In this episode, we sit down with Ryan, a multi-talented musician and sound designer, to explore his unique journey from being a drummer in rock and funk bands to electronic music production, sound design, and creative direction. Ryan shares invaluable insights for musicians, composers, and creatives looking to navigate the ever-changing landscape of the music industry.

We talk about the power of in person communications, being personable and easy to communicate with, persevering, having proper metadata, saving stems and Ryan shares insane stories from his journey.

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On this episode we talk to Brianna Shelko about making money in the sync biz. We talk about selling masters, the state of upfront fees, and her move from the world of social media marketing back into music (which she has been pursuing since the age of 8)

We get into depth about her story of starting “Level up music Productions”. making it as a musician, and Brianna Shares vulnerably about some of her low moments she had to navigate through in the last decade.

About Brianna:

Brianna Shelko stands at the forefront of the sync songwriting scene, seamlessly blending creativity and business acumen to redefine the landscape of custom white-label songwriting camps. As the driving force behind Level Up Music Productions, she has successfully positioned the company as the go-to destination for bespoke musical compositions, providing an innovative approach to meet the unique needs of libraries, film studios, TV, and beyond.

Connect with Brianna:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/briannaleveledup/

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On this episode we talk about how to actually make long lasting connections with key people in the industry. Eddie breaks down his story of many rejections until starting to build his amazing company “music of the sea”. We get into how to actually understand who to send music to, and how to approach them, we also get into the importance of real life connections with these people and Eddie has taken a very interesting and practical approach to connect to these key people.

Eddie has worked on projects like “Guardians Of The Galaxy 3”, “once upon a time in Hollywood” and has had music placed in thousands of different places

Eddie’s Books

https://www.amazon.com/Sync-Empowerment-Eddie-Caldwell/dp/B0DK15HWCQ/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1W1ONTISFSBF0&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.oZERcaWDiRUipC2BVGtQURhTWIedVmqE0K4fqjUkTLwMNIxCCLYX5mtx9EoB_QWKIXxvPcJCmkh6J2V1aIAG5bCkCsXRWgyjzFEGs6N0sukFYtFJCk-6x2si5caHoaNnmobq626E5wyXDUbenGmK2d9AmcGQ8ygSMAaGkzbA63jP3rJMqR0zBiaBBS78qkNbV1dB6Oags89TOGB4OFnUqat3y5yrT9uawAX1V0sdfV4.ErR2p6FFED_5fB0jMfElM9eHMjHvG27OPitOMT63ZJ8&dib_tag=se&keywords=eddie+caldwell&qid=1734165723&sprefix=eddie+caldw%2Caps%2C454&sr=8-1

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From Emmys, ads, theme songs, tens of thousands of placements- you name it and these guys have done it.

Eddie Wohl, Tim Edwards and Tim Mosher have decades in the sync world and they don’t hold any information back in this jam packed episode.

We talk about what it really takes to have placeable music and to make an actual living from sync, and there are some hard truths there. We also talk about market research, the importance of realizing what you are doing right and the ability to see the bigger picture in order to avoid the mistakes the ego has us make.

This episode is an absolute amazing one

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In this episode I talk about the process I’ve been through and the way I’ve become way better at understanding who to work with, what strategies to put in place, and how most of my placements are from tracks from the last year.

This podcast is a reflection at my journey but will hopefully give you little sync nuggets to go get it yourselves

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On this episode we get deep into what it means to be a music supervisor, what a sync agent’s relationship looks like with supervisors and musicians. We also go into the little things and painful truths that no one wants to tell you about music supervisor’s ability to place your music, and many more subjects.

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On this podcast we talk about a wide arrange of subjects. From steady music income, the commonalities between organized crime and the music industry. 

We also talk about Derek’s rise to being in the top of one of the biggest independent sync labels in the world (Megatrax). 

We also dive in to working in an Indie label, and the advantage of an Indie label vs a bigger label and more.

On this episode I talk about my latest experience with feeling down, moody, doubtful about myself, and feeling unworthy.

I had a rough few months of moments where I thought maybe I should stop doing this music thing, and to tell you that i'm completely out of these grounds would be a lie, but my situation has improved significantly because I was able to follow a few principles which I share in this episode

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In today's episode, we talk to APM's music marketing director, Sarah Scarlata, about music and its ability to enhance stories in ads, TV, and movies. We dive into how APM has positioned itself so that major artists like Kendrick Lamar, Eminem, Chance the Rapper, LL Cool J, Dr. Dre, and many others sample their music. We also discuss the importance of asking curious questions to gather the information we need to thrive in the music industry. Sarah shares a wealth of resources and conferences you can attend to elevate your music career. This episode is an absolute BANGER

Resources

Tunefind.com

APM sampling Spotify link -https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3LwF91cgXBmboD3T5TA1FD?si=baa1758739614b1f&nd=1&dlsi=def4e92e1cc54b41

Connect with Sarah:

IG- @sarah_scarlata

LI- https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahscarlata/

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Itamar Carmel is a part of the amazing group of composers named Arb4. They have worked with the likes of riot games, Call of duty, marvel, paramount, valorant and way more.

In this interview we get into the importance of teamwork in sync, we talk about playing big, the importance of mentorship and we get into how to see trends and be of service to the people you want to work with.

This interview was absolutely brilliant

Connect with Itamar:

IG @itamarcarmel

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/iitamarcarmel/ 

Arb4 (itamar's quartet): https://www.arb4.io/

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