f you want a village, you need to be a villager”. And perhaps now more than ever, it is easier to turn down invitations, events, and plans and stay in the comfort of your own bed and doom scroll endlessly on social media while you bed rot in goblin mode and we keep inventing new words such as these to further describe this lifestyle. It’s really quite depressing actually.

Let’s say you are already somewhat established in one niche of the industry but you want to start spreading into more. The very first thing you should think about is “what you put out is what you take in”. If you are putting out music that sounds like dread personified, you will have a far easier time landing gigs in a horror based context than a cheesy hallmark rom-com. If you want to work on a particular type or project or a specific niche, you need to have your demos and r

Every reel you send has the potential to be a deciding factor on whether or not the director hires you. But are you putting your very best foot forward?

There is no “one” approach to defining who you are as an artist, and even when you find a way to describe yourself, it will never describe 100% of your work in the present, past or future. We are constantly evolving, which is a good thing, and so is our art. That said, I think we can look at this from two main angles: aesthetics and thematics.

Making the transition from student films to larger budget films is HARD. There is no easy path to go from scoring films for free to making enough money to pay some of your bills each month, or even sustaining yourself full time. A lot of the traditional advice comes down to just keep at it and keep networking, and though that is good advice it can feel a little exhausting when it feels like you are repeating the same thing over and over again and barely moving the needle.

Even outside of the music niche, one of the hardest things to do when you first get into content marketing is knowing what to post and when. Sometimes it feels like you are always behind on the times, what’s being talked about, or you don’t have enough time to properly prepare for things that you want to do in a timely manner.

As a songwriter, composer, or musician in general you will likely find yourself at a point where you are releasing music. If this is your first time and don’t know where to begin, what sort of content to make, or how to spend your money this post is for you.

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