Musical Storytelling
How the Odyssey Score & Physical Media Keep Me Connected to Storytelling!
Reflections on digital ownership, studio curation, & Ludwig Göransson's latest work for the Odyssey
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DC Studios Went Through 3 Different Composers for Supergirl...
How a frantic production crunch gave us an incredibly gritty but intimate superhero score.
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Musical Storytelling
A Quick Update for Fellow Film Music Nerds After 100 Issues!
How the OdysseyNotes Newsletter evolved from sample libraries to musical storytelling.
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The Mandalorian & Grogu Score is Absolute GENIUS!
Let's discover the genius world-building behind The Mandalorian & Grogu score by Ludwig Göransson.
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How Pokopia Reimagined Classic Pokémon Music
A look at why this intimate, small-ensemble score is the most rewarding Pokémon music in years!
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2026 Has a Huge Lineup of Film Scores!
How intentional storytelling defines the film scores I'm most excited for this year!
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A Different Kind of Hans Zimmer Experience
How a candlelit string quartet helped me reconnect with music in a way my DAW can't.
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I’m Changing the Way I Experience Music
I want to truly own my collection again and the shift toward intentional "slow listening" in 2026.
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The Top 10 Film Scores That Defined My 2025
A look back at the boldest, most innovative music of the year...and where we go from here!
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Why Is It So Hard to Keep Writing Music?
It’s easy to have momentum when you have a deadline. It’s harder when you don't.
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Before you buy another sample library this Black Friday…
For composers who are tired of all the emojis and ALL-CAPS in their inbox this year.
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I Didn’t Expect the Frankenstein Score To Feel So Alive!
How Alexandre Desplat’s themes, Eldbjørg Hemsing’s violin, and a humming undercurrent turned gothic horror into a father–son story
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How Music Made Me Fall in Love with Halloween
I went from avoiding horror to falling in love with its sound!
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Inside a Dark-Fantasy World (& what it taught me)
How a few sketches, simple rituals, & story-led choices reshaped how I compose.
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I Can't Stop Listening to the New Superman Score!
Using the theme doesn't take away from the work of John Williams... it's an expansion on the legacy! And that's what makes the score for James Gunn's Superman so engaging.
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Become the Composer They Really Want to Work With
I sat in on a seminar between composers Austin Wintory and Bear McCreary. It was an hour and a half conversation packed with fantastic info on career longevity, collaboration, and the creative process!
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What "The Bear" Taught Me About Composing
How a chaotic TV show about a restaurant taught me the secret to standing out as a composer.
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Are You Waiting for Permission to Compose?
I've been thinking a lot lately about the paradox of being a composer. On one hand, making art is this incredible, freeing thing where the only rules are the ones you give yourself. But on the other hand, it takes a huge amount of work to get "good"...
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My take on the new How to Train Your Dragon score
I just saw the live-action remake of How to Train Your Dragon, and I need to talk about the score because I absolutely loved it!
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Why Giacchino's Fantastic Four Music is So Important
This week, I did a deep dive on a piece of music I can't stop thinking about Michael Giacchino's new Fantastic Four theme!
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😳 Well...This Was Unexpected
I had something pretty unexpected happen recently...My Thunderbolts film score video has become my top performing video on the channel...ever!
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⚡️ Why the Thunderbolts Film Score Hits So Hard!
The Thunderbolts score is such a great example of how music can do so much more than just follow a stereotypical formula. You can take on a behemoth like Marvel and still add your own voice!
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👀 My Thoughts on Spitfire Audio Joining Splice…
Alright…let’s talk about Spitfire. By now I’m sure you’ve seen the news from the past week or so. Spitfire Audio has been bought by Splice.
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📱 You Don't Need Cold DMs to Get Music Gigs!
If you’re anything like me, the idea of cold messaging strangers to find work feels… exhausting!
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Music Career
🤡 Happy April Fools! Here’s the Worst Career Advice I’ve Ever Given
It’s April Fools’ Day, which felt like the perfect excuse to reshare one of the most ridiculous videos I’ve made for composers
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Music Motivation
🥇 Composers Share Their Wins!
This month, two composers in the Discord community shared some really awesome wins. They reflected the kind of steady, intentional progress that adds up over time!
