Podcast Music Mastery
21 May 2025
The Studio Stage
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In this engaging discussion hosted by Novel’s COO, Charlotte Wolf, three musical maestros share their playbook for podcast music mastery. Nicholas Alexander is the sonic wizard behind Novel’s multiple global number 1 hit podcasts including Kill List, The Girlfriends & Harsh Reality. Luisa Gertstein is a composer, label boss and band leader (The Girlfriends). Adam Foran is a multi instrumentalist and composer (Come By Chance, Extreme: Peak Danger). How do you select and brief a composer? How do you write a killer theme tune? How do you score using multitrack stems? What makes certain instruments pair with speech? How can musical stings elevate your content? What are the pitfalls to avoid when scoring a scene? How do you get the best out of library music? This session will be packed with practical advice. Nick Luisa and Adam will demystify the seemingly daunting process of music supervision and composition, illustrating their talk throughout with audio examples from their many award-winning shows.
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