Your catalog as a composer is not just a fun thought exercise, it is the ever growing collection of all of your pieces, cues, and drafts that you’ve worked on over the years. From 1m01_20230501-A .wav to 4m27_20251143_D.wav, you’ve likely amassed a large collection of tracks throughout the years. All of these are potential money earners for you.

who are you as an artist? This can seem like a daunting and hard to define topic, especially in the realm of film scoring. It can feel like discovering yourself and defining yourself as an artist can limit your options for work, and when you’re starting out, that can feel incredibly scary.

I’d like to look at some ways you can immediately inject more of your own “sound” into your work - be it for video games, film, commercials or whatever project you are working on to help develop and craft your own voice as a musician.

One of the biggest pieces of advice early composers will get is to “find their voice”. To many composers, this comes across as “just do it” with no further explanation. How does a composer find their voice and what does it mean to “write like yourself”, especially in a medium like film music where one day you could be writing a romantic orchestral cue and the next it’s a latin jazz infused chase scene?

Many times you may find yourself at a point where you feel lost and wonder how you got there. Today's episode is about things you can do as a composer, musician, or artist in general to get you back to a place where you remember why you are an artist and hopefully help you fall back in love with it again.

Our first podcast, Coffee with Composers, is out now on all streaming platforms. In this, we will be having conversations with working musicians about their journey and creative process, as well as having solo episodes discussing the art and practice of being a creative. Hosted by Joe Chris