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WCA #517 with Julie Kathryn – Career Shift, Sample Creation, Becoming the Artist, Collaborative Mixing, Film Scoring, and Parenting

In this episode of Working Class Audio, Matt discusses Julie Kahryns extensive experience in the music industry as a producer, sound designer, composer, and educator. With a background spanning from criminal justice to a full-time music career, Julie has worked on a wide range of projects, including crafting unique audio samples for top software companies such as Ableton, Output, Cherry Audio, Splice, and Bandlab, as well as supervising music for films, and composing original scores.

In This Episode, We Discuss:

  • Career Shift From Justice
  • Roles: Producer, Composer, Designer
  • Teaching at Berklee NYC
  • Early Music Influences
  • Mentor Tony Conniff’s Guidance
  • Learning Logic Pro
  • Income From Samples
  • Film Music Supervision
  • Balancing Creativity and Business
  • Parenthood’s Career Impact
  • Building Artist Confidence
  • Collaborative Mixing Work
  • Income Diversification
  • Influences: Brian Eno, Laurie Anderson
  • Film Scoring Techniques

Matt’s Rant: Your Health

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Credits:

  • Guest: Julie Kathryn
  • Host: Matt Boudreau
  • Engineer: Matt Boudreau
  • Producer: Matt Boudreau
  • Editing: Anne-Marie Pleau
  • WCA Theme Music: Cliff Truesdell

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