Visit HOW TO GROW YOUR MUSIC CAREER BLOG for more action items, and valuable insights on your music career! Today our guest is composer Hillel Teplitzki How to Elevate Your Video Game Music Career? Hillel Teplitzki is an Ophir Awards (Israeli Oscars) Nominated Composer best known for his work on the AAA video game PUBG Mobile and the multi-award-wi…

With Jordan Dykstra - Film and chamber music composer and performer. Composer of the Oscar-winning film 20 Days in Mariupol. If you're new here in this podcast - Hi!I'm Amit Weiner, a composer for film and TV, winner of numerous awards, and I'm helping musicians all over the world to grow their music careers. Visit HOW TO GROW YOUR MUSIC CAREER BLO…

Visit HOW TO GROW YOUR MUSIC CAREER BLOG for more action items, and valuable insights on your music career! Today our guest is composer and creative consultant Alex Pfeffer. http://risewithalex.com/ Alex is a seasoned composer from Hamburg with almost 20 years of experience in the trailer music and video game industry. Alex worked with notable comp…

Visit HOW TO GROW YOUR MUSIC CAREER BLOG for more action items, and valuable insights on your music career! Today our guest is composer Federico Ferrandina Federico has been able to team up with artists of all kinds (world music stars Yasmin Levy and Omar Faruk Tekbilek, pop artists Sirsa Shekim and AZZURRA, rock collective Playing For Change, jazz…

Visit HOW TO GROW YOUR MUSIC CAREER BLOG for more action items, and valuable insights on your music career! Today our guest is composer Jim Wilson. Jim has had several albums in the Billboard Top-20, two PBS specials and his music has been streamed by millions of fans around the globe. The book about Jim – “Tuned In: Memoirs of a Piano Man” is sche…

Visit HOW TO GROW YOUR MUSIC CAREER BLOG for more action items, and valuable insights on your music career! Welcome to REWIND: The Musician’s Podcast, How to Grow Your Music Career! Today a very special guest: composer Joshua Carro - In-House Composer at Gearbox Software. The piece that we played was: [spaces for oblivion] by Joshua Carro https://w…

Visit HOW TO GROW YOUR MUSIC CAREER BLOG for more action items, and valuable insights on your music career! What Is The "Riot Games Sound"? How do You Write Video game songs with 100 Million Downloads? With Composers Brendon Williams and Jason Walsh Today we have not one, but two very special guests: composers Brendon Williams and Jason Walsh. Ques…

Visit HOW TO GROW YOUR MUSIC CAREER BLOG for more action items, and valuable insights on your music career! How to Compose Music for Commercials? With Composer Moshe Bonen, and co-host David Fridman In this episode, our guest is Moshe Bonen, and the co-host is David Fridman. Moshe Bonen is a composer, producer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist …

Visit HOW TO GROW YOUR MUSIC CAREER BLOG for more action items, and valuable insights on your music career! What is Artlist, and how it changed the music industry and the world of content creators? Our guest today is Ori Winokur – Head of Music & Sounds at Artlist. In his current role as Head of Music & Sounds at Artlist, Ori skillfully leads a tea…

Visit HOW TO GROW YOUR MUSIC CAREER BLOG for more action items, and valuable insights on your music career! What is The new Musician-Tech Artist? How can a musician become a startup entrepreneur? Our guest today is David Fridman- Experienced executive and serial entrepreneur with over 30 years in the tech industry, specializing in mentoring, teachi…

Visit HOW TO GROW YOUR MUSIC CAREER BLOG for more action items, and valuable insights on your music career! Julie Elven is a soundtrack vocalist, concert soloist and musician based in Munich, Germany. She has been a soloist for Hollywood composers James Newton Howard, Lorne Balfe, as well as for Hans Zimmer’s scoring company Bleeding Fingers Music.…

