531 - Risks that Land Big Jobs, Be Your Own Client & Find Your Sound with Composer Oli Julian

Creative Pep Talk

Education, Business, Arts, Design

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🗓️ 19 November 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Feeling lost on the creative journey? Download our 7 step Creative Career Path Handbooklet for FREE by signing up to our newsletter: http://andyjpizza.substack.com --- If you’re used to doing work for clients, it can be tough to then create your own solo project. On the other hand, if you’re only used to doing your own thing, working for a client can feel impossible! How do you find yourself and your creative voice in the mix of all of this? This is one of the many topics I dive into on today’s episode with Composer Oli Julian. Oli is the composer for Netflix’s new animated Roald Dahl adaptation of “The Twits”, and has a huge wealth of experience doing music for television for the likes of Sex Education and The Complete Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin. This was a guest from a very different side of the creative industry, hope you enjoy! SHOW NOTES: Oli Julianhttps://www.olijulian.co.uk The Twitshttps://www.netflix.com/title/81612165 Producer / Editor: Sophie Miller http://sophiemiller.coAudio Editing / Sound Design: Conner Jones http://pendingbeautiful.coSoundtrack / Theme Song: Yoni Wolf / WHY? http://whywithaquestionmark.com SPONSORS:SQUARESPACEHead to https://www.squarespace.com/PEPTALK to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code PEPTALK AEROPRESSCheck out Aeropress and use my code PEPTALK for a great deal: https://aeropress.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Being an artist, a lot of it is about having a point of view, having something to say.
0:05.0	However, that is kind of easier, harder than it sounds, actually.
0:11.0	Easier said than done.
0:13.0	How do you know what you want to say?
0:16.0	How do you pick something?
0:17.0	How do you find something that resonates deep enough with you to put it into some
0:22.8	art that you spend time and energy on? This is especially difficult for those of us that got our
0:28.7	start in more of a client work capacity. How do you move from someone kind of telling you, this is
0:35.7	what it needs to say and you got got to bring it to life to,
0:37.8	you've got to start it from scratch.
0:40.4	It can be, even if you're used to that,
0:42.4	it can be easy to get to a point where like,
0:44.3	I don't even know what I want to say.
0:46.6	Today on the show, I've got Ali Julian.
0:49.3	Ollie Julian is a composer for TV shows like Sex Education.
0:53.1	He just did the soundtrack for the movie The Twits,
0:57.6	which is based on a Roll doll book,
1:01.2	and it's on Netflix.
1:02.5	We just watch it with our kids.
1:03.9	The soundtrack is just so good.
1:05.9	It's super silly and a lot of cool, fun stuff
1:09.8	is going on in that music. And also, David Byrne from
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