Raheem Jarbo interview
Play what people are playing, listen to what people are listening to, and stay knowledgeable about as many new software innovations as you can.
Composing Memorable Melodies for Casual, Social & Mobile Games
There are many schools of thought regarding what makes great game music. This session explores the classic game tune school where melody and "stickiness" is king. Thus, players open the game at times just to hear the music and sound, and melodies get stuck in everyone's heads.
Let’s Play Audio! #007 – Creative Approach on Staccato Strings Patterns
In this video Alex Pfeffer talks a bit about different approaches on how to create a decent staccato strings pattern.
Professional Game Music Creation Tips & Avoiding Common Mistakes
This session is structured to be useful for game audio pros, amateurs, and everyone in between. Work experience and the success, discovery and errors it brings are informative and useful tools.
Let’s Play Audio! #006 – Cubase 7 VSTi/MIDI basics for switchers
In this screencast Alex Pfeffer talks about a few basic things which should get you started to become familiar with Cubase.
The Game Developer and Audio Designer Handshake
Communication between developer and external audio team has never been more important. This discussion will highlight the materials needed to properly execute a project, our process as audio designers, why it's important for the developer to understand this, and how we can improve the audio experience.
Bear McCreary interview
Just do what you love. The rest will happen.
Charles Maynes interview
My favorite quote for sound comes from Randy Thom, who has been a lovely influence and friend in my career. He says that "it's great to be able to make mistakes when going through the period of creative discovery, but that you should try to have those things be as inexpensive as possible".
Tomb Raider: The Sound of Survival
A behind the scenes interview with Composer Jason Graves and the audio team of Tomb Raider. Hosted by Zac Levi.
Mick Gordon interview
There’s only two chances you get in life to do something – when you should have done it, and right now.