Fellow composition podcaster Tom Snively has been producing new tracks weekly and picking them apart on his show Making My Own Music. However, his inner composer was dormant for many years as he worked as a computer programmer, then as a financial planner. In this episode of Composer Quest, I talk with Tom about his new venture to make a career out of composing and producing. He’s been experimenting with writing video game scores, jazz saxophone tunes, new age music, and a spoken word track based on Philly cheesesteaks.
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Production resources mentioned in this episode:
- Joe Gilder’s Home Studio Corner blog
- Graham Cochrane’s Recording Revolution blog
- Joe and Graham’s podcast, Simply Recording
- Ian Shepherd’s production advice blog
- de la Mancha freeware VST plugins
- Chiptune SFX: bfxr (Windows/Mac/web), cfxr (Mac)
- Cliff Ravenscraft’s Podcast Answer Man
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Episode Soundtrack
For more of Tom’s music, visit TomSnively.com or his soundcloud page.
- 0:00 – Rondo Quest, an original Composer Quest intro by Tom Snively
- 1:19 – Morning Coffee (disquiet0100-vaporwave)
- 1:52 – Joe Degiovanni’s Patron Jingle by Charlie McCarron (see patreon.com/charlie)
- 2:53 – Fusion
- 8:16 – Theme from Pill (Global Game Jam 2014)
- 15:48 – Rue’s Whistle (based on the Hunger Games)
- 17:46 – 8-Bit Frenzy
- 22:03 – Born in Philadelphia Suburbs
- 24:06 – Follow the Advice of Your Heart (Fortune Cookie Quest)
- 31:47 – Weird Marriage by Adam Carlin
- 32:41 – Weird Marriage Remix by Charlie McCarron
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