Stephen Tanksley's guest appearances

Stephen Tanksley

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Susanna Pollack

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Previously on the podcast we've had opportunities to hear from highly specialized sound designers, musicians, and recording engineers, but we've had somewhat limited time to really dig into composition, and that happens to be one of Stephen Tanksley's areas of expertise. Stephen is a Chicago-area composer for both games and film. He has a wealth of formal music and audio training to talk about, he works on awesome projects as a freelancer (including original music for streamers and a Star Wars feature-length fan film), and he has a personal project to discuss that you're going to want access to the moment it's complete. In addition to shop talk, it was interesting to discuss issues surrounding professionalism and communication in our different focus areas and the value of participating in mentorship, both as a mentor and mentee within your community. It's always a pleasure to discuss continuous improvement with industry pros interested in making their field a better place. Go check out Stephen's work and drop him an encouraging word! Stephen's links:  @StephenTanksley on Twitter Stephen's portfolio at Virb--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gamedevbreakdown/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gamedevbreakdown/support

Previously on the podcast we've had opportunities to hear from highly specialized sound designers, musicians, and recording engineers, but we've had somewhat limited time to really dig into composition, and that happens to be one of Stephen Tanksley's areas of expertise. Stephen is a Chicago-area composer for both games and film. He has a wealth of formal music and audio training to talk about, he works on awesome projects as a freelancer (including original music for streamers and a Star Wars feature-length fan film), and he has a personal project to discuss that you're going to want access to the moment it's complete. In addition to shop talk, it was interesting to discuss issues surrounding professionalism and communication in our different focus areas and the value of participating in mentorship, both as a mentor and mentee within your community. It's always a pleasure to discuss continuous improvement with industry pros interested in making their field a better place. Go check out Stephen's work and drop him an encouraging word! Stephen's links: <ul> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/crypticjordan" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">@</a><a href="https://twitter.com/stephentanksley" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">StephenTanksley</a> on Twitter</li> <li><a href="http://stephentanksley.virb.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Stephen's portfolio</a> at Virb</li></ul>--- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gamedevbreakdown/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gamedevbreakdown/message</a> Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gamedevbreakdown/support" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gamedevbreakdown/support</a>

Composer Stephen Tanksley

Chicago-area composer Stephen Tanksley calls in to talk about composing for film and games, we discuss some of the unique projects he's worked on including original pieces for Twitch streamers and contributing to a feature-length Star Wars fan film, and Stephen fills us in on an awesome new project he's working on.