🤔 Who This Is For (and Who It’s Not)

This cohort is a good fit for you if:

✅ You’re a Music Composer or Sound Designer
✅ You're a freelancer
✅ You’ve been paid for your work before (in games or adjacent fields like film/TV)
✅ You want to make a sustainable full-time living, not just survive
✅ You’re tired of guessing prices or second-guessing yourself
✅ You want clients who respect your work and your time

This is not for:
❌ Absolute beginners with no client experience.

And this is not about learning how to make a better music or sound design. It’s about making a decent living with the skills you already have.

💸 Get paid as much as possible, without losing clients

In this cohort, you’ll learn a different approach:
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- Negotiation as empathy, not confrontation
- Pricing based on the client and the situation that gets you paid as much as possible
- Conversations that make clients want to pay you more

Not by being aggressive or using slimy sales tricks. But by being clear, calm, and professional.

By the end of the course, you’ll be able to:
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- Know what to charge in different situations
- Answer “What are your rates?” without freezing
- Negotiate confidently without losing clients
- Spot red flags early and avoid headaches
- Feel calm—even confident—in money conversations

This isn’t theory for someday. It’s for your next client.

👌 How the live Cohort Works

- 4 live sessions
- Small group, highly interactive
- Real examples, real scripts, real situations
- All your questions answered by Aleix during Q&A in each lesson and anytime in Discord for three weeks since the start of the course
- Private Discord community for support and to learn from each other
- Roleplaying sessions to internalize and practice what you learn in a safe environment

This is the second edition. The first one sold out and the feedback was clear: "We need more of this"

📖 What We’ll Cover

Lesson 1: Pricing, Mindset, and Empathy
Why talking about money feels scary and what to do about it.
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- Why negotiation is an act of empathy
- Why there is no industry standard (and why that’s good news)
- Why no one actually cares about game audio (and why clients still pay well)
- Hourly vs per-asset vs flat-fee (and what actually works best)
- Me-based vs client-based pricing
- The Sweet Spot: getting paid as much as possible while clients feel good about it.

You’ll walk away understanding why pricing works the way it does—not just what to say.

I was surprised when Aleix mentioned that we normally start negotiations as a confrontation. Such an incredibly pertinent statement that I had never internalized.

Oscar Flores

Music Composer and Sound Designer

Lesson 2: Discovery Calls & Offering a Price
How to turn uncomfortable calls into easy, collaborative conversations.

- What to say when they ask “What are your rates?”
- How to run a Discovery Call without sounding salesy
- What clients actually listen for (hint: not your portfolio)
- How to uncover what they truly care about
- How to figure out your minimum price and your happy price
- Three ways of offering a price (from easy to advanced), with scripts

We’ll work with real scenarios, including your own if you want.

"I didn’t expect to learn so much from real life experience-based examples from other participants as well as Aleix, and to learn how to identify red flags and a broad range of scenarios."

Aivaras Burn

Music Composer and Sound Designer

Lesson 3: Objections, Contracts, Red Flags, and Roleplaying
How to protect yourself and keep the relationship healthy.

- How to respond to “Your price is too high”
- When to negotiate and when to walk away
- How to reduce scope without killing the project
- Payment plans, incentives, and compromises
- Red flags you should never ignore
- Contract basics (what actually matters)
- Live discovery-call roleplay

We’ll work with real scenarios, including your own if you want.

Three things that really stuck with me:
Day 1 - The graphic on how much clients are willing to pay
Day 2 - “Hard Mode” negotiation
Day 3 - Reacting to objections

Guillem (Will) Rejón

Music Composer

🎁 Bonus lesson 1

Bonus Lesson 1: Roleplaying session
But wait, there's more!

During the first cohort edition we roleplayed on the third day. But students loved it so much they were left wanting more of it.

This time, we’ll dedicate an entire session to it!

I'll play a dev looking for a freelancer, and we'll have a one-to-one negotiation just as you would in real life. Then, with the whole class, we'll comment on how you did and what you can improve.

It's ok to get nervous—this is a safe space to experiment and get used to having these conversations before doing so with real clients, so that you can nail the real ones. Errors teach us the most, so it's ok to mess it up!

That said, participating in the roleplay is optional. If you really don't want to do it, you can just watch how others do it and learn from them.

"The roleplaying at the end was a highlight for sure! It pushed me to put the theory to use, and I was happy it went well :))"

Flo Delvo

Music Composer & Audio Designer

🎁 Bonus lesson 2

Bonus Lesson 2: My client-getting system
I can help you become awesome at negotiating and getting paid well... but none of it matters if you don’t have clients in the first place.

In this bonus lesson, you’ll learn a simple, repeatable system to consistently get new clients, so you’re no longer relying on luck or worrying about where the next project will come from.

You’ll learn how to attract clients both at live events and online, how to use social media efficiently, and turn past clients into repeat work and referrals.

⚡ Why This Works (And Why It’s Fast)

This works because:

- You understand why things work, not just what to say
- You practice (with roleplaying) what you learn and get immediate feedback
- You learn from others facing similar challenges
- You can ask all the questions you want in lessons and in the Discord community

Most participants use what they learn on their very next client conversation.

"I always have a hard time with doing things without knowing why. Knowing why some things work and some don't helps me feel more confident when it's time to talk to a client!"

Ariel Merritt

Freelance Sound Designer

🗣️️ You’re Not Doing This Alone

Freelancing can feel isolating.

That’s why this isn’t just a few lessons. You’ll also join a private Discord where:
- You can ask questions
- Get feedback and perspective
- Connect with other students (also freelancers and serious about their careers)
- We share opportunities if we can’t take on a project

"I still lack experience, but I am applying what I learned already and feeling much better about knowing I have tools and a community to help me navigate it all."

Matisse Verheyden

Sound Designer

Who am I?

I'm Aleix Ramon (pronounced ah-lésh).

I’ve been a freelance Game Music Composer and Sound Designer for over ten years.

But it wasn't until I learned pricing and negotiating that I could quit side jobs and make a full living from it.

I learned this the hard way, through fuck ups, stress, and trial and error.

This cohort is the shortcut I wish I had.

Now I'm sharing the knowledge in this course. I've also given talks at several video game conferences and educational events.

🪙 Investment

$450 (split in three $150 monthly payments)
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Most people only need one better-priced project for this to pay for itself several times over.

🏆 14-Day Clarity Guarantee

If you attend the sessions and after 14 days you don’t feel:
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- Clear about how to price your work
- Confident handling pricing conversations
- Better equipped to deal with clients

Email me and I’ll refund you. No friction.

🤔If You’re On the Fence, Ask Yourself This

If your next single client paid you even a bit more because of this… Would this cohort pay for itself?

If you’ve never learned about pricing your work and negotiating, what you’ll learn here can easily get you 50% more in your next project, or much more.

Sometimes that’s $500, sometimes that’s $10,000… or much more.

If your next client conversation felt calm instead of stressful…
If your next project paid better…
If you stopped undercharging every client you'll ever have from now on…

Would this be worth it?

You're late, go in before it get's too crowded! It's an awesome starter kit to upgrade your negotiations, specially if you lack experience or you're just not good at it, like me.

This has upped my game, I needed this more than I thought.

Guillem (Will) Rejón

Music Composer

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