Nov 15, 2010

Ari Wise of the Canadian Composers Agency Guest Lectures AEP Class

Ari Wise of the Canadian Composers Agency lectured the AEP Music Theory and Songwriting evening class on film composing, revenue and licensing.
Quoting Ari: “Keep your options open.  You never know which direction opportunity will approach from.”

Ari’s Bio from the CCA website:

“The CCA is Canada's largest talent agency specializing in composers for film, television, games and web-based media. We are the premier resource for Producers, Directors, Post-Production Supervisors and Music Supervisors looking for the very best in original score and licensable music from indie artists worldwide!

Our roster is diverse in style, genre and production budget level. Our purpose is to connect you with the right talent for your production and to make that process seamless and easy.

We represent composers in:  Los Angeles, Toronto, Vancouver, Montréal, Calgary, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Halifax, Austin, San Francisco, and Baton Rouge.

Before establishing The CCA, Ari Wise was himself, an award winning film composer with over 200 credits to his name. A graduate of the world famous Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television Advanced Studies Program at USC Thornton, he scored his first feature film, Tokyo Cowboy at age 26.  Some of his other feature film credits include: School of Life starring Ryan Reynolds, The Conclave, starring Brian Blessed, and Dragons I & II, starring Mark Hildreth. In his 17 year career, he has also worked on 11 TV series including: Falcon Beach (CanWest Global), The Sausage Factory (MTV), Police Academy (Warner Bros. TV) and Silverwing (Teletoon).

With an ear for talent and deep connections to the industry, he switched tracks in 2006 to create The CCA -- Canada's top agency for film and television composers.”
http://www.thecca.ca