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🎂 Today’s My 30th Birthday!
Today I turn 30! Part of me still feels like I'm that same 10-year-old kid…Another part feels like I've already been in my 30s for a while now. This new decade feels like the right moment to pause and appreciate what truly matters.
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🏆 Should You Enter the Spitfire Trailer Scoring Competition?
Spitfire Audio just announced a new trailer scoring competition! Basically, composers can rescore the Albion Colossus trailer for the chance to win Spitfire’s Everything Bundle.
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🎶 How Do You Take Your Idea and Make It Real?
Nothing beats the feeling of a fresh musical idea popping into your head! You can almost hear it become something big! But then comes the hardest part…actually doing something with it.
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🎧 Get Music Feedback, Website Reviews, & Career Support!
Just launched my Composer Odyssey Membership—a space where you can get personalized music feedback, career guidance, and the support you need to start growing as a composer!
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🎻 Before You Buy Another Sample Library…
Before you get caught up in the next big sample library sale, here's how you can prep yourself AHEAD of time!
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🤖 Kris Bowers on The Wild Robot Score
Kris Bowers is quickly becoming one of my favorite composers—not just for his writing, but because he’s a true leader in our composing community.
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🗣️ You’re Putting Yourself Out There—So Why No Gigs?
If I spend all my time connecting with other composers, should I really be surprised that I’m not getting more composing gigs? This is the trap I think so many of us fall into.
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🔄 If I Had to Start My Composing Career Over...
If I had to start my composing career over today, I wouldn’t do it the same way I did nearly 10 years ago!
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Social Media
📲 What the TikTok Drama Means for Musicians
This TikTok ban and sudden return (with a 75-day extension?!?) has left so many musicians wondering—what now?
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Music Motivation
😅 How Do You Know If Your Music Is Any Good?
One of the hardest questions a composer can ask themselves is...“How do I know if the music I’m writing is actually any good?” I hear this all the time from my bootcamp students. They submit their music for feedback, but they’re not sure if it’s any good at all. Then they hear it played next to other submissions, and that’s when the self-doubt comes in.
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🙅♂️ Why Big Goals Don’t Work for Me (And What Does)
2024 was the year I didn’t write a single piece of music. I could tell you I was busy with other projects—my business, education, creating content—but honestly? Every time I thought about composing, I froze.
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🎊 How to Start 2025 on the Right Note
The end of the year is here, and with it comes the instinct to dive headfirst into goal-setting and planning. But before you start mapping out your 2025 master plan, let’s take a minute to pause.
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🥸 Imposter Syndrome Got the Best of Me This Year
This year, I didn’t write a single note of music. At first, it just felt like I was “busy.” But as the months went on, I started to realize something: I wasn’t writing because I was afraid.
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🧱 How Composers Broke Through Their Own Barriers
Yesterday marked the official end of the latest round of the ThinkSpace Education Orchestral Composition Bootcamp!
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💡 When Inspiration Strikes (...or Doesn’t)
Deadlines don’t wait for inspiration and trying to force ideas out can feel impossible (and honestly really demotivating!) Your best ideas don’t always arrive on time. Here’s how to plan for that.
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⚡️ A Simple Way to Get Unstuck as a Composer: 3-3-1 Goals!
If you’ve been wanting to tackle a new project, find opportunities, or organize your workflow, you don’t have to wait. You can start building momentum now. This is where 3-3-1 Goals come in! It’s a simple way to get clear on your next steps and actually move forward—all in just 5 minutes.
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🎹 I’m Finally Learning Piano After 10 Years of Composing
Nearly 10 years ago a professor told me I should quit music because I couldn’t play the piano. And that comment really stuck with me.
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🖤 How John Williams Reminded Me Why I Compose
I’m sure like many of you, I spent the weekend watching The Music of John Williams on Disney+! And it felt like a huge reminder of WHY I got into composing in the first place. John Williams is such an icon in film music—the one who’s shaped so much of what we all know and love about cinematic sound.
