Create a Process

I learned a lot at FEEcon, and although I won’t be able to repeat all of it, I want to share some ideas here!

One of my favorite speakers was Austin Wintory, an award-nominated composer. He spoke on music’s influence on gaming, and film but also brought it into a business context. Sometimes creativity is more of a process and less of a product, Austin is a case in point.

One of my favorite takeaway points was, “think if how your budgetary & creative constraints can work together.” What he was speaking to here was that in some instances he’s written specific music that didn’t need certain instruments, in those cases, he saved the project money by not needing to hire out those performers which fit in well with the project anyway.

He also repeated a theme that Praxis is always talking about, that is, that you can use your passion as a career as long as you can add value through what you do with that passion. That said, don’t worry about people sharing your stuff, its good for you to have people like it and want to share it. Instead, in this case, Austin’s advice was to engage with those people. Thank them for taking the time to enjoy your work,

Austin also shared during on a panel concerning the business of being creative. He mentioned that even fabulous, professional samples are sometimes turned down, but you don’t want to give a half-hearted sample. He encouraged making real stuff for people (read: potential clients), make it compelling and only provide options you actually are comfortable with.

See his website here: https://www.austinwintory.com/

Thanks Austin!

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Here’s one of his pieces: