The Portfolio Composer

Aaron is a conductor, clinician and music educator who is passionate about bringing new music into the classroom. His students have collaborated with composers such as Scott McAllister and Michael Rene Torres, and performers such as the Columbus Ohio Discovery Ensemble. Aaron teaches middle school band in the Olentangy Local Schools. He holds a bachelor's degree in Music Education from the University of Northern Colorado and a master's degree in Wind Conducting from The Ohio State University.

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Conductor and educator Aaron Given discusses having a unique voice, the importance of building connections, and writing for band

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Todd Brison motivates creative people. Both of his books, The Creative Curse and The Unstoppable Creative help people get over their creative blocks and change lives. His work has been featured on CNBC, Inc. Magazine, and Apple News.

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Author Todd Brison talks about his new book, The Unstoppable Creative, what the future of work looks like and why creativity is necessary for survival.

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Aldo Shllaku has composed music for many feature films, documentaries, and TV programs. His music can be heard in films such as Lupin III, Paranormal Asylum, The Blue Hour and On a Dark and Stormy Night. Shllaku's music scores have received the Gold Medal for Excellence at the Park City Film Music Festival for Pirate for the Sea, Still Water, Trespassing, A Kiss on the Nose, and Paperboat.

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Film and TV composer Aldo Shllaku shares why we need to invest in ourselves first, master our craft, and be pro-active in creating opportunities.

Website:

• aldoshllaku.com

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Founder and CEO of Songtradr, Inc, the Californian based music rights marketplace platform. Paul is a technology entrepreneur across the music and media industries with over 25 years experience. He is an award winning record producer and songwriter having produced and/or composed music with sales in excess of 15,000,000 units including twelve #1 albums and singles.

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Entrepreneur and song writer Paul Wiltshire discusses Songtradr, solving problems, and being pro-active in promoting your music.

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Marie Incontrera is a composer, conductor, pianist, and bandleader whose multi-genre work spans opera, big band, heavy metal, post-modern orchestra, and chamber music. As a composer, Marie's work has been hailed as "deftly woven jazz and gospel elements" and "beguiling" (NY Times). Marie is the bandleader of the Eco-Music Big Band, a multi-generational and unique big band that performs the work of its late founder Fred Ho and provides a platform for the next generation of composers.

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Composer, bandleader, entrepreneur, & social media marketing expert Marie Incontrera joins us to share social media marketing strategies for composers

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John David Mann is an award-winning author whose books have sold more than 2 million copies, including the bestselling classic The Go-Giver (with Bob Burg). As a teenager, he started his own high school and was an award-winning composer. His book Take the Lead (with Betsy Myers) was named by Tom Peters and the Washington Post "Best Leadership Book of 2011." His latest book is called THE RECIPE.

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Author John David Mann discusses his new book, The Recipe, including the self-publishing process along with parallels between traditional book publishing and self-publishing as a composer.

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Dorie Clark is an adjunct professor at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business and the author of Entrepreneurial You, Reinventing You, and Stand Out, which was named the #1 Leadership Book of 2015 by Inc. magazine. A former presidential campaign spokeswoman, the New York Times described her as an "expert at self-reinvention and helping others make changes in their lives." A frequent contributor to the Harvard Business Review, you can learn more about Dorie at dorieclark.com.

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Marketing strategy consultant, professional speaker, and author Dorie Clark discusses her new book, Entrepreneurial You, and strategies to monetize your passions and create a portfolio life.

Topics discussed in this episode:

• Marie Incontrera
• BMI Music Theatre Program
• Entrepreneurial You
• Struggling with building a career
• Monetizing your expertize
• The virtue of persistence
• Study people in the field who are already successful
• Hamilton & Rent
• Why you?
• Build your portfolio cohesively
• Dealing with uncertainty
• The myth of entrepreneurship

Website:

• dorieclark.com
• dorieclark.com/entrepreneur (Dorie's 88-question entrepreneur assessment)

Recommended Listening:

• Ted Nash Big Band, Presidential Suite: Eight Variations on Freedom
• Jeff Potter, Anthony Jackson, & Daniel A. Weiss, "Seasons of Love" from Rent
• The Nields, XVII

Recommended Reading:

