Luis Guerra is living proof that you don’t have to stay in any one area of music production work to be successful. His compositions have been in everything from podcasts to major movies, on radio shows to audio books. As he demonstrates, there are countless new streams for making money from your music, and while it might help being located in LA, in these lockdown times we are all connected in many ways, so you can create an audience for your music in areas you might not have considered. Over the following pages he details the gear, the music and the career journey you might just be able to embark on….
Computer Music: Nice to meet you Luis. So how did you get into music production?
Luis Guerra: “I have been a career musician most of my life. I learned about recording from working in studios in Austin, Nashville and LA and decided to focus more on composition and arranging and less on performing and touring. I began assembling a studio and had the opportunity to compose the music for Circus Luminous. After that, I was approached by the TV and film composer Gerald Fried who asked why I wasn’t living and working in LA. I reached out to an old band mate from my school/college band (Los Hurtin’s Dogs). He had become a successful record producer and also had a studio and rented rooms to other producers. He offered me a small studio to rent, and I packed up my studio in New Mexico and rolled my family out to LA where we’ve been ever since.”
cm: You write music for a number of different types of media, but is there one philosophy you bring to all of your projects?
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