Question for my Bootcamp grads, or anyone else looking to compose professionally: Are you driven by the hopes that someday, you'll get a chance to work on your "dream project"? I know I sure was. My childhood was filled watching interviews of my favorite composers and obsessively studying making-...

At some point in your composing career, someone will tell you: "Get really good at just one thing, and you'll be able to stick out above the crowd." But that usually leaves with us with more questions - not less. How do we know what to specialize in? What if specializing too early is limiting ...

The YouTube algorithm has been throwing some pretty awesome stuff my way recently. Last week, I got recommended an uncut, 40+ minute video from an ex-neurosurgeon sharing why he left a high-paying, stable job to be completely unemployed, living with his wife and dog in the mountains. ...

So - you've been trying to do composing professionally for a long time now. (Maybe you've even dreamt of this career ever since you were a kid.) You love the idea of... 🥰 Doing what you love for a living 🤩 Getting to work on cool projects 😎 Getting to work with cool people 🤑 Get...

In case you missed my recent YouTube video… I moved to Los Angeles in 2019 to continue my pursuits of composing for a living. Prior to my move, I was in Tennessee, doing various music jobs including: ⛪️  Playing piano at a local church 🎸 Teaching piano and guitar 💻 ...

Have you ever inverted a question? This is a technique I learned recently from a business mentor of mine, and the concept blew my mind. Here’s why. When faced with a problem, we often ask ourselves how to solve the problem at hand. But here's the problem: If we knew how to answer that question, w...