NOTE: A link to this webinar will be emailed the day before the event.

This webinar will focus on the following topics:

1. Introductions - What is a music editor?
    a. Job responsibilities - 5 main responsibilities for music in a show or film

2. Spotting music – The Music Bible
    a. Brief description
    b. Show examples - if time allows

3. Temp scoring – Secrets of Composing Music by Editing
    a. Brief description
    b. Show examples

4. Song editing - Featured songs & source & on camera songs
    a. Brief description
    b. Show examples

5. Scoring - How to get to the finish line.
    a. Brief description
    b. Show examples

6. The final dub or how to survive to the end!
    a. Brief description
    b. Show examples

7. Music Cue Sheets – preliminary
   a. Brief description
   b. Show examples - if time allows


Instructor: Steven Saltzman - Music editor, composer and educator.

Steven earned a Bachelors of Music in composition and film scoring from Berklee College of Music in Boston and composed numerous films and television scores.

He has been music editing for over twenty years with a Golden Reel award and seven Golden Reel nominations.

Saltzman has recently published the only current book on music editing: Music Editing For Film and Television, The Art and The Process with Routledge / Focal Press - Taylor & Francis Group. There’s a new book in the works as well. He enjoys teaching music editing and post production audio for composers as well as lecturing at various institutions and venues internationally and domestically, including UCLA Extension, California State University, USC, and Chapman University. He is a new member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Steven also sits on the board of the Entertainment Industry Professionals Mentoring Alliance (EIPMA) and has current membership with the Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) the Motion Picture Editors Guild, an Associate Member of The Guild Of Music Supervisors and the Society of Composers and Lyricists.