I started a record label.
I’m launching a micro-indie record label and I could really use your help!
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Game jam #3: cybernetic bunnies and killer veg
A bit on music audio implementation via Fmod and Unity in bullet hell video game Hare Runner, where as a cybernetic bunny you hunt the last remaining veggies.
A proxy system for testing music intensity levels
I wanted a simple way to experiment with interactive scores, implemented in Unreal and Wwise, that allows for things like changing combat intensity levels without actually having to build a game with NPC enemies, AI, etc.
So: a proxy system.
Urgency of now
I had a total blast at GameSoundCon 2022. Just a quick post to share a favorite bit of wisdom from those two days.
Old Spice Muscle Music.
In case you haven’t heard / seen / tinkered with this yet… you have to watch “Old Spice Muscle Music.” And be sure to noodle around with it after the short video is done. As a drummer and sound guy I was weirdly entertained!
Old Spice Muscle Music from Terry Crews on Vimeo.
Favorite feed: Woody’s Sound Advice by Woody Woodhall.
It’s infrequently updated and simply presented, but Woody Woodhall’s site, “Woody’s Sound Advice,” has some great stuff. This can lead them to be better (at anything you choose) today viagra...
Into the world of music publishing.
I just thought I’d share that I’m in the process of finding a publisher for what will be my very first piece of published music. It’s a set of three little piano pieces called Three Piano Miniatures inspired by birds. The total playing time is about 3 to 3 1/2 minutes and you can hear them on my Composing and Scoring page.
Anyone have any insight into the publication process, or any ideas how best to go about this? I’m waiting to hear from the first publisher now—if I find success, or a whole lot of failures, I’ll post an update.
What we love about analogue.
I found this article, “Analogue Warmth: The Sound of Tubes, Tape & Transformers,” in Sound On Sound from a few years ago. It’s a technical explanation of all the factors that appear to combine together to create that “analogue warmth” so many people talk about missing, and different ways to go about recreating it.
The mysterious power of music: hearing four pieces at once.
If I ask you to think about the song “Happy Birthday,” your brain can probably recall it for you and you can hear it playing in your head. This is called audiation.
Well, what if I asked you to hear “Happy Birthday” in your head… and at the same audiate “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” as well? Can you do it? I can’t either. Suddenly we’ve dropped off from a nearly universal, inborn ability to a very rare skill.
Now that you’re thinking about that… you HAVE to hear the Radiolab piece called “A 4-Track Mind” about the stunning and unique gift of ragtime pianist Bob Milne.