Hey everyone, If you’re still struggling to find work, to get positive replies from companies and clients, or just to be heard and seen, here’s a little list to run your demo reel through. It’s always WHO, not HOW. Meaning: make yourself visible. Use a profile picture. People don’t like working with invisible ghosts. Showing your face is important—no matter how you think you look, visibility matters. Your demo reel is not only about YOU, it’s about the benefits you bring to the table for your potential customers. Nobody likes an ego bash-fest and nobody cares when you started playing piano or what your first word was. Instead of a bible-long biography, point out exactly how you can help a client reach their goals. If you try to serve everyone, you address no one—it’s that simple. Use ONE demo reel to address ONE target group. You want work in the video games industry? Let ONE reel speak to them directly. You want to work in the trailer and production music industry? Make ONE reel for them. Why should a game audio director be interested in your corporate jingles? Why should a children’s book author care about your horror zombie splatter credits? If you want to work in multiple industries, create separate demo reels for each one. Trying to impress everyone ends up addressing no one directly. More tracks don’t mean more impressive—five well-chosen tracks are plenty. For games, maybe a main theme, two in-game tracks (wandering, dungeon exploring), one battle track, and a boss battle or cutscene cue. For trailers, three epic, polished 2:30 tracks. Make sure every track is fully polished and finalized—never rush, and never include work-in-progress material in your reel. You are not the center of the solar system. If you think it’s impressive to put 5-minute movies or 10-minute medleys in your reel, you’ll lose people fast. No one will dig through unrelated content to find what they want. It’s not just the audio that matters—the visuals count too. Use consistent colors and design elements that feel familiar to your target audience. Pitching to medical science research companies? A quick Google search will show you most of their sites are white with blue text. Match their visual language and you’ll instantly feel more relevant. Adapt and win!

Hi everyone, I was wondering if any of you have a preference of where to start when mixing your epic trailer music. I was also wondering if you had specific db targets for your instruments, particularly for the big drums. Thank you all in advance🙏. Happy composing!

I'm curious if there's any other people here doing game jams in local places. Cause This weekend we're gonna go to one and I'm really excited. It's just the vibe with the people that is amazing and the theme being revealed. Everyone being stressed but also having fun. Do you guys join local game jams? For my videogame friends, you definitely should. I also want to suggest if we could make music jams here. There's gonna be a theme and everyone has a deadline and composes something. Would you guys be up for it if Alex did it?

Hey! Welcome to the Audio Artist Rise Community! This community helps music composers improve, optimize, and inspire themselves as they enter or progress in the audio industry. Step #01: Introduce yourself in THIS thread below! (✄ copy/paste template 👇) What are your goals? What is your current demo reel? What immediate help do you need? **Please DO NOT make a new post, as those clog up the feed (they will be removed). ------------------------------------------------------------------ Best practices in this community: • Level up by posting insights and thoughtful comments. • Help others level up by liking 👍 good posts and comments. • Be kind • If you want to reply to a post, make sure to use REPLY instead of creating a new post • If you need quick help, you can also ask the community 🤝

Hey everyone, just curious about what track from a band or an artist have you listened on repeat during the last days. I don't mean like "Yes, this is a track I quite like" repeat. I am talking "why tf do I have to listen to this track whenever I can, even if it's in between breaks of making music and in the night I wake up because the chorus runs on repeat in my mind 24/7" repeat! I go first 😅