To end this month of "Burnout", I thought it might be fun to reinterpret the theme title and take a look at the sound design for a classic series of racing games that bear the same name. So allow me if you will, to take you... back in time! The year was 2001. It was the year the gaming world debuted the gruff yet dulcet tones of Max Payne. It was the … [Read more...]
Preventing Burnout
We are in highly creative, highly competitive, deadline-driven fields, and as such, over-exertion and long hours are often the norm. I'm been through the delirium of long crunches dozens of times and have unfortunately seen amazingly talented people fall victim to the stresses and exhaustion, ending their careers and leaving the creative field far too young. There is plenty of … [Read more...]
Re-Igniting a College Burnout
This is a guest submission from Nate Flaks. Nate is a soon-to-be-LA-based Sound Editor and half of the electronic duo Sleeping Lion. He is an alumni of Berklee College of music where he studied Film Scoring and Electronic Production & Design. In hindsight, it was arrogant to believe that I’d somehow know what “too much” was before I took on too much. … [Read more...]
Monthly Theme: Burnout
[perfectpullquote align="full" cite="Michael Gungor" link="" color="" class="" size=""]Burnout is what happens when you try to avoid being human for too long.[/perfectpullquote] Is burnout inevitable? If so, how do you manage it? If not, how do you avoid it? Does it occur suddenly or gradually? Is it self-inflicted or the result of unrealistic expectations? It seems we're … [Read more...]