Visit HOW TO GROW YOUR MUSIC CAREER BLOG for more action items, and valuable insights on your music career! How to become a composer and a global Media Consultant? What is a global Media Consultant And what is the best way to do networking in LA, and it is not what you think, it’s not music conferences! In this episode our guest is Global Media Con…

Visit HOW TO GROW YOUR MUSIC CAREER BLOG for more valuable insights on your music career! What is mastering? And why it is so important? Mixing vs. Mastering: What's the Difference? What are the differences between mastering on analog gear and with plugins? If you find these questions interesting, then this episode is just for you! REWIND: The Musi…

Visit HOW TO GROW YOUR MUSIC CAREER BLOG for more action items, and valuable insights on your music career! What is the New Game Audio Program at Berklee College of Music? With Video Games Composer Noa Beazley What programs are used in game audio? What is middleware in gaming? How do you write Non-linear music for a video game? Welcome to another e…

Visit HOW TO GROW YOUR MUSIC CAREER BLOG for more action items, and valuable insights on your music career! Can music composition be learned?How do you teach musical composition?Can you be a self taught composer? If you're interested in these question, you definitely want to listen to this episode. Welcome to REWIND: the Musician’s Podcast, where w…

Every Tuesday, Nomad feature a new indie artist on "Radio Ready", his new show only on Dash Radio. This episode explains EXACTLY how to submit your music for a chance to be featured on Radio Ready –The Career Musician's new show only on Dash Radio, powered by Smash Haus! Nomad and Tito Daniel explain the process in detail, which btw is very easy...…

Visit HOW TO GROW YOUR MUSIC CAREER BLOG for more valuable insights on your music career! How do you write music for TV?How do I get my music on TV shows?How do I pitch my music to a TV show? If you're interested in these questions, then this episode is just for you! Welcome to another episode of REWIND, the podcast that will help you build and ele…

Visit HOW TO GROW YOUR MUSIC CAREER BLOG for more valuable insights on your music career! What is the process of scoring a film? How do you make a good film score?How competitive is film scoring? In Episode 3 of our podcast, we are thrilled to feature the incredible Sharon Farber. Sharon is a GRAMMY Awards Winning Composer whose musical prowess has…

Visit HOW TO GROW YOUR MUSIC CAREER BLOG for more valuable insights on your music career! How do you become a video games composer? What are the essentials you need to know? Do video game composers need a degree? Welcome to another episode of REWIND Music Podcast, hosted by Amit Weiner. The podcast that will help you grow your music career. Thank y…

Visit HOW TO GROW YOUR MUSIC CAREER BLOG for more valuable insights on your music career! How to Grow your Music Career? What do you need to do in order to be successful in music? If you're interested in these question, you're in the right place. The basics: I'm here to help you grow your music career and in this episode we're going to discover how…

Sherilyn is a Singer-Songwriter, Producer, Podcast Host, and Music Career Coach. After working in the CCM/Worship scene, she set out as an independently published pop alternative artist and launched her own record label & publishing company, Starboard Stride. After touring as a solo artist through the U.S., Australia, Italy, Switzerland, and Brazil…

Jody Friedman is an award-winning songwriter/producer, music supervisor, music publisher, and music licensing coach. He is the co-founder of Elite Music Coaching, an online platform available for independent musicians interested in learning how to have a thriving career in music by consistently licensing their songs to films, tv shows and ads. His …

Eric Baines is a singer, songwriter, and the current bassist for the legendary band Chicago! Eric's music has also been featured on MTV, VH1, NBC, ABCFamily and HBO. He has toured and recorded with country icon, Dwight Yoakam, but he’s taken some crazy turns to get there. After attending Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA, he moved back to his …

Belle is a Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter, and artist with credits such as Kanye West, Jennifer Lopez, Miley Cyrus, Christina Aguilera, George Duke, Eric Benet, and Idina Menzel. In her off-time, Belle is always hustling to maintain her position in the biz as a Career Musician. Are you doing everything you can to stay employed? Listen as Belle…