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🎻 I'm Building My Full Orchestral Template with Musio
Recently, during a ThinkSpace Technical Rundown webinar, there was a great conversation on whether orchestral templates are still relevant OR if they’ve become outdated!? As someone who absolutely loves structure and working with systems, templates have always been a core part of my workflow! But…if I’m being honest—sometimes my tendency to hyper-optimize and fine-tune can get a bit out of hand. And sometimes I find myself spending more time on the setup than actually writing music! 😅 So, I decided to create a new template from scratch but with the goal of finding a balance between a reliable structure regardless of project and enough flexibility to grow beyond the template itself.
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⏳ The REAL Cost of Delaying a Music Career!
It’s about something I learned the hard way—the real cost of waiting for the perfect moment to start living the music career you actually want.
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🦸♂️ Turn Your Listeners into Superfans!
As I was going through Superfans by Pat Flynn, I found such important insights for musicians and composers who want to deepen their impact and expand their connection with their audience!
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🫢 The Mistake Holding Your Composing Career Back
Let's dive into the #1 mistake holding your composing career back and how to find the perfect balance between learning and taking action!
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🚫 My Professor Told Me to Quit Music...
After one of my piano classes, my professor pulled me aside and told me that it would be best if I quit music...
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🌊 How ‘Avatar’ Composer Created The ATLA Score!
Yes, Avatar: The Last Airbender is a show about fun and special elemental powers, but it also taught me about friendship, culture, and overcoming adversity!
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😉 Ruin Your Composing Career (In 6 Easy Steps!)
If you want to guarantee that your composing career goes absolutely nowhere, then all you have to do is follow these 6 easy steps!
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😢 Finale's Grand Finale
The behemoth in the notation software space that is Finale is being discontinued. MakeMusic (Finale) is working with Steinberg (Dorico) to give current users adiscount on Dorico Pro 5. Users of any version of Finale or PrintMusic can purchase Dorico Pro for $149!
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💪 Tap into What Makes You a Strong Composer
I’m super excited to announce that I’m hosting a free Composer Strengths Workshop, designed specifically for composers who need clarity and direction in their music careers.
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🧠 Feeling Stuck as a Composer? Try This!
My most recent video is all about the importance of a music mastermind, how you can create one, and how we’ve structured ours if you want to copy our strategy!
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🤥 The Problem with Being Too Polite
I recently saw this video from the Futur where Chris Do breaks down the difference between politeness and honesty.
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⚖️ Your Music Career Tightrope
If we can reflect on what’s actually important to us vs what’s getting in the way of finding that success, we’ll find it much easier to walk that music career tightrope!
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🎞️ The Key to Demo Reels
We’re not only showcasing our music to potential clients but we’re showcasing the work that we think BEST represents our writing as a musician!
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🥳 How to Get Clients as a Composer
Even though the book focuses on “coaching”, I realized that nearly the whole thing can apply to finding clients and projects as a composer as well!
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💪 Composers Share Their Progress
I love helping composers and musicians navigate their music; navigate their career- and I’m so happy to see that my content is resonating with people!
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⛓️💥 Break Free of Your Comfort Zone Music Cycle
Last week, I met a student during one of the review sessions from the ThinkSpace Education Orchestral Composition Bootcamp, who I think can teach us a LOT about breaking out of our comfort zones!
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📲 Marketing Your Music BEFORE Release
The other day, I saw this post on Threads from Michelle Renae asking for tips on marketing your music BEFORE it releases!
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😳 Why I Left the Studio & Stepped Out of My Comfort Zone
I’ve gotten too stuck in the same old recording routine. So I recorded my Pokemon-Inspired Guide for Aspiring Composers video outside as a vlog!
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🏆 A Composer’s Pokemon Journey
How you can find success not only as a Pokemon Master but as a successful composer as well!
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🧪 This is How You Stand Out as a Composer!
In 2024, it’s never been easier for composers to enter the film music industry! The bad news? That means your music alone isn’t enough to set you apart!
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💪 What Are Your Top Composer Strengths?
I’m SO excited to share that I’ve completely revamped my Composer Odyssey Index! This is a quiz that I put together to help composers and musicians recognize and leverage their unique strengths.
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🎬 How Notion Transforms My Film Scoring Practice
This is the exact system I use to help me consistently practice composing music for different genres and styles! It’s called the Genre Exploration Challenge. These challenges are designed to help composers write in different styles for film, TV, and video games.
