I started a record label.
I’m launching a micro-indie record label and I could really use your help!
music
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.
The physics of music, illustrated.
Check this out: guitar strings silhouetted against the sky, filmed from the inside of a 12-string guitar as someone plays a tune called “Lick Mountain Ramble.” The “stop-motion” effect induced by the very nature of video lets us see the lengths & shapes of the waves which are resonating through each string.
The mysterious power of music: treating dementia.
The title of this post on NPR’s site says it all: For Elders With Dementia, Music Sparks Great Awakenings.
We are so deeply connected to music I don’t think we yet understand the breadth and depth of it.
Noteflight – great cloud notation software.
There are so many amazing things happening online now with music and audio software. More and more is possible with software that doesn’t even live on your computer. Noteflight, a cloud-based music notation program, is one example of this. It doesn’t compare to Sibelius and Finale (yet), but considering it’s all taking place through a website… it’s fantastic. And of course, this engenders an entire social facet of the music-creating experience that never existed until now.
Most identifiable drummers.
I’m continuing with my drummer lists and keeping it short and sweet this time around. Here is my shortlist of drummers you’d recognize on any song. Their sound and feel and style are so distinct that their fingerprint on the music they play is every bit as unique and influential as a great singer’s voice. Is it a coincidence that so many of them played with iconic singers and bands?
Modular score elements for the webseries, “and Boris.”
I have finally gotten around to sharing some of the modular score elements I wrote for David Kronmiller’s webseries, and Boris. There is a lot of music in here that I didn’t write, and I had no part in any editing or mixing of music or sound. I just wrote some fun percussion cues, part acoustic and part synthesized, for David to use in his work wherever and however he chooses.