{"id":4730,"date":"2015-02-06T19:25:40","date_gmt":"2015-02-06T19:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marmoset-journal.flywheelsites.com\/2015-2-how-film-can-shift-our-perception-of-music\/"},"modified":"2021-03-25T17:24:21","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T00:24:21","slug":"how-film-can-shift-our-perception-of-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/how-film-can-shift-our-perception-of-music\/","title":{"rendered":"How Film Can Shift Our Perception Of Music"},"content":{"rendered":"<div\n        class=\"\n          image-block-outer-wrapper\n          layout-caption-hidden\n          design-layout-inline\n        \"\n        data-test=\"image-block-inline-outer-wrapper\"\n    ><\/p>\n<figure\n            class=\"\n              sqs-block-image-figure\n              intrinsic\n            \"\n            style=\"max-width:988.0px;\"\n        ><\/p>\n<div\n                style=\"padding-bottom:57.69230651855469%;\"\n              class=\"\n                image-block-wrapper\n                has-aspect-ratio\n              \"\n              data-animation-role=\"image\"\n  data-animation-override\n          ><br \/>\n            <noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/565_image-asset.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumb-image lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/565_image-asset.jpg\" data-image=\"https:\/\/marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/565_image-asset.jpg\" data-image-dimensions=\"988x570\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.5,0.5\" alt=\"\" data-load=\"false\" data-image-id=\"54d50ea9e4b0b33bf9d2b676\" data-type=\"image\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/>\n          <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<h1>Field Notes Interview #23: Ryan Stively, Marmoset Artist<\/h1>\n<p><strong>Ryan Stively<\/strong> knows the ever-shifting music industry all too well from his vast experience in it. As a touring songwriter for the acclaimed folk-pop band <strong>Port O&#8217;Brien<\/strong>, and having his music licensed in TV and film, he has a deep well of knowledge about the collaboration of music and picture that we&#8217;re excited to share.<\/p>\n<p>In our recent <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1z6BoIu\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">interview with filmmaker, <strong>Aaron Tharpe<\/strong><\/a>, we chatted about a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/39725501\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wedding film<\/a> that features Stively&#8217;s music and how it affects the mood of the piece itself. We caught up with Ryan Stively to hear his experience as a working musician and how it&#8217;s affects his personal and professional life.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>M: When did you start writing music?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>RS: <\/strong>I started writing short little tunes when I was 8 or 9 on my family\u2019s piano. I\u2019d come up with these really repetitive melodies and play them constantly. Ended up really annoying my siblings.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>M: What does a day in the life of a working musician look like for you?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>RS: <\/strong>Things have changed quite a bit in the few short years I\u2019ve been involved with the music business. I used to tour internationally in <strong>Port O\u2019Brien<\/strong> and make a small amount of money touring and recording and getting some songs in commercials and shows. We were lucky enough to be signed to <strong>TBD \/ ATO<\/strong> and get an advance and the whole bit. Not sure that really happens to smaller touring groups anymore.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Since those days, I got engaged and started working at <strong>Wieden + Kennedy<\/strong>, all the while writing and recording music. I started a small hot sauce company (Saucesome) with the producer of \u201cSoft Kingdom\u201d, Cory Gray. Making music for a living is a definite challenge. A lot of musician friends all have side hustles to supplement their music addiction. With music, the ad agency and the small business, I guess I have 3 primary vocations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>M: What role do you feel music has in film?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>RS: <\/strong>With film and music both being time-based art-forms, they absolutely go hand-in-hand. Music can completely flavor and change the feeling or vibe of a piece of video dramatically. A really ominous piece of music over a benign scene in film can create an insane and undeniable tension in the viewer and vice-versa. Adding music to film is a really powerful and can bring out a whole new dimension in the emotional impact of the scene.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>M: How do you feel your song complimented the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/39725501\">31Films Wedding Video<\/a>?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>RS: <\/strong>When I first learned \u201cWe Forget Everything\u201d was used in the <strong>31Films<\/strong> Wedding video, I watched it with my then-girlfriend and we were both left totally misty-eyed! Made me see the song in a different way and I felt completely honored to have contributed in some small way to that beautiful couple\u2019s day. Absolutely loved the way it turned out.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>   <iframe data-src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/39725501?wmode=opaque&amp;api=1\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"Sarah &amp; Chris - Highlight  \/\/  Austin\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"\" mozallowfullscreen=\"\" allowfullscreen=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_17_2_5_1423256387666_8042\"><strong>M: What are you excited about for the future?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>RS: <\/strong>My buddy Cory is building out a new studio in the <strong>Type Foundry<\/strong> building, and I\u2019ve been demoing for real album #2 that I hope to have recorded by summer time. It\u2019s going to be a good one! Also I\u2019ve been board opp\u2019ing at<strong> XRAY.fm<\/strong> and filling in and covering for some great shows here and there. Have had a lot of fun crate-digging and playing weirdo tunes on the radio.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Field Notes Interview #23: Ryan Stively, Marmoset Artist Ryan Stively knows the ever-shifting music industry&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[79],"tags":[314,212,151,218,33,10,206,19,326,327,325,997,171,339],"class_list":["post-4730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-field-notes","tag-field-notes","tag-film","tag-filmmaking","tag-licensing","tag-marmoset","tag-marmoset-music","tag-music","tag-music-licensing","tag-oregon","tag-pdx","tag-portland","tag-ryan-stively","tag-soundtrack","tag-tracks","has-excerpt"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4730"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4730\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marmosetmusic.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}