COMPOSER SABRINA PENA YOUNG | MUSIC TECHNOLOGY | FILM | CLASSICAL | OPERA

What's the secret to becoming a composer? http://musl.ink/pod148 Today we have the pleasure of speaking with someone we’ve wanted to have on the show since day one, a long-time collaborator at Musical U and at Easy Ear Training before that, Sabrina Peña Young. Sabrina is an award-winning composer who created the first ever original fully-animated opera , Libertaria. We’ve long been in awe of the range and scale of projects Sabrina manages to take on and bring to success, and for the first time we got to sit down with her and actually dig into the question of how she manages to do all that she does. Sabrina is certainly someone who people would be quick to call “talented” or “gifted”, yet we knew from working with her that she had as little belief in the importance of natural talent as we do – so we were utterly curious to know: if it’s not talent, how does she do it all? In this conversation we talk about: - Sabrina’s musical upbringing and how helpful attention to deta...

I created this scary film example for Musical U's songwriting challenges:  https://www.musical-u.com/learn/musical-us-10-mini-songwriting-challenges/# Check it out!

The Wonderful Phenomenon of Terrible Lyrics at Musical U In the world of terrible, hilarious, or just-plain-weird lyrics, few bands have caused more uproar on Reddit threads – among fans and haters alike – than the Red Hot Chili Peppers. With gems like “ Low brow is how / swimming in the sound / of bow bow bow ” from “Suck My Kiss” or “ You’ve got your bit part Mozart / hot dart acceleration / pop art pistol chasin’ / cat fight intimidation ” from “Minor Thing”, the Red Hot Chili Peppers have definitely mastered the art of making the nonsensical sell concert tickets. Read the full article here:  https://www.musical-u.com/learn/the-wonderful-phenomenon-of-terrible-lyrics/