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Do You Have What it Takes?

Do You Have What it Takes?

On today’s show, I share the 8 things I think it takes to be successful in the production music industry, with the understanding that most of these I’m still working on myself!

Plus in my Year of Taxi update, we’re going to check in on any returns or forwards and take a listen to this week’s submission which is a Lo-Fi/Chill Hop cue, and I give my thoughts a dark, mysterious cue written by 52 Cues Community Member, Claudio D

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Featured Composer: Steve Mochel

Featured Composer: Steve Mochel

Steve Mochel has styled himself as an “old dog learning new tricks.” He’s a composer, producer and musician getting back into the game. Written for a TAXI “Epic Hip Hop Instrumental for Sports” listing, this is Steve’s first share at the 52 Cues Community, and he got some great feedback from fellow composers and producers. Check this week’s podcast for Dave’s thoughts on the track!

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The 4 Stages of Competence

The 4 Stages of Competence

When you’re just getting started, you don’t even know what you don’t know, but when you learn a little then you know. You continue this until finally, you know what you know, you know there’s more to know, but you’ve stopped thinking of what you know because now you know it.

This is the path to learning any new skill, and on today’s show, I’m going to unpack each these four stages of competence and discuss how they correlate to the production music process.

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