T|M Composes New Theme Music for Podcast Series:
LiveWareNetwork

Tweex Music brings new music and the announcement of a new GU and T|M podcast series this week!  We have been in the process of developing a new podcast show for a while and Friday was the day that the pilot episode was released.  The show is called LiveWareNetwork and it focuses on the VG industry, but in a very different way.  LWN reports, previews and reviews downloadable/indie games from the Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network, and the WiiWare Channel.  If the game industry follows the paths of the music and movie industry, independent games have quite the future ahead of them, and we want to make sure people know what to look for!  The show will air every other Friday, so expect to see another episode on April 30th.  You can listen to the show or you can subscribe to the iTunes channel.  I highly recommend iTunes as it will let you download each episode as SOON as they are released!

When we were discussing the concept of the show, I began to think about what kind of music would match the tone.  Indie music is only defined by how diverse it can truly be, so one particular genre would never fully define it.  I found inspiration from the Katamari Damacy franchise and the truly incredible music that has come from it.  From that spawned the idea for the theme song that we are now using.  I wanted to create a track that was ridiculously catchy, memorable, and that had infusions of many different genres in it.  Well, I am quite happy with what we have as it contains acoustic guitar, electric guitar, vocals, mandolin, electro drums, acoustic drums, human beat boxing, organ, piano, orchestral strings, synth leads, a horn section, and whistling.  To hear just how well this worked, take a listen here:

Like the other podcast shows that GU has, we wanted to create internal cues for the episodes to help accent the change in segments.  LWN required 4 different cues that all came out very well!  Each cue represents a certain section of the main theme.  And before any of you comment, yes, I know that the beginning of the fourth cue sounds like the beginning of “Free Bird”…..it wasn’t intentional .  Take a listen to them here:

LWN has already been received VERY well and we are excited to see how it will grow.  In the meantime, enjoy the music, check out the podcast, and subscribe to the iTunes channel!  Also, check back here soon as T|M has a couple new projects that will be released.  You can look forward to a new string arrangement for a old pop song and a new animation with custom sound and music!  Don’t go too far!

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