The Trailer Music Composer's Podcast

In this episode I answer the question "how do I know if my music is good enough?"This is a huge deal to lots of people as it can often get shrouded by your inner critic, so you may naturally find it hard to distinguish a "good" from "bad" track. I like to think I answered this in this episode. I reckon my answer was good enough ;)To listen and read a full transcript,...

In this video I discuss something that is soooo often overlooked when it comes to becoming a professional composer for media - correctly responding to the brief. It doesn't really matter how talented you are, if you cannot write on brief, your tracks will not be chosen. Simple. So I give you a little bit of advice as to how to write on brief and make sure you get your tracks picked for produc...

Ok. Firstly, if you are wanting to be a trailer music composer then your work is already pretty niche. Is that enough though? Can you niche down even further? If so how do you do that successfully and also stay true to what matters to you as a creative person? These are actually really important questions that focus on a core matter for any creative person; finding the sweet spot where your enjoym...

When I started out I actually lost jobs because my samples didn't sound "good" enough. Which sucked. Obviously. This, however, led me to falsely believe that getting more and better samples would make my work better. This is a challenging episode for me as I, like most of you, feel mildly obsessed with collecting sample libraries. And I ask the question,"Do I actually need all...

You don't become a professional trailer music composer without picking up a few tricks along the way. One of the most valuable ones is obviously knowing how to ignore/defeat/control the inner critic. We all have those little voices in our heads, usually saying mean things. The trouble always starts when you start to listen and believe. In this episode I give you my tips and tricks on how to o...

In this episode I give you simple and effective tips to use to create time to make your music, even if you don't have any. I started out as music being my 'side hustle'. I would work to pay the bills during the day and come home and write my music in any free moment I could. I created time to write. And I did it as often as I possibly could. Little and often being the mantra of the...

In this episode I cover a question I got from one of my students, which was; "Why is "Done" better than "Perfect"?"The reason they asked me this is because I say this quite a lot in my course videos. As a way to alleviate stress and worry about my cue not being good enough I would just tell myself to get the cue finished and to not worry about it being "perfect&q...

I have been working with aspiring trailer composers for over two years now. As a result, I have come to learn what it is that most of them do 'wrong' in their trailer cues. These mistakes, annoyingly for them, are incredibly easy to make (I still make one of the regularly). But, they are also very easy to resolve. If you are an aspiring trailer composer or even a pro who is now just curi...

Well, it's more like the five "guidelines" but "rules" sounds so much more definitive and generally more awesome doesn't it. If I were to say "the five guidelines of trailer music" it would sound more like a HR manual then a gripping podcast episode. That aside. These five rules appear this early on in my show because you will find that I talk about them qui...

This episode is actually a more general chat about what inspiration is and how you can better harness it to improve your ability to write on demand. I find a good analogy for inspiration is that it is a flow of energy; it's just a case of keeping your flow open (sounds gross when I put it like that).Immature jokes aside, if you can have a better understanding of your 'spark' or &apo...

I get asked this all the time:"How did you get into Trailer Music and how do you do it?"I love this question. Mostly because I LOVE my job and I love talking about it. Hence me starting this podcast I guess. So I thought I would kick the podcast off with my story of how I got into writing trailer music. It's one of those 'I didn't choose to get into it' type of storie...

Hey guys - my name is Richard Schrieber and I am a trailer music composer. I decided to create a podcast for trailer music composers; both amateur and professional. This was to serve the amazing community of talent out there that are looking for more info on being a composer for movie trailers. The premise of the podcast is to deliver mindset, productivity, creativity, and production related discu...