Posts Tagged ‘Gaming Union’

Ok, so last time I’m posted something (almost a year ago), I said that I would start to post more often. It’s hard to see how I might failed any worse. But alas, I am back and ready to post something fresh!

Over and GamingUnion.net, we recent ran a competition for fans and community members to get some free merch from a video game apparel company called GamerPrint. As apart of the promotion for the competition, I wrote a small piece of music to advertise the contest. I was joined by Lauren Kearvell (the PR manager at GU) on the vocals and she did a great job!

What’s great about this piece is that this is the first time I’ve been able to record myself playing both the ukulele and the harmonica. Lots of fun all around. Take a listen!

I should have another song like this coming soon! Keep your eyes peeled!

New Commercial for Zallag Games:
Gods vs Humans
Crazy Arenas

My goodness, has it really been two months since my last post?!?  My sincerest appologies for the lack of activity here; life has been super duper busy!  Well, the hiatus is over and I’m back in the saddle.  Take heart: just because there haven’t been posts doesn’t mean that I haven’t been developing more content.  In fact, just the oposite is true.  I have a boatload of material to release for you all over the next few weeks!  That being said, let’s get down to it!

Over the last few months, T|M and Gaming Union have been producing commercials for a game development company called Zallag.  Last month, we ran our third and final round of commercials for them in our podcast episodes, and they were our best ones yet.  The campaign ended officially today and have been removed from our shows, but never fear, you can check them out here!

Crazy Arenas

Gods vs Humans

The Gods vs Humans spot was definitely a fun commercial to have written and produced.  Both voices were actually done by Darryl, the President of Gaming Union!  I manipulated his voice to make it sound different.  It worked better than we though as it fooled his own mother.  Special thanks to Fozzie, who was the voice actress for the Racers Islands spots!

We have more podcast commercials coming out in the very near future.  I also have a crap-ton of new projects to show you guys so don’t stray too far!

New Radio Commercials for Nintendo WiiWare Games:
Crazy Racers
Gods vs. Humans

Happy Tuesday everyone!  Once again, I want to throw out another special thanks to everyone who entered the anniversary contest.  Emails went out last week, so if anyone who entered didn’t receive one, let me know!  Project: Binary is rocking along really well, so stay tuned for new updates.

This week, we have two new commercials for you to hear!  We released two new advertisements for two games that have been produced by our friends over at Zallag.  This time around, we have an ad for Crazy Racers and Gods vs. Humans.  The GvH add used the voice of Fozzie, one of the popular hosts from the many GU podcasts.  Fozzie is extremely talented and did a wonderful job with the goddess voice!

The CR commercial was also a ton of fun as I was one of the voices.  A very good friend of mine (one of the best men in my wedding) acted as the other announcer.  I really enjoyed using some music from the T|M library on this one.  The first track you hear (during the “hello kid” section) comes from the library.  Instead of me talking about it, how about I let you hear it :

Gods vs. Humans

Crazy Racers

And there we have it!  We still have a couple more commercials to be released in the near future, so check back soon for new adverts.  More updates on new projects, productions, Project: Binary, and more coming very soon!  Don’t stray too far!

T|M Produces New Radio Commercial for Video Game:
Racers’ Islands – Crazy Racers

Welcome back everyone.  Apologies for the lack of post last week.  The ol’ schedule is getting crazy.  The wedding is this upcoming Saturday, which keeps us quite busy.  And just a warning, please don’t expect a post early next week; Amber and I will be on our honeymoon.  However, I’ll be back closer to the end of the week, so I’ll try to post then!

On to the news!  This week brings an exciting addition to the list of advertisements that T|M has worked on.  Gaming Union signed an advertising deal with Zallag, a video game publisher based out of France.  They have several games coming out, but for the month of July, they are advertising one game called Racers’ Island – Crazy Racers.  GU and I sat down and discussed how we might best do this, and we came up with two commercials: a 15 second and a 30 second.  We had a load of fun making these and it was a lot of fun to act as the producer.  Each spot features new and original sound design.  It was a great eye opening experience for the GU staff to learn just how difficult it can be to fit in a lot of information into a tiny amount of time.  However, the results were really fantastic!  Check them out here:

15 Second Spot:

30 Second Spot:

The spots are being aired in all of the GU podcasts for the month of July, so be sure to check them out!  We also have more commercials coming, so don’t go far.  I’ve also been working on 2 new animation films, a flippin’ cool DeFranco remix, as well as a new/original track.  We’ve got LOTS of stuff coming up, so check back soon!

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!

