How Cadence Hira teaches music theory with Video Games & Anime • How Do You Do ep.9

Cadence Hira makes YouTube videos teaching music theory through the lens of video game music and anime and she has got over 100k subscribers doing so. So today we're chatting about the challenges involved in making educational music content and also how she built her audience from the ground up. Check out Cadence's YouTube:    / @cadencehira   Welcome to How Do You Do, the podcast where I chat to successful creatives about how they do what they do! You can watch on YouTube and Spotify and also listen wherever you get your podcasts. How Do You Do is presented and produced by ‪@DavidBennettPiano‬ 0:00 Introduction & Cadence’s YouTube journey 1:06 Finding her format & the breakout moment 4:06 Why video game & anime music? 5:32 Splatoon & wild video game soundtracks 7:20 Finding video ideas 10:05 The rise of music theory YouTube 15:15 100k subscribers, imposter syndrome & recognition 19:07 Burnout, upload schedules & working solo 21:11 Editing and mistakes 24:35 Copyright struggles 32:05 Re-uploads, corrections & future-proofing videos 35:40 Advice for new YouTubers