Steven Melin on Video Game Composing, Passive Income, Networking

In this episode Nathan & Craig interview Steven Melin on composing for games, creating passive income, starting Video Game Music Alliance, formal education, networking with developers, and much more.

Subscribe to the Soundiron Podcast: https://anchor.fm/soundiron-podcast

For more info, visit our website: https://soundiron.com/

Podcast notes:

* (0:00) Intro

* (0:40) Dark Dice

* (06:40) Takeaways from cowriting with David Wise

* (08:43) Starting Video Game Music Alliance

* (12:41) Advice for new game composers

* (18:20) Beard Blade

* (23:19) Staying pragmatic & patient

* (25:25) Memorable music

* (27:25) Formal Education worth it?

* (31:57) Atlanta

* (33:16) Game Jams

* (36:15) Meeting game devs

* (40:40) Do's & Don'ts of conferences

* (45:17) Closing

Welcome to Soundiron, where the world is your orchestra! We create professional virtual instrument plugins and sample libraries for music, media, cinema, games and education. Whether you're a musician, songwriter, composer, producer, sound-designer, student or teacher, or just want to have fun making your own music, we've got you covered! 

#soundiron #musicpodcast #recording