Greetings!
It’s been a while. I’ve grown, you’ve grown…
The cause for my recent blackout-of-sorts is due to me finally making my way into the sound/game industry! I’m not going to name names, but I now hold the title of ‘Sound Designer’ for a company that develops video lottery terminal and digital casino games! Awesome!
Over the past… however long it’s been, I’ve moved cities, but still own my house back in Miramichi. We’ll probably be selling once my fiancee’s out of school, which will be next June. In the meantime, I’ll be working my ass off, being paid to write music and design sound. I still can’t believe I’m here, but I am, and it’s great.
Honestly, you may think that sound and music for these types of games or machines is an afterthought, but it actually isn’t, at least, no more of an afterthought most directors feel adequate sound is. This place really respects how important good sound and good music is, and with so many different projects coming out the doors, they’re keeping me QUITE busy. I’m still currently in my initial ‘ramp-up’ phase, which means they have yet to release the floodgates and dump a ton of work on my lap, but I’m getting myself prepared. Only a few gripes, I would say…
- Myself and the other sound designer are on PC’s, and we’re both Mac guys. Now, I’ll be the first to attest to the fact that you can pretty much do whatever you want on either system, but…
- I’m not able to use Logic, my DAW of choice. Instead, I’ve become acquainted with Propellorhead’s Reason (which I love) and also Cakewalk’s Sonar 8, which has taken some getting used to.
That, and I could definitely use more RAM. However, these being my only gripes, I would say that it’s pretty fantastic overall. So, what of this website?
Nothing’s going to change, although now, I’m not really hard-up for that much audio work on the side. I’ll still do it, and I’m still working away on other projects, but no longer am I really focused on Robot Cousin Soundworks as a business. It’s now more of a hobby. Besides, I can only dedicate myself for so many hours a day to music before calling it quits and taking a break.
I’m just thankful that I’m no longer tech support for people who hate me (in general). Bye bye web-hosting, hello composing.
