Keeping Yourself in the Music | with Film & Television Composer Pat Irwin

Progressions: Success in the Music Industry - Un p贸dcast de Travis Ference

Today鈥檚 guest is New York based composer and musician Pat Irwin. Pat has spent over four decades pushing the boundaries of popular music with his soundtracks for television shows such as Dexter: New Blood, Nurse Jackie, Bored to Death and scores for animations including Rocko鈥檚 Modern Life and Sponge Bob Square Pants. He also performed with the B-52s for twenty years, was a founding member of two New York No Wave bands, The Raybeats and 8 Eyed Spy, and still performs and releases music today with his ambient project SUSS. We chat about letting yourself come through score, working with a live band in the studio, the importance of being able to do your own copy work, hiring people that elevate you, and why the world needs more musicians and artists.馃棐 In this episode we'll dig in on... 馃棐Working with John CagePlaying in the B-52sThe early days of MTVReasons to use Digital Performer for scoringHiring people that elevate you and make you betterScoring Dexter: New BloodThe New York art seen in the 80sCBGB and Max's Kansas CityAmbient CountryScoring cartoons while on the road馃帣 Travis' Intro 馃帣How the Arts Set You Up for Success in Life馃幎 ... Listening Recommendation 馃幎Richika - ListenChuck Johnson - ListenClarice Jensen - ListenMica Levi - Listen馃棧 Mentioned in the Interview 馃棧Finale Music Notation SoftwareBerhinger CAT馃憠 Learn More About Pat Irwin 馃憟Website: https://patirwinmusic.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/patirwinmusic/SUSS: https://www.sussband.com/馃摙 Our Sponsors 馃摙Listen to Secret Sonics!Sign Up for Complete Producer Network!猬囷笍 FREE 2025 PLANNING WORKSHOP 猬囷笍https://www.travisference.com/2025plan馃摵 WATCH THE SHOW ON YOUTUBE 馃摵 https://www.youtube.com/@progressionspodConnect with Me:馃摤 Newsletter: https://www.travisference.com/subscribe馃摳 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/progressionspod馃幍TikTok:

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