Thursday, April 23, 2009

Skeptic Music

Last week, we had the privelage having Danny and Brian, two St. Thomas graduates and founders of a really cool business called Skeptic Music. In essence, Skeptic Music is a recording studio, that creates and records music for television shows, commercials, and film scores. Danny and Brian write the majority of the music themselves and distribute it to major advertisers. The two most important concepts I gained from these lectures was, one it's important to just do it, and two have a fast turn around on whatever it is you're doing.

The first point of just doing something is exemplified by Danny and Brian. After graduating neither of them knew how to record, but they did it anyways, slowly perfecting their craft through trial and error. In addition, neither of them always knew exactly how to compose the music they were being asked to create, but they did it anyways, by listening and studying the foreign music. On top of all of that, they were able to learn those skills quickly and utilize them to create a professional product.

Observing the career path to Brian and Danny's success reinforced the concepts we've been learning in Creating a Life in music which is; the most important thing to do is try, and you have to be professional no matter what you do.

1 comment:

  1. Just starting, and being quick sounds a lot like Dessa too. Once we get past the perceived need (personal) of perfection, we're ready to learn and grow. Gotta do it to get better, eh?

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