micro/Maker by Loose Leaf Transmissions

Composer Austin Hammonds shares how early exposure to film scores like Jurassic Park quietly shaped his imagination long before he knew what composing even was. He and Tyler reflect on the humbling — and energizing — experience of realizing just how much there is to learn, and how a childhood passion can evolve into a lifelong creative path.micro/Maker episodes release every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday!Listen to music/Maker with Tyler Kline wherever you get podcasts, or at musicmakerpodcast.com.Support Loose Leaf Transmissions on Patreon at patreon.com/LooseLeafTransmissions.Follow us on Instagram @loose.leaf.transmissions.micro/Maker is a production of Loose Leaf Transmissions: Made for All Ears.

Carlynn Crosby and Tyler talk about how food can be a deeply human entry point into topics like class, race, globalization, memory, and empathy. Carlynn shares her journey into food writing—from Ina Garten and Anthony Bourdain to graduate studies in Southern culture—and how food became not just a sensory experience, but a vessel for historical awareness and social critique. For her, writing about food is never just about flavor—it's about shifting perception and crafting narratives people can trust.micro/Maker episodes release every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday!Listen to music/Maker with Tyler Kline wherever you get podcasts, or at musicmakerpodcast.com.Support Loose Leaf Transmissions on Patreon at patreon.com/LooseLeafTransmissions.Follow us on social media @loose.leaf.transmissions.micro/Maker is a production of Loose Leaf Transmissions: Made for All Ears.

Baljinder Sekhon explains why he doesn’t separate the act of composing from the life of a composer. In this excerpt, he talks about integrating career-building, orchestration, and business literacy into his curriculum — not as extras, but as essential parts of what it means to be a composer today.micro/Maker episodes release every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday!Listen to music/Maker with Tyler Kline wherever you get podcasts, or at musicmakerpodcast.com.Support Loose Leaf Transmissions on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/LooseLeafTransmissions.Follow us on social media @LooseLeafTransmissions.micro/Maker is a production of Loose Leaf Transmissions: Made for All Ears.

Chris Opperman grew up emailing guitarist Mike Keneally—digging into impossible tuplets, dissecting entire albums, and learning what made songs tick. That early mentorship led him to question how we define “composer”: is it the manuscript-paper stereotype of academia, or the broader industry sense where anyone creating music belongs? In navigating both new music and the commercial world, Chris shares why he resists exclusivity and insists there’s space for everyone’s expression.micro/Maker episodes release every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday!Listen to music/Maker with Tyler Kline wherever you get podcasts, or at musicmakerpodcast.com.Support Loose Leaf Transmissions on Patreon.Follow us on Instagram: @loose.leaf.transmissionsmicro/Maker is a production of Loose Leaf Transmissions: Made for All Ears.

Nicolás Lell Benavides shares how exploring Caló — the dialect of the Pachuco community — reconnected him with his family’s stories and shaped his creative voice. He and Tyler talk about how sound, language, and memory intertwine in his recent works, from Rinconcito to Canto Caló, and how honoring ancestry through art can uncover new dimensions of musical identity.micro/Maker episodes release every Tuesday and Friday!Listen to music/Maker with Tyler Kline wherever you get podcasts, or at musicmakerpodcast.com.Support Loose Leaf Transmissions on Patreon. Follow us on social media @LooseLeafTransmissions.micro/Maker is a production of Loose Leaf Transmissions: Made for All Ears.

Hannah Selin shares how her path to composition began not with scores, but with sound. She and Tyler talk about starting late, making field recordings in rural Ohio, and finding her way from electronic experimentation to acoustic music. It’s a story of learning to listen differently—and discovering creativity as a bridge between solitude and connection.micro/Maker episodes release every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday!Listen to music/Maker with Tyler Kline wherever you get podcasts, or at musicmakerpodcast.com.Support Loose Leaf Transmissions on Patreon. Follow us on social media @LooseLeafTransmissions.micro/Maker is a production of Loose Leaf Transmissions: Made for All Ears.

Brett Copeland traces his earliest artistic instincts not to formal composition, but to middle school and high school garage bands—long days spent writing riffs, experimenting with recording software, and losing track of time with friends. Playing bass and singing in punk and metal bands while simultaneously studying tuba in school band, he describes living between two musical worlds that rarely overlapped, yet both felt essential. That tension sharpened when he encountered a living composer for the first time, hearing Frank Ticheli speak passionately about his own music during an Iowa All-State Band rehearsal. It was a subtle but formative realization: composition wasn’t just something preserved on the page—it was a living practice, shaped by curiosity, care, and direct engagement with musicians.micro/Maker episodes release every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday!Listen to music/Maker with Tyler Kline wherever you get podcasts.Support Loose Leaf Transmissions on Patreon.Follow us on Instagram: @loose.leaf.transmissionsmicro/Maker is a production of Loose Leaf Transmissions: Made for All Ears.

Daijana Wallace shares how her hobbies fuel and complement her creative life, from pairing albums with cooking to her deep dive into mechanical keyboard design. She and host Tyler Kline explore how customizing her keyboard setup has even streamlined her composing and engraving process, blending practical function with sonic satisfaction.micro/Maker episodes release every Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday!Listen to music/Maker with Tyler Kline wherever you get podcasts, or at musicmakerpodcast.com.Support Loose Leaf Transmissions on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/LooseLeafTransmissions. Follow us on Instagram and Facebook @loose.leaf.transmissions.micro/Maker is a production of Loose Leaf Transmissions: Made for All Ears.