Very good point Jaap! Thanks for sharing this!
Nate
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Starting your career as a composer-sound designer (FAQ and answers)
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#43 Moderators - Reputation: 2723
Posted 17 January 2012 - 03:00 PM
What would you suggest as good digital portfolio for music?
What do you mean exactly? What is the best content? Or what are the best tools to make it easily accessible? I use Soundcloud to post and stream my content and choose to use samplers to show highlights as opposed to posting full songs. This serves as an introduction to my work.
Thanks,
Nate
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Posted 17 January 2012 - 05:58 PM
What would you suggest as good digital portfolio for music?
What do you mean exactly?
He asked that question seven months ago. Surely he isn't still looking for people to answer it now.
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Making games fun and getting them done.
www.sloperama.com
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Posted 17 January 2012 - 06:13 PM
Feeling like digging up graves, Nate? ;)
I'm sure metosummoner7 isn't the only one asking himself this, though, so it's vaild to answer that question. I'm using SoundCloud too, you can organize your tracks in sets and you get a good feedback on how many people have listened to your music, plus they can leave comments and share the music easily.
Cheers,
Moritz
I'm sure metosummoner7 isn't the only one asking himself this, though, so it's vaild to answer that question. I'm using SoundCloud too, you can organize your tracks in sets and you get a good feedback on how many people have listened to your music, plus they can leave comments and share the music easily.
Cheers,
Moritz
Check out my Music/Sound Design Reel on moritzpgkatz.de
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Posted 17 January 2012 - 10:19 PM
Tom - I realize that but as Mortiz pointed out, others might be wondering/asking the same thing and since his post somehow went unanswered I thought later was better than never. 
Since this topic is pinned (or a sticky) I view it as a long-term resource for the forum.
Moritz - Should I play Dave Matthews' Grave Digger while responding to these old posts?
Since this topic is pinned (or a sticky) I view it as a long-term resource for the forum. Moritz - Should I play Dave Matthews' Grave Digger while responding to these old posts?
#47 Members - Reputation: 881
Posted 18 January 2012 - 02:44 AM
Hehe - I was thinking of something more dramatic:Moritz - Should I play Dave Matthews' Grave Digger while responding to these old posts?
;)
Check out my Music/Sound Design Reel on moritzpgkatz.de
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Posted 10 February 2012 - 09:18 PM
Great resource thanks to everyone who posted!
Musician and Sound Designer, working my way into a career in Game Audio.
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Posted 22 February 2012 - 03:18 PM
Thanks Nathan, thats all great advice, Im glad we have people like you on this board. I've been working on the 'getting my stuff out there' part lately to good success, if you have a sec, let me know what you think of my presentation www.bradyhearn.com
Thanks again!
Brady
Thanks again!
Brady
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Posted 23 February 2012 - 01:24 PM
Thanks Nathan, thats all great advice, Im glad we have people like you on this board. I've been working on the 'getting my stuff out there' part lately to good success, if you have a sec, let me know what you think of my presentation www.bradyhearn.com
Your music is quite good! I enjoyed it! A tip though - turn off the autoplay. It can make clients and browsers upset if their speakers are turned up then suddenly music blasts at them. Another helpful tip would be to set the starting volume to around 70%. This way the user can turn it up if they so wish. Nice gallery - perhaps add some captions? Looks like you got to work with live musicians - awesome!
Other than that - your website is clean and simple to use. That's a good thing!
Cheers,
Nate
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Posted 30 March 2012 - 09:28 AM
Thanks so much Nate, I took care of the autoplay issue and went over to a Soundcloud widget, which is nice because it isnt flash, so people can play my reels with ipads and iphones. Im not sure if they have a volume control on soundcloud, but thats a good idea too, since Ive been limiting my music to -0.1 dB, so it does come off as fairly loud. Also, over the past 2 weeks Ive had access to Lawrence Manchester's (howard shore's mixer) studio, so Ive taken the opportunity to to bounce every stem from my reel and remix in his studio after-hours, its made a big difference because I could actually hear clearly, both the high and low ends.
Thanks again Nate!
Regards,
Brady
Thanks again Nate!
Regards,
Brady
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Posted 10 July 2012 - 10:04 AM
Really great advice all around - particularly the list of recommended reading near the beginning, Nate!
Feel free to listen to my current audioreels as linked in my signature. Would love any kind of feedback as I'm just starting out properly as a composer for video games and film
Feel free to listen to my current audioreels as linked in my signature. Would love any kind of feedback as I'm just starting out properly as a composer for video games and film
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Posted 19 December 2012 - 12:05 AM
I want to add my thanks for all of your advice Nate. I just landed my first paying job and am very excited. Everything on this site gave me a good foundation and reading Aaron Marks' book has been amazing. It has helped me every step of the way with getting this job, and now working on getting the contract ready. Thanks for suggesting this gem of a book!
Edited by Bakuda, 19 December 2012 - 12:07 AM.
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Posted 24 March 2013 - 03:49 AM
Nice article! Just found out about this website and it already gave me some usefull information.
I have been playing games and making music for about 10 years and just realized i would like my music in a video game one day 
This is a good place to start reading up on some stuff I am not yet familiar with.
