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Today my guest is Stephanie Pfingsten, owner of Lumos PR. If you are a part of the below the line crew in the film industry, or music industry for that matter you’ll really enjoy this episode. Stephanie is candid  and articulate in her explanations of what the heck a PR agency does, and how they do it.

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Today on GIG with Mike Redman my guest is Tomas Cookman, the hard working president of the latin music label Nacional located in LA. We’ll talk about how to prepare and get a record deal, AI,  the challenges facing artists, and much, much more so tune in!  

Tomas is a warm, cordial guy, and has some deep insight into the record business. So as always, lets jump right in!

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Kim Nuendorf is an  amazing woman that lives in Canada. She has a great laugh and a lot of knowledge about the world of Artist Management, publishing, and music for TV.

Kim is also the owner of Free Run Artists, and most notably Christo de Veers manager and co writer on White Lotus. 

I just love her music.

https://freerunartists.com/artists/kim-neundorf/

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Today I have a very special guest,  award winning Music Supervisor Deva Anderson. She is the Head of Music for Playtone, the production company founded by Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman. 

Deva is responsible for the music you’ve heard in the series ‘Masters of the Air,The Pacific, My Big Fat Greek wedding, and over 65 other productions.

Deva speaks with confidence and many years of experience in the trenches on big productions, big budgets, and BIG deadlines. I really hope you enjoys this one ! 

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Today I have a great conversation with close friend, and composer Greg Sims. We are talking about the importance of taking chances to move your career forward and what we’ve learned from our own experiences.

Greg has taught me so many valuable lessons. One example is that  there is not such thing as multitasking.  

Both Greg and myself took a lot of chances in our careers, chances that could have been disastrous, but looking back we were smart enough, semi fearless, and most importantly had confidence in ourselves.

So - it’s time to face your fears and JUST SAY YES! 

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Today I’m joined by Penka Kouneva. She explains to me, some of the intricacies and differences between writing music for film as opposed to writing music for a game. 

I was really surprised at how different they are. There are lots of opportunities composing music for games, and it's only expected to grow. So take a listen as we jump right into composing for games with Penka Kouneva

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Whether you're trying to license your music or someone else wants to license your music , licensing is something that every musician, publishing company, and record company needs to understand. 

Music specialist Suzanne Coffman and  her company Music Rightz,  and that's with a 'Z' , clears for everything from live events to TV , and film.   Suzanne gives a great overview of some of the basics of Music Licensing, and  why you should care about it. 

Music Licensing isn't sexy, but if you're serious about wanting to place, your music  it's something that you need to understand !  

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I don’t actually watch a lot of TV but I do love an entertaining , well written and produced show. I’m not sure how I stumbled upon White Lotus but it would be one of my top picks for a  ‘must see’, they take chances.  It has smart humor, and more over some of the most original, accessible, and inviting music on television. The composer behind the score is Chilean-Canadian film  composer Cristobal Tapia de Veer or as I have come to know him ‘Cristo’ 

Cristo is not what you think of as a typical film composer… what I mean is that he is an experimenter, creating sounds from nothing , combining textures, defining rhythms and finally happily marrying them to picture doing more than creating an ambiance.  Cristo’s music helps to define the scene or cue, it helps to breathe life into it.

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JDM Music + Sound is a well respected company located in the heart of LA. Primarily they create music for trailers, you've heard their work on  Monkey Man, Wonka, Marvel Studios ‘Secret Invasion’, The Equalizer, The Brothers Son, Good Mother, Fast and Furious, Scream as well as a long list of other high profile film properties.

Forging the path for JDM Music + Sound is composer and founder Joel Dean. I've had the pleasure of watching his career for several years as it's blossomed into one of the leading music houses in Los Angeles. He's a down to earth guy, family, man,  an extraordinary composer, and businessman. I'm really delighted to have him on GIG With Mike Redman today, every time I talk to Joel, I walk away, feeling smarter somehow.

https://jdmmusic.net/

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I had a casual conversation with legend Josh Rabinowitz, who Fast Company  called the new music mogul  the Cannes Music Jury calls, a musical genius.

As many of you know, I made a great living, writing music, primarily for advertising, because that's where the real money was at the time. What you don't know is that I spent several of those years trying to get the attention of Josh. 

At Grey Advertising he was a legend, untouchable, probably because his time was in such high demand . He's well-connected and he’s an expert in his field working with the who’s who in the music industry and from what I hear a great trombone player.

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