Hey Everyone! Hope you're having a great week so far. Just wanted to share some news with you - I received a PRS payment this morning, and it turns out that I had my first sync placements last year! PRS has only just caught up, but my music was used on BBC Parliament as well as a couple of Romanian television channels. I've yet to find the actual placements (TuneSat is pulling nothing back at the moment), but I'll try to share them if I find them! As for the amount, it was by no means life-changing - but it was a very nice surprise this morning and covered the reasonably hefty car repair bill that I received yesterday! It's a start, and a real motivator to kick on and keep writing and releasing tracks across libraries of all different shapes and sizes. I'm also happy with the timings - the album launched last May (Q2 2025) and the placements came between July and September (Q3 2025). Obviously mileage varies, but it's nice to see that the tracks weren't sat idle for too long before they were used! Anyway, I hope this is a bit of reassurance for those of you releasing tracks and albums and waiting for the rewards to come back. Music admin is slow and takes time, so be patient and just keep writing! (Apologies to those who already saw this message in The Sync Circle, just wanted to circulate here too and say a huge thanks to @Alex Pfeffer for all of his continued support!)

Hey dear rockers! Orchestral Tools has an exclusive gift for you guys that I am pretty happy about! I have a list here with 15% OFF coupons. They are limited to 250 and everyone gets ONE discount. Here is what you have to do if you want one: - Write a comment in this post 👇 - I will then send you a DM with your code - Don't be greedy, only if you feel like you want to purchase something from their store - Please do not pass your code around, it can only be used once. I have to do this manually, so please have mercy and consider time zones when it's late 😅 PS: It would be very kind and respectful towards everyone if you introduced yourself or participated in the community before asking to get a discount as a first message, thanks! I am sure you understand! ♥️

I know that this is often useful and good for creativity, but I'm curious if you've ever composed an album using just one sample library (or a few of them)? I know that the most important thing is to decide on the genre we're going to compose (and maybe the potential label we want to compose for) and I also know that we often all make templates for different genres, but as I said, I'm curious if you sometimes decide to compose a genre album from the perspective of just one sample library?

Hey everyone, if you are interested to find work in the video game industry, the music writing process is a bit of a different one compared to all the other industries. One of the most important skills is to create music that loops perfectly. ... and here we go with our next challenge. The Video Game Loop Challenge! 🎮 1. Find the picture attached to this post 2. Write a 60-90 sec loop that is fitting the scenery 3. Only focus on the music itself, no sound design, no additional voiceovers etc. 4. The file should be attached to a comment on THIS thread. I would need to be able to download to check it in a DAW or an audio player. Requirement: The audio loop has to loop seemlessly when playing back and perfectly fit the scenery. There should be no glitch, no pause, no hicup or any other sort of distracting stuff going on at the transition point. The winner will be drawn at the end of January 2025. Prize will be lifetime access to my video games course and one month free access to the Audio Artist Rise Program. Have fun!

Dear everyone, first, thank you so much to everyone for signing up! This community is growing so fast, I am amazed. So in case you like the free courses and this place in general, feel free to forward the Audio Artist Community to everyone you know who might be interested! 🤗 Now, feel free to put your music, projects, demo reels, or portfolios in THIS post. Feel free to self-promote and enjoy each other's music! However, please keep in mind to keep it spam-free, ok? If you want to post several demo reels or links, please use your own post out of respect for everyone else 👍 Thank you, and there will be more content very soon! Alex