Composing itself is considered a creative endeavor and it is to their advantage to be in the union. Not as a composer, but as a conductor, or a score consultant, an orchestrator, and then you can build up your pension and health plan and things like that. And you have the protection of a union. A lot of people think it’s very difficult to work with the different scales and all and the contracts, but it’s not really all that daunting. We want to make it accessible as we can. It’s also a good way of meeting people and that’s the best way to get work is by getting out and meeting people.
