Jamie Salisbury's guest appearances

Jamie Salisbury

Being Freelance

soundtrack.academy

Jack Hughes

Joe Basile

Aaron Draplin

Kari Paavola

Evan MacDonald

Cathy Wassell

Steve Morgan

Kieron Lewis

Cath Ellis

Mariana Morris

Casey Gutteridge

Tom Ross

Paul Jarvis

Jonathan Stark

Rafal Tomal

OwlTail

Jamie Salisbury is a composer who loves keeping his career as diverse as possible. From production music to music for live events with everything in between, he seems to have a found an amazingly balanced way to make a living from composing, while satiating his love of exploring the various avenues of music.  Visit https://soundtrack.academy/jamiesalisbury for the transcript

Jamie Salisbury is a composer who loves keeping his career as diverse as possible. From production music to music for live events with everything in between, he seems to have a found an amazingly balanced way to make a living from composing, while satiating his love of exploring the various avenues of music. Visit https://soundtrack.academy/jamiesalisbury for the transcript

#38 Jamie Salisbury: Say "Yes" To Everything (...Within Reason!)

Jamie went from gigging musician to composer for TV, film, games and stage. Here he shares how it's all played out so far: heading back to uni, collaborating over Skype, mangaging his own band, the passive income of library music and how getting his own studio scaled up his work load and kept his home in harmony. Love a music pun. You keeping score? Check out our site for more great guests and join us on Twitter @beingfreelance. Here’s some of the key takeaway points:   think you need to go back and study more? Don't be afraid to learn, to get where you want to be   don’t say 'no' - say 'yes' and figure out how to do it   even as a solo worker, you can still use technology to collaborate with others   separate out your home from your work space - doing it made Jamie 4 x more productive   keeping home/work space  split makes it clear to his young family when he’s at work and when he’s home to be a dad/husband   can you diversify your income? Jamie has composing, performing, managing a band, library music   is there a product you can create for 'passive' income? Jamie even makes money out of his uni compositions by listing them as library music   keep your showreel punchy, cut up your work and give short snippets of it in a row   share your work on social media, just because people might not respond, doesn't mean they're not seeing/hearing it   don't be afraid to cold email, but make the emails personal to each company - be persistent despite lack of response   don't feel hurt if people reject your work, you know you're good, it's just not what they were after   More from Jamie Salisbury Jamie's site Jamie on Twitter Jamie's Soundcloud Useful Links Chris Hollis' chat about getting a TV ad commission Who the hell is Steve Folland? You know how everyone bangs on about how powerful video and audio content can be? Yeah, well Steve helps businesses make it and make the most of it. Find out more at www.stevefolland.com Track him down on Twitter @sfolland or lay a trail of cake and he'll eventually catch you up.

Jamie went from gigging musician to composer for TV, film, games and stage. Here he shares how it's all played out so far: heading back to uni, collaborating over Skype, mangaging his own band, the passive income of library music and how getting his own studio scaled up his work load and kept his home in harmony. Love a music pun. You keeping score? <a href="http://www.beingfreelance.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Check out our site for more great guests</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/beingfreelance" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">join us on Twitter @beingfreelance.</a> Here’s some of the key takeaway points: <ul> <li> think you need to go back and study more? Don't be afraid to learn, to get where you want to be </li> <li> don’t say 'no' - say 'yes' and figure out how to do it </li> <li> even as a solo worker, you can still use technology to collaborate with others </li> <li> separate out your home from your work space - doing it made Jamie 4 x more productive </li> <li> keeping home/work space split makes it clear to his young family when he’s at work and when he’s home to be a dad/husband </li> <li> can you diversify your income? Jamie has composing, performing, managing a band, library music </li> <li> is there a product you can create for 'passive' income? Jamie even makes money out of his uni compositions by listing them as library music </li> <li> keep your showreel punchy, cut up your work and give short snippets of it in a row </li> <li> share your work on social media, just because people might not respond, doesn't mean they're not seeing/hearing it </li> <li> don't be afraid to cold email, but make the emails personal to each company - be persistent despite lack of response </li> <li> don't feel hurt if people reject your work, you know you're good, it's just not what they were after </li> </ul> More from Jamie Salisbury <a href="http://www.jamiesalisburymusic.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jamie's site</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/jamiesalisbury" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jamie on Twitter</a> <a href="https://soundcloud.com/jamiesalisbury" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jamie's Soundcloud</a> Useful Links <a href="http://www.beingfreelance.com/podcast-season-2/catch-up-part-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Chris Hollis' chat about getting a TV ad commission</a> Who the hell is Steve Folland? You know how everyone bangs on about how powerful video and audio content can be? Yeah, well Steve helps businesses make it and make the most of it. Find out more at <a href="http://www.stevefolland.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.stevefolland.com</a> Track him down on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/SFolland" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@sfolland</a> or lay a trail of cake and he'll eventually catch you up.

The Sound of Freelance - Composer Jamie Salisbury