Hey all, Just dropped a new lesson inside the ComposerOS course and I'm genuinely excited about this one. We build a proper composer demo reel landing page from scratch. Start: an empty folder. End: a live site on Netlify that anyone in the world can visit. Total cost: $0. No monthly fees. No backend. No framework. No build step. Here's the stack: - Plain HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. No React, no Next, no Tailwind build chain. - WaveSurfer.js for interactive waveforms, so music supervisors can scrub through your cues. - Web3Forms for a working contact form, no backend required. - Netlify's free tier for hosting. Deployment is dead simple. Drag the folder into Netlify. The site goes live. That's it. Why this approach instead of Wix, Squarespace, or another builder? Speed. You own every pixel. Nothing to renew. Nothing to migrate later. The page loads instantly because there's nothing between the visitor and your music. And when a music supervisor lands on it, they hear your reel, see your story, and have a button to hire you. No extra clicks. No distractions. If you've been meaning to finally ship a real composer site, this is the walkthrough. → Watch the lesson: https://www.skool.com/audio-artist-academy/classroom/7a3929fb?md=98626aa945074592bee0470489208ee5 --- Two quick things while I have you: I'm still running a few private 1:1 coaching slots. Focused eyes on your portfolio, business, or whatever's stuck right now. Sessions start at $127. https://www.alexpfeffer.com/coaching And if your site already exists but feels off, I just launched a personal website audit service. Short Loom walkthrough, prioritized fix list, flat $27. https://www.alexpfeffer.com/audit --- Your music deserves a site that doesn't hold it back. Questions, drop them below. Cheerio, Alex

I'm trying to refine my engineering skills by mixing and mastering other people's vocals and trying to build a portfolio of placements. So, if you have a completed song to a beat you don't own (e.g., YouTube type beat) or just want an alternate version to one of your songs, DM me and I'll remix it and engineer it for you, for FREE! Below are some songs by me. I wrote, recorded, arranged, produced, and engineered all four.

They teach you harmony. Orchestration. How to make your strings sound cinematic. Then you graduate or finish your course and the entire industry says: "Good luck. Hope someone finds you." The unspoken strategy is: post on social media, submit to libraries, and wait. Maybe network at a conference once a year. Maybe cold email a supervisor with a generic "here is my reel" message that goes straight to trash. That is not a career strategy. That is hope. I spent 20 years doing exactly this. Some years it worked. Some years it was silence. And I never questioned it because I assumed that is just how the industry works. Then I got into the automation world and realized something embarrassing. Every other industry has outreach systems. Personalized, automated, scalable. A sales rep at a SaaS company sends 50 targeted emails a day without breaking a sweat. Each one references the recipient's company, their role, their recent work. Composers send "Hi, I am a composer, here is my reel" to a generic info@ address and wonder why nobody replies. We are literally decades behind. So I built something. An outreach system that researches companies, finds the right people, and writes personalized emails that actually reference their projects. Their latest game. Their recent trailer. The show they just worked on. Because the system actually looked it up. Runs on your laptop. You own it. No monthly fees to some platform holding your contacts hostage. I have been setting these up for a handful of people and I am taking on a few more. If you want to see what this looks like, send me a message.

I’m genuinely curious how most musicians here are generating their revenue. It’s a conversation I often have with members of my team, because the answer says a lot about positioning, leverage, and long-term strategy. Are you relying mostly on live shows, publishing, streaming, production work, brand deals, or something else entirely? I’d love to hear how you’ve structured it.

Hi there every one :) am a singer & songwriter, i in H.S.R-Home studio recording and am new to the community, looking to make extra cash with collaborators, new projects & music lovers.