Cracking the Code: Getting In—and Staying In—Production Music
Navigating a Sustainable Career from All Sides of the Business
Breaking into production music is one challenge. Building a career that lasts is another.
Join veteran music supervisor, guitarist, songwriter, composer, and producer Tim Mosher, Emmy-winning composer, producer, and songwriter Edward Wohl, and award-winning composer and production music executive Timothy Andrew Edwards for an in-depth conversation about what it really takes to build a sustainable career in today’s production music industry.
This unique panel brings together three accomplished professionals who represent every major side of the business. From the perspective of the music supervisor selecting music for film and television, to the composer building a career through original scoring and production music, to the publisher and library executive overseeing one of the industry’s successful composer collectives, attendees will gain practical insight into how careers are launched, developed, and sustained over the long term.
Whether you’re an emerging composer looking for your first placement or an experienced musician seeking to expand into sync licensing and production music, this webinar explores the realities of today’s marketplace—from creative workflow and industry relationships to publishing, royalties, metadata, licensing, and long-term career strategy.
During this webinar we’ll discuss:
- Breaking into the production music industry without traditional industry connections
- What music supervisors, producers, and editors are actually looking for
- How production music libraries really work
- Building relationships that lead to repeat placements
- Common mistakes that prevent composers from getting hired
- Creating music that is both artistically satisfying and commercially valuable
- Metadata, cue sheets, publishing, royalties, and performance income
- Navigating exclusive vs. non-exclusive libraries
- Building a catalog that generates long-term revenue
- How successful composers balance creative work with the business of music
- The realities of AI and how technology is reshaping production music
- Building a career that remains sustainable through changes in film, television, streaming, and advertising
This isn’t just another discussion about landing placements. It’s an honest conversation about building a career that can survive changing technology, shifting business models, and an increasingly competitive marketplace.
Whether your goal is television, film, advertising, trailers, or production music libraries, you’ll leave with practical knowledge from professionals who have collectively spent decades creating, supervising, publishing, licensing, and placing music across virtually every corner of the entertainment industry.
Bring your questions—there will be a live Q&A at the end of the discussion.
Featured Panelists
Tim Mosher is a veteran music supervisor whose credits include Greatest Average American (ABC) The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (CBS)Press Your Luck (ABC) and Celebrity Name Game. With decades of experience connecting filmmakers, composers, artists, and publishers, he offers an insider’s perspective on how music decisions are made across film and television production.
Edward Wohl is a Los Angeles-based songwriter, composer, producer, publisher, and mixer whose work has earned six Emmy Awards, along with Telly, Promax, and Mark Awards. His projects have sold more than six million units, and his career spans major label recording, television composition, and production music.
Timothy Andrew Edwards is a Los Angeles-based composer, music producer, and co-owner of THETEAM, The Greatest Average American (ABC). With credits spanning feature films, television themes, and more than 11,000 television cue sheet placements, he continues to build one of the industry’s most successful careers in production music while mentoring composers and developing music for productions around the world.
Event hosted and moderated by Music Supervisor & Composer Adonis Tsilimparis and Development/Line Producer Darren E. Johnson
