I'm an American composer for film, television and video games, and a session and live drummer for radio and records.
As an international speaker and author, I'm passionate about talking to Creatives about the convergence of art and business and the strategies behind building a thriving and profitable creative enterprise as an artist.
I'm the founder and editor-in-chief of SCOREcast, the popular online consortium of worldwide film music and post-production professionals.
I author the creative resource The Conversation, which is distributed monthly to more than 550 subscribers across all disciplines of the creative arts space.
My company, Deane Ogden Creative, Inc., is a global organization that handles my music projects and advocacy endeavors, and also administers my Imaginator Music production library throughout the United States, Europe, Australia, and Asia.
Whenever I'm in LA, my father and I make a point to at least play a few rounds of golf and get to the driving range even more than that to hit a few buckets. When I was a kid, I wasn't overly athletic, so golf is sort of our version of "having a catch"—just a boy and his Pop, outside, having fun and spending time together. Last week, we took the opportunity. Of course, another thing is it was January 2nd—the middle of winter—and we live in Los Angeles where it happens to be 80 degrees, clear and sunny right now. That helps too. I hate golf. Let me make that clear. I don't hate it because it's boring or tedious or athletic or any of the reasons other haters hate it. No. I hate it because... I can't effin' do it! There is something so incredibly pull-out-your-hair nerve-wracking for me about the...
I'm writing this from a consumer electronics convention in the South Pacific islands. If you're familiar with electronics trade shows, it's basically the CES of southeast Asia, only way bigger. There are easily twice as many people here than at any CES I've ever been to. It's a madhouse. Comprised of five halls, the convention center spans a massive 500,000 square feet, which is over twice that of the Anaheim Convention Center, where Ill see many of you in January 2012 for Winter NAMM. Some Observations Here are a few of my own observations as I've walked around and drooled over all the shiny, flashy stuff. Asia Has Cooler Stuff Than We Do Asia just has infinitely cooler tech stuff than we have in the USA. Asian minds are still clearly the leading innovators when it comes to technology products. That might sound like a generalization, and I'm sorry if it does, but I think it's an honest one. The innovation is just there. The proof is in the pudding,...
I'm not a real photographer if I use a the Camera+ app for iPhone to take my pictures with. I'm not a real publisher if I use WordPress to write DeaneOgden.com. I'm not a real broadcaster if I allow the SCO staff to edit the SCOREcast podcast in GarageBand. I'm not a real author if I used Scrivener to write my book. I'm not a real cook if I rely on Mom's amazing recipes. I'm not a real filmmaker if I use iMovie to create video content. I'm not a real composer if I use Logic and Sibelius to write music. And yet I'm each one of those things. In fact, a case could be made that I do many of them well. Tools of Convenience The tools might make the creation of art easier, but you still need to know what you are doing. Right? Hmmm... I'm not so sure anymore. True, the tools can make the art form more accessible, but they can't teach you the techniques of a...
