Michel van der Aa is a truly multidisciplinary figure in contemporary music. A unique voice, he combines composition with film and stage direction, and script writing. Classical instruments, voices, electronic sound, actors, theatre and video are all seamless extensions of the musical vocabulary.

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Multidisciplinary and Grawemeyer Award winning composer Michel van der Aa discusses the importance of starting epic projects out small.

Topics discussed on this episode:

  • Grawemeyer Award
  • Pursuing awards
  • Composing as a sound engineer
  • Learning to run a business
  • Mistake of buying equipment first
  • Learning about films in NYC
  • Similarity of editing film to composing
  • Changing perspectives
  • Additional tools for creation
  • Getting people into the hall
  • The responsibility of the composer to the presenter
  • Demonstrating the value
  • Epic works don’t have to be expensive
  • Finding the money
  • Pitching the music
  • Where the risks are
    • ROI
    • Technology
    • Salable
  • Synopsis & project descriptions

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This episode was edited by E.J. Sadler at Studio184.