MOTU Artist Spotlight webinar: Terence Blanchard

An interview with special guest Terence Blanchard, Grammy-Award winner and Oscar-nominated film composer. Recorded on September 16, 2020.
Terence Blanchard is a renowned American jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader. Born in New Orleans, Blanchard began playing the trumpet at a young age and went on to study at Rutgers University. He joined Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers in 1982, where he developed his skills as a jazz musician and gained recognition for his unique style. Blanchard has since become an accomplished bandleader, with over 30 albums to his name and multiple Grammy awards. He has also gained acclaim for his work as a film composer, having scored numerous movies including "Malcolm X," "Inside Man," and "Blackkklansman." He’s currently scoring season two of the HBO series “Perry Mason”. In 2021, his grammy award-winning opera “Fire Shut Up in My Bone” debuted at the Metropolitan Opera in NYC. In addition to his music career, Blanchard is also a dedicated educator, having served as the Artistic Director of the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz at the University of California, Los Angeles.
0:00:00 Introducing Terence Blanchard
0:00:06 Perry Mason and other recent scoring projects
0:01:16 How Terrence got into the film scoring business
0:01:35 Scoring Spike Lee's "Do the Right Thing"
0:04:46 Getting a computer for the first time to score "Jungle Fever"
0:06:08 Digital Performer and "Malcolm X"
0:07:54 Scoring for Halle Barre (her Directorial debut)
0:09:44 The benefits of working with mixing engineers
0:11:19 Scoring Perry Mason
0:13:40 Other roles as a musician
0:16:17 How his jazz background informs his work
0:19:11 Performing film music in live concerts
0:21:06 Prepping material for delivery
0:25:36 His surround speaker setup in his studio
0:26:18 Terrence's DP rig
0:31:31 Perry Mason cue
0:35:52 His "go to" DP plug-ins
0:36:35 Using DP for his opera
0:38:17 Adding expression to parts
0:42:45 DP's crucial role in scoring Perry Mason
0:45:04 The importance of using templates
0:46:35 Migrating to the new Mac Pro
0:49:12 Question: how do you record horn parts?
0:50:17 His third party reverbs and processors
0:52:34 Question: how did you get into writing operas?
0:54:45 Question: about relationships with directors
1:00:23 A blast from the past...
1:02:38 More about outboard gear
1:05:36 Question: how much RAM in your Mac Pro?
1:07:39 Question: how does the inspiration for a film project unfold?
1:13:01 Question: how do you keep your chops up?
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[@mickikaufman5360]

This is amazing! “Champion” is an incredible opera and what a fantastic opportunity to learn more about what Mr. Blanchard is up to. Thank you MOTU and Terence Blanchard!

[@DaleNorth]

This was really great. Thank you!

[@gregorymcclendon5715]

@motuTV how many loopback channels does the M2 include? Can you make a loopback video featuring the M2 exclusively