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At 20:30, 26^th May 2008 the Composer Directory officially went live and opened its virtual doors.

The Composer directory is a fresh approach to the conventional style of an online directory. You will not find huge lists of composers in alphabetical order. The Composer Directory, hosted on Media Music Now is concise and limited in numbers. Currently we have 42 registered members, 27 already on the site, and I see no reason to over crowd the listing. The directory is a good mix of different types of composers and producers ranging from hip hop to classical to orchestral. We will only source new members if we experience a shortage in a particular genre or skill.

We aim to make our money by adding a modest project management fee to each project. For this, we will add maximum value by helping every step of the way from initial enquiries to creating a brief, through to the production schedule, dealing with payment through our ecommerce system and delivering master recordings with the necessary licensing.

For the client, we will be a secure, professional and reliable way to source top class composers and producers. For the composer, the directory will be quite exclusive due to the limited number of members and intends to provide a steady flow of enquires and commissions.

As an addition to our current business model of high quality royalty free music, voice over and audio editing service, the custom music element to Media Music Now adds an exciting new dimension and endless possibilities for the future.

To view the Composer Directory click here >

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The Composer Directory already contains some amazing talent; however, when the directory goes live, we plan to create a promotional audio demo in the style of a film trailer. I will be personally doing the editing & production on this and hope to create a fast-paced demo encompassing as many of the great demo tracks that we have on our composer directory profiles.

There will be a film trailer style narration throughout the demo from a professional voice-over and the trailer demo will be published on the main directory page to demonstrate the skills and talent of the composers. It will also serve as a great promotional demo for sending to companies and potential clients. I will try to incorporate a snippet of each composer’s work into the demo. It is going to be freakin’ cool!

I am going to wait until the composer directory is launched before doing this as by then, everybody will be onboard and all the demo tracks will be in. Yes, that is right… no more registrations after launch day! Once the directory is live, it will be rare that new composers are added; the only time this will be considered is if we have a shortage in a particular genre. If you are on the fence, thinking you will wait until it is launched to see what it is like or you may join if it is good, then the unfortunate news is… come launch date, 26th May 2008, only a week from this Monday, it’s too late! You need to join the Composer Directory before the launch date, otherwise you will miss out.

The range of talent that we have onboard so far is excellent, from hip-hop to orchestral and loads in between. I am looking forward to the directory going live so that we can get started on the demo! Yippeee!

P.S. There are still places, click here to register.

P.P.S. Don’t forget…from the 26th May 2008, there will be no registrations and no more places.

Here are links to all composer directory information to date.

http://www.mediamusicnow.co.uk/blog/2008/03/27/information-about-joining-the-composer-directory/

http://www.mediamusicnow.co.uk/blog/2008/03/28/the-composer-directory-is-in-development-let-me-show-you/

http://www.mediamusicnow.co.uk/blog/2008/05/03/this-is-an-update-for-you-about-the-composer-directory/

http://www.mediamusicnow.co.uk/blog/2008/05/13/bbc-media-city-inspire-new-composer-music-producer-directory/

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PRESS RELEASE

From: Media Music Now
Contact: Lee Pritchard
Tel: +44 (0)845 652 2173
www.mediamusicnow.co.uk

*** For Immediate Release ***

MANCHESTER, UK, 13th May 2008

Media Music Now is about to launch a new service aimed at TV, Film and Digital Media professionals. The new service, known as ‘The Composer Directory’, is a select group of trusted music composers and producers available to be commissioned for custom music projects. The online service is set to open its virtual doors on 26th May 2008 and was inspired by the news of BBC departments heading to Media City, Salford Quays.

With the news of many BBC departments heading for Manchester, Lee Pritchard, a local entrepreneur and founder of Media Music Now, decided that it was the right time to integrate a Composer Directory into their already established music services business.

The directory is purposely designed to comprise of a select number of trusted composers. To maintain the quality and service, all composers are auditioned before inclusion and production projects will be managed by Media Music Now.

“Although the Composer Directory service will be available globally via the web, having a physical base in the city of Manchester makes the prospect of networking exciting, especially with Manchester set to become the home of the BBC in the North. Although still being built, Media City promises to be an excellent venue for media companies and I plan on Media Music Now having a strong presence at Media City.” explains Lee Pritchard.

In a digital online world where there is an abundance of fragmented choice, ‘The Composer Directory’ promises to offer a refined selection of composers & music producers in a variety of genres with a focus on quality & service. Already trading online since 2005, Media Music Now offers high quality Royalty Free Music, Audio Editing Services, a Directory of Voice-over artists and coming soon, ‘The Composer Directory’.

Companies interested in chatting about any aspect of the imminent directory are encouraged to contact Lee Pritchard through the Media Music Now website www.mediamusicnow.co.uk

At this time, there are a few composer places left, for details go to www.mediamusicnow.co.uk and navigate to the Composer Directory.

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To date, we have been busy working behind the scenes creating profiles, adding music, tweaking text and altering layouts. We have also been exceptionally busy with other services on Media Music Now, which is great!

Anyway, we are now committed to a date when the Composer Directory will go live; this date is Monday 26th of May. Although a little later than initially planned, everything will go live smoothly, profiles will be complete and there will be some great page content too. Most importantly the Composer Directory will be an integral section of the Media Music Now website.

Already, we have had a number of enquiries about the directory even though it is not yet live… a good sign!

Thanks to everyone who has worked hard to send great profile material, it makes all the difference. If you are yet to send your info, please do so asap, we need to get your profile created well before the live date. Speaking of profiles, if you are not yet on board but would like to be, there are still a few places left if you want to be part of it!

Anyway, I will update you all again soon.

Regards
Lee Pritchard
P.S. Places are limited, don’t miss out, get your place here
http://www.mediamusicnow.co.uk/custom_music/register/

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This is a quick screencast by Lee Pritchard, (Media Music Now Project Director) discussing the progress and development of the Composer Directory which is a new service on Media Music Now. The service is aimed at connecting companies / content producers to composers who will custom composer bespoke music for audiovisual projects. Composer will have to pay to join and will be quality checked by Media Music Now’s assessment team. All enquires should be made through Media Music Now Click here to Join As a Composer >

• Click here to Join As a Composer >

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