#32: Fivio Foreign & Swae Lee Producer on How Placements Really Happen | Teo Domani

Teo Domani is the Toronto producer and sample maker behind "Could It Be" by Fivio Foreign and Swae Lee. On episode 32 of The Pinnacle he breaks down how that placement actually happened. He sent a sample out, it moved through a chain of producers he had never met, and eight months later it was a major record.

We get into snippet purgatory and the records that never come out, the 20 minute timer method behind his output, why he thinks consistency beats talent, where producers should actually be sending their loops, the paid collab debate, what it took to score short films including one that screened at TIFF Lightbox, and why he believes an unknown artist is just as likely to change your career as a placement with a name.

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THE BLUEPRINT:

00:00 - The Text: "Swae Lee Just Cut This One"

00:31 - Meet Teo Domani: Producer, Sample Maker, Film Scorer

05:11 - Googling "What Software Does Joji Use" and Downloading Ableton

09:21 - Why 20 Is Not Too Old to Start Making Beats

10:29 - The Chain Begins: Sending Loops to Kierney

12:00 - A Random Tuesday in June: The Screen Recording

14:03 - The One Year Rule

14:41 - Snippet Purgatory: Records That Never Come Out

19:56 - Telegram Over Discord: Where Producers Actually Trade

20:25 - When Someone Posts an Email, Send It

23:13 - What Working Hard Actually Means

23:36 - "Talent Almost Is Irrelevant. Consistency Beats Everything."

24:13 - The 20 Minute Timer Method

27:21 - Nobody Wants to Be a Content Creator

28:34 - To Be Seen Is to Be Heard

29:14 - How Opportunities Actually Compound

30:29 - Reaching Out When You Think You Have No Reason To

32:06 - The Paid Collab Debate

34:16 - In the Session: Be Malleable, Be Coachable

35:22 - The Producers He Works With Most

39:01 - Scoring a Film That Screened at TIFF Lightbox

40:36 - The Dream Placement

45:13 - There Is Not One Linear Way to Do This

47:08 - The Hundred Record Goal

47:47 - An Unknown Artist Could Change Everything

50:53 - Advice Tweets Are Self Reminders

51:20 - Where to Find Teo