CREATIVE ALIGNMENT
Better music begins with better alignment.
CueMap™ is a scene-first approach to helping directors, editors, producers, and composers explore and communicate musical intent before and during the scoring process.
WHAT I’VE OBSERVED
Musical decisions begin long before the composer writes the first note, but the reasoning behind those decisions is rarely captured in a structured way.
Creative Alignment is my exploration of how better tools could preserve scene context, intent, reactions, and decisions throughout the process.
CUEMAP™
A working prototype for scene-first music workflows.
CueMap turns scene information, dramatic intention, timing, and key moments into organized musical direction that can be explored, compared, and refined.
Today, it demonstrates a way to move from understanding a scene to making clearer musical choices. The larger vision is a shared workflow that preserves context, feedback, and decisions across directors, editors, producers, composers, and music teams.
WRITING
These essays explore the production problems CueMap is designed to address—and how generative music could improve the thinking and collaboration that happen before a score is written.
Before the FIrst Note — Part One
The Missing Music Layer in AI-Native Production Planning
How a scene-oriented music layer could preserve and develop musical intent throughout the production process.
Read Part One →
Before Anyone Else Hears It — Part Two
How Generative Music Could Give Every Stakeholder Room to Be Wrong First
How private musical exploration could improve spotting conversations, clarify creative alignment and reduce Temp Love.
Read Part Two →
LET’S CONNECT
I’m interested in conversations with production professionals, creative-technology companies, product teams, potential technical partners, and others exploring better workflows for music for picture.