Akash Thakkar interviews successful audio professionals from every corner of the music and sound industries. From educators, performers, pop stars, game audio professionals, voice actors, composers, sound designers, plug-in designers, audio programmers, and everything in between, we dive deep into the business and mindset skills it takes to ”make it” in the worlds of music and sound.
Episodes
Wednesday May 24, 2023
Wednesday May 24, 2023
#49: Today's guest is Mason Lieberman, a composer for games, TV, film, and anime. He has worked on a huge variety of projects including RWBY, Beyblade, Gundam, Apex Legends, and PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG).
In this episode, we talk about how Mason grew such a successful career in a short amount of time, how he learned to write in so many musical styles, how he networks with people around the world, and so much more.
Find Mason Lieberman here:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mason.lieberman/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MasonLieberman
Personal Website: https://www.masonlieberman.com/
And if you're interested in making music and sound for games, I have a newsletter and free courses that will get you started, and help you find paying work in games. Just go to http://www.bit.ly/soundbizpod
Wednesday May 10, 2023
Wednesday May 10, 2023
#48: Today's guest is Troupe Gammage, a composer, voice actor, and sound designer who's currently travelling the world and not staying in one place for very long.
In this episode, we talk about Troupe's work on games such as Solar Ash and Lord of the Rings Online, how he learned the skills of both music and sound design, and how he got into voice acting and voicing multiple characters. We also talk about his days touring with his bands SPEAK, RAC, and The Chain Gang of 1974 and how he's managing his work as a frequent traveller.
Find Troupe Gammage here:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/troupegammage/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/troupegammage
Personal Website: https://www.troupegammage.com/
And if you're interested in making music and sound for games, I have a newsletter and free courses that will get you started, and help you find paying work in games. Just go to http://www.bit.ly/soundbizpod
Wednesday Apr 26, 2023
Wednesday Apr 26, 2023
#47: Today's guest is Joel Corelitz, who is a composer for film and games based in Chicago. He has worked on a large number of projects such as Hyper Light Breaker, Halo Infinite, Solar Ash, Death Stranding, The Unfinished Swan, and many others.
In this episode, we talk about Joel's creative process, how he ended up working on such huge projects despite his distance from LA, what he does when feeling a creative block, and so much more.
Find Joel Corelitz here:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joelcorelitz/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/joelcorelitz
Personal Website: https://joelcorelitz.com/
And if you're interested in making music and sound for games, I have a newsletter and free courses that will get you started, and help you find paying work in games. Just go to http://www.bit.ly/soundbizpod
Wednesday Apr 12, 2023
Wednesday Apr 12, 2023
#46: Our guest today is Bill Lacey, a grammy-award winning sound designer, re-recording mixer, and mastering engineer based in New York City. He has worked on countless projects including Major League Baseball, the Halo TV series, Showtime, and much more.
In this episode, we talk about the industry changes Bill has seen in his time in the audio field and how he broke into doing such a varied amount of projects. We also talk about his teaching work and how he brings up the next generation of audio students, and why he's still pushing himself to learn new things such as game audio even with an established career in the world of TV, film, and advertising.
Find Bill Lacey here:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/protoolsmixer
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bill-lacey/
And if you're interested in making music and sound for games, I have a newsletter and free courses that will get you started, and help you find paying work in games. Just go to http://www.bit.ly/soundbizpod
Wednesday Mar 29, 2023
Wednesday Mar 29, 2023
#45: Our guest today is Adam Kallibjian, who is a composer and music editor based in Los Angeles. He has worked on projects such as The Last of Us 2, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Spider-Man: Miles Morales, and much more.
In this episode, we talk about what a music editor does, how to break into this field, and how there are countless different ways to get to the career of your dreams in music or sound.
