In this episode Alison Moses joins us from Los Angeles. Alison is a music supervisor at Aperture - a company that specializes in curating soundtracks for TV and movies. She oversees the music in projects including High Fidelity (Hulu), Good Girls (NBC), Fresh Off the Boat (ABC), Girls (HBO), and films including The Craft, Game Night, Neighbors, and Trainwreck. She knows how  to pick amazing tunes in part because she has DJed all over Los Angeles and she’s hosted DJ shows on KChung Radio and Resonance Extra.

A good soundtrack has always been critical for setting the vibe on a TV show or movie. We sit down with Alison to better understand how she approaches her craft. What it was like to pick songs for a TV sequel to the cult movie - High Fidelity. We also discuss how the sound track business has been impacted by the rise of video and audio streaming platforms - like why Dawson’s Creek on Netflix can’t use the original theme song, Paula Cole’s “I Don’t Want to Wait”

Follow Alison on Instagram at: @alison.wav and on Spotify at: @alison.wav. Check out Aperture Music at: aperturemusic.com

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