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3 Potential Revenue Streams for Musical Artists and Composers

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by Sam Hughes - 11/12/202015/12/2020 01715

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

Granulate 2: A Product Review

by Alyx Jones - 27/04/201630/01/2018 1689

Review by Andrew Overfield Edited by Sam Hughes Developer: Fracture Sounds / Will Bedford Reviewed on: Kontakt 5.5 / Mac / Logic Pro 9.1.8 Granulate 2 is a reboot from Fracture Sounds, with many new features added that were sought after in 1.0. It is an audio manipulation engine for use with Kontakt 5, that allows for powerful

Interview with “The Witch” Composer, Mark Korven

by Sam Hughes - 05/04/201627/06/2016 0747

Sam Hughes chats to composer, Mark Korven! Mark is a Toronto based award winning composer of music for film and television. His client list includes CBS, CTV, CBC, E1, PBS, and BBC. He has also composed feature film scores for acclaimed directors Deepa Mehta, Patricia Rozema and Vincenzo Natale. In 2008,

Interview with Rise of the Tomb Raider Audio Director, Jack Grillo

by Sam Hughes - 19/12/201527/06/2016 0588

Sam Hughes speaks to Audio Director, Jack Grillo about the epic adventure release Rise of the Tomb Raider! Jack has been working as a Sound Designer for the past 20 years, with experience in film, television, commercials, and video games. Early in his video game career, Jack worked as Audio Lead

Commercial Scoring Workshop Interview with Silas Hite

by Sam Hughes - 18/08/201427/06/2016 0190

The Sound Architect catches up again with Emmy-award winning composer Silas Hite who is hosting a Commercial Scoring Workshop (in partnership with iZotope) taking place September 6th, 9th, and 11th. The workshop will take place in-person in Los Angeles and is available for participants world-wide through web conference. This workshop is

Develop in Brighton 2014

by Sam Hughes - 29/07/201424/04/2016 0580

Sam Hughes of The Sound Architect visited the fantastic Develop in Brighton Conference 8-10th July 2014. For those of you unaware of Develop it is a fantastic conference between gaming professionals of all areas, where there is a fantastic array of talks to go to as well as great exhibits to

Game Music Connect 2013 Follow Up

by Sam Hughes - 19/10/201327/06/2016 0390

The Sound Architect speaks with fantastic composers John Broomhall and James Hannigan, following their highly successful event Game Music Connect 2013 in London. You can read our interview with them before hand here, Game Music Connect: Interview with John Broomhall and James Hannigan, as well as our article on the event here, Game