EGX Rezzed is my absolute favourite gaming event to go to. It’s hosted in London across a weekend in April and is the little sibling of the much larger EGX gaming event that’s held up in Birmingham. Rezzed is all about the indie games and I love that it’s a lot less crowded than the […]
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BASCA Presents: Composing for Media ‘Question Time’
BASCA hosted a question time style debate in London on Wednesday evening and I was lucky enough to get a ticket to go along. The idea of the evening was to discuss current issues affecting music writers composing for media including film, TV, adverts and gaming, although there wasn’t much said about the gaming side […]
My First Game Jam
Before the jam I heard about the Home Of Nerds (HON) game jam through word of mouth at a meetup for game devs I went to in London. Being a composer and not a developer, I thought I’d feel a bit out of place, but there were a few other audio folks there and I felt very comfortable […]
A Composer’s Guide To Overcoming Writer’s Block
It’s always daunting starting a new piece of work. What’s even more daunting though is getting halfway through one and running out of ideas. For me, this brings about an abundance of self-doubt. If I’m not careful, I can spend an hour or two sitting and staring at the screen, wondering why the little electric […]