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?

This week on Coffee with Composers, I got to chat with Kenny Wood: composer for the new Dora movie, co-founder of the TEAMMATES composer's assistant group, and arranger working with Brian Tyler (Nuremberg, Super Mario Brothers, Transformers One) There is a lot of really great information in this interview and I hope you enjoy! Dora and the Search for Sol Dorado now streaming on Paramount +

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.