11/16 - Music Supervision

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- Julia Michels shared her career progression from her start in LA with the intention to be a dancer in music videos. With a background in dance, gymnastics, and choreography, an injury-prompted career shift to music, being a music agent, working on soundtracks at Capitol, then the VP of music at Fox overseeing all divisions' music needs, further tenures at EMI and MGM, till she arrived at her first music supervision role at ATL.

- In addition to her wide-ranging roles, her career pivot into music supervision was made smoother due to the extensive relationships she had already established within the industry before she started freelance work.

- Currently, she's expanding her professional scope beyond music supervision into producing and developing new musical projects.

- A notable part of a music supervisor's role, as Julia described, involves managing the entire music budget for a project. This includes breaking down the script, planning the structure and spread of music throughout the movie like a puzzle, hiring within budget, and ensuring satisfaction on both sides.

- The role isn't just about being musically creative. Rather, it's more on the technical side - it involves 10% listening to music and 90% coordination with many people including composers, arrangers, producers, and filmmakers, handling logistics, politics, and looking at grids.

- Depending on the project scale, the size of the music team can vary drastically. For musically intensive films like 'Pitch Perfect', the team was a long chain of people knowing other people.

- Her interaction frequency with directors depends on the individual. Some directors know exactly what they want, while others are more open-ended.

- Music supervisors often help hire the composer and are part of the score creation process, which involves active reviews, theme development, and dealing with the clearance of song publishing rights.

- Julia also shared some insightful points for artists wishing to get their songs into films. It's sometimes more effective for immersion if the song used isn't from a famous artist. Artists should also connect with reputable pitch companies like Zinc and Truly Music.

- When designing songs for films, lyrics should be suitably vague, not too specific. Also, the song shouldn't have too much going on so it doesn’t distract audiences from the scene.

- Lastly, Julia advised artists to become Grammy members or join Grammy U (for those under 29) to use their voting power to influence the creation of new Grammy categories and advocate for their rights and beliefs.

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