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Sound Business with Akash Thakkar — 103 episodes

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Jazz Composition, Game Audio, & Working at Valve with Tim Larkin

2

From Musician to AAA Game Audio with Chris Bolte

3

Building a Composing Career from Game Jams with Virginia Leo

4

Working Across Film, TV, Games, and Youtube with Kevin Senzaki

5

From Indie Freelance to full-time AAA Sound Design with Beatrix Moersch

6

Teaching, Composing, and Organizing Community with Noa Beazley

7

Finding your Uniqueness with Alejandro Pérez Heinze

8

From YouTube to Composing for AAA Games with Venus Theory

9

How to Freelance in 2025 with Jamie Brindle

10

Building the Blueprint of Game Audio with Alexander Brandon

11

Building a Career in New Age Music with Radhika Vekaria

12

The Business of Film Sound with Devendra Cleary

13

Building a Music Production Career from Scratch with Chong The Nomad

14

Composing Across Cultures with Mikey J

15

From Roadie to Hollywood Sound Designer with Dror Mohar

16

Sound Design and Nature Recording with Andy Martin

17

Building a 40-Year Career in Audio with Rob Pearsall

18

The Psychology of Working in Game Audio with Raison Varner

19

Becoming a Sound Designer Later On During Your Career with James Thatcher

20

Creating the Audio of The Bear with Steve “Major” Giammaria & Evan Benjamin

21

From Sound Designer to Hollywood Composer with Nainita Desai

22

Standing Out as an Audio Generalist with Nathan Moody

23

Building Team Audio with Ariel Gross

24

Building Your Own Path & Dealing with Game Industry Layoffs with Aaron Brown

25

Composing for Film & Theater with Philomène Gatien

26

Surviving Cancer & Winning Grammys with Carla Patullo

27

The Myth of Overnight Success with Aaron Cherof

28

How to Build a Composing Career with Zach Heyde

29

How to Thrive in Game Audio (Even after Countless Rejections) with Kian How

30

How to Stand Out as a Composer with James Landino

31

From the Philippines to Hollywood with Mastering Engineer Jett Galindo

32

Teaching the Art of Foley with Bastian Gerner

33

Creating a Niche of Your Own with Myuu

34

How to Move to LA (And Succeed) with Joy Ngiaw

35

How to Quickly Break In to the Game Industry with ZW Buckley

36

Releasing Hit Music (Without a Record Label) with TheFatRat

37

From Creating Metal Music to Writing for Angry Birds with Henri Sorvali

38

Creating Sound Particles with Nuno Fonseca

39

From Engineer to Voice Actor with Katherine Tole

40

Becoming a Full-Time Voice Actor with Dawn M. Bennett

41

Breaking Into Hollywood Film Scoring with Amit May Cohen

42

Becoming a Sound Designer (Without Going to School) with Chris Parker

43

Scoring for Hollywood Films with Adam Lukas and James Everingham

44

Sound Design Success in Indie Films with Nathan Ruyle

45

Staying Creative in the World of TV Scoring with Philip White

46

Building a Music Career Entirely Online with Tony Manfredonia

47

Composing for Anime, Games, and the World’s Biggest Franchises with Mason Lieberman

48

Traveling the World While Working in Game Audio with Troupe Gammage

49

Staying Confident as a Composer with Joel Corelitz

50

Working in TV, Film, & Advertising with Bill Lacey

51

Becoming a Music Editor with Adam Kallibjian

52

Finding Your Musical Voice with Azuria Sky

53

Building a Great Online Music Income with Fabiana Claure

54

Helping Musicians Grow with Mark Abrams

55

Finding Your Way in Game Audio with Anne-Sophie Mongeau

56

Working with the World’s Biggest Brands with Michele Arnese

57

From Sound Designer to Composer with Maclaine Diemer

58

How to Write Music for Film & TV with Sherri Chung

59

The Creation of Song Exploder with Hrishikesh Hirway

60

Composing for Film, TV, Games, Concerts, and more with Steve Horowitz

61

Becoming a Youtuber and Educating Musicians with Red Means Recording

62

Building, Growing, and Sustaining a Music Composing Career with Edouard Brenneisen

63

Touring, Teaching, and Improvising on the Cello with Bryan Wilson

64

Making It as a Sound Designer with Marshall McGee

65

3 Things I’ve Learned Since Last Year

66

The Tiny Decisions That Will Get Us Big Results

67

Succeeding in Post Production Audio with Vanessa Flores

68

How to Escape Your Day Job and Work in Game Audio Full Time

69

Writing Trailer Music for the World’s Biggest Movies with Sigurd Johnk-Jensen

70

Three Ways to Make Money off of Music & Sound

71

From Humble Beginnings to Full-Time Composer with Star Victoria Power

72

Becoming a Full-Time Music Producer with Bad Snacks

73

The Questions You Need to Ask Every Client

74

Restarting Your Career with Jongnic Bontemps

75

The Business of Game Audio & Teaching the Next Generation with Michael Sweet

76

How to Prepare For GDC (And Any Other Networking Event) - The Video Game Composer Podcast

77

Music, Sound Design, or Both? How to Choose Which One to Do

78

The Business of Voice Acting with Fryda Wolff

79

The Visibility Cloak Method: How Composers Can Find Work

80

How to Make a Music Career a Reality with Lena Raine

81

How to Build a Career from Anywhere

82

How to Always Stay Creative with Unlike Pluto

83

Know Exactly How to Spend Your Time with the Four Seasons Method

84

Working with the World’s Top Brands & Creating Twenty Thousand-Hertz with Dallas Taylor

85

Taking a Holiday Break + Some Announcements!

86

Why You Need to Move to a Big City to work in Audio... and Why You Don‘t

87

Making Your Own Path in Music, Just Showing Up, & Touring with Omniboi

88

Game Audio & Music Law with Cory Shackelford

89

Hitting #1 on the Charts with Thomas Powers of The Naked and Famous

90

Building an Online Presence, Going Indie, & The Truth of Talent with Luna Shadows

91

Making It as a Game Composer, Side Hustles, & Helping Others with Ryan Ike

92

Touring with the Lumineers, Making Your Own Luck, & Saying ”Yes” with Stelth Ulvang

93

Coaching Artists, Transitioning Careers, & Following Your Intuition with Alarke

94

The Rise of the Musician Entrepreneur with Doug Rogers of EastWest

95

Working on Hollywood‘s Biggest Movies with Jason Poss

96

The Myth of the Creative Grind, Growing a Personal Brand, & Being a Balanced Artist with Dot

97

Creative Flow, Following Your Intuition & Loving the Practice with DiViNCi

98

Creating Sound Libraries, Pivoting Careers, and Building Teams with Jason Cushing of SoundMorph

99

Mental Health, the Myth of Talent, and Impostor Syndrome with Sydney Kjerstad of Smart Game Piano

100

Creating Plug-ins, Non-Traditional Careers, and Starting a Business with Ivo Ivanov of Glitchmachines

101

Punk Music, Orchestral Mixing, and Audio Engineering with Jason LaRocca

102

Touring, Music Entrepreneurship, and Live Show Designing with Laura Escudé

103

Working in Games & Film, Being Rejected, and Helping Others with Austin Wintory