Well, this is quite embarrassing, but I wanted to finish up this story. For those that don't remember, because it was so long ago, we did a live chat with Aleksandar Dimitrijevic, via webcam (below is a picture to prove it!). It was a first for us, and I was hoping that things would go perfectly. They didn't, and that's why there was never a follow up article with a video of the interview. Actually, there could have been that; it just would have been without audio.

That said, I wanted to have something posted that kind of summarized what was said. It's a little silly to do this when it happened so long ago, but I did promise this, and I'd like some closure. I'm sorry to that those that missed it who won't have the opportunity to see it. To give you a picture of what happened, I asked Aleksandar often clumsy questions as I struggled with the few second delay, and Aleksandar provided some wonderful insight and thoughts about himself and trailer music.

I get into more detail, after the jump...

Hello everyone! Some of you may have noticed that I've been absent from this site for quite a while now. Shortly after the Aleksandar Dimitrijevic interview some things happened, and I had to step away from this site for a time, until a couple weeks ago. As for the past two weeks, well, er.. I've just been incredibly busy. I apologize for the absence, as I know some of the things I was working on were left unfinished. I hope to finalize those things over the next few days, so I can move on and help contribute to this site with bigger and better things.

I noticed that there was a poll below, asking who you'd like us to interview next.  Well, I have some updates on that.

First, I contacted Thomas Bergersen a month or two ago about doing a video interview with him and Nick Phoenix, similar to the interviews I've done in the past with Immediate Music, and Ninja Tracks (Full Tilt). Sadly, a video interview will not be possible, but he mentioned it might be possible to do a short text based one at the end of the year. He said they were far too busy at the moment. I know that's a disappointment, but at least there might be something to look forward to at the end of the year.

Second, I've been in touch with Armen Hambar of Future World Music, with the hope of setting up a video interview sometime. He said that he would be unable to take part in the near future, due to an injury, but perhaps something could happen in September. Hopefully, he has a smooth recovery, and while I can't make any guarantees, this is something that may happen in the next few months.

Finally, I plan to get in touch with some other composers, with the hopes of doing video interviews. Since I'm leaving California for the month of August, I won't be able to actually film anything during that time. Rest assured, there will more video interviews this year. Of course, we will continue to pursue text interviews, which are much easier to set up.

I suppose that's all I have time to say right now. I expect I'll be posting another article tomorrow, that will tie up some loose ends. I'll have to read up on what I missed. I just want to say that I'm back, and I will once again be dedicating myself to this site and its readers.

Hoy, hoy! You might almost forget that Distortion MX, trailer music library, planned to release an album for the public. You also might keep on thinking why would I know this company? Their song composed for The Day the Earth Stood Still trailer put their name on the attention of trailer music fans. But who stands behind that fantastic music? And what about the mentioned public release?

You can find answers all of these questions in our next interview, because our next interviewee is Kevin Teasley who is the owner and composer of Distortion MX. So if you have any questions in your mind don't hesitate to post it here! You might want to check his MySpace or an interview on emusician.com.

The day of the interview is finally here!

At 1pm PDT, the interview will begin, streamed live from an external site called Tokbox.

This is the link:

http://www.tokbox.com/TMN/interview

If you were confused about the time-zone, don't worry any longer.  Just click the link above, and it will tell you when the broadcast is scheduled in your time zone.  Though it isn't infallible; you should still check it to be sure.  Here's a time zone converter.

If you can't make it to the interview today, we'll be recording it, for the possibility of later viewing.  If you're going to miss it, and you had a question that you were dying to ask Aleksandar, feel free to let me know below.

This post will be updated as things change

20:20. Just one and a half hour and we go. We hope everything will work fine.

20:43. The finlas of UEFA Champions Leage just started. If they would have known that everybody will site in front of the screen to watch our interview they would probably postpone it. :)

21:43. Probelms shows up as awlays but Mike wroks realy hard to fix it. All hail to Mike!

21:47. Balancing sounds etc. Btw all welcome to hear the very exciting prepartion and some behind the scene stuffs :)

21:50. Everybody feel free to join. 10 mins to go!

21:55. Alex just played an amazing music for us.

22:00. The interview is officially started.

22:07. Around 20 people listeing. Does this count a crowd in trailer music world? (indeed -greg)

22:50. Finished with 24 people. Thanks a lot Aleksandar for taking the time to talk to us!

Hang onto your headphones everyone!

I'm very pleased to announce that TMN will be conducting a live streaming interview with composer Aleksandar Dimitrijevic!

Since an in-person video interview, like we usually have done, wasn't possible, we decided we would try the next best thing: an interview via Skype. But because we're TMN, we had to take things one step further. (When you listen to epic music all day, normal just doesn't cut it)

So we'll be streaming the interview, via webcam, live, for you to watch and listen to. Not only that, but you'll have the opportunity to chime in with questions or comments via a (moderated) text chat. Epic right?

That means if you've been wanting to ask Aleksandar a question, ever since you heard "Clash of the Titans" in surround sound, you will soon have that chance!

For those of you who don't know who Aleksandar Dimitrijevic is, his website might help. He's written trailer music cues for Immediate Music, Fired Earth Music, and has recently started his own company, Teddy Bear Music. His compositions are some of the best in the business, and have been featured in over 30 major motion picture trailers.

This is a unique interview, so don't miss it! I, Michael Morone, will be asking the questions, and I'm looking forward to it. We're very glad that Aleksandar has allowed us this opportunity.

The date & time for the interview is Saturday, May 22 at 1pm PDT (Pacific Time, UTC -8:00)

Aleksandar will be there. Will you?

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UPDATE:

Here is the link to the live video interview/chat:

www.tokbox.com/TMN/interview

Also, don't forget to factor in whether or not your country follows Daylight Savings Time when determining when to tune in.

Interview will go live at 1:00PM PDT, 2:00PM MDT, 3:00PM CDT, 4:00PM EDT, etc...

If you live outside the US, you can use this time zone chart.

Hoy, hoy! Who is the composer who worked with one of Hollywood's leading trailer music libraries for several years, has his own company and cannot stand Lady Gaga?  Although, this last one is not a great help, because this can be true of at least half of Earth's population... Ah and by the way, we will do an interiew with him.

Trailer Music News presents the third and final chapter of the interview with Kaveh Cohen and Michael Nielsen; composers for the Full Tilt Library, distributed by Groove Addicts.

In this part Kaveh and Michael discuss the aspects that make composing for trailers unique, and what other projects outside of trailers they have worked on. They conclude with a message for their fans.

The cue "The Fallen", from their newest release Full Tilt: Rising, is used in the video. You can listen to more of their music on Facebook or Kaveh's MySpace.

You can watch the interview in HD below, on Vimeo, or on YouTube. (Part 1) (Part 2)

We did the interview at Kaveh's studio, but Michael was kind enough to send some pictures of his studio, and you can check them out below, by clicking to enlarge.

Here at TMN we were pleasantly surprised to see Ray Li's name appear on Aleksandar Dimitrijevic's website for Teddy Bear Music. We had written a brief article about his CD release, and just two months later he had music on Teddy Bear Music's first release, Smash the Screen! Ray kindly took a few moments for an interview, and we're excited to share it with you all.

You're not the typical trailer music composer that we usually interview. Tell us a little about yourself! What's your musical background? How did you become interested in trailer/production music specifically?

My musical background pretty much doesn't exist. I took a few weeks of piano lessons when I was around 7-8, but that's about the extent of my musical training. Since those lessons, I haven't had any experiences with music until about two years ago, when I just sat down at my family piano and started messing around.....

For the full interview, CLICK