EP.27: INTERVIEW WITH SUSAN DOLAN OF DIG MUSIC

EP.27: INTERVIEW WITH SUSAN DOLAN OF DIG MUSIC 

This week on SyncRiffs, Charles interviews music supervisor Susan Dolan of Dig Music. Susan has spent the last fifteen years spearheading the music related aspects of productions. Some of her past work includes placements and scores in notable ad campaigns for Fortune 500 companies, network TV shows and award winning independent films.  

 Topics  

0:00 Introduction  

1: 28 Entering the Industry  

2:06 New York ad agency in the early days  

2:41 Moving to Los Angeles and connecting with KCRW 

3:41 Working at Hum Music  

4:47 Working on ABC’s Men In Trees  

7:08 Working as an Indie Music Supervisor 

8:09 What prepared Susan to work in the Ad space  

9:39 The Art of Working as a Music Supervisor  

10:15 Focusing and learning from past clearances 

11:52 The overall arc of working in the Ad Space 

13:20 Guiding clients in the Ad Space 

15:29 Working with different teams and adding value 

15:50 Car Commercials 

18:45 Soundtracks 

20:20 Trends and Cultural Events  

23:54 Brand alignment with artist identity  

25:01 Band identity matching with an Artist Brand 

26:05 Social media and driving the creative process  

27:44 The ability of brands to break an indie band 

29:50 Ads and connecting with their end consumer 

31:03 Artificial Intelligence and the challenges  

32:40 Current trends in Ads and counter movements 

35:47 Navigating evergreen tracks and budgets 

38:26 Cover tunes and the creative process 

40:24 The role of musicologists and “sound alikes” 

41:49 Susan’s Spotify playlist  

Susan Dolan website: https://www.digmusic.tv/work 

IG: @dig_music 

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