Tom Libertiny is an award-winning composer, author, photographer, and director. He creates stories with intention across words, visuals, and music.
2026 September 29 I’m a fan of Rick Beato. He is one of the best musician interviewers in a generation, and a great deal of that skill comes from the fact that he is a musician himself. Plus, he understands how music is made, creatively and technically, and the business…
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2026 July 10 Most artists eventually confront the same question. A collector admires a limited-edition book or a singular work but cannot pay the full amount at once. Should the artist extend credit or propose more flexible payment arrangements? Such offers can feel generous. In many industries they count as…
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2026 May 4 One of my New Year’s resolutions at the beginning of 2024 was to write, record, and release twenty-four songs during the year. This represented a significant change for me. Usually it takes me a long time to complete a song. This is partly because I begin by…
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2025 January 8 I’ve significantly changed my workflow as I continue to build my movie scoring and music video business. My focus is on refining techniques and processes to increase the artistic aspect of a project while reducing the time to completion with the subsequent financial savings. 3 Benefits of…
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2024 October 31 There are mornings when I wake up and a new song is fully formed in my head. All I need to do is write down the lyrics and record a demo version of the music. Then I usually set the demo song aside and come back to…
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2024 October 11 As a kid, I read Ayn Rand, Frank Herbert, Franz Kafka, Arthur C. Clarke, Ernest Hemingway, and many other great writers. Like them, my motivation has always been to tell a good story. With the ongoing Artificial Intelligence (AI) revolution occurring in the arts and business, I’m…
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2024 July 17 I was fortunate to have parents who forced me to start taking piano lessons each day after school when I was in 2nd grade, something I initially hated doing. Thanks to my teacher’s infinite patience, she also taught me how to read and write music. In hindsight,…
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2024 June 26 Null Paradox is an interactive steampunk rock opera consisting of | 3 books | Gertrude & Grace, Victoria & Seth (upcoming), Glass Desert (upcoming). The first two books focus on the emergence of Gertrude & Grace and Victoria & Seth. Their relationships fall apart which then helps…
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2024 May 14 After decades of success and failure in live event promotion, here’s what I’ve learned. Since I’m starting the process of promoting Null Paradox for a 2025 tour in the US, I’ll give you specific examples related to this live tour. Time | 6 to 12 months Phase 1…
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