Ep 66-Seth Godin on Creating Value Through Connections

Seth Godin is the author of 18 books that have been bestsellers around the world and have been translated into more than 35 languages. He writes about the post-industrial revolution, the way ideas spread, marketing, quitting, leadership and most of all, changing everything. In addition to his writing and speaking, Seth founded both Yoyodyne and [...]

Ep 65-Dan Hulsman from Video Game Music Academy

Dan Hulsman is a music teacher, marketer, and creator of VideoGameMusicAcademy.com - a website dedicated to helping new and aspiring game music composers with their craft and career. Dan has worked in sales and marketing in Boston for 6 years, and has acted as a consultant for over 300 companies to help them build online [...]

Ep 64-Jessica Meyer on Making it Happen

With playing that is “fierce and lyrical” and works that are “other-worldly” (The Strad) and “evocative” (NY Times), Jessica Meyer is a versatile composer and violist whose passionate musicianship radiates accessibility, generosity, and emotional clarity. Upcoming commissions include works for cellist Amanda Gookin of the Public String Quartet, the Nautilus Brass Quintet, pianist Molly Morkoski, [...]

Ep 63-Shannon Curtis on House Concerts & Community Building

Shannon Curtis is an independent songwriter, performer, and author, based in LA. Curtis’s groundbreaking use of house concert touring takes her on extensive nationwide tours, and she’s become a popular speaker at music conferences. Curtis's how-to book on house concerts debuted at #1 on Amazon’s Music Business Best Sellers list, and has been featured in [...]

Ep 62-Jon Mattox on Music Licensing

Jon Mattox is a composer who lives and works in Los Angeles. His music has been featured in movie trailers, television shows, films, games, and advertising. His career started behind the drum set performing, recording, and touring with a variety of artists in bands. After building his own recording studio, his composing became the center [...]

Ep 61-Alex Shapiro Pt 2 on Being in Control of Your Career

Alex Shapiro aligns notes with the hope that at least a few of them will sound good next to each other. Her persistence at this, as well as arts advocacy volunteerism, wildlife photography, & the shameless instigation of insufferable puns on Facebook, has led to a happy life. Her genre-defying acoustic & electroacoustic works are [...]

Ep 60-Alex Shapiro Pt 1 on Self Publishing and Consortiums

Alex Shapiro aligns notes with the hope that at least a few of them will sound good next to each other. Her persistence at this, as well as arts advocacy volunteerism, wildlife photography, & the shameless instigation of insufferable puns on Facebook, has led to a happy life. Her genre-defying acoustic & electroacoustic works are [...]

Ep 59-Julia Adolphe on Scheduling Composing & Business Time

Julia Adolphe’s music has been described as “alive with invention” (The New Yorker) and “colorful, mercurial, deftly orchestrated” (The New York Times). Current commissions include a viola concerto for the New York Philharmonic and a large choral work for James Conlon and the Cincinnati May Festival. Adolphe has received numerous awards including a 2016 Lincoln [...]

Ep 58-Reena Esmail on Finding Your Niche

Reena Esmail is a composer of orchestral, choral and chamber music. She is a graduate of Yale and Juilliard, and a recent Fulbright grantee to India. Her music explores the spaces between Indian and Western classical music. She has received awards from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and ASCAP, and she has written [...]

Ep 57-Rain Worthington on How to Make an Album

World music, minimalism and romanticism influence Worthington’s compositional style. Worthington’s music takes “…ideas of American musical style to a new place – like a walk in a familiar, yet very different park.” and “music which speaks to the senses, is packed with real emotion and, most important of all in contemporary music, really communicates.” Two [...]