In this Q&A Garrett answers the following questions: Why do I make such a big deal about routines? I am struggling to start and work on a piece I know I need to write. Any suggestions? If got anything out of this episode please comment below! If you have any more questions don't hesitate to [...]
Dr. Valerie Young is an internationally-known speaker, a leading expert on the impostor syndrome, and author of award-winning book The Secret Thoughts of Successful Women: Why Capable People Suffer from the Impostor Syndrome and How to Thrive in Spite of It (Crown Business, a division of Random House) now available in five languages. A former [...]
I sat down recently with three of best composers I've ever had the privilege of knowing: Timothy Tharaldson, Kurt Knecht, and David von Kampen. All four of us are MusicSpoke composers, which is an innovative new distribution platform for self-published composers that Kurt Knecht and his wife have recently launched. Our conversation was very long [...]
I sat down recently with three of best composers I've ever had the privilege of knowing: Timothy Tharaldson, Kurt Knecht, and David von Kampen. All four of us are MusicSpoke composers, which is an innovative new distribution platform for self-published composers that Kurt Knecht and his wife have recently launched. Our conversation was very long [...]
Welcome to the first Composer on Fire Q&A episode! These Q&A episodes will be short form and will provide answers to listener-provided questions. The questions for this episode are: How is being a composer a small-business owner? Are there any shortcuts to success? Keep sending me your questions. You can send them to me Twitter [...]
Missy Mazzoli was recently deemed “one of the more consistently inventive, surprising composers now working in New York” (The New York Times), “Brooklyn’s post-millennial Mozart” (Time Out New York) and “one of the new wave of scarily smart young composers” (sequenza21.com). Her music has been performed all over the world by the Kronos Quartet, eighth blackbird, pianist [...]
Steven Bramson is a professional composer who has been nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards, and has won one Daytime Emmy Award and three ASCAP Awards. He has written music to George Lucas' Young Indiana Jones and the CBS series JAG. Bramson’s music has been played in New York City and London. Although he once [...]
Frank Felice is an eclectic composer who writes with a postmodern mischievousness: each piece speaks in its own language, and they can be by turns comedic/ironic, simple/complex, subtle/startling or humble/reverent. Recent projects of Felice's have taken a turn towards the sweeter side, exploring a consonant adiatonicism. His music has been performed extensively in the U.S. [...]
Versatile, sophisticated, and accomplished, Clarice Assad is a sought after symphonic composer, arranger, producer, jazz pianist, and vocalist of musical depth and ability. Her music embraces a wide variety of styles, including her own original musical concepts. Her music has been recorded and performed by the most prominent soloists, conductors and orchestras in the world today [...]
Paul Osterfield is a composer and Professor of Music and Middle Tennessee State University. His compositions have received performances both internationally and throughout the United States. Osterfield has been a Fellow at the MacDowell Colony, and has won Middle Tennessee State University's Outstanding Creative Arts Faculty Award, an Individual Artist Grant from the Tennessee Arts [...]
