Kenny Wood on arranging for Brian Tyler, composing for a Disney movie

In this episode Nathan & Craig interview Kenny Wood - a composer, arranger, and author from Los Angeles, CA. We chat about working with Brian Tyler, scoring a new holiday movie, balancing work and family, arranging on the Super Mario Bros movie, Kenny's writing process, the Teammates community, and much more.

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Podcast notes:

* (0:00) Intro

* (0:39) How did you start working on Brian Tyler's team?

* (04:19) Disney's The Naughty Nine movie

* (06:11) Genre-twisting music

* (10:28) Typical day in the life?

* (12:40) Did having a child change how you write?

* (14:04) Are you from a musical family?

* (15:29) Primary instrument

* (17:34) Super Mario Bros movie

* (19:26) How much project juggling?

* (20:20) Using Mario motifs

* (22:58) Prefer movie or TV schedule?

* (24:33) What's your process at the very beginning of a project?

* (25:41) DAW of choice?

* (28:03) Origins of the Teammates FB group & Discord

* (33:09) Advice for new composers?

* (36:46) How important is a good sizzle reel?

* (40:58) Best recent purchase under $100?

* (42:13) Video game you're enjoying?

* (43:10) What's next for Kenny?

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