How Alex Ball writes music for TV and adverts • How Do You Do ep.8

from How Do You Do? with David Bennett · host DavidBennettPiano

Alex Ball is a professional TV composer and also a YouTuber who makes videos about vintage synthesizers! He is the composer for BBC children's TV show Supertato, and his music has also appeared in Stranger Things. So today we discuss how Alex broke his way into the world of TV music and also how he gained over 100,000 subscribers on YouTube playing with old synths!Check out Alex's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AlexBallMusicWelcome to How Do You Do, the podcast where I chat to successful creatives about how they do what they do! You can watch on YouTube and Spotify and also listen wherever you get your podcasts.

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