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I'm currently enrolled in one of the coolest courses ever.
It's called "How to Work Less", designed by Richard Webster, a designer...
A few months ago on Instagram, I wrote this post:
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The post outlined four essential principles for good orchestration. I realize...
Whether you're just getting started trying to compose for a living, or you've been doing it for decades, this book is invaluable.
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This piece moved me to tears when I first heard it. It reignited a flame in me to pursue orchestral music production.
But it wasn’t because...
Let’s face it—if you’re a composer, you deal with self-doubt.
We often feel like imposters. Our work isn’t good...
If you’re just getting started as a media composer, you’ve probably been doing it alone so far.
Maybe you’ve scored some...
This track was on repeat when I first heard it.
Vaughan Williams’ “Five Variants of ‘Dives and Lazarus’” is a...
Wired recently released one of the coolest videos on sound foley I've ever seen.
I've always been obsessed with telling stories...
Once you learn this, you'll never fall for it again.
Have you found yourself suddenly dropping your price because your client threw a budget at you...
When I first moved to LA, I went to an hour-long network mixer at VidCon, a convention for creators with over 75,000 attendees.
I was eager to...