Business

Balancing A Day Job With Freelancing

25m 39s beginner Beginner
Author: Jacob Pernell

Working as a freelancer can be overwhelming at times. This tutorial covers the balancing act of working for yourself on short term, project based projects, taking a look at general wellbeing, creating rituals, setting short term and daily goals to maximize your time, setting longer term goals to make sure your on-track with your bigger ambitions, and the importance of community to productivity.

Guerrilla Film Scoring Video Course

1h 40m beginner Beginner • 9 videos

Have you ever wanted a celebrity film composer as a mentor? Now you can have not just one, but many! In the Guerrilla Film Scoring video course the master composers share tips, tricks, advice, and real world knowledge. They will tell you how to create the best-sounding scores quickly and cost effectively — without jeopardizing your art.

Guerrilla Film Scoring Volume 3: How Successful Composers Delegate To Protect Their Art

12m 0s beginner Beginner

How do composers build their music teams? How to they decide what to do themselves and what to delegate? Guerrilla Film Scoring has the answers from Hollywood’s top composers for film, television, and video games.

Guerrilla Film Scoring Volume 4: How Top Composers Survive Hollywood’s Performance Pressure

9m 50s beginner Beginner

How do composers manage their intense schedules and the heavy pressure? How can you stay creative in the midst of it? Guerrilla Film Scoring has the answers from Hollywood’s top composers for film, television, and video games.

Guerrilla Film Scoring Volume 6: Composers: Demos Aren’t Good Enough Anymore

8m 8s beginner Beginner

How do great composers quickly make great sounding demos of their writing? How could you sell yourself and your ideas better with your demos? Guerrilla Film Scoring has the answers from Hollywood’s top composers for film, television, and video games.

Guerrilla Film Scoring Volume 7: How Top Composers Find Work In Film, TV, & Video Games

11m 29s beginner Beginner

How do composers find work? What can you do to stay productive and gainfully employed in today’s market? Guerrilla Film Scoring has the answers from Hollywood’s top composers for film, television, and video games.

Guerrilla Film Scoring Volume 8: Composer Career Development Tips From Hollywood

11m 6s beginner Beginner

How do you build up your career as a composer? How do you create momentum so that your career grows continuously? Guerrilla Film Scoring has the answers from Hollywood’s top composers for film, television, and video games.

Guerrilla Film Scoring Volume 9: Music Libraries: The Modern Composer’s Benefactor

12m 17s intermediate Intermediate

What are music libraries and how do they work? Do they compete with composers or support them? Guerrilla Film Scoring has the answers from Hollywood’s top composers for film, television, and video games.

3 Tips for Finding Inspiration for Game Music

8m 44s beginner Beginner
Author: Jacob Pernell

Getting a new project to work on (especially if it's your first) is always exciting, but as creative individuals we often wrestle with how to get started. Where to apply the first brushstroke on the blank canvas before us. In this tutorial, game composer Jacob Pernell lays out his favorite resources to tap for creative inspiration, from using concept art to reference tracks, plus he walks through what he means by "going on an Adventure Module".

Developing Your One Page Working Plan

9m 40s beginner Beginner
Author: Ted Case

Developing your one page working plan will help you focus on the work that matters to you. By taking a close look at the lifestyle you want, who your target market is for the music and audio you create, what kind of teams you would like to be working on, and your current focus and one year goals, you will have a better understanding of what will bring you fulfillment in your career.