10 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.

The “Gigs” Don’t Exist

I have dinner every couple of months with a great group of working television composers. Part strategic network, part support group, our times together are always amazing and I’ve never not come away with either some juicy info on a cool new compositional technique or a great new way to implement some sort of hardware or software tool. Composers often get pegged for some of our antisocial behavior, but when these 20 or so composers get together, the discussion and conversation flow can be endless, and these social gatherings often drag into the wee hours of the next morning. At the latest of these dinners this last weekend, I became engaged in a conversation about…