3 hours ago · Music · 0 comments

My first answer to the question “What do you want to be when you grow up?” was film composer. I think that’s still my answer. That’s why, since the age of five, I would play music every single day. That’s why I would write songs and compose music at any opportunity. That’s why I learned to play as many different instruments as possible. That’s why I performed in orchestras, wind bands, jazz ensembles and folk bands and rock bands and choirs. That’s why, in 2004, I went to music college to study composition.The world was very different then, in the early 2000s. Social media as we know it didn't exist, and the internet didn’t have the connective power it has today. It seemed that to break into the world of film composition you had to live in London or some other cosmopolitan city and know some very influential people who just might get you a foot in the door. And so I turned to music teaching to pay the bills, and eventually, the technology industry, where I find myself today.In my…

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