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Where To Find Music for Games
If you're an indie game developer then I want to help you get the most out of the music for your game. I want to help you punch above your weight and create memorable, unique game experiences that connect with people. Why? Because I love brilliant indie games and because I love to work on creative, original projects.
Playlist Oct 2017
Nuits (Arr. for Guitar) - Xenakis
Milestones of a Legend (Boxset) - Chet Baker
For Guitar - Xenakis
Symphony No 6 - Nørgård
Japanese Koto Consort - Master Musicians of the Ikuta School
A Meeting of Spirits - Gary Husband
How To Record The Drum Kit
Over the years I've found recording the drum kit to be one of the most rewarding jobs in the studio. It's a significant challenge to get right and offers many opportunities to practice mic technique in both stereo and mono configurations. In this blog I'm going to show you how I tackle it.
Private Eye VR Soundtrack Update
... We wanted the music of Private Eye VR to track the player's interaction with the environment, to support and help evolve the narrative in a subtle, cinematic way, and most importantly to immerse the player more deeply in the rich and atmospheric world of PE.
Playlist Aug 2016
The Ligeti Project (Boxset) - Gyorgy Ligeti
Century Rools - John Adams
Anything Goes - Brad Mehldau
Correspondences - Henri Dutilleux
Mnq026 - Survive
There's Always Time To Write - How To Overcome Writer’s Block
if you've ever felt that burning insecurity in yourself as you listen to another composer's amazing new work, a work that belongs to a body of work so good and consistent that you literally cry with envy, whilst you on the other hand haven't written anything for months, then this blog is for you.
How To Record A Grand Piano
How do you record a grand piano? What mics work well and where do you place them for that jaw dropping ECM piano sound?
Leave it Out
For this mockup I decided to use the Vienna Symphonic Library Orchestral Strings library in combination with Cinesamples' CineStrings Core.
Playlist June 2016
Blood Orange - Todd Sickafoose Group
Low - David Bowie
Symphony No.5- Shostakovich
Anything Goes - Brad Mehldau Trio