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Ryan Richko Bio: Ryan is a composer for film and video games. He moved to Los Angeles to be a session guitarist, but began working on films by accident, getting his first job scoring a student short film after failing an acting audition. Soon after, scoring to picture became a new passion of his, making a career change from a session musician to a full time composer. In 2015, Ryan won a Global Music Award for his first video game score "Telepath Tactics." The game and soundtrack are receiving favorable reviews from the press and independent game community. Ryan has done a lot of work for a variety of mediums, including Yoga instructional DVDs, games, film and TV.   Key Take Aways: Building relationships + solid musical skills is the perfect storm Interacting with people and building relationships is something that has to be practiced, just like your instrument Don't neglect the business side of your craft. Do your research, and never stop learning about it Be creative with how you reach out to people on the