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Prep Like a Chef: The Composer’s Mise en Place | 52 Cues Podcast, 2025 Week 32
In this episode of the 52 Cues Podcast, host Dave draws a surprising connection between his love of grilling and the art of writing production music. Inspired by the French culinary principle of mise en place (“everything in its place”), Dave outlines five practical steps composers can use to prepare, organize, and streamline their workflow before ever hitting “record.”
How To Use Your Superpower (with Nathan Toft)
In this episode of the 52 Cues podcast, Dave Kropf discusses production music challenges with Nathan Toft, a trombonist and winner of the "What's Your Superpower?" Composer Quest. Nathan shares his journey, trombone integration, and genre versatility. They also highlight leveraging unique skills and effective project management.
Production Music Q&A
Dive into the world of production and library music with Dave Kropf on the 52 Cues podcast. This episode covers mastering alts and stems, AI tools, pitching to libraries, choosing sounds for cues, backend royalties, finding references, mastering dynamic tracks, panning practices, using samples, placements in PRO catalogs, transition music, and learning sample libraries.
Explore the ins and outs of being a working production music composer!