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๐Ÿ”Š Telling Stories Through Sound ๐ŸŽฌ scoring Apr 25, 2023

Wired recently released one of the coolest videos on sound foley I've ever seen.

I've always been obsessed with telling stories through music, but it's fascinating to see how...

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โš“๏ธ Charge More: Escaping "Price Anchoring" ๐Ÿ’ต money Apr 25, 2023

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 that was way off from what you had...

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๐Ÿšซ Why Networking Doesn't Work ๐Ÿค networking Apr 18, 2023

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 connect with other artists, share my story, and...

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๐Ÿ’พ Why use External Drives for VSTs? ๐Ÿค– workflow Apr 18, 2023

This topic stumped me for a while. Here's the short of it:

Computers do two things at once with data: reading and writing.

When composing in a DAW, your computer reads the...

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๐ŸŽป "The Asteroid Field" - Orchestration Breakdown ๐Ÿ‘‚ listening Apr 18, 2023

This channel is massively underrated.

Brad Frey has been doing orchestral score analysis videos for several years now, and recently did a breakdown of one of my all-time favorite JW...

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๐Ÿšช The Importance Of Showing Up ๐Ÿค networking Apr 11, 2023

Last year, Clone Wars composer Kevin Kiner offered me a full-time job.

Here's how it happened (and what I said):

In 2018, I landed a gig preparing sheet music for Ocean Way Studios, an...

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