If you're not familiar with NAMM, its the biggest convention for music gear manufacturers held in Los Angeles at the top of the year, and also in Nashville in the summer. This event is where musicians and music retailers go to make connections, whole sale distribution deals, and endorsement deals. Also, it's a great reunion for people in the busine…

Big Swede is a Composer, Producer, Engineer, Sound Designer, Programmer, Multi-Instrumentalist, Remixer, DJ, Drummer, who maintains a prolific recording and production career, doing business as Palm Desert based BIG SWEDE STUDIOS. He makes a variety of styles, from Electronica to Rock, Club/Dance to Hip-Hop, Big Beat to Jazz, Metal to Soundtrack an…

Michael Walker is leading a revolution in today’s music industry. Having personally reached 17 million views on YouTube, working with Grammy Award-winning producers and touring internationally to perform for hundreds of thousands of fans worldwide - Michael is one of those rare mentors who has actually walked the walk of their own methodology. Star…

Tangelene Bolton is a Filipina-American film, TV, and media composer based in Los Angeles, CA. She first got her start working for A-list composers Hans Zimmer (The Lion King, Gladiator, The Dark Knight, Interstellar), Henry Jackman (X-Men, Captain America), and Bobby Tahouri (Game of Thrones, Iron Man). A Berklee College of Music Film Scoring grad…

Michelle is the Founder and Owner of Mixing Music Live, a online program which helps aspiring sound engineers reach their musical goals! For the past 30 years, Michelle has had the wonderful pleasure of helping people enjoy great live performances from their favorite artists all over the world. During that time, she's spent an average of 250 days/y…

Dylan of SmashHaus is a career music producer, Radio Host, Entertainment investor who has been very active publicly supporting disruptive change to the antiquated music industry in support of the artist community. He is listed in the top 1% "most prolific" media music producers by IMDB and Founder of NoizSociety, a secret society of leaders in the …

Why are celebrity music artists selling their publishing catalogs at an alarming rate? Take a deep dive with Nomad & Lola, two independent music artists who have also worked in the music biz for over 30 years with some of the biggest stars in the industry. There are several reasons why celebrity music artists are selling their publishing catalogs a…

Many people think that winning a music award is the key to success, but is this really true? Others seem to believe that winning a music award is the secret to becoming a superstar. Is that really the case? Listen as Nomad and Lola discuss the 2023 Grammy Awards and the Super Bowl halftime performance by Rihanna. Nomad talks about his perspective a…

The Ultimate Music Business Summit is a three-day virtual conference with over two dozen presentations designed to help you grow your career. Learn how to kill the Impostor Syndrome, break through your Upper Limits, stop asking permission, be honest about what you want, and start making money! https://twitter.com/ultimatemusicb1 https://www.faceboo…

Scott Page is a musician, technologist, and entrepreneur known for his saxophone and rhythm guitar work with Pink Floyd, Supertramp, and Toto. Page is CEO of Think:EXP, a Los Angeles-based media company focused on live immersive entertainment. Page worked on and led a number of ventures, including Walt Tucker Productions, an audio video post produc…

Save The Music partners with public school districts to jump start their music education programs, so that students, schools, and communities can reach their full potential through the power of making music. Since its founding in 1997, Save The Music has provided new musical instruments, equipment, and technology to over 2,000 schools in almost 300…

A queer Alt-pop singer, songwriter, and mental health advocate; X. Ari founded WisdoManiaFest and WisdoMania Foundation; combining mental health and the arts in order to normalize mental health by creating a safe environment of acceptance and support. X. Ari's life motto is all about turning "Pain into Power" through art and self-care. It is her mi…

ETHOS | The Career Musician’s Code approaches the music career with a unique philosophy and provides concrete career insights from Career Musician “Lifer”, NOMAD. https://proseries.thecareermusician.com/ethos NOMAD has been a career musician since the early 90’s and continues to work with some of the best musical talents in the world. In his new bo…

