Imagine…
Something I felt inspired to put together:
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Around the world in 6 days….
I just thought I would share the past wondrous week I’ve experienced… The image says it all… it starts at the green line, and ends at the yellow line…. Let me tell you openly… the jet lag is hell. I think even my sense of gravity is reversed…. who knows..
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Writing from the train…
This is a cool new first. I’m sitting on the train, using my phone with bluetooth, posting on my blog. Cool. Not sure how to upload photos from the camera on the phone…. but that’s next time – my battery is at 19% – but it ushers in entire new possibilities for workflow.
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What is my recording, mixing, orchestrating and mastering?
People often ask me, or simply give me blank stares when I describe what it is I do with music. See, I’ll often go to a site, record the singers, musicians, etc. I’ll then end up with a “raw” source sound. I try to separate different classes of sound from each other. Often times, the…
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Some Inspiration…
Most people have seen the inspirational poster that shows a basketball sitting on the floor and an empty net hanging in the background, and the message below is “You will always miss 100% of the shots you don’t take“. My wife and I thought of a different take on it; one that is positively oriented…
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FlashForward: Live From New York
I’m sitting here in the internet cafe at the hotel, The New Yorker Hotel, for Flashforward. What an amazing conference so far. I did my talk today – it was lots of fun. Everyone was really responsive and I didn’t even notice that I had gone 15 minutes over my 1 hour. New York city…
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Legends Symphonic Composition
This is a song I wrote for my “other gig” with Harpo Productions for her huge Legends episode. This was used as a theme and on TV spots / commercials / promos for this landmark ABC prime time special. It has a huge symphonic sound, and it is one of the accomplishments of which I…
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Macromedia Flash Professional 8 Game Development
Well, the new book is out It’s called Macromedia Flash Professional 8 Game Development. Paperback: 528 pages Publisher: Charles River Media; 2 edition (June 1, 2006) It’s not a “brand new book”, it’s a “Second edition”. For those who don’t have the original, it’ll be all great and new to you. For those who have…
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Introduction to Game Development
Here’s a book I wrote a chapter in recently, and it’s a book I’m immensely proud to be a part of. This year I had the honor of writing a chapter in a truly amazing book. The book is called simply “Introduction to Game Development”, published by Charles River Media, and it is a whopping…
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Creating a Dynamic Soundtrack
Practical Web Projects, May, 2005. This is an article on how to use Flash to create a dynamically generated soundtrack. Using a careful blend of musical elements, with matching tempos, one could transition between different feelings and intensities of music, without a seams in the transition. Making a dynamic soundtrack where music seamlessly shifts to…
