Randy Thom just published a interesting blog post about his thoughts on Mistakes that aligns nicely with our current monthly theme. So, if “creating” is really about discovering something that is already there in a different or scattered form, then how best to do this discovering? You have to become a connoisseur of mistakes, accidents, and the unintentional. -- Randy … [Read more...]
10 Tips to Make You a Better Sound Designer
George Spanos has published another of his great articles on GameSound Design. This time he gives 10 (actually 11) different advices that can make you a better sound designer, no matter your field of work. I agree with almost all the tips, but as George said, this is the most important of the list: Make mistakes. Ok, so I lied. This list actually contains 11 things to make you … [Read more...]
Mistakes
"Don't be afraid to make mistakes. Mistakes are a necessary part of the creative process no matter how long you've been at it." -Randy Thom … [Read more...]
3 Common Mistakes Young(er) Sound Designers Make
Nathan Madsen, resident composer-sound designer for Madsen Studios LLC and NetDevil has published in the Angelo Panetta's Blog three articles talking about three common mistakes that young sound designers make in his first projects on sound design. Mistake #1 Don’t be too literal. I’m using the word literal in two ways: the sounds themselves are too literal and the events … [Read more...]