#148 - Geoffrey Day Interview (Atomic Heart, Viscerafest, DOOM, AI, Leadership, Mick Gordon etc.)

Geoffrey Day is a video game composer that has become a youtube sensation for his DOOM/Argent Metal remixes of game music. He recently composed for Atomic Heart and Viscerafest. SOCIAL MEDIA TWITTER-@geoffplaysguit INSTAGRAM - @geoffreydaymusic YOUTUBE - @GeoffPlaysGuitar Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/geoffplaysguitar #atomicheart #viscerafest #doometernalTIMESTAMPS00:00 - Intro00:45 - Geoffrey Initially Thought Mundfish Contacting Him Was Spam02:37 - Geoffrey Gets Spam Collaboration Emails Everyday04:10 - Pitch From Mundfish For Atomic Heart06:04 - Geoff Was A Given A List Of Russian Songs To Pick To Remix/Composition Of Russian Songs07:45 - Evolution Of Zyvozdnoe Leto Track10:51 - Deadline To Submit Songs13:19 - Who Did The Mixing On The Game14:13 - Geoff’s Interaction With Mick Gordon15:10 - People Mistaking Geoff’s Music As Mick Gordon’s/Admiration For Mick Gordon17:40 - Overlap Of Composing For Viscerafest/Burnout20:07 - Imposter Syndrome/Negative Comments23:20 - How Geoff’s Work As A Software Engineer And People Manager Transferred To His Music Career26:34 - Lockdowns Are The Reason Geoff Ended Up On His Current Path/How Geoff Started Doing DOOM Game Covers30:41 - Dangers Of AI Music Technology33:00 - Kiwi’s Thoughts On AI/Geoff Used Moises To Get Stems To Compose On Atomic Heart34:10 - Cleaning Up The Stems From Moises Before Sampling35:25 - Seeing The Flaws In The Stems The Original Russian Songs/Modernising Vocals36:10 - Mixing References While Composing/Fan Remastering Arlekino/Metal Vs Pop Vocals37:50 - Geoff’s Patreon Perks39:09 - How Geoff Decides What To Do DOOM Remixes Of41:35 - How The Super Metroid Ridley DOOM Remix Came About/Skyrim DOOM Mod43:30 - Working With A Team On Covers44:00 - Viscerafest & Atomic Heat Caused Geoff To Spend Less Time On His Youtube Channel46:04 - Geoff Loves Working With Technology & A Team47:20 - Geoffs Schedule48:45 - Always Being In A Creative State50:14 - How Geoff Deals With Ear Fatigue & Writers Block51:45 - Suffering From Insomnia52:45 - Geoff Would Like To Have Routine/Missing Working In A Office55:42 - Needing More Time57:45 - Not Being Able To Relax/Being A Workaholic59:45 - Why Geoff Doesn’t Publicly Stream Games1:01:28 - How Geoff Destresses/Getting Out Of The House1:03:48 - Time Management1:04:10 - Where Argent Metal Can Still Evolve1:07:00 - Mick Gordon Requested For Geoffrey Day To Cover Crazy Bus Song1:08:30 - Vol 2 Soundtrack/Atomic Heart OST Speculation1:11:10 - Closing Comments/Geoff’s Youtube Channel Plateauing1:12:20 - Where To Follow Geoffrey Day