MediaSound Workshop
MediaSoundWorkshop
YOURMUSIC AND SOUND IN MOVIES, TV & OTHER MEDIA
Howcanitget there and how it supports your career as an artist or composer February 6th 2026, 4-5 hours?
Instructor: Panos Kolias Location: ?
Starting Point:
Many composers and musicians wish to write music for feature films or have success as a performing artist. It is common knowledge that this is a big and long term goal. The music licensing market can support you financially and even promotionally while working towards that goal.
This workshop shows with specific examples and audio, which income and promotions possibilities exist in the music licensing market and how it can bring you closer to your big goal.
The participants bring their own music, and we analyze it and in comparison to the examples we will discuss in detail, what, where, how, and why something works for the music licensing market, respectively, which special criteria the music licensing market has.
The participants receive a few weeks before the workshop a Hand-Out via email in which the most important legal and music licensing specific terms are listed and explained.
The goal of this workshop is to give answers to questions like:
• Where does the music we daily hear in movies, TV-series, advertising, online videos, telephone on-hold-music, etc. comes from?
• How can the music licensing market help my career as film composer?
• How can I take advantage of my credits in movies and tv-series for my performing career or when talking to directors?
• How can I create a steady income stream when I am not performing or have a composition commission? • How can I have a second income from my released CDs, except sales, downloads or concerts?
The workshop consists of three parts:
1. 2. 3. How should the music be crafted to be interesting for the music licensing market? What does work, what doesn’t, and why?
The music is done and fits the licensing criteria– how can I get it to be licensed in the movies
How can I take advantage of my placements in movies and tv-series financially and promotionally for my performing or composer career?
Panos Kolias, composer, producer & musician. His credits are international TV shows, award wining short movies, trailer music for Lions Gate, remixes, online advertising, etc. www.panoskolias.com. He is also the founder of SPARSE MUSIC, a boutique library focusing on minimal, simple, sparse music tracks for media in several genres and moods. www.sparsemusic.com