Composer Alexandra Harwood shares how she built her career and took advantage of every opportunity.
Topics Discussed in this Episode:
- Alex’s portfolio
- Being commissioned with no pay
- Having a passion for film
- Composing for free as an investment
- Animationmentor.com
- National Film & Television School
- Leveraging the free work into paid work
- Getting a call from Disney
- Putting yourself out there
- BAFTA
- Transitioning from free to paid
- Hustling
- Persevering & Working Hard
- Getting an agent
- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
- The politics of film music
- The responsibility is yours
- Work on your craft
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This episode was edited by E.J. Sadler at Studio184.