Colin Thomson: Do More

Colin Thomson is a composer for media, music educator, and host of the podcast The Modern Musician Show. Colin writes music for a variety of media, including game, TV and film. He also runs the website sightreadingacademy.com, which provide music students with a steady stream of new sight-reading material, as well as innovative video exercises to help students read ahead. Colin also hosts the podcast The Modern Musician Show, where he interviews musicians as well as "outsiders" to the music industry, to find out what musicians can and should be doing to lead fulfilling and financially successful careers in music today. Key Take Aways: Hustle makes up for a lot. A lot of times, the person with the most hustle wins Soft skills (speaking with people and making a good impression on them) is an essential aspect of "making it" in the music industry A lot of times, what you are doing now will pay off in a few years. You just need to keep putting in the effort When you persistently take actions, one built upon anoth