Hey all, Just dropped a new lesson inside the ComposerOS course and I'm genuinely excited about this one. We build a proper composer demo reel landing page from scratch. Start: an empty folder. End: a live site on Netlify that anyone in the world can visit. Total cost: $0. No monthly fees. No backend. No framework. No build step. Here's the stack: - Plain HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. No React, no Next, no Tailwind build chain. - WaveSurfer.js for interactive waveforms, so music supervisors can scrub through your cues. - Web3Forms for a working contact form, no backend required. - Netlify's free tier for hosting. Deployment is dead simple. Drag the folder into Netlify. The site goes live. That's it. Why this approach instead of Wix, Squarespace, or another builder? Speed. You own every pixel. Nothing to renew. Nothing to migrate later. The page loads instantly because there's nothing between the visitor and your music. And when a music supervisor lands on it, they hear your reel, see your story, and have a button to hire you. No extra clicks. No distractions. If you've been meaning to finally ship a real composer site, this is the walkthrough. → Watch the lesson: https://www.skool.com/audio-artist-academy/classroom/7a3929fb?md=98626aa945074592bee0470489208ee5 --- Two quick things while I have you: I'm still running a few private 1:1 coaching slots. Focused eyes on your portfolio, business, or whatever's stuck right now. Sessions start at $127. https://www.alexpfeffer.com/coaching And if your site already exists but feels off, I just launched a personal website audit service. Short Loom walkthrough, prioritized fix list, flat $27. https://www.alexpfeffer.com/audit --- Your music deserves a site that doesn't hold it back. Questions, drop them below. Cheerio, Alex

Hey! Welcome to the Audio Artist Rise Community! This community helps music composers improve, optimize, and inspire themselves as they enter or progress in the audio industry. Step #01: Introduce yourself in THIS thread below! (✄ copy/paste template 👇) What are your goals? What is your current demo reel? What immediate help do you need? **Please DO NOT make a new post, as those clog up the feed (they will be removed). ------------------------------------------------------------------ Best practices in this community: • Level up by posting insights and thoughtful comments. • Help others level up by liking 👍 good posts and comments. • Be kind • If you want to reply to a post, make sure to use REPLY instead of creating a new post • If you need quick help, you can also ask the community 🤝

Hey team, Quick one. I'm opening 5 private 1:1 slots for composers who want focused time on whatever is actually stuck right now. You already know what it is. Most composers do. The bottleneck you keep working around. The business question you can't quite answer. The track that won't finish. The demo reel you've been meaning to rebuild. Format: 90 minutes on Zoom. Just us. No fluff. You bring the stuck thing. We work on it together. Pricing and booking: - 1 session ($127): https://buy.stripe.com/3cIeVdf6GaYM2op0Ny3ks0e - Pack of 5 ($597): https://buy.stripe.com/cNi5kDgaK0k89QRfIs3ks0d - Pack of 10 ($997): https://buy.stripe.com/28E5kD5w61ocd338g03ks0c Only 5 slots total. First come, first served. Once they're gone, that's it until the next opening. --------------------------------------------------------- One more thing while I have you. If you've been eyeing the Audio Artist Rise mentorship program, here's something worth knowing. Monthly is currently $147. Over a full year that's $1,764. Annual is a flat $997. That's $767 saved (about 43% off), or roughly $83 per month when you spread it out. So if you were planning to stay for the year anyway, the annual plan is the obvious move. Any questions, drop them below. Cheerio, Alex

Hey everyone, Would i be right in that the Trailblazers 1 is a fuller course than what Alex started adding youtube a few months ago (the series called Free Trailer Music Course). Also, what is covered in part 2? Sorry if ive missed a post somewhere explaining this. Many thanks Jay

They teach you harmony. Orchestration. How to make your strings sound cinematic. Then you graduate or finish your course and the entire industry says: "Good luck. Hope someone finds you." The unspoken strategy is: post on social media, submit to libraries, and wait. Maybe network at a conference once a year. Maybe cold email a supervisor with a generic "here is my reel" message that goes straight to trash. That is not a career strategy. That is hope. I spent 20 years doing exactly this. Some years it worked. Some years it was silence. And I never questioned it because I assumed that is just how the industry works. Then I got into the automation world and realized something embarrassing. Every other industry has outreach systems. Personalized, automated, scalable. A sales rep at a SaaS company sends 50 targeted emails a day without breaking a sweat. Each one references the recipient's company, their role, their recent work. Composers send "Hi, I am a composer, here is my reel" to a generic info@ address and wonder why nobody replies. We are literally decades behind. So I built something. An outreach system that researches companies, finds the right people, and writes personalized emails that actually reference their projects. Their latest game. Their recent trailer. The show they just worked on. Because the system actually looked it up. Runs on your laptop. You own it. No monthly fees to some platform holding your contacts hostage. I have been setting these up for a handful of people and I am taking on a few more. If you want to see what this looks like, send me a message.