#347: Battling Through Creative Challenges with Composer Amanda Cawley

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Amanda Cawley is an award-winning orchestral composer for film, television, and video games. Amanda's work includes the documentary <em>Visionary Gardeners</em>, the animated series <em>Fireman Sam</em>, and the video game <em>Siegebreaker</em>. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Amanda and I spoke about her work creating sonic worlds for film and video games. She shared how she overcomes creative challenges and blocks, as well as the mental game of writing music. I found Amanda's insights quite valuable and look forward to applying them to my own work!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Listen on</span> <a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/music-production-podcast/id1212124420"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Apple</span></a>,<span style= "font-weight: 400;"> </span><a href= "https://open.spotify.com/show/2R5hFhExyUzbI7jD7eauck"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Spotify</span></a>,<span style= "font-weight: 400;"> </span><a href= "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9tdXNpY3Byb2R1Y3Rpb25wb2RjYXN0LmxpYnN5bi5jb20vcnNz"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Google</span></a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLk4jo7_Rx2-2mjUoTXTL4u0iUH5_XqBYi"><span style="font-weight: 400;">YouTube</span></a></p> <p><strong>Show Notes:</strong></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Amanda's Website - <a href="https://amandacawley.com/">https://amandacawley.com/</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Amanda's Instagram - <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/amandacawleymusic/">https://www.instagram.com/amandacawleymusic/</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Amanda's YouTube - <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/@amandacawley/featured">https://www.youtube.com/@amandacawley/featured</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;"><em>Elsewhere</em> by Telosia - <a href= "https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/telosia/elsewhere">https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/telosia/elsewhere</a></span></li> <li>Visionary Gardeners -