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🥁 Automatically Split Your Music into STEMs in Logic Pro 11 UPDATE!
Logic Pro 11 is OFFICIALLY HERE! And whether you like it or not, AI and smart assistants are making a massive impact in the music industry.
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🎶 Advice on Making Money as a Music Creator
During Ali Abdaal's Deep Dive interview, Colin and Samir give advice on making money as a music creator!
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✨ May the 4th Be With You
4 years ago, one of my best friends asked if I would write some music for a Han Solo and Princess Leia tribute video he was working on just for fun.
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🔄 Advice Not Working for You? Do the OPPOSITE!
The other day, I was watching a YouTube video by Ali Abdaal and very briefly, he mentioned something called the Law of Equal and Opposite Advice.
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🚀 Need a Music Career Boost? Strategy Sessions Are Here!
If you've been feeling lost, unsure of your own next step, or wishing you had some focused guidance on your music career, a Maestro Mind Strategy Session might be the perfect way to get the clarity and motivation you need.
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😄 An Introvert's Blueprint for Creating Meaningful Connections
To my fellow introverted composers, musicians, and creatives: Yes, networking can feel scary, forced, and draining. But here's what I learned...
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🙅♂️ Biggest Mistake Student Composers Make with MIDI Mockups
Even with the most advanced sample libraries, these simple tools are what make the performance come to life!
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😳 Are You Saying Yes to the Wrong Composing Gigs?
By saying no to the gigs that don’t resonate with you, you’re opening the door to potential projects to DO!
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🎞️ Practicing Can't Prepare You For Everything
My friend and fellow composer/ content creator, Cheska Navarro, released a new video on YouTube filled with absolute gems for self-taught and aspiring film composers!
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😌 A Quiet Composer’s Guide to Easy Communication
There are other ways to be an effective Supercommunicator that don't require you to dominate conversations- in fact- quite the opposite!
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🥱 Lazy String Writing is Holding You Back
If you’re writing for strings for the first time or you’re realizing your work doesn’t match up to the pros, here are three essential concepts that you might not know about for effective string writing!
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🏆 Göransson Wins for His Oppenheimer Score!
Here's the TLDR on Ludwig Göransson's music for Oppenheimer at this year's 96th Annual Academy Awards!.
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😱 I was Terrified to Take a Break... Then THIS Happened
Two months ago, I started a mini hiatus from YouTube. It wasn't intentional and it got to a point where I found it more and more difficult to come back!
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🤏 The TINIEST $35 Book That's Changing My Music Career!
"Pocket Full of Do" by Chris Do caught my eye for a simple reason: every page is like a mini-masterclass in its own right.
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⏰ Stop Chasing Time, Start Making It
Top 3 highlights from Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky's Make Time- perfect for composers!
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🤔 Why Your Music Career Feels Stuck (And How to Fix It)
There's a natural progression to building a sustainable and fulfilling music career. Understanding these 4 stages helps you focus on the right things and find success on your own terms!
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😳 Time for a Change on YouTube
I'm taking the YouTube channel in a slightly new direction!
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🎧 It's About Time You "Make Your Own Rules!"
Make Your Own Rules by Andrew Huang shares crucial lessons for any modern musician!
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🥇 The Power of Focusing on "The ONE Thing"
Gary Keller's "The ONE Thing" is as an incredibly useful guide for any musician or composer looking for success in their career.
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🎬 SCORE: A Composer's Framework for Cinematic Scores
The SCORE Framework is a natural evolution of the Film Composer's Recipe Book, expanding on the importance of Melody, Harmony, Rhythm, & Orchestration!
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🎺 92 Years & 54 Oscar Nominations Later
Music lessons from the maestro: John Williams.
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🎶 What are Composers Saying?
It's been a week since I launched the Composer Odyssey Index, and the response has been incredible!
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⚡️ Energize, Unblock, Sustain Your Music Career! [2024 Book Challenge: Book 3]
How to embrace Ali Abdaal's Feel-Good Productivity in your music life.
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🤯 I Made A Personality Test... For Composers!
Take the Composer Odyssey Index Personality Assessment to find your musical personality and areas of strength!
