What's my title
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2019 2:42 am
Hi Folks
I can't speak for the rest of the world, but here in the UK social conditioning suggests your job title is of critical importance. I don't subscribe to this however, but when speaking to people (and networking) I haven't landed on a suitable response to the question "and, what do you do?"
I've used the following titles:
- I write music for TV
- Composer
- Music Producer
- Media Composer
- etc
I've had music on the TV for around 13 years now though it's been a supplementary income to my day job, running a small tech business. However now, I'm writing full time and starting to network more, pitch more (thanks to TAXI etc) so I would like to solidify my working title for business cards, website, linkedIn etc.
Like many of you guys, I write/record/mix/master all compositions. My target audience is all forms of media. I'm not a performer, I'm not in a band, I don't write score.
Is it arrogant to say I'm a 'Media Composer'? It feels suitably descriptive but from a purist point of view, I've always thought of a composer as someone who works with dots and lines on sheet paper before committing the playing/recording.
So, the question is....what do you guys use as a job title?
Many thanks
Rob
I can't speak for the rest of the world, but here in the UK social conditioning suggests your job title is of critical importance. I don't subscribe to this however, but when speaking to people (and networking) I haven't landed on a suitable response to the question "and, what do you do?"
I've used the following titles:
- I write music for TV
- Composer
- Music Producer
- Media Composer
- etc
I've had music on the TV for around 13 years now though it's been a supplementary income to my day job, running a small tech business. However now, I'm writing full time and starting to network more, pitch more (thanks to TAXI etc) so I would like to solidify my working title for business cards, website, linkedIn etc.
Like many of you guys, I write/record/mix/master all compositions. My target audience is all forms of media. I'm not a performer, I'm not in a band, I don't write score.
Is it arrogant to say I'm a 'Media Composer'? It feels suitably descriptive but from a purist point of view, I've always thought of a composer as someone who works with dots and lines on sheet paper before committing the playing/recording.
So, the question is....what do you guys use as a job title?
Many thanks
Rob