Lecturer/Clinician

UPCOMING WORKSHOPS AND CLINICS:
Save The Date! July 29-30 2012

BMI Writer's Workshop at NYU this summer. Please follow this link to an important 3-day workshop for composers and songwriters. Major industry figures will be on the panel and students will have their pieces played by NY studio musicians. It's gonna be good! Co-presented by BMI and NYU Steinhardt Center

http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/music/scoring/programs/summer/bmi

Mitch Coodley has been delivering focused, results-oriented lectures, clinics, workshops, and master classes since. 2002. All have the same goal: delving into the secrets for success leading to "Writing Great Music That Sells"- the title of his upcoming e-book.

Venues have included Berklee College of Music, Boston University, The Film Music Network, New York, ASCAP writer workshops, New York University Film Scoring Dept. Upcoming lecture tours include stops in China, Japan, and Korea. Coodley will also panel on the upcoming BMI Workshop at NYU next summer.

See Coodley's compelling articles in 2011 Berklee Today issues:
"The Power Of Patterns"
http://www.berklee.edu/bt/223/lesson.html
"A TV Music Primer"
http://www.berklee.edu/bt/231/tv_music_primer.html

Lecture and clinic topics include:

Music For Television - How it is used, what the conventions are, what are directors and pro
ducers expecting, and the techniques available for different situations.
Production Music - A growing career opportunity and fascinating area of post-production. Includes the basics of music licensing, working with music libraries, and finding the style and genre that suits your skills.
Writing Great Music That Sells - A detailed look at the techniques that never fail - that please producers, musicians, your target audience, and the general public. Coodley's 26 years experience composing and producing music for TV, commercials, and 104 CD's of production music.

Workshops and Master Classes:
Coodley works with a group of selected students on their projects and demos, giving immediate feedback and specific instruction on how to improve, focus, and package their music for the music industry. While being academically rigorous, Coodley's approach zeroes in on what sells and what makes it great.

Coodley finds the nuggets of gold - if any! - within a student's work and helps him or her build those elements into a compelling package - how to grab and audience and tell a story with their music.