We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Broxa Benesh. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Broxa below.

Hi Broxa, thanks for joining us today. Did you always know you wanted to pursue a creative or artistic career? When did you first know?

I started taking piano lessons at a very young age and grew to love performing and arranging my own music more than anything. Music was a way for me to express both my joys and my grievances and as I grew more experienced I became comfortable in my compositional side, especially finding a love for film composition. I believe that films are a way to connect people with emotions they may not be able to express themselves. They are important in helping us relate to our own life experiences- told through others’ stories. The music that accompanies these experiences help us connect on a deeper level, and I wanted to be a part of that. I decided to pursue a Film Scoring education at Berklee with the goal to turn my passion and skill into a career, where I had the chance to try many different things. From minoring in conducting, to performing as a pit musician, being a session cellist, and scoring indie short films, I ultimately found the path of music editing for film and tv through a mentorship with an editor. I fell in love with the concept of working technically within a film to piece together music, work closely with composers, supervisors, and directors, and to still have a creative say in the process. At that moment, I knew exactly what I wanted to strive for and how I wanted to challenge myself to get there.

As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?

I’m a music editor and media composer based in LA, with a passion for performance and musical direction. Using my knowledge as a multi-instrumentalist and coming from a classical/contemporary background, I take advantage of my strengths and how I can apply them to each project.

As a composer I specialize in electroacoustic textures, using my skills as a multi-instrumentalist to create a balance between natural sounds and sound design. I approach music writing through a film’s storytelling perspective to focus on smaller every day moments and emotions and expand on them to truly relate to listeners’ collective experiences. Writing both for various forms of media and simply just for listening has helped me to embrace style and further my brand as a textural composer. I find that the most beautiful things we can focus on are the most minute details that we often neglect in the urge to push forward with our lives every day.

As a music editor I truly aim to bring a composer’s musical ideas to life, and be an asset to their workflow. The role of a music editor isn’t only about technically working with music, it’s also about working as a liaison between composer and director, and being present within the post-production process to make sure the entire team can work together in harmony. It’s extremely important to understand both the technicalities of editing, as well as being able to connect with individuals and be on their wavelength when working through a project with so many people involved. Currently working with amazing editors at JTN Music, a film editorial collective, I am able to understand and adapt to each project and editor-composer workflow, as they are all so unique.

What’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative in your experience?

By far the most rewarding aspect of being a creative is seeing the impact your work and contributions have on people’s lives. They can be in smaller ways within our community, like being the unique perspective someone needs to take their project to the next level or solve an issue they’ve been struggling with, or in larger ways, like being the creator behind the song someone saves to their everyday playlist. I think that often times we don’t actually realize that what we think is a small contribution to the creative world, or just something that we worked on that may be simple but something we really liked may actually be the thing that impacts others the most- because we’re doing what inspires US first. Those are the things that are reflected more throughout the world because people can relate to what we feel and what inspires us to keep going; therefore inspiring others to keep listening and watching.

Are there any resources you wish you knew about earlier in your creative journey?

Growing up very independently, I never felt that I should be relying on others in any aspect of my work- I had to figure everything out myself. Now, moving forward in the industry, I want to emphasize how important it is to understand the strengths of your friends, colleagues and collaborators- not to measure them against your own but to find a balance of how you can work together to be create success. Knowing the team you have behind you and building relationships with people you can work well with who may have a different skillset than you can be beneficial both now and in the future. It isn’t and shouldn’t be a competition of who knows what and how much, it’s how you can bring your strengths and relationships together that creates the best outcome. The people you surround yourself with are your best resource.

Contact Info:

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/broxabenesh/
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiZOU4TU_-WYWSgrw_JaCpA
• Other: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3F96fbAzUMCXvkQTTjFpAO?si=3QgfoJDMSTK9cc93pqfIug
  Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/broxa-benesh/1712032751