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Carl Sondrol is a composer and music producer in Los Angeles. He's scored over 100 projects including short films, internet videos, commercials, games, and feature films. Two of them won Webby awards, and one song was performed in Carnegie Hall.
Carl Sondrol is a composer and music producer in Los Angeles. He's scored over 100 projects including short films, internet videos, commercials, games, and feature films. Two of them...
Carl Sondrol is a composer and music producer based in Los Angeles, who once wrote a bio in the third person but didn't fool anybody.
- Don’T Crush The Baby Bird
- Be in It For The Right Reasons
- Work Hard
- Don’T Seek Out Suffering as “Fuel” For Art
- Take Care of Yourself
- Get Organized
- Don’T Live in A Bubble
- Be A Good Listener, Be Genuine
- Don’T Be A Donkey
- Don’T Shoot The Second Arrow
On my best days, making music is cathartic—it’s a reliefand I love it. I’ve often considered it to be "part of who I am”. So I was a bit shocked to discover it seems I’m capable of falling out of love with music!Usually when I’m trying too hard, in a bad mood, or taking something on the list below for granted. I’ve realized it’s a relationship I ne...
Music can: 1. express emotion in a way words alone cannot 2. lead to acclaim, financial stability, or looking cool on the internet The former is incredible. The latter is incredible…ly rare—and for me, unhealthy to focus on. But in moments I’m not proud of, I do focus there. Desperately. I want to be driven by the simple desire to learn, improve, a...
When I left my day job to give music a go, I thought “I’m going to nail this! Put the pedal to the metal!!” I tried to work insanely hard, like the piano prodigy David Helfgott in the movie Shine. But after a few years, all these negative side effects began cropping up. And I remembered one reason Helfgott worked “insanely hard” is the poor guy was...
I was/am lucky to have a loving family and a relatively normal childhood. But sometimes I wondered if my life was “tragic enough” to be worthy of making great art. As I grew up I had all the cliché thoughts about tortured artists. At times I leaned into my antisocial tendencies and asked myself “am I crazy? Can I get crazier?” Fortunately, I was to...
I used to have a sort of deranged pride in how many hours I worked. I tracked my “impressively small” amount of sleep on a wall calendar. I learned all the tricks with powernaps and caffeine pills and could do three all-nighters in a row. After years of this, I of course didn’t feel great. Out of desperation, I started stretching 15–30 min a day. E...
One of the most helpful books I’ve read is Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity. It helps you focus solely on the task in front of you. As a detail-oriented, analytical person, I lovedit. I put my whole life into my GTD “system”. But eventually (maybe you’re starting to see the pattern here) I got so wrapped up in being a “produ...
Here’s a short one. I want to remember to ask the question: If I’m not taking the time to live life and have real relationships, do I expect my art to resonate with other people? -Henry Miller: 11 Commandments of Writing and His Daily Creative Routine – Brain Pickings (this list is framed on my wall)
When I started, I heard I should do something called “networking”. So I went to film festivals with a spiral notebook and backpack of demo CDs and tried to “meet the entire room”. I’ve met more than 2000 people since, but it took me a long time to calm down, become less desperate, and realize networking is about actual relationships. I did my best ...
Many times I’ve taken on so many simultaneous projects (because I was a GTD Jedi!) that they all sort of limp along. Especiallypassion projects. One of the best pieces of advice I’ve gotten this year is to think of the many choices & directions in our life in terms of this story: -Derek Sivers: Trying to pursue many different directions at once? (j...
There’s a Buddhist story called “The Second Arrow” which goes something like this: I can’t think of an area in my life where this story isn’t useful. -Dan Benjamin introduced me to this story in 5by5 | Back to Work #3: The Second Arrow at ~34:30 -Matthew Weiner: “Mad Men” Creator Matthew Weiner’s Reassuring Life Advice For Struggling Artists | Fast...
Nov 2, 2017 · Carl Sondrol – The Wayward Wind - YouTube. 43 subscribers. Subscribed. 65. 3.3K views 6 years ago. Get the "Batika Hawk" EP wherever you buy/stream digital music –...
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Oct 19, 2017 · Carl Sondrol – Say It - YouTube. 44 subscribers. Subscribed. 21. 486 views 6 years ago. Get "Say It" and the entire Batika Hawk EP wherever you buy/stream digital music –...
