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I've been thinking a lot this week about direction and how (seemingly) hard it is to find. And, how it seems even harder to then confidently move in the direction you have chosen. When I first embarked on creating content online (about 7 years ago now). I was desperate to...
I wanted this week's newsletter to be a little "thank you" for you all being awesome. As Simon Wells says: Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity And as you are so generous to give me your attention I want to return the favour. I have decided to...
YouTube has been on my mind a lot this week. I have been on it since 2010 but have only actively using it as a platform for my own expression for 5 years. As a content creator, I have only ever experienced painfully slow growth. Like only 4k subs in...
This week I have been making a conscious effort to put music on when the moment takes me. And it got me thinking. I used to listen to music ALL THE TIME. Every spare second of my time would be spent with music playing and it was awesome. I don't...
Before we went away, I sent out the newsletter informing you of my decision to start a royalty-free music library and the response has been so unbelievably positive. As I mentioned it has been one of those things I have wanted to start over and over again but got too...
Last week I wrote about how my application to a music library had been rejected. Over the week I have been overwhelmed by how many responses I have had from you all sending me positivity and all manner of helpful advice. It's been lovely. It has really highlighted that my...
I recently applied to Artlist to become one of their rostered artists. Before I got into trailer music the majority of my work was writing cinematic music for TV ads. I composed music for awesome products and brands like Scrabble, Unilever, and LinkedIn. As my career in trailer music grew...
This week I decided to sort out my workspace. As most of you know, we moved house recently, which has meant that I have a new workspace. Up until now, I had been crammed onto my 9-year-old's desk and pretty much surrounded by a mess of wires, instruments, and paperwork....
When I was little I was sort of obsessed with taking cuttings from plants. Especially money plants. I loved the fact that you could take off one of the leaves and leave it in water and eventually, it would grow its own roots. I would then take that leaf, put...