Ep 7: Practical Advice on Getting Gigs and Creative Constraints (Taylor Ambrosio Wood)
I had the pleasure of speaking with Taylor Ambrosio Wood, a Berklee grad, marimbist, and talented video game composer.
How to get paid as a VGM artist with Sebastian Wolff
In this dense episode of Composer Code, I chat with the guru of music business knowledge: Sebastian Wolff.
Putting a deadline on creativity with Carlos Eiene (insaneintherainmusic)
Success = consistency over perfection. That’s the biggest takeaway I took from my value-packed interview with Carlos Eiene, aka, insaneintherainmusic.
Composing for Cuphead with Kris Maddigan
I had the privilege of interviewing Cuphead composer Kris Maddigan.
Ep 3: Dealing with Creative Burnout (Steven Melin)
I sat down with my good buddy and fellow composer Steven Melin to chat about creative burnout. This recorded conversation was recently featured on his podcast, Sonic Storytellers.
Ep 2: Stealing – the Only Path to Originality (8-bit Music Theory)
I had the awesome privilege of interviewing my favorite YouTube content creator, 8-bit Music Theory.
Ep 1: How to Become a Video Game Composer (Steven Melin)
Steven Melin is a multi-talented video game composer out of Atlanta. I discovered his YouTube channel through poking around for some video game music theory resources.
Ep 0: 21 Ways to Compose Better Video Game Music (Super Marcato Bros)
The Super Marcato Bros are Karl and Will Brueggemann. They are prolific video game music composers, podcasters, performers, enthusiasts, and all-around nice guys. Their Bandcamp boasts a catalog of over 30(!) albums, each demonstrating reverence for the formative melodies of their youth. The crown jewel of their creative careers seems to be their long-standing podcast, The … Read more