Find Adam Kallibjian here:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamkallibjian/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/adamkallibjian
And if you're interested in making music and sound for games, I have a newsletter and free courses that will get you started, and help you find paying work in games. Just go to http://www.bit.ly/soundbizpod
Wednesday Mar 15, 2023
Wednesday Mar 15, 2023
#44: Our guest today is Azuria Sky, AKA Sky Lu, who is a composer and producer based in Los Angeles. While Sky has worked on games such as Solar Ash and is currently working on Hyper Light Breaker, she's also known well-known in the world of electronic music production.
In this episode, we talk about how Sky found her voice as a musician, why she decided to sing on her own music despite being told she couldn't be a vocalist, and how she taught herself to create music in her own style, and much more.
Find Azuria Sky here:
Personal Website: https://azuriasky.cc
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/azuriasky/?hl=en
Twitter: https://twitter.com/azuria_sky
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/azuriasky
And if you're interested in making music and sound for games, I have a newsletter and free courses that will get you started, and help you find paying work in games. Just go to http://www.bit.ly/soundbizpod
Wednesday Mar 01, 2023
Wednesday Mar 01, 2023
#43: Today's guest is Dr. Fabiana Claure, who is an award-winning pianist, educator, business strategist, and entrepreneur who occupies a great niche in-between music, business, and helping musicians make a great living from their art. She's also the CEO of the The Musician's Profit Umbrella.
In this episode we talk about the struggles that most musicians deal with and how to get through them, particularly business struggles. We also talk about what business skills actually are and how to start developing the mindset of an entrepreneur as a musician.
Find Fabiana Claure here:
Personal Website: https://fabianaclaure.com/
Business Mentoring: https://fabianaclaure.com/gift
And if you're interested in making music and sound for games, I have a newsletter and free courses that will get you started, and help you find paying work in games. Just go to http://www.bit.ly/soundbizpod
Wednesday Feb 15, 2023
Wednesday Feb 15, 2023
#42: Our guest today is Mark Abrams, a mixing engineer, producer, and audio educator who has worked with people such as Angel Lopez and clients such as Sony, Toyota, Nintendo, and many others. He is also a mentor at PureMix.com and runs the company Echopunch.
In this episode we talk about how important it is to promote our music and how to do it, how to help others in our field and how helping others helps us, and how to start looking at our music career as a business so we can start getting the career results we really want.
Find Mark Abrams here:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mark_abrams_audio/
Personal Website: https://www.markabramsmixing.com/
pureMix website: https://puremix.com/
echopunch website: http://echopunch.com/
And if you're interested in making music and sound for games, I have a newsletter and free courses that will get you started, and help you find paying work in games. Just go to http://www.bit.ly/soundbizpod
Wednesday Feb 01, 2023
Wednesday Feb 01, 2023
#41: Today's guest is Anne-Sophie Mongeau, a sound designer based in Montreal, Canada. She has worked on projects such as Shadow of the Tomb Raider and It Takes Two. Anne-Sophie is currently the lead sound designer at Eidos Montreal.
In this episode, we talk about Sophie's growth as a sound designer, her leaving Eidos Montreal to work in Sweden, and what it's like to return to Eidos many years later to work on a new project. We also discuss what new sound designers should be focusing on to grow their careers and much more.
Find Anne-Sophie Mongeau here:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anso.sound/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ansoaudio
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anne-sophie-mongeau-50483185/
Website: https://ansoaudio.com/
And if you're interested in making music and sound for games, I have a newsletter and free courses that will get you started, and help you find paying work in games. Just go to http://www.bit.ly/soundbizpod
Wednesday Jan 18, 2023
Wednesday Jan 18, 2023
#40: Our guest today is Michele Arnese, who is the founder and CEO of amp sound branding. Based in Munch, Germany, amp has done audio branding for top companies such as Mercedes, Mastercard, Porsche, and much more.
In this episode, we talk about what audio branding is and how Michele got into the field, how he brought his company to work with all these big names, and how he's using AI in audio work and much more.
Find Michele Arnese here:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_michelearnese/
And if you're interested in making music and sound for games, I have a newsletter and free courses that will get you started, and help you find paying work in games. Just go to http://www.bit.ly/soundbizpod