The goal with this piece was to try my hand at a new genre of music that has emerged in recent years which layers sound bites from famous thought leaders over motivational music. This track features clips from Steve Jobs’ famous 2005 Stanford commencement address set to some lo-fi post rock. The main challenges of this project were trimming down the lengthy speech to find the essence of it, arranging those sound bites to find the story in them, then arranging original music that could tell that story expressively. All-in-all, this piece showcases my ability to edit together a narrative that emotionally resonates with the viewer.

Apple logo silhouette created by Jonathan Mak.

Writing, recording, mixing, and additional graphics by James Bohuski