The honest truth about production music income in 2026 (with real numbers from my career)
Everyone talks about passive income from music. Almost nobody shows you the actual numbers.
Trailer Music
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The YouTube Strategy That Built 700K Subscribers: How One Composer Turned Belief Into Income
Composer Greg Dombrowski reveals how he built a thriving YouTube career without relying on trends, algorithms, or optimisation hacks, just one track a week and an unwavering belief in his craft.
The Custom Music Survival Guide: How to Beat Burnout, Time Zones, and Unfair Deadlines
I had to work all night to meet LA deadlines while juggling a day job, leading straight to burnout; here is how I learned to survive the time zone trap, set boundaries with production houses, and make custom music work on my terms.
Composing the Enchanting Soundtrack for Pete's Dragon Trailer
Learn my approach to writing uplifting family adventure trailer music through my track "The Sun Will Rise," which was featured in Pete's Dragon and showcases the power of simple hooks, cohesive progressions, and magical orchestration.
How To Write Epic Percussion: In 7 Simple Steps
Learn the 7-step process for composing powerful, epic drum and percussion tracks for trailers, from setting up your template to creating massive, attention-grabbing moments.
How I Wrote The Pale Blue Eye Trailer Music
Discover how I created the haunting cello-driven track "Frost" from my Throat Four album, which was featured in The Pale Blue Eye trailer—recorded entirely with basic equipment and minimal instrumental skills.
Time Zone Juggling: Fitting Custom Composer Work Into Your Life
If you're a composer outside LA trying to fit custom trailer work into your life, you're probably working through the night and burning out fast—but there's a smarter way to approach it that doesn't involve sacrificing your sanity.
Is it too late to get into Trailer Music in 2024?
A common worry is that trailer music is too oversaturated and overly competitive, let me tell you why this is wrong!
How to Make Trailer Music
Unlock the proven, seven-figure framework for structuring any genre of music into high-impact, licensable movie trailer cues that professionals will buy.
Trailer Music Monthly No.2
In this month's Trailer Music Monthly newsletter, Rich dives into the Corner Office trailer music, gives you 8 inspiring trailers to watch, shares the latest podcast episodes and reveals this month's practice brief.
Landing a Star Wars Placement at 17 with Jiri Nemec
In this episode of the Trailer Music Composer's Podcast, I had the pleasure of interviewing Jiri Nemec. Jiri
Orchestral Mixing & Mastering with Joël Dollié
Richard Interviews orchestral mixing and mastering engineer Joël Dollié about life as a freelance mixing engineer, course creator, and plugin developer.
