So You Wanna Be a Film Composer, Part I: Intro
/The first in a series of blog posts about film composing as a career; intended for aspiring composers as an information source and guide.
Read MoreSo You Wanna Be a Film Composer, Part II: Phases of the Game
/As promised last time around… a self-test to get you started.
Football has offense, defense, and special teams; we have the categories below. Rate yourself in each phase of the game to see where you stack up.
Read MoreThe Amazing Race 26 Music: Infographic
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Here's a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of music for The Amazing Race 26: The stunning variety of instruments used during the cycle, plus some trivia about Lee and about the show.
Read MoreAmazing Race Music Podcast
/This is one I've wanted to announce for a LONG time.
Read MoreThirteen Years of Race
/Some personal thoughts on the show I'm most closely associated with, thirteen years on.
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The Amazing Race Around the World
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A look at various incarnations of The Amazing Race around the world. Turns out the USA version is just the first of many—now teams hailing from around the world are taking part in the Race experience.
Read MoreThe Amazing Race 24: Instrument List
/It takes a full scoring stage's worth of exotic instruments to create the globe-spanning sound of The Amazing Race. Here's the list of what we used in the 24th cycle of the show.
Read MoreThe Amazing Race 23: Instrument List
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Creating the international score for The Amazing Race requires more than just a massive orchestra—here's a list of some of the rare and unusual instruments Lee deployed over the course of Cycle 23.
Read MoreWhy blog here?
/I'm adding this "Notes" page to the site. Here I'll post occasional thoughts about the Industry, about music and creativity, and about my work.
I won't promise to update on anything like a regular basis; one thing I've noticed is that many of my favorite creative people start a blog, then it sits, forlorn and abandoned, for months on end. At the very least, I'll try to avoid that.
So—why post here, when I already have a blog at leesanders.net? I suppose the answer is that I'm trying to keep my more music-related stuff all in one place. The leesanders.net site is more all-encompassing, more about my life in general. Right now I'm pushing projects both as a composer and as a self-publishing author, and that brings its own level of insanity. So call this a bit of structure I'm imposing on myself.
And I promise that (most of the) subsequent blogs you'll read here will be less meta. Blogging about blogging… urk.