51 Marketing Ideas for Film Music Composers
Attention spans are short and very demanding. If you want to make your art into a business, you have to brand yourself and then market your art. No getting away from it.
Read More10 Lessons on “Breaking In”
I often get asked for a checklist of things one can do to break in to the business. Here is my personal "top ten" of lessons learned.
Read MoreWorst Advice for Beginning Composers
When you are starting out, everyone has an opinion. And here's mine.
Read MoreYou’re Not Ready
You've been told you're talented. You just graduated music school. You have your plane ticket. You're gonna be famous. Not so fast, Johnson.
Read MoreTo Be Busy or To Not Be Busy
Being busy creates demand for your work. As humans, we subconsciously see what everyone else is getting and we want that, too. Ultimately, you want to create demand for yourself and your music, and perhaps the simple act of being a busy composer, regardless of what you are busy with... will do that for you. Or will it?
Read MoreThe Burnproof Film Composer
In our industry, it's go, go, go, go, go, and go some more. How long can you drive on one tank of gas?
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