{"id":2127,"date":"2016-09-06T20:07:02","date_gmt":"2016-09-07T01:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=2127"},"modified":"2016-11-09T20:35:27","modified_gmt":"2016-11-10T02:35:27","slug":"stephen-letnes-film-composer-in-the-background-and-scoring-big","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=2127","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Letnes: Film Composer &#8211; In the Background and Scoring Big"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2045\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2127-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/Stephen_Letnes-_Film_Composer_Rising_From_the_Background_and_Scoring_Big.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/Stephen_Letnes-_Film_Composer_Rising_From_the_Background_and_Scoring_Big.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/Stephen_Letnes-_Film_Composer_Rising_From_the_Background_and_Scoring_Big.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>Stephen Letnes is a concert pianist and a Film Composer who just happens to be Sight challenged. With over 80 scores and a Christmas movie coming out November 15th, 2016, the last 4 months have been busy, busy, busy. And Stephen likes it that way.<br \/>\nSanta\u2019s Boot Camp is the title Stephen scored entirely and Sony has picked up the movie for a late fall release<!--more--><br \/>\n just in time for the holidays.<br \/>\nFrom his studies of others playing on YouTube to his classes with the masters Stephen never stops driving for empowering himself with the tools and efficiency to produce his craft quickly and confidently. You can find some of his work on his SoundCloud site name Stephen Letnes or do a search in Pandora, iTunes or your favorite music source.<br \/>\nFrom Italian romantics to metal driven rages, to emotional soundscapes lying in the background of movies and projects, Stephen is cranking out some top notch material for some top notch movie producers.<br \/>\nJoin Stephen Letnes as Pete Lane and Jeff Thompson from Blind Abilities talk about Stephen\u2019s journey, work ethic and his views on being a composer and being Sight challenged.<br \/>\nYou can email Stephen <a href=\"http:\/\/SteveLetnes@gmail.com\">Here<\/a><br \/>\nYou can also find him on Facebook at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/stephenletnes\">Stephen Letnes<\/a><br \/>\nFollow us on Twitter <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/blindabilities\">@BlindAbilities<\/a><br \/>\nPete Lane <a href=\"www.twitter.com\/lane7625\">@Lane7625<\/a><br \/>\nJeff Thompson <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/jthompson6835\">@JThompson6835<\/a><br \/>\nGet the <a href=\"https:\/\/appsto.re\/us\/demUab.i\">Free Blind Abilities App<\/a> from the App Store.<br \/>\n[gravityform id=&#8221;2&#8243; title=&#8221;true&#8221; description=&#8221;true&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2047\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2127-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/Stephen_Letnes-_Film_Composer_Rising_From_the_Background_and_Scoring_Big.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/Stephen_Letnes-_Film_Composer_Rising_From_the_Background_and_Scoring_Big.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/Stephen_Letnes-_Film_Composer_Rising_From_the_Background_and_Scoring_Big.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/Stephen_Letnes-_Film_Composer_Rising_From_the_Background_and_Scoring_Big.mp3Stephen Letnes is a concert pianist and a Film Composer who just happens to be Sight challenged. With over 80 scores and a Christmas movie coming out November 15th, 2016, the last 4 months have been busy, busy, busy. And Stephen likes it that way. Santa\u2019s Boot Camp is the title Stephen scored entirely and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[17],"tags":[410,411,76],"class_list":["post-2127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bapresents","tag-composer","tag-letnes","tag-recording"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Blind-Abilities-Logo.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6rcRg-yj","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5935,"url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=5935","url_meta":{"origin":2127,"position":0},"title":"Voices in the Entertainment World from a Blindness Perspective: Join Joe Strechay, Satauna Howery, Stephen Letnes, Bree Klauser and Roy Samuelson for a Roundtable Rouser","author":"Blind Abilities Team","date":"June 4, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Full Transcript Show Summary: From almost every corner of the entertainment world, the BVI community is well represented and here they are again in the Blind Abilities studio and sharing their opinions, experiences and a few laughs. 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