Nyla Smith
Los Angeles | Composer, Strong One Music
Nyla Smith (she/her) empowers queer voices and women of color while grounding her music in vocal gospel and songwriting roots. From North Carolina to Miami, Chicago, and now LA, her genre-bending journey has made waves and drawn in deep thinkers. A passionate film composer and vocalist, she crafts organic and synthetic textures to create immersive sonic environments. At the heart of her work is the belief that stories reveal our true selves—and the music we lend them should help draw the world in.
Potential Speaking Topics:
How to Survive and thrive as an Indie Film Composer
Composing with an Artists Perspective
Empowering directors more meaningful connections w/ composers and what that could mean creatively.
Creative Collaboration in Storytelling
How to Imagine Your Creative Career
De-Westernizing Film Scoring (how directors and composers can find ways to innovate at the scoring Stage)
Starting from the Bottom
Active Listening (how to use music listening as a tool for learning)
Black Creatives Paradox (How to connect with your identity while identifying spaces that are interested in WHO you are and not just WHAT)
A Songwriters Guide To Film Scoring
Pop Music for All: Uncovering the tools that make music so moving and accessible and how can we use those tools in media music