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🤷♂️ How to Deal with a Music Snob
6 effective strategies for dealing with the music snobs you come across.
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🫵 This is What Your Music Says About You!
2024 Book Challenge: Book #2 My key music takeaways from "This is What It Sounds Like" by Susan Rogers and Ogi Ogas.
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🛑 A Musician's Guide to Quitting?!
Here's why musicians should quit more often.
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💪 Is Hard Work Overrated?
Are you finding fulfillment in your music creation process or has the hustle and grind been weighing you down?
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🏁 5 Steps to Kickstart Your Music Career in 2024
Maintain a balance between your music career and personal life using structured tools like the Maestro Mind Planner.
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2023 Unwrapped: Lessons Learned for an Exciting 2024!
2023 was a year of embracing independence, learning valuable lessons, and making significant strides in a shared world of music and creativity.
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🤖 Decoding a Hidden Musical Message
A creative way to show how thinking outside the box and hidden messages can make your music even more interesting!
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🎯 5 Easy Steps for Setting Music Goals in 2024
Diving into the very heart of every musician's career - achieving your goals!
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👨💻 Streamline Your Music Career with the PARA Method Productivity System
By integrating PARA into the Maestro Mind Planner, musicians now have a space to efficiently manage all their tasks and projects!
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😅 Next Time You Procrastinate, Try This...
In reality, procrastination isn't just a barrier for us to overcome over the course of our work; it’s actually mirror reflecting our not-so-great habits.
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🧑🏫 Tutoring for ThinkSpace Education Taught Me This!
Wrapping up the final webinar of the 8-week Orchestral Bootcamp at ThinkSpace Education, I got to reflect on an incredible journey that transformed me from a student to a tutor!
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⭐️ My Favorite Music Career Productivity Tool
The Maestro Mind Planner is a Notion template that not only tracks my projects, goals, and overall productivity, but also helps me balance my music career with my personal life!
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🎥 How Novella Origin Helps Composers Tell Musical Stories
Westwood Instruments' Novella Origin is a gorgeous sample library that can help us composers craft musical narratives!
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👎 Rejecting the Jack-of-All-Trades Myth
We're often expected to be jacks-of-all-trades: composing, orchestrating, mixing – the list goes on. But here's a thought: isn't it better to actually excel in what we love most?
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🚀 Launch Your Career as a Media Composer (with Zach Heyde)
Zach Heyde has such an incredible range of knowledge about so many different aspects of the film music industry. Here's how to go full-time as a film composer!
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✋ A 5-Step Guide for Aspiring Working Composers
This guide offers practical steps for those aspiring to become working media composers covering aspects like networking, skill development in music and business, effective communication, and maintaining a balance between creativity and administrative tasks.
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❗️ The Only Black Friday Sale Composers Need This Year?!
Technically not exclusively limited to Black Friday weekend, from now until December 31st, you can access every single Musio library, update, feature...all for $0.99 per month- FOR 3 MONTHS!
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🤪 A Composer's Guide to Navigating the Black Friday Madness
It's crucial to approach Black Friday with a strategic and proactive mindset so that you can make informed decisions and maximize the benefits of these limited-time offers!
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🎃 Haunted Harmonies: A Deep Dive into Horror Music
But what is it about these melodies that send shivers down our spines? Let’s embark on a haunting journey through the history and characteristics of horror music.
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👻 How the Newton Brothers NAILED This Heartfelt Horror Track!
Let's go over the key elements of how you can write heartfelt horror music just like the Newton Brothers!
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🧙♂️ Compose Fantasy Scores Instantly with the Hollywood Fantasy Orchestrator
The 6th and final entry in the Hollywood Fantasy Orchestra series is officially here; the Hollywood Fantasy Orchestrator from EastWest Sounds!
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🥇 Be the Right Composer- Not the Best!
“Don’t be the best composer. Be the right composer.” This shift in perspective is not just refreshing, but also deeply liberating, and here’s why…
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🧵 This Week's Threads Boom 🤯
It seems like a significant algorithm update has turned Threads into a hotspot for musicians, composers, artists, and creatives alike!
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📔 Be a More Productive Composer || Tips on Habit Building & Time Management for Musicians
Want to boost your productivity? Here's how small changes in your approach can make a huge difference in your music creation process.
