In this post I want to quickly reflect on my recent experiences in working as a music producer and doing commission based art collaborative work, in UAL and in the HARD FOOD project.
One thing about music is that in a lot of ways the brief of what you have to achieve is a lot clearer as everyone has a somewhat similar idea` of what a good piece of music is, although it is subjective when working with an artist and listening to their previous work you understand what their standards are and all you have to do is use your talent to work to improve on that and make a musical spectacle.
Wheras with commission the lines are slightly more blurred as often you will receive a specific brief, which means you must carry out a more intrinsic inspection of what you are being asked to do, for example in LOOP it is clear what sounds I need to find and in HARD FOOD I have been given a huge detailed brief.