Ep. 58: Danny Cocke | The Power of Perseverance
Where Are All My Friends | Discovering Creative Careers with Inspiring Entrepreneurs
English - August 10, 2020 07:00 - 57 minutes - 65.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 245 ratingsMusic Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Danny Cocke is a very successful composer. He’s had his music in trailers for Spiderman, The Avengers, Star Trek and more. On top of that he’s got a great story. His first band was signed to Linkin Park’s record label and he’s overcome cancer at a very young age! He shares deep details about his entire journey and gives great advice on the importance of perseverance when chasing your passion.
Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
3:00 - Who you are and what you do
5:47 - What led you to your career in music?
6:24 - Getting signed by Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park
8:25 - Getting diagnosed with cancer
10:24 - Building a studio and starting another band
11:38 - Putting a trailer album out and getting placements in Spiderman, Avengers & Captain America
13:14 - Working with Mike Shinoda and Linkin Park in 2000
20:40 - Writing his first trailer album
22:17 - The War of Art (Going against resistance and doing the work)
23:28 - Beating cancer at 22 and what he learned from it
28:26 - How to overcome any bad situation in life and grow from it
34:49 - How Danny had the best year ever
40:40 - What inspires you currently?
44:27 - Advice to any songwriter (the music comes first)
47:41 - The power of perseverance
48:48 - Highest highs and lowest lows
54:09 - Where can everyone find you?
Hope you enjoyed this one. If you did let us know! I’m @andrew_ftw and he’s @dannycocke