Anne-Kathrin Dern on Career Stepping Stones, Writing Memorable Music

In this episode Nathan & Craig chat with Anne-Kathrin Dern - a German-born composer based in Los Angeles who creates educational  resources for musicians. Enjoy this wide-ranging interview on career  stepping stones, immigrating to the USA, growing on YouTube, the numbers  game of rejection, creative process in collaboration, and much more.   

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Podcast notes: 

* (0:00) Introducing Anne-Kathrin 

* (0:40) Musical background 

* (5:49) Immigration to USA 

* (8:09) Assisting composers 

* (12:34) Building her own team 

* (17:23) Bad advice in your profession? 

* (21:19) Turn your voice into a choir 

* (23:17) Orchestration hack videos 

* (26:54) Subjective opinions in Comments 

* (30:03) Working/educating in public 

* (35:13) YouTube Shorts 

* (36:01) Batch filming  

* (37:03) Balancing composing and YT  

* (38:41) What do you do when unfocused or overwhelmed?  

* (42:00) Pitching for movies  

* (43:30) Numbers game of rejection  

* (45:22) Finding her agent  

* (45:39) Creative process at the start of a project  

* (48:33) What advice would you give to a new composer?  

* (51:25) Film composition is pragmatic  

* (54:30) Personal project you're excited about?  

* (55:24) Learning new genres   

* (59:54) Writing children's songs  

* (1:01:03) Romantic Comedy  

* (1:02:13) Horror + Synthesizer 

* (1:10:50) The Claus Family 2  

* (1:11:44) Being memorable 

* (1:15:16) Best recent purchase under $100?  

* (1:16:00) Favorite YT channel at the moment?  

* (1:18:48) Goals + what's next for Anne-Kathrin?  

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