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🧪 Land Clients with the XYZ Composer Formula
The XYZ Composer Formula is a simple yet powerful tool to help composers set themselves apart and connect more deeply with their target audience!
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🛑 Stop Competing with Your Collaborators
Instead of seeing these composers as our competition in the industry, what if we began to see them as potential collaborators?
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🏷️ Musio's BIGGEST Price Drop: What Composers Need to Know!
Musio has rolled out its biggest update yet, with a notable price drop. It's called Musio 1!
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🔨 Why Every Composer Needs the Blueprint Series
Blueprints are a free new series by Fracture Sounds, with Electric Keys as the first standout library!
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🎭 Leverage Your Imposter Syndrome
"If you don’t have imposter syndrome, you’re either complacent or you’re lying."
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🎶 Music is a Universal Language!
In its purest, simplest form, music is a means of creation and communication.
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👨⚖️ Sample Library Licensing Trends Composers Need to Know
I found 5 common sample library license trends across multiple developers including Spitfire Audio, EastWest, & Cinesamples!
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🤝 How Composers Build Lasting Relationships
People don't just remember you for your music; they remember how you impacted their journey.
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🧙♂️ The Secret Ingredient to Fantasy Music
The secret ingredient that elevates a piece from good to extraordinary is none other than the use of voices and choirs.
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🧝♀️ Hollywood Fantasy Voices: A Storyteller's Secret to Fantasy Scoring
A choir library from EastWest Sounds designed to elevate your fantasy compositions!
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🎻 CineStrings Pro: The CineSymphony Final Chapter is a Musio Exclusive!
CineStrings Pro, a Musio-exclusive, has been 10 years in the making and represents a significant milestone in the world of orchestral string libraries!
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✍️ Composers Share 11 Insights You Need to Know
"What's one thing about your writing process now that you wish you could tell your past self?"
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🎻 Design Unique Textures with Kayvon Violin Intimate from Inletaudio
Let's explore the key features that set the Kayvon Violin Intimate library from Inletaudio apart!
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👴 Westwood's Lost Synth: A Complete Guide to Reimagined Vintage Synths
Explore the world of vintage sounds reimagined with Westwood Instruments' Lost Synth.
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🎯 PARA Method: Discover Musical Efficiency
The PARA Method by Tiago Forte is an intuitive, yet comprehensive system for organizing any kind of information on any digital platform!
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📱 Engaging with Fellow Musicians on Social Media
Insights from Chris Do and Dakota Robertson are essential for us, as composers and musicians, in crafting our brand!
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💥 Soundscapes: Tonal and Atonal Design in Musio
Soundscapes is a groundbreaking sample library from Cinesamples that explores sound design through granular synthesis!
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🇳🇴 Men of the North: Authentic Viking Voices for Modern Composers
Dive into the authentic sounds of Viking heritage with Men of the North - Nordic Voices from Musio!
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🖥️ Beyond the DAW Paralysis
Here are 3 reasons why the DAW you're most familiar with is probably gonna be the ideal choice for you!
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🚀 Evolving Role of Modern Composers
In this modern film music industry, composers are not just confined to the role of crafting melodies and harmonies; they often find themselves wearing multiple hats, one of which includes that of the orchestrator.
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🪘 Hollywood Fantasy Percussion: The Rhythmic Heart of Epic Fantasy
Hollywood Fantasy Percussion offers a wide array of percussive instruments, from bodhrans and gran cassas to taikos and nagados!
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🎻 Mastering String Arrangements
Without a well-arranged string section, your music might lack depth and realism. Here are 5 tips on enhancing your string writing!
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🧙♂️ Hollywood Fantasy Winds: A New Breath of Fantasy Scoring
I'm excited to introduce you to the latest gem in the Hollywood Fantasy Orchestra series - the Hollywood Fantasy Winds library!
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📱 Threads: A New Home for Musicians and Composers?!
Threads by Meta is a space for us to connect over our shared passion for music, film scores, and DAW tips & tricks!
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🎺 Hollywood Fantasy Brass: Epic Fantasy Scoring Continued…
The Hollywood Fantasy Brass library brings the spotlight onto brass instruments, delivering a unique palette of sounds inspired by incredible fantasy scores.
