3 Potential Revenue Streams for Musical Artists and Composers

Making a living as an artist or composer is often difficult and comes with a lot of uncertainty. However, many who have musical talent tend to forget how valuable it can be in the marketplace. There are tons of ways for composers to earn a steady income. But, in order

Audiokinetic & CRAS Launch Wwise Interactive Music Certification Program

Audiokinetic Inc., the provider of cross-platform audio solutions for the interactive media and gaming industries has launched its second Wwise online certification program: the Wwise-201 Certification. As with the Wwise-101 Certification, both the learning material and the examination content for the Wwise-201 Certification have been developed in partnership with CRAS (The

Cinematic Studio Piano: A Sample Library Review

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 Review by Andrew Overfield Edited by Alyx Jones Developer: Cinematic Studio Series Composer: Andrew Overfield Sound Designer: Alex Wallbank Reviewed on: MacBook Pro 16GB DDR3 2.2GHz i7   Cinematic Studio Piano (CSP) joins the Cinematic Studio Series’ (CSS) lineup alongside Cinematic Studio Strings which I reviewed back in August. You can see this review -> HERE <-   Setup & Interface The installation is

Composing Music for Games: A Chance Thomas Book Review

Review by Andrew Overfield Edited by Sam Hughes Author: Chance Thomas Publisher: CRC Press (Taylor & Francis Group) Reviewed on: Paperback   I love reading material and I eagerly anticipated getting stuck into Composing Music for Games by Chance Thomas. Now there are many different mediums where information, guidance or education can be distributed in the world. A simple YouTube search on

The Drop That Contained The Sea: A Christopher Tin Performance Review

The Drop That Contained The Sea: A Christopher Tin Review Review by Andrew Overfield Edited by Sam Hughes Composer: Christopher Tin Performance: The Drop That Contained The Sea Venue: Barbican Centre, York Date: 16th July 2016 Andrew Overfield reviews his recent adventure at York Barbican last night, seeing Christopher Tin live.  I’d like to start off by introducing Christopher Tin. A

EastWest Hollywood Solo Series Review

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Review by Andrew Overfield Edited by Sam Hughes Developer: Sounds Online / EastWest Producers: Nick Phoenix / Doug Rogers Sound Engineer: Shawn Murphy Composer: Andrew Overfield Reviewed on: Mac / Logic Pro 9   When I was approached to review another EastWest product I jumped at the chance. I always love playing around with new toys and I had a

The Cloud: An EastWest ComposerCloud Review

Review by Andrew Overfield Edited by Sam Hughes Developer: Sounds Online/East West Composer: Andrew Overfield Reviewed on: Mac / Logic Pro 9 You don’t get much bigger than EastWest when it comes to virtual instrument production, and as one of the market leaders an innovators for the last 27 years it’s not hard to see why. At the