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During my time in service, and the years since looking back I learned a few things in the military that have helped shape who I am and serve me to this day.

Most musicians are not recording engineers or music editors or computer techs and suddenly they need to become a little bit of all of the above and it can seem very overwhelming.

Tips & advice for remote recording.

Last night Hildur Guðnadóttir won the Oscar for her score to The Joker completing here awards sweep.

We work in what I believe is the coolest most fun industry in the world. Yet surviving in this industry means we will experience a lot of rejection. The more you experience rejection, the better you’ll get at it, which in turn will also improve your odds of success.

Shie’s 11/05/19 SCL seminar on scoring films on a shoestring budget

Music editors can fulfill a variety of helpful tasks in shaping the musical soundtrack of a project, ranging from creative to technical…

Check out this blog post I wrote for Film Scoring Tips offering some advice on preparing for remote recording sessions.

I have a confession to make. I’m an introvert and would probably never leave the house if I didn’t have to. Going to parties and big events takes a lot out of me. It requires mental preparation before, and some ‘me time’ after. But over the years I’ve learned to get better at hiding my discomfort and how to act like I enjoy these things – to the point where I can actually enjoy them.

1. Personal recommendations go a long way, but don’t guarantee you’ll get hired. 2. A strong resume/track record is important and may get you in the door but it’s not enough to get the gig. 3. You don’t need to have the shiniest, glitziest, fanciest presentation. Clean and simple works just as well as long as the content is great and well presented…

I recently attended the Emmy music branch networking event, honoring the nominees with a composer friend who happens to be a woman. She noticed that often she is ignored during conversations or not taken seriously as a composer while the men were. This bothered me and so I reached out to her and together we came up with these 10 tips.

I recently encountered three separate cases of young composers dealing with rejection/criticism quite badly (in my humble opinion) and thought I’d share some thoughts on the issue of dealing with disappointment.