SHIBbYinc Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 I am a 21 year old musician looking to do some composing for video games, I have been a gamer ever since my first sega back when i was like 5 and now I want to take my musical training to world of composing for video games. Email: Shiby@mts.net Will work for free. (I just love making music) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MkVaff Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 I am a 21 year old musician looking to do some composing for video games, I have been a gamer ever since my first sega back when i was like 5 and now I want to take my musical training to world of composing for video games.Email: Shiby@mts.net Will work for free. (I just love making music) Someone with a little more time than myself is going to likely tell you fairly politely that this was a nice post, but probably won't get the response you want. Perhaps that person may even direct you to more useful places for you to advertise your offer, as well as maaybe some pointers on attracting the attention of game developers. This is what I have forseen - because I am the oracle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Sounds Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 Well, there's http://www.ocremix.org/forums/showthread.php?t=23403 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abadoss Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 I am a 21 year old musician looking to do some composing for video games, I have been a gamer ever since my first sega back when i was like 5 and now I want to take my musical training to world of composing for video games.Email: Shiby@mts.net Will work for free. (I just love making music) Also, please don't work for free. That makes it extremely difficult for those of us that would eventually like to make a living off of composing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyne Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 Someone with a little more time than myself is going to likely tell you fairly politely that this was a nice post, but probably won't get the response you want. Perhaps that person may even direct you to more useful places for you to advertise your offer, as well as maaybe some pointers on attracting the attention of game developers. This is what I have forseen - because I am the oracle. No, you are McVaffe and you speak the truth. Hail to the king, baby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meteo Xavier Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 I am a 21 year old musician looking to do some composing for video games, I have been a gamer ever since my first sega back when i was like 5 and now I want to take my musical training to world of composing for video games.Email: Shiby@mts.net Will work for free. (I just love making music) Ways to improve your advertisement: Part 1. 1. Know where it is your advertising on. There are plenty of composers here already, more so than game makers. You're offering sand to someone who needs water. A good solution would be to find Independent Game Programmer forums and post there. 2. Post examples of what you've done. This is the internet and you are almost literally competing with the whole world. If you cannot post MP3 examples.... well, you've already gone further than you could go here. 3. Post a reasonable amount of information. This is a blurb at most. Two to three full paragraphs is a good size. 4. Post relevant information. What do we care how long you've been playing video games for when we don't know what kind of music training you've had? A bulleted list of training plus equipment, no more than 8 bullets is usually good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHIBbYinc Posted May 21, 2009 Author Share Posted May 21, 2009 Thanks for all of the help for the most part, so I am gonna whip up some .mp3's and throw them up in a few days then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meteo Xavier Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 Thanks for all of the help for the most part, so I am gonna whip up some .mp3's and throw them up in a few days then. Just don't get mad at us if we compare it to vomit then, ok? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Ascher-Weiss Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 Can't wait to hear your material! This is exciting, great to see people who just love doing music for the sake of it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abadoss Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 Can't wait to hear your material! This is exciting, great to see people who just love doing music for the sake of it! Uh... then how come you don't frequent CMC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prophetik music Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 Just don't get mad at us if we compare it to vomit then, ok? beat me to it. i should point out, Shiby (or whatever the hell your name is), that if you're offering to do this for free you're almost definitely fitting into two of these three categories: 1. under the age of 19 or 20 2. a poor musician 3. someone who won't stick it out to the end of a project the only reason to compose for free for any game is because you can't get a job doing it elsewhere. if you ARE a good musician, advertise that you'll charge competitive rates, not that you'll do it for free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meteo Xavier Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 the only reason to compose for free for any game is because you can't get a job doing it elsewhere. if you ARE a good musician, advertise that you'll charge competitive rates, not that you'll do it for free. I don't know, there's a lot of people who come here looking for tracks that don't want to pay $$$ for professional work. That slipshod vacancy always seems to be open. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoboKa Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 That, or make connections. That's how I got in with the Microsoft Arcade game industry =p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHIBbYinc Posted May 21, 2009 Author Share Posted May 21, 2009 How do you put original music on this website? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prophetik music Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 you don't, that's why it's called overclocked REMIX. go to myspace, get sucked into that festering hellhole. edit: you're right, meteo, there's lots of people who want to undercut professional composers by using amateur stuff, most of which is crap. good games rarely use crappy music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Ascher-Weiss Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 you can e-mail your songs as attachments to shnabubula at aol dot com and I'll upload them to my webspace and post links in this thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulinEther Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 i'm excited. i'm not sure why but this thread is such a hype-builder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meteo Xavier Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 How is that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gario Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 Well, if you need a place to post your music here, I'd recommend this. That's dedicated to original works so posting some example works should be perfect, from there. Just don't expect to see any job opportunities - it's like trying to sell milk to a cow, here. If your looking to write something just for fun why not look into it here or here? I'm sure many of those people are looking for musicians just like you - willing and (assumingly) able. If you post your music here I'm not sure you'll have any better chances finding work, but you might get some useful critiques of your music. Good luck with this (and McVaffe, your damn good with your predictions...). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abadoss Posted May 23, 2009 Share Posted May 23, 2009 i'm excited. i'm not sure why but this thread is such a hype-builder. The presence of McVaffe tends to do that to us... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulinEther Posted May 23, 2009 Share Posted May 23, 2009 It's not merely McVaffe... it's this aspiring composer who is about to prove himself either really talented or really pathetic... and Sam seeming so genuinely thrilled to help him... And... I have nothing better to do in my life I'm so pathetic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dj Mokram Posted May 23, 2009 Share Posted May 23, 2009 Will work for free. (I just love making music) Basically, you're pointing to the fact that you put absolutely no value in your own work. Which is not the most appropriate way to appeal to recruiters to say the least. And simply not the way the real world works. To make a parallel with a game, you're at square one. Don't try to fight the last battle if you haven't proved you can at least hold a weapon. That weapon is called: common sense. Good luck in your musical projects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulinEther Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 Basically, you're pointing to the fact that you put absolutely no value in your own work.Which is not the most appropriate way to appeal to recruiters to say the least. And simply not the way the real world works. To make a parallel with a game, you're at square one. Don't try to fight the last battle if you haven't proved you can at least hold a weapon. That weapon is called: common sense. Good luck in your musical projects. OMG THIS IS THE PART where he comes and displays his awesome compositional abilities to smite all our opinions! Or... maybe life isn't like a cheesy, trite Hollywood movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mustin Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 The suspense is killing me! ...I hope it'll last! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Ascher-Weiss Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 still no e-mail....maybe the guy got discouraged or somethin.. that's too bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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