#004 - Ever wondered what it's like to write music for your favorite animations? Join Connor as he interviews Yuang "Seycara" Chen (Spongebob the Anime on YouTube), about all things creative.

You'll learn about the fall and rise of the incredibly popular SpongeBob anime, his involvement with its development, and how its success has affected him since. We'll talk about the cons of having your work reposted or used without your permission, and the pros of finding relevance in the less interesting aspects of creativity, such as theory. Yuang shares his stories of competition at a young age, finding his first gig in an online forum and working on a narrative game. We talk about gamer addiction and how to overcome it to stop procrastinating and how being paid to make music isn't quite what you'd expect. Yuang shares how he mixes what he wants to create with what YouTube audiences want in order to get results and we learn about his upcoming new album and an accompanying music video. You'll understand what it's like working with animation and dealing with the tropes and cliches that come with it, what the most critical part of the music-making process is to Yuang, and why worrying isn't productive in the early stages of your art career. Be sure to stick around, because we'll close by asking Yuang what one piece of advice he would ask himself if he were to start all over again. This will be a creative break like no other!

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