The Portfolio Composer

Composer, educator, and business owner Robert W. Smith discusses the essential business skills composers need to learn and what it takes to build our composing and publishing businesses.

Violist and new music advocate Michael Hall discusses why it is important to not play it safe and to create your own opportunities.

Composer Tamar-kali discusses the importance of paying yourself first, using the Law of Attraction, hiring the right people, and her new film Mudbound.

Music supervisor Liz Lawson discusses the ins and outs of music supervision, the need to learn how to market yourself, and why you should always send links.

Conductor Jordan Randall Smith joins guest host Anthony Lanman to discuss Symphony Number One, tenacity, making your own opportunities, and owning your contacts.

Composers Stefanie Lubkowski, David Smooke, Emily Doolittle, Dan Gawthrop, and Timothy Andrew Edwards form a panel to discuss the necessity and purpose of graduate school in composition from a variety of perspectives and backgrounds.

Composer Jennifer Jolley discusses how she dealt with a lack of confidence, not believing in her music, and why she self-publishes.

This month is the third anniversary of The Portfolio Composer. To celebrate here are brief excerpts from The 10 Most Popular Episodes of the last year.

Author and marketing consultant Michael Katz discusses his latest book, The Likeable Expert, and how to sell your art and service by being likeable.

Musician and film maker John Beder discusses his documentary Composed, his mission to help eliminate stage fright for musicians, and how he is marketing, promoting, and selling the film.

Composer, conductor, & entrepreneur Paul John Rudoi discusses solving the consortium problem and re-thinking how he uses social media from a personal perspective.

Composer Michael Bussewitz-Quarm shares the importance of being yourself and what it takes to create a second career as a composer

Composer Adam Schumaker, who helps run the Gilmore Keyboard Festival, shares live streaming best practices and how to ensure great video and audio

Peter Szep and Walker Lewis from the Indie Opera Podcast discuss what it takes to produce opera today, the common mistakes composers make, and how you can bring your opera to life today

A coaching short on re-defining success by looking at our whole life and not just one to three areas.