Today we have GNYUS on the show who is a producer that has worked with legends like Dr. Dre & Swizz Beatz. He also has a profitable TV/Movie sync catalog with placements in Marvel films, MTV, VH1, WWE & more! He talks about strategies he has used on how to get placements as a producer in the sync world through platforms like Jingle Punks and reaching out to music supervisors discovered on IMDB.
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Timestamps
00:00 Intro
04:07 Episode overview: Gynus background
08:33 Gynus joins the stream
10:40 Gnyus shares his come up story: Taking music lessons at 4, parents buying him drums at 6, being influenced by his cousin to get into producing
13:38 First softwares Gynus used and hardware
16:31 How long Gynus made beats before an opportunity presented itself, attending music school after high school, Swizz Beats being the producer in residence, Swizz Beats showing one of his beats to Dr. Dre, chasing placements, thoughts of having plan B
21:38 Pressure to change with the sound of the times, focusing on getting better at making beats during slower years, getting into Swizz Beats camp through Alicia Keys brother,
24:28 Studio scene in New York, what Gynus was doing to make money while he was coming up, sync placements, JinglePunks, WWE, Love & hiphop, Power, earning more through sync placements
31:08 How Gynus found out he had a major Swizz placement
33:51 When Gynus knew he needed a lawyer and how he went about finding one, keeping more intellectual property through JinglePunks
39:15 Recently developing a passion for e-commerce, putting out a pack in 2017, putting out a free demo to promote his pack, having an email list, discord group, e-commerce strategies, offering mixing and mastering services
47:22 Gynus opinion on Beatstars
50:03 Q&A with Darnell: When submitting a beat does Gynus target a sound
52:58 Q&A with Adrian: Template for agreements when sending out beats, Gynus work ethic and work flow, Serato Studio, working for Mailchimp, Community, Beatstars distribution
01:06:20 Q&A with Michael: Sync licensing, how to use Sync as leverage to get more placements, IMDB pro to get access to Sync supervisors
01:12:30 Q&A with Adhi: How to enter the Sync world
01:18:48 Team ProducerGrind contest: Acapella challenge
01:26:51 Outro
