There is a moment in every composer's career where you realize the music is only half the job. The other half is everything else: finding clients, managing projects, building a reputation, staying visible.
I spent years writing music for film, television, and games. I loved the craft. I still do. But somewhere along the way, I became just as fascinated by the systems that make creative careers work as I was by the music itself.
The skills that transferred
Composing taught me more about business than any MBA could:
- Deadlines are sacred. When a director needs a score by Monday, there is no negotiation.
- Iteration is everything. You write, get feedback, revise, repeat. Sound familiar?
- Systems beat talent. The best composers are not always the most gifted. They are the most organized.
What I do now
Today I help creative businesses grow. I take the same systematic thinking that helped me deliver scores on time and apply it to growth engineering: building repeatable systems for client acquisition, retention, and scale.
The music background is not a footnote. It is the foundation. Every system I build has the same precision and attention to detail I learned writing a 60-piece orchestral score.
What is next
This blog is where I share what I am learning along the way. Expect posts about growth strategy, the creative business landscape, and occasional reflections on the intersection of art and engineering.
If you are a composer wondering whether your skills transfer to the business world, I can tell you from experience: they do.