Leslie Odom Jr. is a singer, songwriter, broadway star, actor, and author. He best known for his portrayal of Aaron Burr in the musical Hamilton, which earned him a 2016 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical and a Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album in the same year. Odom Jr.’s self-titled debut album charted at #1 on the…

Ric Mightybone Feliciano is a Puerto Rican 35 year music industry veteran. Ric is a trombonist, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and lead singer from Brooklyn, N.Y. who has performed with the likes of Billy Joel, Paul Simon, John Lee Hooker, Jr., Pete Escovedo, Willy Torres, Phil Driscoll, Zucchero, Toto, Foreigner, Jimmy Bosch, and many others. R…

Ralph played the Hammond organ/keyboards for Bobby Jones Gospel on Black Entertainment Television for twelve years and toured with Bebe and Cece Winans. With over 300 project appearances to his credit, Ralph’s career has taken him all over the world and has afforded him the opportunity to accompany numerous artists including the late Whitney Housto…

Since starting the violin at the age of 4, Bill Oakley has been tirelessly involved in music and various parts of the music business his whole life: Soloing with local symphonies, starting a mobile Dj business, studying classical music in the Alps, performing around country as a house/techno DJ, or running an underground rave production company and…

Michael “BIG MIKE” Hart Jr. is a talented guitarist, producer, session player, bassist and vocal arranger. His distinctive, classic and retro sound is one of the most sought after sounds in the country. The Sacramento native developed his love for guitar at a young age, and referred to it as the “Holy Ghost!” With a drive like no other, “BIG MIKE” …

Tod Weidner has been a foot soldier in the trenches of the Music Wars for decades. He’s played festivals, porches, and everywhere in between, earning his place in the fray and a seat in the van with cerebral, lyric-driven songs that come from the heart of a storyteller beating in the bones of a rock and roller. After putting in his 10,000 hours (an…

Erin Alden is an LA singer-songwriter, host of The Real Me podcast, for Teen Cancer America which is supported by The Who! Erin was the Former manager for one of LA’s premiere recording studios AfterMaster. Her songs have played their own prominent roles in films and television programs. Most recently: E Network - Keeping up with the Kardasians and…

Richie Pena is a consummate professional in the music industry with a list of credits and accomplishments that span decades. Best known as a drummer/programmer who has played with or worked on projects for a seemingly endless list of the most respected names in the music world. Richie has always been driven to exceed the boundaries of a traditional…

Jerry Navarro is an in-demand bassist, music producer, and composer. In 2002, Jerry became a core member and bassist for “Pit Boss” of MuzikMafia, an informal collection of artists, united in response to what they viewed as an alarming over-commercialization of the music industry. Founded by Big Kenny and John Rich (Big & Rich), MuzikMafia began we…

Chris Thigpen is a bassist, drummer, producer, and musical director. A graduate of Columbia College Chicago, he has worked professionally for over 10 years with various artists, Broadway productions, Disneyland, and cruise ships. His work ethic and wide range of musical experience make him an uncommonly versatile leader in today’s performing and re…

Scott Frankfurt Studio is a state-of-the-art recording studio with an innovative workflow and instantly welcoming atmosphere. Located in the Los Angeles community of Woodland Hills, SFS has provided world-class, full-service recording, mixing, mastering and sound design services to top-notch artists for over 25 years. Owner and founder Scott Frankf…

Ivana Cespedes, professionally known as “Vi”, is a studio vocalist with expertise performing as a soloist and group singer in jazz, classical and gospel genres. She is also an accomplished session pianist, teacher and accompanist. She performed the Saint Saens Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Santa Clarita Philharmonic as the featured soloist at just …

Over the course of seventeen years Joel has helped make CD Baby the largest music-employer in Oregon and one of the leading on-line distributors of independent music. The company hosts more than 650,000 artists, is available to over 100 digital platforms around the world, and represents 1/5th of the music at Spotify. Joel was a working musician whe…