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Issue #93 - Page 2

Weekly Newsletter

by L. Swift and Jeff McQ

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Control Room in Conway Studios

Control Room in Conway Studios

RRFC: Have you ever had gigs where you were thinking “Oh, this isn’t going to go anywhere,” and it ends up being one of your biggest relationships?   Ryan: Yeah…I’ve kind of been all over and almost even coming back around again. It’s kind of a weird industry in that nature. But I am always telling people “If you really stop to think about it, hopefully your career will outlast the genre that brought you in”…Whatever style of music you’re into right now, it might not even be cool anymore by the time you’re just really getting going.   RRFC: Do you ever feel like some of the biggest people in the industry are still trying to figure it out themselves?   Ryan: Oh, yeah, sure…I just did a session recently with Eddie Fisher, the drummer from OneRepublic… It was kind of wild to me to think that “Counting Stars” has almost a billion YouTube views. It doesn’t get a whole lot more successful than that with the band side of the world, and he’s already trying to figure out what his next step is going to be. It’s interesting.   RRFC: Do you have any apprentices that are standing out to you lately?   Ryan: Yeah. I mean, I have this guy, Josh [Denhart]…He’s been doing pretty good and getting more and more busy and he’s one guy who’s been doing a lot of stuff…moving in the right direction to get his music career going as far as doing some DJ gigs and some production work and some of that stuff….I have a student here, Uriah Halbeisen…it seems like he’s doing more and more work. He’s a working on a mix right now for his master’s project. He’s got a pretty good hustle going on.   RRFC: Do you have any tips that you give to your apprentices on how to self-market, getting gigs?   Ryan: I think the hardest part I see with anybody is kind of taking those first steps and getting up the nerves to go approach an artist or a band or whatever and just say “Hey, you guys sound great. Blah, blah, blah” and kind of see where it goes…Then also, I’m always kind of thinking for people to look for some sort of kind of side hustles they can get going on in the music world, because there’s so many little avenues out there in the world and, to me, it seems like half of the struggle for people is just how to get themselves a good base to where they’re not working a 40-plus and commuting job and then having just a tiny bit of gas left in the tank at the end of the day to try to get their music stuff going. So whatever you can do. People can get Internet stuff going on, wherever they’re comfortable, but look for those things that allow you to kind of build.    



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Apprentices in Action

Here’s what some RRFC Apprentices
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     tyler-moloney Film Connection apprentices Tyler Moloney, Rodion Borisov, Joseph Wirth (left to right) had the awesome experience of joining writer/director and Film Connection mentor Richard Brandes at this year’s American Film Market in Los Angeles, CA, where they got to see firsthand how movies get sold and distributed on an international scale!    Recording Connection apprentice Nathan Cunningham (Charlotte, NC) who apprentices at Bright Ideas Productions was recently in the studio handling the mix for an original track alongside mentor Boo English.   
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Hakym Reagan at CAFF 2015

filmfest1 We’re very happy to announce that Film Connection graduates Blake Laitner and Hakym Reagan’s film The American Dream showcased at the Chinese American Film Festival. They had a great time seeing their film up on the big screen (again), walking the red carpet, and meeting and greeting some of the industry’s key players!   

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  Martin Gilligan“I went to the culinary institute of America in Hyde Park but learned just as much during my externship at the Four Seasons Hotel in Newport Beach.   “As an executive chef I used to throw away resumes from kids dumb enough to blow 65k to attend The Art Institute and Le Cordon Bleu because they had no experience and prima donna attitudes. Cooking in the trenches of a real cutting edge kitchen is the only way to go.   “Students’ lack of experience, in fact zero experience after graduation and accumulated debt are what’s wrong with the culinary school system of today. Le Cordon Bleu charges 65k for 2 years of playing house! Conventional culinary school’s training is for suckers. Culinary schools are for profit and proud of it!”   Martin Gilligan CEC, MCFE, American Culinary Federation’s ‘Chef of the Year 2005’ Los Angeles, CA  

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