This week we visited a friend of David Grice, Sean Timms, at his studio Timms Tunes. The bread and butter of this business is advertising. Some of their clients as mentioned on the website are BMW, Mitsubishi, Coopers and many more including government contracts. It is apparent that Sean is a talented composer and pianist. He had some good advice on how he deals with clients. Like using broad brush strokes to get an idea of what the client is after and refining it from there. Most clients will not be able to articulate in musical terms what they require so Sean likes to communicate on an emotional level. How does the client want people to feel when listening/viewing?
The building houses 3 studios of varying sizes connected to a central server. Two other engineers work out of studio B and C, with Seans office being Studio A. In Studio A there is plenty of outboard gear that Sean admits he doesn’t really use anymore as the need for total recall is very important to him as he may not come back to a project for months. A client cannot wait while he tries to dial up a setting he had. Seans feels clients have become used to being able to make instant changes and like to leave their stamp on the finished product.
He also mentioned that he would employ someone if they had the right skills but more importantly the right attitude. It is a good opportunity for someone who is willing to do their “Apprenticeship” in the industry.
http://www.timmstunes.com/
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