Composer Peter Nashel discusses his journey from performer to scoring movies including the highly acclaimed I, Tonya, the difference between amateur & professional, and turning on your business head.
Topics discussed on this episode:
- Starting in TV
- Aiming to be a performer
- Learning the MIDI technology & sequencing
- Realizing you can make a living writing music
- Saxophone samples
- Amateur vs Professional
- Work for hire
- Switching from composer to production company
- Learning as you go
- Duotone Audio
- Turning on your business head
- The studio is your instrument
- It’s not all about the music
- You need to be a team player
- You’re building relationships
- Meeting face to face
- Writing commercially vs writing for film
- Kevin Kelly
- You’re a filmmaker & story teller
- I, Tonya
Website:
- peternashel.com
- duotoneaudio.com
Recommended Listening:
- John Coltrane, Soultrane
- Miles Davis, Kind of Blue
- Danny Elfman, The Simple Plan
- Danny Elfman, Good Will Hunting
- Alexandre Desplat, The Beat That My Heart Skipped
Recommended Reading:
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This episode was edited by E.J. Sadler at Studio184.