Semm de Ruijter

Sam Cartier
Freelance composer, pianist, and music producer for various projects. Bespoke music and sounds for television, games, films, commercials, podcasts, and more. Contributed to approx. 75 Spotify releases.

Medior Music Rights & Royalty Coordinator - Copyright Power International
Responsible for accurate of royalty statements, registration of musical works with rights organizations, and control of copyrights and neighboring rights for clients.

Duty Manager – Amusement Park ‘Oud Valkeveen’
Ultimately responsible for the amusement park. Directing a daily team of approx. 40 employees. Management, cash register administration, recruitment, adjustments to company policies, communication with visitors and partners, creating work schedules, and problem-solving.

Conservatorium Haarlem: E-Music (diploma)

• Working in professional studio environments
• Composing for films, games and commercials
• Sound design, including foley and recreating sounds digitally
• Advanced music theory, including auditory assignments on recognizing tonal intervals, complex chords and chord progressions
• Music production, including working with tape machines and advanced MIDI
• History of pop and hip-hop music and music for media
• Mixing with multitracks
• Education and didactics

Studio Technology & Production, Audio Visual Academy Hilversum (diploma)

• Theory on audio
• Theory on acoustics
• Theory on mixing techniques

ProMusic Training, Amsterdam (diploma)

• Music theory
• Theory on musical instruments and their properties and application
• Composing, arranging, songwriting and improvising

Musicology, University of Utrecht

• History of music from various cultures
• Analyzing classical music pieces