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6D AGO

69. Getting Your String Writing "In Gear" with Katie O'Hara LaBrie

Katie O'Hara LaBrie is a cellist, music educator, and a prolific composer for educational string orchestra, having published with Alfred Music and Randall Standridge Music, where she also serves as the orchestral division editor. She's also the author of a new warmup method "Getting in Gear." We had a great conversation about the basics of writing for strings as well as how to adjust your compositional style to fit the grade level of the perfomring ensemble. At the end of the show we'll also share two recent compositions of hers for string orchestra: "Atoms" and "Unbridled Spirit."

6d ago

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48 min
FEB 3

Brian Balmages: Finding Success in Educational Music

Brian Balmages is a world-renowned composer and conductor, as well as the director of Make Music Publications and Digital Education for Alfred Music. Today we are taking a deep dive into his compositional process as well as the world of Concert Band Music. His approach to the role of a composer and his philosophy of music is very refreshing and I think composers and music educators especially will get a lot out of this episode. He also introduces two of his works for us to listen to, "Sunset Suspended" and "Love and Light." --- Check out sellingsheetmusic.com for episode transcripts and more! Buy Garrett's music at breezetunes.com!

Feb 3

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58 min
12/02/2025

67. Tommee Profitt’s “The Birth of a King” and the Composer as Producer

Today's guest has been on my interview "wish list" since day one! He's racked over 100 BILLION streams of his cinematic music, as well as 17 platinum and 26 gold certifications as a producer for artists such as Migos, Avril Lavigne, Josh Groban, and NF. His Christmas Album "Birth of a King," plays nonstop in my house from Thanksgiving to New Year's and the live concert version featuring 20 artists, a 60 piece orchestra, and a 100 voice choir will be playing this weekend to a sold out crowd at Bridgestone Arena in downtown Nashville. Please welcome to the show, the one and only, Tommee Profitt!

12/02/2025

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52 min
10/22/2025

[REBROADCAST] AI and the End of Physical Sheet Music: Enote CEO Boian Videnoff

It seemed the perfect time to revisit this interview from last year with Boian Videnoff, the co-CEO and co-founder of Enote, a music technology startup in Berlin developing powerful AI-technology capable of digitizing sheet music into fully interactive musical scores.

10/22/2025

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52 min
09/17/2024

46. Composition and Connection: Rob Deemer and the Institute for Composer Diversity

Dr. Rob Deemer is head of composition at the State University of New York at Fredonia and the creator of the Institute for Composer Diversity. We had a great conversation about learning to compose, presenting your music in an effective way, and many of the trends happening in composition today, including the relationship between composers and ensembles, as well as issues of diversity and inclusion in programming. --- Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠sellingsheetmusic.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for episode transcripts and additional resources for publishers and composers. Subscribe to Garrett Breeze on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for video versions of the podcast. --- Give your choir the gift of new music this Christmas from ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠holidaychoirmusic.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!

09/17/2024

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56 min
10/03/2024

49. Jennifer Moorhatch and Kelsey Hendler on JW Pepper's Review Process (JW Pepper Week, Day Four)

It's Day Four of JW Pepper Week on Selling Sheet Music! Jennifer Moorhatch and Kelsey Hendler are two of the choral and classroom editors for JW Pepper, responsible for evaluating new music from publishers and deciding how and where that music gets promoted. New composers can use the code "PUBLISH20" to get 20% off when they sign up for a ⁠MyScore⁠ account today! --- Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠sellingsheetmusic.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for episode transcripts and additional resources for publishers and composers. Subscribe to Garrett Breeze on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for video versions of the podcast. --- Give your choir the gift of new music this Christmas from ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠holidaychoirmusic.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!

10/03/2024

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38 min
11/19/2024

52. A Broadway Breakdown With MTI's Jody Edwards & Jason Cocovinis

Music Theatre International, or MTI, is one of the world's leading theatrical licensing agencies, working with composers and lyricists to make their shows available to professional, community, and educational theaters all over the world. In this episode, Jody Edwards, Director of Music and Materials and Jason Cocovinis, Director of Marketing take us behind the scenes and walk us through everything that needs to happen to get a show from Broadway onto stages all across the world.

11/19/2024

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42 min
09/12/2022

6. Setting a High Bar for Music Preparation and Engraving: Interview with Scoring Notes' Philip Rothman

Today I’m talking to Philip Rothman, founder of NYC Music Services, and one of the world’s foremost experts in music preparation and music notation. He is also co-host of the podcast Scoring Notes, which covers news and developments of all things related to music notation software. Be sure to check out Notation Central, where Philip offers a treasure trove of free and paid resources for users of Finale, Sibelius, Dorico, or Musescore. We talk about all the work that needs to happens after a composition is finished to prepare it for publication, the differences between music copying, music preparation, and music engraving, as well as how to get the most out of music notation software. It’s an eye-opening conversation that sheds light into a corner of the music industry that doesn’t normally get a lot of attention. --- Visit ⁠⁠sellingsheetmusic.com⁠⁠ for episode transcripts and additional resources for publishers and composers. Subscribe to Garrett Breeze on ⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠ for video versions of the podcast. --- Join the world's largest self-publishing community at ArrangeMe.com today. Give your choir the gift of new music this Christmas from holidaychoirmusic.com!

09/12/2022

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32 min
02/05/2025

54. Celebrating Ten Years of MUSIC ARRANGING TIPS with Justin Tokke

Today's episode celebrates the ten year anniversary of Music Engraving Tips, an online community that includes one of the largest music related facebook groups on the internet. It's founder, Justin Tokke, is an expert composer and engraver based out of New York, and we had a fantastic conversation about the history of the group, the need for quality engraving, and how self-publishing composers can improve their scores.

02/05/2025

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41 min
09/23/2025

65. Klang.io CEO Sebastian Murgul on the Role of A.I. in Sheet Music

Sebastian Murgul is the co-founder and CEO of Klang.io, a music software company based in Germany that has developed a suite of tools including Transcription Studio, Piano2Notes, and MelodyScanner that use A.I. to transcribe audio recordings into PDF, MIDI, and MusicXML. We had a fantastic conversation about the underlying technology and swell as an honest conversation about what the future of the music industry might look like.

09/23/2025

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39 min

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