👋 Welcome back to the newsletter!
Every week, I share a few things I think you'll like to keep you creatively inspired and successful in your artistic pursuits.
Let's jump in. 🚀
🚀 How to Achieve Your Composing Career Goals in 2025
You may know that for the past 8 months, I’ve been working very closely with a small, handpicked group of working musicians inside the Pro Group.
When these composers joined, they all faced very similar struggles:
😖 Losing enjoyment in their music-making
📲 Lacking motivation to make content around themselves and their art
🤑 Massively undercharging for their work (even with years of experience)
💬 Procrastinating or avoiding networking with new clients
💔 Feeling isolated in their journey as a creative entrepreneur
Without guidance or community, these problems were growing and growing ⎯ distracting them from doing their best work and undermining the progress they wanted in their art and career.
But by developing a personalized strategy and working closely together in a supportive community of like-minded musicians, these composers have achieved massive transformation in just a few short months.
Today, these composers now have the confidence and clarity to successfully:
💬 Expand their clientbase organically — all through their inner circles
📲 Share themselves authentically online — without turning into a "content creator"
🤑 Charge 2-5x more for their work — without delivering more
🥰 Feel genuinely proud of their music — and enjoy the creative process
🎯 Connect what they love to do with what they get paid to do
And if that sounds exciting, I'd love to invite you to join us.
I've created a 20-minute video outlining some of the core problems that prevent composers from achieving the success they seek - and what we can do together to help you overcome them.
Check it out, and if you're ready to work together after watching it, book a call and let's chat.
🎙️ My Interview w/ Symphonina Podcast
I got to chat with David Fogel several weeks back about what's new with me in terms of my career, art, and personal life over on his Symphonina Foundation Podcast:
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In it, we discussed:
- 🦸 My 2-year-old "origin" story
- 🔎 How I found work early on
- 👋 Why I left additional music in 2024
- 🎶 The ripple effect of making art for myself
(There's some tidbits in here I haven't shared anywhere else, so if you want to learn more about how I think about art/business/life in 2025, this is the place to hear it!)
🥰 Three Inspirational Quotes
I'll admit it: I'm a quote collector.
I love gathering little bits of inspiration for myself to keep me on track - so I figured I'd share some recent favorites with you, too:
"A creative life is any life where routinely, habitually, consistently, and constantly, you choose the path of curiosity over the path of fear. Not once, not twice, not just a few times, but all the time." ⎯ Elizabeth Gilbert
“To become great at what you do for a living, to succeed on a massive scale, to be not just really good, but great, you need to be working at something that cultivates a strong enough sense of effortless flow to inspire the deliberate practice/work that will thrust you to the peak of your profession.” ⎯ Jonathan Fields
“Practice any art, no matter how well or badly, not to get money and fame, but to experience becoming, to find out what’s inside you, to make your soul grow." ⎯ Kurt Vonnegut
Now - go make something. 🙂
👋 Want to work together?
I offer two paid courses...
- 🎻 Orchestral Mockup Fundamentals. Learn how to program and perform realistic orchestral mockups in minutes with my no-fluff, 3-hour crash course.
- 🎬 Composing Career Bootcamp. Join 100+ students from around the world who are using my 6-week program to land paid work in film, animation, and games. (Or try my free 4-part masterclass before deciding to enroll.)
And two paid services:
- 🚀 Group Coaching. I help composers achieve leveraged growth and deeper creative alignment in their careers. If you're interested in working closely with me, book a call and let's chat about your goals to determine if we're a great fit.
- 🎶 Commission Music. I'm accepting new clients for commissioned composing work. If you like my music and want to discuss working together on a project, hit reply to this email or click the link and let's chat.
That's all for now!
Hit reply to share thoughts or say hi.
Otherwise, happy music-making and see you next time. 🙂
- Zach
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