Q & A: Breaking into the Video Game Music Business

Posted by John on January 08th 2007 to Q & A

Queustion:

Reader D’Argo Smith, music producer/musician/sound engineer writes:

Hello, my name is D’Argo Smith, music producer/musician/sound engineer

and i was reading a question pertaining to what you need to do to get in
the music business via gaming.

i was hoping that i could get some of that information on what different
music guilds to join in order to get my foot in there somewhere!!

keep in touch!!

D’Argo

http://myspace.com/liquidiq2

Answer:

Hi there D’Argo,

Thanks for writing. Just like all music business creative jobs, there is no one “good” way to get your foot in the door. This is especially true in the kind of music I do. In video games, rarely are folks hired as “in house” composers. They are usually contracted on a game-by-game basis. This is because our work, proportionally, takes FAR less time than that of the artists and programmers who can spend anywhere from 6 to 24 months making a respectable title!

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John Seguin
Composer/Sound Designer