Get Your Tracks Checked by Experts

Reality Check Workshops and Panels at STC 21

How good could my music be for a film or a TV underscore? Submit your tracks and get direct feedback from music consultants.

In the two Track Check sessions at SoundTrack_Cologne on Wednesday, July 3, participants will have the chance to present their music to a group of experts and learn how well their tracks will work as film music or TV underscore.

In addition to these two interactive panels, the Reality Check module will offer, among others, the Call My Agent panel with agents Guillaume Clement (Time Art, Paris), Alexander Hemmpel (MX IN Angetur für Filmmusik, Berlin), and Gary Downing (MRKR, London), who will discuss about their role, costs, risks, and advantages or downsides for producers and artists when working with them.

On Thursday, July 4, Dennis Grimm, music executive of Amazon MGM Studios for Germany and The Netherlands, will talk with Milena Fessmann, music supervisor from Cinesong, about the handling of music in Amazon productions, who is involved in this operation, the level of company involvement in the creative processes, the relationship between composers, producers, and music supervisors, the synergies with other Amazon companies, etc.

Two panels on music politics will focus on Artificial Intelligence and the impact of the EU AI Act. Marc du Moulin (Secretary General ECSA), Katharina Uppenbrink (CEO Initiative Urheberrecht) and Frank Jablonski (MdL NRW, spokesperson for cultural policy, BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN) shed light on the political stance at EU, federal and NRW level.

The full Reality Check programme can be found below.

Submit your track before Friday, June 28, 2024 at 18:00 (6:00pm CEST)!

If you want to participate with a track in the Track Check, please click the button and fill out the form:

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Sync Events

Wednesday 03. July 2024 · COMEDIA Theater

@ DIE ZWEI

10:30 - 11:30
Reality Check - Music Politics
Udpdate AI
Marc du Moulin (Secretary General ECSA), Katharina Uppenbrink (CEO Initiative Urheberrecht)

12:00 - 13:00
Reality Check - Music Politics
Round Table AI
Katharina Uppenbrink (CEO Initiative Urheberrecht), Frank Jablonski (MdL NRW, spokesperson for cultural policy, BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN)

14:30 - 15:30
Reality Check / Sync - Track Check · Film
Christoph Becker (Constantin Music), Marielène Froidevaux (Black Stellar Music), Milena Fessmann (Cinesong)

16:00 - 17:00
Reality Check / Sync - Track Check · TV Underscore
Marielène Froidevaux (Black Stellar Music), Martin Häne (Nuovoton), Ed Bailie (Leland), Milena Fessmann (Cinesong)


@ DIE DREI

10:30 - 11:30
Reality Check - Business
How Much Should I Take?
Composers Stefan Döring (mediamusic), Vanessa Donelly, Dr. Siegfried Friedrich (ACOM), Natalie Hausmann

12:00 - 13:00
Reality Check - Business
Call My Agent
Guillaume Clement (Time Art, Paris), Alexander Hemmpel (MX IN Agentur für Filmmusik, Berlin), Gary Downing (MRKR, London)

 

Thursday 04. July 2024 · COMEDIA Theater

@ DIE EINS

10:30 - 11:30
Reality Check
Resilience and Work-Life Balance
Composers Tom Salta and Vanessa Donelly


@ DIE ZWEI

10:30 - 11:30
Reality Check - Sync
Dennis Grimm (Music Executive Germany & The Netherlands, Amazon MGM Studios)

12:00 - 12:30
Reality Check - Sync
Case Study: Perfect Day
Milena Fessmann (Cinesong)

12:30 - 13:00
Reality Check - Sync
Marielène Froidevaux (Black Stellar Music), Ed Bailie (Leland)

14:30 - 15:30
Reality Check - Business
Automated Music Recognition for Music in TV
Jens Kindermann (GEMA), Floris Slootmanns (SoundAware), Andreas Schäfer (Composer)

16:00 - 17:00
Reality Check - Business
Royalty Controlling
Tjeerd Bomhof (Songwriter/Producer) and composer Dr. Anselm Kreuzer (Music Sculptor)