Andrew Johnson: Anticipating Notes, Ghostwriting, and Impressing Your Audience Before Your Peers

This week's guest is film and television composer Andrew Johnson. Andrew started his career as an assistant for composer James S. Levine at Hans Zimmer's Remote Control facility. While there he worked on hit shows such as Glee, American Horror Story, Royal Pains, Major Crimes, and many more. We chat about learning the art of film composing from the greats, getting jobs from the places you don't expect, meeting deadlines by forcing decision making instead of creativity, and the numbers game of library production music.In this episode, we'll dig in on...Impressing your peers vs impressing your audienceWorking at Han Zimmer's Remote ControlScoring your own weddingMaster/Apprentice model of learning a craftGetting a job from a guy that knows a guy that knows a guyGhostwritingTreating looking for work a jobThe numbers game of library musicActing like every job is your big breakDemo seasonAnticipating your notes as a means of inspirationLearn More About Andrew Johnson...Website: https://www.andrewbrickjohnson.com📢 Our Sponsors 📢Listen to Secret Sonics!Sign Up for Complete Producer Network!⬇️ FREE 2025 PLANNING WORKSHOP ⬇️https://www.travisference.com/2025plan📺 WATCH THE SHOW ON YOUTUBE 📺 https://www.youtube.com/@progressionspodConnect with Me:📬 Newsletter: https://www.travisference.com/subscribe📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/progressionspod🎵TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@progressionspod🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/progressionspod🌐 Website: https://www.travisference.com/🙏 Leave a Review or Rating 🙏Apple: https://www.progressionspodcast.com/appleSpotify: https://www.progressionspodcast.com/spotify"The Compound Effect" by Darren Hardy Here"The One Thing" by Gary Keller HereCredits:Guest: Andrew JohnsonHost: Travis FerenceEditor: Travis FerenceTheme Music: inter.ference