Musicians vs the World

Join professional musician, Christine Smith, as she discusses topics that face the day-to-day lives of those responsible for making the music we all love. Together, with experts and fellow musicians, Christine dives into everything from the business to the personal and even the social/political side of being a musician. It is a refreshing and honest look into the lives of those responsible for performing and creating the music in our lives.

Episodes

Laura Sinclair on Curating a Stress-Free Studio

January 12, 2026 • 38 mins

Joining us today is Violist, Educator, and Coach Laura Sinclair. We are talking about one of my favorite topics: music teaching! Specifically, we’re talking about reshaping the way we think about teaching to make it sustainably work within our own musical career goals and our portfolio of musical income. Topics include: -Seeing where the "yeses" come from -Breaking the cycle of perceiving teacher as "less-than" than performing,...

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Prateek Rajagopal on Scoring With Electricity: An inside look into VR Scoring, Haptics, and "In the Current of Being"

December 20, 2025 • 38 mins

In today's episode I chat with artist, composer, and record producer Prateek Rajagopal about building bold, immersive music. Prateek breaks down how he balances "feel" with technique, why rhythm is his north star, and how hardware synth/modular workflows can turn raw electric current into musical building blocks for composition and world-building. We also focus on Prateek's experience composing for "In the Current of Being," a ha...

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Alexander Parsons and The Intersection of Music and Technology Part II: The Spatial Audio Revolution

November 29, 2025 • 31 mins

In this fascinating Part II of our conversation with multi-instrumentalist and composer Alexander Parsons, we explore how spatial audio and virtual reality are revolutionizing the concert experience. We chat about combining VR, augmented reality, and liver performances to create memorable and meaningful experiences for audiences. Alexander shares his groundbreaking work with The Room is Not Silent Collective and their immersive ins...

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From Instinct to Innovation: Etienne Forget Doesn't Believe in Genres

November 11, 2025 • 37 mins

Our guest today is Etienne Forget, the award-winning French film composer renowned for his innovative fusion of synthesizers and neo-classical elements. He is known for his work on Netflix's "The Forest," "Missions," "Last Journey of Paul W.R.," "AKA," and many more. In this captivating conversation, we discuss Etienne's unconventional path into film scoring, starting with chance encounters on bulletin boards to working on high-pr...

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Creating Without Limits: Saam Gabbay on Finding Harmony in the Human Experience

October 28, 2025 • 41 mins

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Juan Carlos Enriquez on Versatility, Organization, and Crafting Musical Narratives Across Cultures

October 7, 2025 • 37 mins

Award-winning film composer Juan Carlos Enriquez shares his career journey from progressive rock bassist to scoring Disney+ projects. In this episode, discover the pathway from assistant to lead composer, essential organization systems using Google Sheets for managing 40+ cues, and techniques for adapting musical themes across genres - from Cumbia to orchestral scores. Topics Include: - The composer's career ladder - Organization ...

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Cultivating Your Sound and Persona with Rock 'n' Roll Cabaret Artist Egee

September 24, 2025 • 37 mins

Today we’re talking to Egee, the captivating rock 'n' roll cabaret artist taking Austin's music scene by storm! We chat about her life as a performing musician and her journey into curating her cabaret rock persona and developing her sound, which she displays in her most recent song “La Mer.” Topics Include: -How COVID changed Egee's perspective on pursuing music professionally -The psychology behind creating a stage persona vs....

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The Guthman Musical Instrument Competition with Dr. Jeff Albert

September 9, 2025 • 38 mins

Discover the cutting-edge world of music technology at The Georgia Institute of Technology! Dr. Jeff Albert, Interim Chair of the School of Music, reveals how students combine engineering brilliance with musical creativity to shape the future of music. He'll take us inside Georgia Tech's Guthman Musical Instrument Competition, whose timeline for submissions runs from now through October 10, 2025. We'll also cover improvisation and ...

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Sound Design Secrets: The Immersive Sound of Netflix's "100 Years of Solitude" with Andrés Silva

August 29, 2025 • 35 mins

Discover the secrets behind Netflix's most acclaimed sound design! My guest today is Andrés Silva, Sound Supervisor, Sound Designer and Founder of La Tina, an international audio post-production and film scoring studio, exporting services globally since 2010, whose latest projects include Narcos and One Hundred Years of Solitude for Netflix. In this interview, Andrés reveals how he approaches sound design like a musical composit...

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Using Extended Techniques with Composer Juan Cortés Arango

July 22, 2025 • 40 mins

Today I chat with Columbian composer Juan Cortés Arango as he shares his creative process behind The Head Season 3 and his innovative approach to extended techniques. In this episode we discuss *Juan's transition from cello performance to composition due to tendinitis *Creating organic sounds that feel electronic using extended techniques *Working with prepared piano, unusual woodwinds, and unconventional string techniques *The p...

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A Music Industry Reality Check with Brian Steckler

June 30, 2025 • 45 mins

Veteran composer Brian Steckler takes us through his fascinating 30-year journey in the ever-changing music industry, from his unexpected start with the iconic Budweiser Frogs Super Bowl commercial to scoring the Sundance Film Festival selection “Sunfish (& Other Stories from Green Lake).” In this episode, Brian shares: • How a piano performance degree led him from Nashville to LA’s music scene • Working with artists like Paul Sta...

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Alexander Parsons: The Intersection of Music and Technology Part I

June 16, 2025 • 30 mins

Today is the first of a two-part series with our guest, musician and composer Alexander Parsons. In Part I, we’re discussing Alexander's score to the upcoming film, "Flight 149: Hostage of War," the extraordinary story of passengers and crew who become unwitting hostages during Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait. We also discuss the impact of music teachers on their students, and how his own teacher influenced his life. https://...

