Cody Still is responsible for an awful lot of the trailer music you hear including, Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker, Star Wars: Rogue One, Avengers Endgame, 007 No Time to Die, Blair Witch, Quiet Place II, to name a few.  Cody also runs the Trailer Music Composers Support Group on Facebook. 

In this episode of Composer Stores, Guy and Cody talk about:

• Transitioning from a part time composer into full time 
• Adding your own uniqueness to your tracks 
• Live instrumentation 
• The custom music world
• Cody’s favorite sample libraries 
• Building contacts, networks and friends! 

To read the full transcript, click here.

Check out https://protegefreeweek.com/ to try a free music production course from Protege.

For more information on Cody, visit:

https://www.codystill.com

https://www.facebook.com/codystillcomposer/ 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/814412085283675/

Richard Schrieber is a multi award winning trailer music composer with countless placements across all forms of media.  He is also one of the founders and teachers at the Protege School.

Guy and Richard talk about:

• Richard’s musical education 
• The art of being creative  
• What to do when creativity strikes  
• The mindset of a library music composer  
• Creating your own samples  

To read the full transcript, click here.

Check out https://protegefreeweek.com/ to try a free music production course from Protege.

For more information on Richard, visit:

https://www.richardschrieber.com 

https://thetrailermusicschool.com 

https://www.instagram.com/richardschrieber/ 

Espen Haagensli has had a great amount of success early in his Trailer Music career.  He writes for Elephant Music (having released multiple albums already!) and recently got his first placement for "Waiting For Anya".

Guy and Espen talk about:

• Hybrid music structure  
• The difference between “Epic/Hybrid Music” and Trailer Music  
• How to commit to an idea and finish a track 
• Avoiding edit while writing: get the music written and edit later  
• Hitting deadlines in time 

To read the full transcript, click here.

Check out https://protegefreeweek.com/ to try a free music production course from Protege.

For more information on Espen, visit:
https://www.instagram.com/espenhmusic/  

Phil Lober placements with some of the biggest movies out there including, Venom, Avengers, Pete's Dragon, The Jungle Book, Minions and many more.

Phil and Guy discuss:

• Maximizing your creativity  
• How travel can enhance workflow and your life  
• Trailer music structure  
• What makes a track stand out to producers  
• Creating your own samples  
• Channelling you inner weirdness in your music  

To read the full transcript, click here.

Check out https://protegefreeweek.com/ to try a free music production course from Protege.

For more information on Phil, visit:

https://www.facebook.com/philloberofficial/ 

https://www.phillober.com  

James Murray has a catalogue of trailer placements including Birds of Prey, Ad Astra, Captain Marvel, Aquaman,  Solo: A Star Wars Story and many, many more.

Guy and James talk about:

• How long it took him to get significant placements  
• What is more important in composing: speed or quality?  
• The value of live musicianship 
• How to stand out in when the standard is so high  
• His favourite sample libraries  
• Dealing with the demands of custom work 

To read the full transcript, click here.

Check out https://protegefreeweek.com/ to try a free music production course from Protege.

For more information on James, visit:

http://www.blackhydramusic.com 

https://www.facebook.com/blackhydramusic/ 

https://soundcloud.com/blackhydramusic 

Ben Haynes is a 10-year veteran of composition who has published 100 tracks with various music libraries in just the past year.

Guy talk with Ben about a variety of topics including:

• The best way to contact Music Libraries  
• The perfect email to send to potential publishers  
• What it takes to sustain working relationships with libraries and publishers 
• How much music do you need to write?  
• How to balance multiple revenue streams  
• How to work to your strengths and also take some creative risks

To read the full transcript, click here.

Check out https://protegefreeweek.com/ to try a free music production course from Protege.

For more information on Ben, visit: 
https://www.haynesmusic.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-haynes-4335203a/

In this inaugural episode of Composer Stories, your host Guy Jones welcomes composer and music supervisor Kent Carter.

Kent has placements in the US, the UK and all over the major streaming platforms like his recent work on the Ballad of Buster Scruggs on Netflix.

Kent and Guy talk about what it's like to be a trailer music composer and Kent offers insight into what music supervisors are looking for from composers.

To read the full transcript, click here.

Check out https://protegefreeweek.com/ to try a free music production course from Protege.

For more information on Kent, visit: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kentscarter/