More proof that the Web is changing the way the music industry works: In this Birmingham News article, prominent actor and Italian director Flavio Parenti described finding 17-year-old composer Hamilton Cleverdon on iLike and GarageBand.com while looking for someone to score his next play:
"His music fit so well, it's amazing," said Parenti. "The performance started changing because of the music. He has that power when he composes."
Parenti liked Cleverdon's track "The Fall" so much, he asked to use it as an introduction to his play. When Cleverdon heard the play was about pirates, he enthusiastically volunteered to do an entirely new, original soundtrack for free.
"I still ended up getting paid," Cleverdon told us, "with a 10-day trip to Italy and a chance to see the play!"
After being featured in newspaper articles and reviews, the composer has been contacted by many interested parties and has picked up more paying jobs. But the greatest reward of the experience transcends the exposure and interest:
"Without GarageBand and iLike, I would not have been able to take a trip to Italy the day after I graduated high school," he said. "This led to me finally deciding on my major (music composition), and probably the rest of my life."
From Parenti's pad in Italy to Cleverdon's home in Birmingham, Alabama, GarageBand.com has traversed the divide to bring together creative minds to do what they do best -- inspire each other to create works which inspire others.