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Jennifer Roig-Francolí and The Art of Freedom: Learning about the Alexander Technique

June 2, 2025 • 42 mins

Today we learn about the Alexander Technique and improving our musicianship with the incredible Jennifer Roig-Francolí! We talk about the power of awareness, the sneaky thoughts and obstacles we put in our own way, and Christine even gets a quick lesson on a tension/awareness exercise we can all use in our own practice! Jennifer's Website: https://artoffreedom.me/

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Composer James Allen Roberson on Bridging the Taste Gap

May 10, 2025 • 49 mins

Composer James Allen Roberson has a great quote on his wall by Ira Glass that explains that the gap between our ability and our taste is only bridged by a lot of work. In today's episode, James sits down with us to discuss his own creative development and the hard work that went into it. We talk about maintaining and attitude of humility and learning lessons from unexpected places, living in the studio, how to find the right sound ...

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The Music of the Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim with Stephen Gallagher & Mark Willsher

May 5, 2025 • 53 mins

Today we visit Middle Earth and discuss the score to "The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim" with Emmy award-winning Composer Stephen Gallagher and Grammy award-winning Producer/Engineer Mark Willsher. Their goal in this project was to “honour the narrative of the film by blending the beloved design and musical language of the original Lord of the Rings trilogy with ideas befitting Kamiyama-san's beautiful hand-drawn anime...

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Composing Suspense and Humor: Christoph Zirngibl on AppleTV+'s "Where's Wanda"

April 21, 2025 • 40 mins

Renowned German film composer Christoph Zirngibl joins us today to talk about his recent projects AppleTV+ “Where’s Wanda” and the animated adventure film “The Hero of Centopia.” We chat about the difference between a Palette Composer vs an Artist Composer, his own composing process, and what makes a good melody. Christoph Zirngibl is a renowned German film composer based in Munich, Germany. Among the over 120 movies Christoph h...

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The Music of Sullivan's Crossing: Collaboration in Composing with Ari Posner and Joel Schwartz

March 28, 2025 • 42 mins

Collaboration is the cornerstone of a musicians’ creativity and career. This is especially true in media composing. And here to talk with me about it today are my guests Ari Posner and Joel Schwartz. They worked together composing the score to the acclaimed drama series “Sullivan’s Crossing” whose 2nd season premiered in the US in October 2024 on the CW, and kicks off its 3rd season on Canada’s CTV in the spring of 2025.

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The Music of "The Piano Lesson" With Music Supervisors Deva Anderson and Rachel Lautzenheiser

March 16, 2025 • 38 mins

Today we are honored to have Deva Anderson and Rachel Lautzenheiser, two renowned music supervisors, joining us to share their insights on the film adaptation of August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, The Piano Lesson. The two have worked together for more than a decade. Deva leads the music department at Tom Hanks and Gary Goeztman’s Production Company, Playtone, where she has overseen music for all their productions for o...

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Navigating Film Scores, Orchestrators, and Global Sessions with Andrew Morgan Smith

March 2, 2025 • 42 mins

Today we’re talking with accomplished composer, Andrew Morgan Smith who has successfully navigated the world of both film and concert composition. We are diving into the technical details about work flow, working with orchestrators, scoring sessions that span the globe, and keeping up with latest technological innovations in the music world. https://www.andrewmorgansmith.com/

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Courage Over Confidence: Kate Kayaian's Playbook for Thriving as a Creative Entrepreneur

February 9, 2025 • 38 mins

Musicians often get stuck in the mindset of 'being chosen.' We practice and hope we are chosen for the masterclass. We audition and are chosen to fill a seat in the studio, or in the orchestra. We submit a demo and cross our fingers that we win the project. Kate Kayaian, Career Coach for High Performing Creatives, has made it her life's mission to help creatives thrive in their careers and take the steps they need to unlock their ...

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Episodes

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.css-r6mb8g{margin:0;word-break:break-word;display:-webkit-box;-webkit-box-orient:vertical;box-orient:vertical;-webkit-line-clamp:1;overflow:hidden;}Prateek Rajagopal on Scoring With Electricity: An inside look into VR Scoring, Haptics, and "In the Current of Being"

Alexander Parsons and The Intersection of Music and Technology Part II: The Spatial Audio Revolution

From Instinct to Innovation: Etienne Forget Doesn't Believe in Genres

Creating Without Limits: Saam Gabbay on Finding Harmony in the Human Experience

Juan Carlos Enriquez on Versatility, Organization, and Crafting Musical Narratives Across Cultures

Cultivating Your Sound and Persona with Rock 'n' Roll Cabaret Artist Egee

The Guthman Musical Instrument Competition with Dr. Jeff Albert

Sound Design Secrets: The Immersive Sound of Netflix's "100 Years of Solitude" with Andrés Silva

Using Extended Techniques with Composer Juan Cortés Arango

A Music Industry Reality Check with Brian Steckler

Alexander Parsons: The Intersection of Music and Technology Part I

Jennifer Roig-Francolí and The Art of Freedom: Learning about the Alexander Technique

Composer James Allen Roberson on Bridging the Taste Gap

The Music of the Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim with Stephen Gallagher & Mark Willsher

Composing Suspense and Humor: Christoph Zirngibl on AppleTV+'s "Where's Wanda"

The Music of Sullivan's Crossing: Collaboration in Composing with Ari Posner and Joel Schwartz

The Music of "The Piano Lesson" With Music Supervisors Deva Anderson and Rachel Lautzenheiser

Navigating Film Scores, Orchestrators, and Global Sessions with Andrew Morgan Smith

Courage Over Confidence: Kate Kayaian's Playbook for Thriving as a Creative Entrepreneur

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