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Michael Penn on Collaboration, CDs, and Counting Film Composition Blessings

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For anyone trying to make it in the music business, success has always been subject to the vagaries of timing and fate, but for Michael Penn, today’s marketplace is downright inscrutable. “It’s a really weird time,” the veteran singer-songwriter says. “People who I respect say things that I think are crazy — like the idea that music should be free. I don’t feel that way. When you’re…


From MusicWorld, posted 7.29.09

BMI Analyzes Music in Film at SXSW 2009

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BMI will partner with the 2009 SXSW Film Festival to offer two touchstone events: “BMI Presents:  Film Music, the Bastard Child of Post Production” on Sunday, March 15 and “A Conversation with Michael Penn” on Tuesday, March 17, both at 11 a.m. in the Austin Convention Center (500 E. Cesar Chavez St). “BMI Presents:  Film Music, the Bastard Child…


From News, posted 3.11.09

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