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Affiliate feature is up for the Audio Artist Academy
Here is a little video explaining what is going on. In a nutshell. If someone, you have invited to the Audio Artist Academy, purchases a course, you will get a comission of 30%. I am explaining it all in the video here.
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New comment 13d ago
Affiliate feature is up for the Audio Artist Academy
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Groovy
Time for another challenge?
This time we want to head into the direction of trailer music. So in case you are interested in this style, feel free to participate. Now, here is the mission: Write an 8 bar epic and powerful percussion loop. Feel free to pick any tempo, time signature and libraries. The only goal is to make it as epic, powerful, driving and nerve-racking as possible 💥 It should be that kind of arrangment happening towards the epic main theme. Please only focus on the percussion arrangement itself. No additional instruments. Deadline is the 7th of March! I don't want to put pressure on it, but it is just an 8 bar loop, so it shouldn't take too much time 😊 Please post your examples IN THIS THREAD as a comment. Make it a downloadable file, so either directly attach the track to your comment or use a Dropbox or GDrive link set to publically available. Do not open a new post or send it to me via DM. The winner will get access to the Audio Artist Rise Program for free and my Cinematic Percussion Course. Picture for inspiration purposes only.
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New comment 9d ago
Time for another challenge?
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@Alex Pfeffer I am totally appreciate what you have done for this community you have built. You do kit hide your knowledge behind a paywall (like others I have used to subscribe to). The folks here truly want to help one another… vs the A-holes I’ve met on this platform but from “other” teachers. I do the competitions as a fun experience… don’t get me wrong, who doesn’t love free… but that’s not what or why I compete… to me… we only compete with ourselves. This is just a nice excuse to practice lol… Be that said… I’m looking forward to the next one.
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Mazel Tov
Student win!
Nothing makes me happier than seeing positive results of my students.
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New comment 20d ago
Student win!
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Mazel Tov!
Focus Your Music Demo Reel: 5 Simple Steps to Land More Clients in the Audio Industry
Hey everyone, I hope your day started full of opportunities! Let me once more get into this topic because what I want is you guys succeeding out there in the audio business to find paid projects and making connections. It all comes down to your music obviously. However, this is not something special to write good music, it is a basic necessity. On the other end, a lot of music composers think that good music has to be near perfect. I have to disagree. The most important thing is to write solid music that makes your client happy. THAT'S. IT! Nothing else. Now, imagine you bought the most amazing present for your partner... but wrap it up in a few rugs. Not very attractive, isn't it? Now imagine your best music but it's hosted on public services with lots of distracting links or on a bloated website, featuring all kinds of styles and a bio that is longer than the dictionary. Let me give you a few easy things to keep in mind, so you have an almost unfair advantage to everyone else: 1. You need to change your mindset. Pick one target industry = design a demo reel for EXACTLY THIS target group. Imagine you walk into a restaurant and the guy telling you: "Hey, what do you want to eat? We got Asian food from every country, American burgers, original Italian pizza and pasta, the best sushi... each category features over 100 meals." Overwhelmed much? Probably! The same your clients feel when you send them your bloated website with hundreds of tracks or distracting links leading everywhere. 2. Make your demo reel as easy and short as possible. Use a logo at the top, have a picture banner that is drawing the attention of your picked target industry. 3. Use your best 5 tracks that are speaking to your target industry. There is no need to have the weirdest horror music on your demo reel if you want to send this to children's book authors! 4. I am serious with this point. Absolutely nobody is interested when you started playing piano, how many awards you have won, how many plugins you own or that you're always reliable. Everyone can write anything! Okay, at some point there is some trust involved, but focus on what benefits you can bring to the table FOR the company, instead of making this a personal spotlight fest. 5. If you don't have credits yet, create your own. If your music rocks, people will hire you. Period! However, in order to have some visual stuff going on, use one of your tracks, come up with a nice animated picture or use AI to create you a little video of 45-60 seconds. There are tons of tools out there turning pictures into short animations that you can then use to craft a little script... again, that speaks to your target audience.
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New comment 28d ago
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Bravo!
Need a trailer reference track!
Hi all...I'm just wondering if anyone knows of any example of this...I've gone blank and need some inspiration! IMPORTANT UPDATE: It seems I've given the impression I wanted someone to write music for me - NO! I was asking for a trailer music album recommendation, preferably recent, aggressive and sound design heavy..released by a major library. Have found one now https://www.universalproductionmusic.com/en-us/discover/albums/39271/oblivion just don't know if it's getting used...that's what I was asking for. Thank you to everyone who replied though! I don't need anyone's tracks, or for anyone to write anything for this - sorry if I looked that way.
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@Dave Graham here’s an example… https://youtu.be/BnqjF9pMteg?si=ExWzu1zra7xVYxIw the owner had this perfect video that was usable for a game trailer. I helped with the video edits, but more importantly, I was able to offer a tease to the actual music…
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@Dave Graham and the actual opener that I did for the twitch show https://youtu.be/hHtSOgVqRdQ?si=hHEbxb2QXDbxH_XF there is a trippy music video I did for it. In short I saw that art from the characters… I knew the topic… and was able to bring forth music befitting the IP, as well as offer a creative hand in their videos… For me, I hear music in what I see… why I was asking for any imagery…
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Geoffrey Schumann
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Seasoned bassist & composer with 40+ years in music, blending classical & jazz training. I specialize in custom soundtracks that enhance storytelling.

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Joined Oct 19, 2024
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