Unfortunately, internships and beginner-friendly entry level jobs in game audio are few and far between. So, it’s more important than ever before to generate our own experience. Whether it be through game jams, student work, or mini-projects that satiate your curiosity, all of those little bits of experience go a long way. The output doesn’t always need to be amazing, but the sheer fact that you’re doing something, *anything*, of your own accord is immediately impressive.

As we become more advanced in our skillset, we can also become more frustrated. The smallest things start to become tougher as we refine, hone in, and improve in the tiniest ways. And often, our attempts feel like they yield no results whatsoever. It feels like the total opposite of when we were a total beginner, where massive improvements were much easier to make. But that frustration is often a sign of learning and progress. Yes, a good teacher, system, or tutorial can get

Many moons ago after one of my classes at Berklee, I remember overhearing the always-wonderful Michael Sweet say something to another professor: "Anyone can be taught to be a good composer." Even though I was but a humble eavesdropper in that moment, that statement has stuck with me ever since, and I feel you can fill in the word "composer" with almost anything. While it often feels that meany of the skills we need to learn to become full-time creatives are mysterious and imp

I’m in the midst of running my cohort-based course for boosting the careers of those in game audio, and this week, we started to work on our positioning. We’re really starting to think more deeply on the sorts of problems that we audio folks are truly solving. Ultimately, we’re wondering: What are we helping with that goes beyond just “making good sound/music?” All too often, we think just because a developer or director says they need audio, that that’s the only issue we’re

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