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🎹 Evergreen Update + Giveaway Details!
The Evergreen update from Westwood Instruments introduces 8 new textures and expands the instrument's compatibility to include Kontakt Player and NKS!
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🌌 Did SkyDust 3D Just Redefine the Future of Sound Design?!
SkyDust 3D is the world's first spatial synthesizer, capable of delivering immersive 3D sound just from a single note.
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🎺 10 Easy Strategies for Effective Cinematic Composition & Orchestration
Let's go over 10 different strategies for effective cinematic composition and orchestration only using the Spitfire Audio Originals Orchestra bundle!
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🐲🎻 Hollywood Fantasy Strings: A New Era of Fantasy Scores
EastWest's Hollywood Fantasy Strings library is here to bring magic to your music!
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🏆 A New Standard for Piano Libraries!
Is Fracture Sounds' Spotlight Piano your new go-to for all your piano needs!?
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🎵 Musio: From French Horn to Descant Horn
The Descant Horn is such a fascinating instrument- it's like a smaller, magical cousin of the French Horn.
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💻 Will Logic Pro for iPad be Composer Friendly?
Apple has taken Logic Pro and squeezed it into an iPad app...but is it good for composers?
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🎹 The Orrville Pipe Organ: Soundiron's Sonic Powerhouse!
A classic pneumatic pipe organ with 1,224 pipes, 21 ranks, 3 divisions, 2 manuals, 18 stops, and 31 registers.
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🎻🎺🎹🥁 The NEW Musio: Ultimate Scoring Suite
Allow me to re-introduce you to MUSIO, the ultimate all-access scoring toolkit for composers developed by Cinesamples!
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🎼 The Ultimate Guide to Musio’s NEW Flexible Pricing
Musio has incredible flexible pricing options, designed to meet the needs of composers and producers like you. And as of May 3rd, they were totally revamped and updated!
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🎥 Authentic Hollywood Magic with Randy Kerber's Prepared Piano from Musio!
Randy's Prepared Piano is unique and versatile library that captures the magic of modern, experimental techniques performed by Randy Kerber.
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🎻 Quatre: Redefine Your Sound with Experimental Strings
Quatre: String Foundations is a brand new Musio library that delivers an unmatched level of intimacy, intensity, and experimentalism, allowing you to unlock new creative possibilities and take your music to extraordinary heights!
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🎹 Reviving a Classic: Experience the Electric Home Piano
With the Electric Home Piano, Westwood Instruments preserved its traditional sound, while adding their own touch of warmth and textural richness.
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🎉 My Gina Luciani Cinema Flutes Collab with Musio & CineSamples!
The Musio team over at CineSamples reached out with a collaboration idea and asked if I'd like to start creating videos for them exploring different Musio content...
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🧑💻 EVO Grid and eDNA Engine: Colossus Update is Here!
Albion Colossus users get a massive free update with the addition of the EVO Grid and eDNA Engine!
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🎻 Make Your Sound Heard with Inletaudio's Kayvon Violin Intimate Library!
Forget everything you know about the violin! With Inletaudio's Kayvon Violin Intimate solo library, you can create unconventional textures that will take your music to a whole other level!
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🌊 🎛 Big "Waves" in the Plugin World
Waves Audio made the decision to remove perpetual licenses for their plugins in favor of... a subscription service!?
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🎤 5 Reasons to Love These Metal Vocals!
Let's go over the top 5 features that come in Soundiron's new and improved Voices of Rage library.
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🎛️ Going BEYOND Keyswitches with Musio!
I want to give you an alternative to keyswitching that I've recently implemented into my own Logic template! This method completely removes the switches from my keyboard all together and uses a MIDI controller to switch between articulations!
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🎹 Craft Custom Keyswitches for MUSIO!
Did you know that you can create custom keyswitches for Musio in Logic Pro?!
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🥊 Orchestral Giants: Albion Colossus VS Albion One!
Let's look at the highlights between Spitfire Audio' Albion Colossus vs Albion One and what some of the major differences are!
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🤔 Do NOT get Albion Colossus...Unless
Spitfire Audio's Albion Colossus is all about giving you access to modern, epic, Hollywood blockbuster sounds!
