Rob Gokee
Music Composer and Arranger
Rob Gokee Music
Milestones
My road in life took a while to figure out.
Picked up the guitar at 16.
Met my wife, a producer.
Got married at 18 & had to postpone school for kids.
At 26, went to college for the first time.
Moved back to LA after college.
Studied privately under composer Christopher Young.
Found Twitter.
Got an agent.
Keep following my journey
Education
High School
Career
Music Composer and Arranger
I'm a composer for TV, Film & Web.
Career Roadmap
My work combines:
My work combines:
Television
Film
Being Creative
Day to Day
I'm up at 7am, and I use the first few hours of the day to answer email, write blog posts, and network on social media. I don't start writing music until around 10 or 11am, break for lunch around 2, and then keep writing until 8 or 9pm, when I stop for dinner. If I have an intense deadline, this changes - I can write in the morning if I need to, and I'll stay up as late as I need to in order to finish a project. Sometimes, that's 6am.
Advice for Getting Started
Here's the first step for college students
They don't tell you in school that, in the beginning, you're your own small business. You need to know Marketing and Accounting in order to move forward. Also, networking is the biggest part of my job. Learn where people are meeting, and go there. Of my job 40% is writing music, 60% is everything else.
Recommended Education
My career is not related to what I studied. I'd recommend this path instead:
Hurdles
The Noise I Shed
From Society in General:
"You should find a stable job, you'll never make enough money writing music."
Challenges I Overcame
Financial
Single Parent
