What's It Really Like Being a Video Game Music Composer? | ISH Interview with Steven Melin

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Students at the International School of Hague in the Netherlands recently interviewed Steven Melin to ask questions about what it's really like being a video game music composer. Topics include:
• How to make industry connections
• How to work with game developers
• Best platforms for distributing music
• How to use social media
• How to keep family first as a composer
• How to build a career as a composer
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[@SamuelLeTonqueze]

It's very generous of you to share your experience and perspective on being a video game composer. You have shared so much good advice for these young students and also for an old-timer like me.😀

[@jhonattanfarias]

I would love to have a professor like you! congrats

[@jezzaroddy]

The video I needed at this time of my life! Thank you!

[@EricGordonBerg]

I wish I had this video 10 years ago.

[@joseluishernandezseptien]

Interesting! Using MDR-Z1R headphones... Do you use them in stock form for mixing and mastering or you run an EQ curve to fix their frequency response?

[@StevenMelin]

Stock form! They definitely have a low end boost, but I absolutely adore it. For pure mixing, I’ll use my Grado Labs RS2e instead and go back and forth between it and my KRK Rokit flat monitors.

[@joseluishernandezseptien]

Thanks for sharing! Yes, I love the low end boost as well hehe - I am also surprised how well they take EQ. That's interesting.I have not listened to the Grado Labs RS2e, I hope I can listen to them one day (: @@StevenMelin

[@ayonelson-homiah6707]

Great.

[@zomb7138]

Were these music majors?

[@StevenMelin]

Middle / High school musicians!

[@wrightstuffmusic]

Steven was very kind with his time and helped give advice to a range of students studying the IB in The Hague. They all play music and study it through composition, performance or with 1:1 lessons. But this was a next level discussion!

[@CookieThug]

this is more of a social media/marketing seminar… where is the composing stuff 😂 but it’s still good material here about networking

[@joelstanley2035]

Nice seeing this! #NAME? Promo sm.