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🎹 What's the Difference Between These 4 Pianos?!
Let's compare 4 of the softer, more intimate pianos found in Spitfire's Originals collection so that you can decide which one is best for you and the sound of your music.
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✅ Your Music Career's Essential Resource!
How to Make It in the New Music Business by Ari Herstand reminds you WHY music is a valid and legitimate career choice!
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💎 The Not-So Hidden Gem of Music!
There's something really special about the textures and timbres you can get from Spitfire Audio's Rare Flutes.
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🧭 Xplore VS Lite?! New Clarinet Sample Library!
Their recent Clarinet Drama Textures library is a collaboration with composer, orchestrator, & clarinetist- Brandon C Stanley. And something that I absolutely love is the new addition of Inletaudio's Xplore and Lite series'!
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🎊 Follow your music passion in 2023!
2022 has somehow been the absolute worst and best year of my life...
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🎙️ My Studio Favorites Heading into 2023!
My personal favorite studio additions that I think could be great heading into the new year!
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🎯 Will You Actually Stick to Your Music Goals This Year?
Stop forgetting about the music goals that you set for yourself every time the new year comes arounds!
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❄️ Let's Write Some Wintery Holiday Music!
Let's break down some key elements found in a lot of icy, wintery music this holiday season!
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🧰 The Ultimate Composer Sample Toolkit!
You're gonna get the fundamental CORE elements from individual libraries to get you sketching out compositions quickly and efficiently!
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🥁 Soundiron Drums for Non-Drummers!
Knockout Drums from Soundiron is a hard-hitting kit that's super crisp but still flexible in its sound
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👻 Write Heartfelt Horror Music!
The Newton Brothers NAILED this heartfelt horror main titles track!
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☝️ My Last Wind Library?!
Solo Winds Untamed really checks all of my boxes of what I'm looking for in a wind library!
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🎸 For All You Non-Guitarists!
Axe Machina is a gritty, bright, custom-made, 7 string, electric guitar and it really is a great addition for any composer looking to add that metal sound to their library
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🎻 Looking for Some Chamber Strings?
Soundiron's Hyperion Strings Elements is a chamber string library geared towards the absolute beginner and seasoned composer!
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🏆 Are You Entering These Competitions?!
These scoring competition prizes are pretty HUGE! So my question is... are you gonna participate?!
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🎤 Epic Choir is HERE!
Spitfire's Epic Choir accomplishes the sweet spot between high quality library (50 member ensemble, recorded at AIR Studios) and affordability!
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🎺 Breathe Chaos & Emotion into Your Brass!
Imagine being in a recording studio or even just your own home studio with a brass player, right there in front of you.
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🤯 Inletaudio Has Blown Me Away!
The Isobelle Austin Cello by Inletaudio blurs the line between orchestral sampling and sound design and has quickly become a personal favorite of mine!
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🎹 The Most Perfectly Imperfect Piano!
Teletone Audio's Postcard Piano has fully embraced it's imperfections and it makes for one AMAZING piano library!
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🎛️ Scarbo: A Mysterious, Moody Synth
Scarbo takes away the struggle and difficulty of learning a new synth while still allowing for creative freedom!
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🎹 Steinway for $29?!
Spitfire Audio just released the latest installment in their Originals series: the Intimate Grand Piano!
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🎹 Find Your Next Go-To Piano Library!
What's the STORY behind Teletone Audio's Golden Age Grand?
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😌 Simplify Your Composition Process with Musio
Musio marks a huge change for CineSamples! It's a subscription based product that lets you access the basic techniques of those high ticket libraries.
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🎻 Want More Realistic Mockups?
Fix your mixing problems before the mixing stage all together!
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👨🏫 Who Are Your Music Mentors?
There are 3 different types of mentors for creatives and musicians!
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🎻 Cinematic Frozen VS Intimate Strings...
Cinematic Frozen and Intimate Strings both offer an intimate quality of sound. The thing is, these two libraries are just so fundamentally different!
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🥳 EastWest Updated Their Hollywood Orchestrator!
The Hollywood Orchestrator now has an update that allows you to DRAG AND DROP its MIDI data directly into your DAW!
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