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What is Music Editing?

It’s the typical New York thing to meet someone and, after exchanging names, ask them ‘So, what do you do?’ I usually answer, ‘Well I’m a producer at konsonant/ and I wear a lot of hats. I help bring artists on board to our catalog, help our clients find the music they’re looking for and I am also a Music Editor.’ ‘A Music Editor,’ they respond, ‘do you record bands, or, err, what is that?’

So I’ve decided to sit down and write an inside glimpse into what it means to be a music editor, and explain why it’s important to know about for filmmakers and musicians alike.

WHAT?

I often describe music editing as an audiovisual puzzle. In its most basic sense it is taking a pre-existing track and chopping it up so that it fits a film cue so perfectly that it seems it was made specifically for that scene. Let’s say you need a 30 second cue (that’s another name for a piece of music in a film) and the filmmaker wants to use a song that’s 3 minutes long. You’ll have to take a section of the track that best fits the scene and edit it in. Or you can have the opposite, where the filmmaker has a longer cue, let’s say 1 minute, and wants to use a piece of music that’s only 43 seconds long. Either way, it’s only once in a blue moon that the track and cue length are the same length and work perfectly together. This is why we edit.

WHY?

For filmmakers, knowing about the possibility of music editing and what to expect is important for a number of reasons. First and foremost, it means that even if you are under financial constraints (and who isn’t these days?) you can still get high quality music for your film. Secondly, depending on the music you choose to work with, you can draw from a variety of styles and can incorporate pre-existing rock/pop/what have you/songs to help tell your story in the best way possible (as long as you have all the rights cleared, of course). Lastly, you may be pleasantly surprised when you try a song that’s in a different vein to what you were initially thinking. If you temp with music that you know you can obtain the rights to, it can also be a great way to help guide the film itself. However, do beware the pitfalls of Temp Love, or falling in love with tracks that you’ve temped with but can’t possibly afford to license. Severe cases of Temp Love have proven to be nearly fatal.

For musicians, understanding music editing can show you what the possibilities are when licensing your music. It will also give you some perspective on why licensing catalogs are particularly thrilled when you have stems as well as instrumental versions of your songs. If you also happen to work with production, reading about the following scenarios might pique your interest in becoming involved with music editing as well.
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