The Society of Composers & Lyricists hosted its first Career Symposium at Vanderbilt University’s Blair School of Music in Nashville, Tennessee on Saturday, September 30th, 2023 featuring 16 panels focused on the creative, professional, and personal aspects of building a career in media music.
Below are video recordings and photos from each of the panels.
VIDEOS
Pat McMakin moderates a discussion with Keith Mason, Dara Taylor, and David Das about the first steps a student should make toward their career in media music.
Songwriters Jonathan Grow, Angela Lauer, and Chris Wirsig speak with 11 One/Music’s Founder and President Randy Wachtler about the ins and outs of writing production music.
Composer Jeff Rona moderates a conversation on music supervision with Allison Wright Clark, Michael Jay, and Chris Wirsig about building relationships with music makers.
Songwriters Russell Ziecker, Wayne Kirkpatrick, and Nina Ossoff talk with moderator Eddie Schwartz about creating songs for sync licensing.
A panel of veteran session musicians including Dayna Bee, Chris McHugh, and Danny Rader speak about effective communication in a studio environment with music contractor Whitney Martin.
Kris Ahrend (The MLC), Marc Rucker (SoundExchange), and Teri Nelson Carpenter (Reel Musik Werks) chat with SCL President Ashley Irwin about the state of independent music publishing.
Composer Joel McNeely, orchestrator David Shipps, and engineer Satoshi Noguchi speaks with music contractor Gina Zimmitti about putting people together to finish projects at a high level.
Emily Goglia, Beth Sass, and Leonard Wolf discuss using social media and self-promotion to stand out in the crowd with publicist and Costa Communications founder Ray Costa.
Attorney Charles Sanders, publicist Ray Costa, and songwriter Michael Jay speak with SCL President Ashley Irwin about finding help for the non-musical side of a media music career.
Composer Mark Evitts moderates a panel on vocal production featuring Lauren Cooksey, Lauren Lucas, and Tim Lauer.
Composers Dara Taylor, Chris Alan Lee, and Brent McCorkle speak with composer Jay Weigel about creating music for media without breaking the bank.
Composers Jeff Rona, Dara Taylor, and Devin Powers discuss working together on projects with other composers and songwriters alongside AWFC Co-President Heather McIntosh.
EA Music’s Steve Schnur, composer Pinar Toprak, and engineer Satoshi Noguchi speak with composer Tom Salta about navigating the world of video game music.
Academy of Scoring Arts President David Das is joined by composer Mark Isham to analyze and discuss Isham’s film scores and their role within their corresponding projects.
Composer and songwriter Gary Clark speaks with SCL President Ashley Irwin about creating the music for the Apple Original Film, Flora and Son.
Tom Salta, Danny Rader, and Jessica Louvertoure discuss strategies to maintaining mental health and establishing work/life balance with moderator Lauren Conklin.
