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  • Written by: Steven Melin
  • Narrated by: Steven Melin
  • Length: 4 hrs and 52 mins
  • 3.5 out of 5 stars (4 ratings)

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Family-First Composer: Proven Path to Escape 9-5 and Support Your Family Composing Music for Film, TV, & Video Games

Written by: Steven Melin
Narrated by: Steven Melin
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“You don't have to grind 24/7 to be a successful screen music composer, but you do have to be intentional with your time. I'm proud that Steven Melin has fought for this balance at an early age, and he'll show you how you can too. I'm excited for how Family-First Composer will equip you to live the most fulfilling life possible." (Adam Gubman, composer of Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge, producer of This Is Me from The Greatest Showman, and songwriter at Disney Parks Worldwide)

This book is created for you, hardworking father who works at a corporate American job to pay the bills. You long to support your family composing music for film, TV, and video games.

You get no joy or fulfillment from your work...this is a safe, “real” job. You complain to your wife every night about how you long for the day when you can support your family composing music for film, TV, and video games...

You look forward to the weekends when you can spend time with your family, but you’re usually so exhausted from the work week that this time frustratingly must be used to rest and prepare for the upcoming work week. You have little time for friendships or dates with your wife due to stress at work and general unhappiness. To escape, you love watching TV shows and playing video games, but you rarely find time to enjoy these. You want to help around the house more and attend your kids’ events, but you never have time or energy to spare. You love to read, but have a hard time believing that his situation will ever really change...

You hate the trajectory of your life. Aside from your family, it’s empty. Hollow. You were created to do more with your life. You want the chance to show your family - and the world - that you can support them doing what you love. You just need a guide: someone who has been in your shoes and knows the steps to take to be where you want to be...

This book is written for you, a screen music composer seeking to escape the 9-5 grind of corporate America and build a sustainable and growing music business that fully supports your family. If you listen to and apply the teachings found in this step-by-step guide, you will:
 

  • Enjoy freedom from your day job
  • Immediately earn income from your music
  • Free your time to focus more on your family
  • Experience fulfillment supporting your family
  • Do what you love
  • Work from home
  • Remove the stress of inconsistent paychecks
  • Feel secure in your finances
  • Live peacefully
  • Open your options for a better lifestyle
  • Embrace autonomy in your life to do what you want, when you want, where you want, with whom you want, at the price you want, at the terms you want!

Buy Family-First Composer today and support your family composing music for film, TV, and video games!

©2019 Steven Melin (P)2019 Steven Melin

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Someone else reviewed at 2 stars, declaring excessive focus on “family first” with “too much fluff, not enough solid [composer stuff]”. Everybody is entitled to their opinion, but I have to ask if this person even got past the 5% mark? I listened to the entire book in 3 days. It is packed full of music business and composition knowledge. CH 1 talks about family, granted. But by CH 2 Steven is discussing finance and time management strategies. CH 3 music education, CH 4 music business and so on. I have been skeptical about internet entrepreneurs selling ebooks in the past, but I'm glad I trusted my gut. I have wanted to pursue composition (being a musician and audio geek) for a while, but thinking of how to make it on my own made my head spin. I needed a road map. Thankfully Steven explains it beautifully here. There are a lot of different avenues for musicians to pursue when looking for work. Previously I wasn't clear on what those were or which ones suited me best, but Steven made it easy for me to decide which to pursue and in what order. His views on generating passive income streams are absolutely essential as well. The book is incredibly concise at just under 5 hours. While taking notes I often had to pause to make sure I wasn't missing anything, a testament to how much great advice is here. The amount of “fluff” in this book is absolutely minimal. This book will certainly not take you from 0 to 100 just by listening, you're going to have to do the leg work, but its ability to put the mind at ease for those entering the music business is phenomenal. One final point to make in regards to the narration. To echo another reviewer, yes, there is a noticeable noise gate on the narration (turns the mic on/off at a certain threshold). I stopped noticing this after a chapter or two though and, honestly, I feel like the review on this point is slightly exaggerated as well. Don't let naysayers deter you from soaking up the quality information in this book, I'm certainly glad I didn't. Well worth your time if you're serious about pursuing this path.

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No room for art

I liked the lifestyle he laid out at the beginning. Except he made making music into drudgery that doesn't seem any more appealing than a 9 to 5 corporate job. I understand you have to make money. But where's his artistic integrity?

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