• Dorie Clark, Reinventing You
• Dorie Clark, Stand Out
• Dorie Clark, Entrepreneurial You
• Kabir Sehgal, Jazzocracy: Jazz, Democracy, and the Creation of a New American Mythology
• Kabir Sehgal, Coined: The Rich Life of Money and How Its History Has Shaped Us
• Angela Duckworth, Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance
• Keith Ferrazzi, Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time

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Jennifer Rosenfeld, CEO of iCadenza and President & Principal Manager of Cadenza Artists, has extensive experience working with musicians of all genres on identifying and pursuing their professional goals and overcoming obstacles that come up along the way. She received a JD/MBA from Stanford Law School and Graduate School of Business. And she co-authored the book Awakening Your Business Brain: An iCadenza Guide to Launching your Music Career.

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Musician, entrepreneur, and career coach Jennifer Rosenfeld discusses Coro by iCadenza, an online career development platform for musicians.

Jennifer was previously featured in Ep 74 with her business partner Julia Torgovitskaya.

Topics discussed in this episode:

• iCadenza
• Julia Torgovitskaya
• Negative messages
• Wealth building & money
• Coro by iCadenza
• Three things musicians need to do:
  • Learn new skills
  • Network
  • Hire coaches
• You need more than a manager
• Career momentum
• The value of coaching

Website:

• icadenza.com
• coro.icadenza.com

Recommended Listening:

• Ralph Vaughan Williams, Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
• Chysanthe Tan, Stories
• Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton

Recommended Reading:

• Mike Michalowicz, Profit First: Transform Your Business from a Cash-Eating Monster to a Money-Making Machine
• Cal Newport, Deep Work
• Jennifer Rosenfeld & Julia Torgovitskaya, Awakening Your Business Brain: An iCadenza Guide to Launching Your Music Career

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Ronit Kirchman is a composer, music producer, songwriter, singer, and multi-instrumentalist based in Los Angeles. She composes music for film and television, theater and dance, multimedia installations, and the concert stage. She is also an accomplished visual artist and author. She is the first composer to have received the prestigious Sundance/Time Warner Fellowship. Ronit is currently scoring the riveting new dramatic series The Sinner, premieres Aug. 2 on USA Network.

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Composer Ronit Kirchman discusses the importance of getting experience, dealing with the busy-ness, and being project focused.

Topics discussed in this episode:

• Managing the busy-ness
• The Sinner
• Being project focused
• Prioritizing your projects
• Fortuitous accidents
• Composing as performance
• All the business things
• Get a lot of experience
• Understand that there are many paths
• Following the breadcrumbs of success
• Identifying a niche

Website:

• ronitkirchman.com

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Four-time Emmy winning composer and composer of the Grammy-winning album Ask Your Mama, Laura Karpman maintains a vibrant career in film, television, video-game and concert music. Her most recent credits include the series Underground, in collaboration with Raphael Saadiq and John Legend, Step, a Sundance 2017 favorite, Eleanor Coppola's Paris Can Wait starring Diane Lane and Alec Baldwin.

Laura has received two GANG awards and an additional nomination for her videogame music which has been performed by orchestras internationally, as well as an Annie Feature nomination. She serves as an advisor for the Sundance Film Scoring Labs and is on the faculty of the USC Film Scoring Program. Laura is the founding President of the Alliance for Women Film Composers and is proud to serve as a governor of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

She has graduate degrees from Juilliard where she studied with Milton Babbitt, where she spent her time in NYC composing and studying the complexities of concert music by day, while playing jazz and scat singing in Manhattan clubs by night.

Laura loves to teach and does so whenever she can. She currently serves on the faculty of the USC Film Scoring Program & the New Media and Music Technology Program at San Francisco Conservatory.

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Composer and founder of The Alliance for Women Film Composers Laura Karpman discusses making artist the first priority and why you need to get your name on all the lists.

Topics discussed in this episode:

• New music vs jazz
• Milton Babbitt's "Who Cares If You Listen"
• Caring about every note you write
• Sundance Labs
• Moving from NYC to LA
• Learning to be super simple
• Learning by failure
• No wasted cues—everything finds its home
• Alliance for Women Film Composers
• Be an artist first
• Get on the lists

Website:

• laurakarpman.com

Recommended Listening:

• Igor Stravinsky, The Firebird
• John Coltrane, My Favorite Things
• Jason Moran, 13th

Recommended Reading:

• Octavia Butler, Kindred

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