Ep.17: Interview with music supervisor Jen Pyken

This week on SyncRiffs, Charles interviews music supervisor Jen Pyken.
A veteran music supervisor of television and movies, Jen Pyken landed her first Emmy nomination for her work on NBC’s “This Is Us.” She is a proud member of the Guild of Music Supervisors and recently launched an online Masterclass on music supervision (see link below). In this episode Jen breaks down her process and the craft of music supervision.
1:15 The process
3:20 Average budgets in television
5:00 Collaborating with her showrunner & editor
6:00 Listening to new music & music briefs
7:00 Spotting sessions & cuts
10:00 Music supervision Masterclass course
11:55 Island Records, Jen’s first gig
13:45 Managing expectations of the showrunners
14:50 The creative process & working with showrunners
16:00 Budgeting songs & clearance
16:55 Needle drops & songs used
17:50 Transitional songs
18:30 Working with editors (Collaboration)
20:00 "The Way Home" and the sonic palette
22:15 Working on ABC’s "Alias"
23:55 One stop rep. Sync Agent
25:15 Split sheets & cue sheets
26:45 Splice and sample packs
32:00 Advice for indie artists entering the sync space
35:00 Exclusivity
35:28 Working with new contacts
39:00 What’s on Jen’s reading list
40:50 Music supervision Masterclass
41:55 East coast music conference
Follow Jen Pyken on IG: @https://www.instagram.com/jenpyken/
Jen Pyken's Masterclass:https://www.musicsuper.net/courses/mu...
Jen Pyken on YouTube: @MusicSuperJen
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