A Composer's Journey - Learn the Art of Composing

This episode talks about the power of the 'Creative Phase' - a period of sheer creativity at the start of each project. I talk about how to implement a creative phase, and what it can do for your writing process.

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This episode looks at my composing process and tools, referring to a track I wrote and mocked up in the first week of January. We talk about all the gear, software, and processes you'll need to go through to produce your own fully mocked up piece of music!

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This episode looks at numerous examples of folks who have composed daily, or taken up other creative habits on a daily basis. The aim is to convince you of the necessity of composing daily, in order to truly have 'skin in the game'.

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Book mentioned: James Clear - Atomic Habits 

In this episode we talk with legendary music supervisor and executive music producer, Matt Sullivan, about the making of Spielberg's 'West Side Story'. Matt has worked on over a dozen movie musicals, including Aladdin (2019), Beauty and the Beast (2017), and Chicago (2002). In this conversation, we talk about what it was like to work with Steven Spielberg on his first musical, and all details musical, including working with the players, singers, orchestrators dancers, director, and dubbing stage. 

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This episode explores what we can learn from Beethoven - specifically, how he develops the main theme from the first movement of his Piano Sonata no. 1 in F minor, Op. 2 no. 1. We explore the multiple things we can learn, to become better listeners or composers, from one 200 year old piece!

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In this episode we talk about one of the most important processes in the music side of filmmaking: Music Editing. In an interview with one of Hollywood's top Music Editors, Sebastian Zuleta, we talk about:

- How he works with the director to find the tone of the film.
- How he chooses temp music (temporary music to help the cut, before the composer has written any music)
- How he helps composers to navigate temp music
- How he manages his huge library of music
- How he works alongside composers in spotting sessions, and afterwards
- How some composers can actually *help* the music editor, well before the post-production process starts
- How his experience as a composer integrates with his skill as a music editor
- How the music editor works on TV Series, using music from earlier episodes to help score later episodes (this saves everyone a LOT of time)
- Advice for people looking to get into Music Editing as a career

To find out more about Sebastian, you can visit his website here: https://www.sebastianzuleta.com/

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Here we look at how quickly you need to be able to write music as a professional in film and TV - we also look at some tricks pro composers use to keep on top of tight deadlines. 

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In this episode I go into detail with a problem that plagues me and millions of other people around the planet, both young and old. I realised that it's the single biggest time sucker in my life, and ridding myself of it would buy back huge amounts of creative time, and decompression time. 

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In this episode, I explain my process for analysing a score so I can learn from it as a compose. We actually look through a cue in depth -  Cue 6m3, 'The Cure', from Don Davis' score to The Matrix. As we listen, I talk through my process of analysis, and how I dissect the score in order to learn from it. 

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This episode answers two questions: What instruments should I learn, and what instruments should I write for, as a beginner in composing? This is a common question with people looking for a place to start, and I hope this episode will give you some guidance and direction for the path forwards. Have fun!

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