Warren Barker, composer and arranger, worked for Warner
Bros. I don’t know how he landed a job there but I wanted to find out what it
takes to get a job there now. After
doing some research, I found that Warner/Chappell offers the following
licensing options: synchronization, mechanical, master, and print
licenses. One of the questions was how
do composers/arrangers get their music to be heard by the company staff. Their
answer was they do not listen to demos given to them—they would have already
heard about you if you are important or famous enough. To license a song, you
need to get in touch with their sync department as long as you are the music
supervisor. To get a job there, you would have visit ww.wmg.com to see posts
about job openings. They don’t want to be contacted directly. They take interns
at the Los Angeles, New York, and Nashville sites. School credit is needed and
applicants must also go to see the job listings. To me, it sounds like you have
to be an established composer/arranger if you want to get a job from Warner
today. This makes mostly a lot of sense
because Warner is a big company who only wants the best. However, this is also
a reminder to composers and arrangers that they need to establish themselves
first in order to land the job at a major company. Seems common sense, but it’s
also eye opening.
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References: http://www.warnerchappell.com/faqs
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