPGKatz]

Thanks for the kind words, everyone!

i'm new to all of this, but bear with me - did these companies seek you out, or vice versa?

We've established a network of agencies, directors and film productions.
It's a people business - and we're lucky to work mostly with guys and gals who we get along with very well.
In some cases there are open pitches, mostly it's people seeking out our services though.

By the way, the LUX commercial recently won First Prize at the Young Director Award in Cannes! w00t w00t

I wrote music in house, for three years, for a music production house in Toronto. Worked on ads none stop for about three years.  It was a little crazy, but I really enjoyed it. I went freelance and have shifted my focus a little, but still write full time.

Working in advertisement is crazy indeed! A lot of people burn out, especially if they're working solo and have to absorb every set-back on their own.
Glad you're still writing! Kudos for your portfolio as well.

Cheers,
Moritz

[Audiosprite]

Nice work man!

Ya the sportage one, has a cool vibe.  I wrote music in house, for three years, for a music production house in Toronto. Worked on ads none stop for about three years.  It was a little crazy, but I really enjoyed it. I went freelance and have shifted my focus a little, but still write full time.

Have a few ads up on the site still at www.danrodrigues.ca

Keep up the great work!

Whoa, that's really neat. Which one?

[yugenstudio]

impressive stuff!!! 
how do you relate with customers?
Do they always have a sonic image of what they want?

I'd really like to give a shot at cm music, but looks like agencies don't wanna give a shot at me
(i.e. gotta make more experience )

[MoritzPGKatz]

impressive stuff!!! 

Cheers!

how do you relate with customers?
Do they always have a sonic image of what they want?

Often they do: In advertising film it's quite common to work with moods (which work more or less like temp tracks) in addition to a solid briefing.
Composing could then be anything from creating a soundalike to scoring film scenes in a very classical sense - and anything in between.
In any case, most clients know we're the experts when it comes to music and sound and will give us the opportunity to address potential problems regarding music choice etc.

I'd really like to give a shot at cm music, but looks like agencies don't wanna give a shot at me
(i.e. gotta make more experience )

Quality composition is what most people can offer.
What ad agencies look for (even if they don't know it) is professional service, flexibility, speed, and ideally good accessibility to your studio rooms.
It helps if you can offer services besides composition: voice-over recording, sound design, mixing etc. - post production is a huge field! So much stuff goes on air that needs to sound right.

And like I wrote before, getting good jobs (be it in advertisement, film, music or game industry) mostly means you made friends before-hand, built up trust, made a name for yourself and your studio, surrounded yourself with people you can still learn from... these things take time and effort, and they never stop.

Best of luck!

[Audiosprite]

I'd really like to give a shot at cm music, but looks like agencies don't wanna give a shot at me
(i.e. gotta make more experience )

Quality composition is what most people can offer.
What ad agencies look for (even if they don't know it) is professional service, flexibility, speed, and ideally good accessibility to your studio rooms.
It helps if you can offer services besides composition: voice-over recording, sound design, mixing etc. - post production is a huge field! So much stuff goes on air that needs to sound right.

And like I wrote before, getting good jobs (be it in advertisement, film, music or game industry) mostly means you made friends before-hand, built up trust, made a name for yourself and your studio, surrounded yourself with people you can still learn from... these things take time and effort, and they never stop.

Best of luck!

Cool, thanks for relating this.