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How to Use Transition SFX | 52 Cues Podcast, 2024 Week 45

How to Use Transition SFX | 52 Cues Podcast, 2024 Week 45

Boost your music with transition SFX! 🎶 Discover how booms, risers, impacts, and downers add drama and flow to your tracks. This guide breaks down each effect’s purpose, tips for organizing and layering SFX in your DAW, and techniques for mixing without muddying the audio. Perfect for adding intensity and depth to hip-hop or orchestral pieces—elevate your production with these essential tools!

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What Makes a "Good" Cue? | 52 Cues Podcast, 2024 Week 34

What Makes a "Good" Cue? | 52 Cues Podcast, 2024 Week 34

In this episode, Dave unpacks the essential elements that make a cue truly stand out in the competitive world of production music. He explores the often-overlooked qualities that can elevate one cue above another and the fundamental components that every professional cue must have.

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How Do I Stay So Positive? | 52 Cues Podcast, 2024 Week 33

How Do I Stay So Positive? | 52 Cues Podcast, 2024 Week 33

Discover how to stay positive and motivated as a production music composer. Learn four key strategies to overcome industry challenges, celebrate small wins, and build a supportive community. Boost your mindset and thrive in your music career with these practical tips!

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How To Use Your Superpower (with Nathan Toft)

How To Use Your Superpower (with Nathan Toft)

In this episode of the 52 Cues podcast, Dave Kropf discusses production music challenges with Nathan Toft, a trombonist and winner of the "What's Your Superpower?" Composer Quest. Nathan shares his journey, trombone integration, and genre versatility. They also highlight leveraging unique skills and effective project management.

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More Inconvenient Truths About Production Music

More Inconvenient Truths About Production Music

In this episode, Dave shares five more "Inconvenient Truths" for sync composers, including insights on how to stand out in an increasingly competitive industry and reveals some hard-to-hear realities every production music composer should know.

Plus, we reveal the winner of the "What's Your Superpower" Composer Quest, and Dave talks about rekindling the spark with drumming.

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5 Career Lessons I Learned from Star Wars

5 Career Lessons I Learned from Star Wars

In this episode, Dave Kropf explores lessons from Star Wars that can be applied to production and library music. He discusses the importance of using references effectively, the developmental journey from novice to expert, and the balance between artistry and commercial viability.

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