Mary Shaw is a former Project Manager/UX Designer turned Music Composer and Producer.

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How To Finally Learn Modes (They're Not Scary)

This is how I learned the seven music modes in a way that actually makes sense, along with downloadable audio files and DAW screenshots of each.

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This Simple Home Recording Studio Gets TV Placements

In this post I’ll share my current home studio setup. It allows me to quickly write and produce music that gets regularly placed on TV.

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How I Got My First Sync Placement

In this post I'll share how I got my first TV music placement on CBS Sports thanks to a collaboration with Avery Berman and Dave Kropf from 52 Cues.

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My Travel Studio

This is my current travel studio. It's the smallest version of an "in-the-box" solution I could think of.

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New Percussion Track

Big drums. Lots of them! This was such a fun track to write. It was a brief for a Taxi listing looking for some hard-hitting percussion to support commercials.

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A Little Lofi For The Weekend

Here's a video I made for my recent Lofi Orchestral Hiphop track. Enjoy!

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Corporate Music For Videos

This was the first instrumental track I wrote on my laptop. It was a snowy day and I decided to give it a try. It's truly amazing what you can do with a simple setup.

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Being A Musician With Hearing Loss

If you're a musician facing hearing loss, don't despair. It's a lot more common than you think, and there are lots of ways to deal with it.

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