New Voice Actress Interview from Final Fantasy XIII AND New Music:
Oerba Yun Fang

T|M is back this week with the announcement of a new interview.  This time around, Gaming Union in association with Tweex Music has produced a conversation with Rachel Robinson, the voice of Oerba Yun Fang from Final Fantasy XIII.  Rachel talks about her past in voice acting, her experience in voicing Fang, and some funny stories from the recording booth!  She is a great actress and brings a lot of information to the table for anyone interested in the “behind the scenes” from one of the biggest VG titles in 2010.  Make sure that you listen to the interview: FANG INTERVIEW.

T|M and GU produced a new promotion for the show to remind people to tune in and ask questions.  This gave us the opportunity to compose a new piece of music!  This interview falls under the Final Fantasy Union podcast series, so we wanted the promo music to reflect the FFU Main Theme.  Well, after some work and discussion, we created something that sounds incredible.  For those of you who just want to rock out to the music, you can listen to it right here:

This is actually the THIRD Final Fantasy XIII interview that GU and T|M have produced.  You can hear the two previous interviews, Snow (Troy Baker) and Lightning (Ali Hillis), on the Gaming Union site, iTunes, or you can simply click on their names here in the post!  Be sure to listen to them as they really help give a great idea as to what goes into these kinds of projects!  There are also other interviews to come, so check back soon on the GU site.  In the meantime, enjoy!

Interview with Shanelle Gray, Actress for Kingdom Hearts and New Music!

T|M is proud to present the first of several interviews done alongside Gaming Union!  This first interview comes from the Kingdom Hearts game series and features the talent of Shanelle Gray, who voices the character of Larxene from Kingdom Hearts 2 and Re: Chain of Memories.  Shanelle talks about her involvement in the series, how she got into the franchise, her background in voice acting, and what the future may bring for her and her fans!

GU released a promo for the interview that features a new composition from T|M.  The track is orchestral in nature and follows the same genre as the Kingdom Hearts Union main theme (which can be heard HERE).  For those of you who have played KH, the music was crafted to sound much like the battle music that might be heard in a KH game in a location like Traverse Town or something similar.  You can hear the promo here: LARXENE INTERVIEW PROMO.  And you can hear the music by itself here:

The interview can be found in several places.  You can listen to it directly here: LARXENE INTERVIEW.  You can also subscribe on iTunes to the podcast series that produces all the interviews.  GU has released a few other interviews such as Richard Epcar and Quinton Flynn, and I strongly recommend checking them out.  There are many more on the way, so subscribe so you can check them out as they are released!

New updates coming very soon!

T|M Introduces New Podcast, New Remix, and New Project Announcement!

Greetings to all!  It has been quite sometime since I last posted news here and there is much to cover.  First allow me to announce that the Tweex Music studio has officially relocated from Nashville to Atlanta, GA.  The move went smoothly and quickly and I was “down” for less than 48 hours which is much better than I expected!  Now that things are back up and there is a slight lull in project work, let’s play some catch up!

T|M has been very busy working with Gaming Union for the past couple weeks and has produced several new podcast episodes and several new pieces of music, but more on the music in a future post (coming soon).  However, GU released Final Fantasy Union Episode 35 yesterday and it is quite the special show.  The episode is GU’s focus on Final Fantasy XIII (13), which was released about a week ago.  Also, in this episode, I (Brian) was a guest on the show and sat down with the guys to discuss Square Enix’s recent decision to terminate its music department.  It was great to be on the show and talk about an area of the music/sound industry that I have really been experiencing in the past couple of years: outsourcing/freelancing.

Episode 35 also marked a debut remix/rearrangement from Final Fantasy XI!  I released the first FFXI rearrangement back in July of 09, Battling Despair as Dawn.  This new Remix is entitled City of the Humes and comes from the source tune, The Republic of Bastok.  For those not familiar with the game, this is the theme for one of the major cities.  The original song is unbelievably catchy and the rearrangement turned out exceptionally well.  In the show, the hosts asked me a few questions about the process of making the mix and why I did it.  Be sure to check the full episode out.  For those of you are are interested in hearing the section of the show that I’m in, you can can find an edit of it here: Podcast Edit with Brian.  And make sure that you check out the new remix which is here:

The debut of the remix also marks the first “announcement” of a project that T|M is working on.  Details will be forthcoming, but there is much more on the way!  Anyone who is a fan of Final Fantasy 11 or orchestral/cinematic music will be pleased with what’s to come! Take a listen to the show to get a little more info!

There are several new projects that T|M has recently completed and will be announced very soon!  A new string arrangement for a classic song and a new airline commerical are among a few of them but more info on that soon.  Don’t go too far as there will be more updates VERY soon (i.e. the next day or two)!

New Music for Gaming Union Podcast Series: Kingdom Hearts Union

T|M returns this week to present the final installment of new music for all of the Gaming Union (GU) podcast series.  The last two weeks, we’ve presented new music for Final Fantasy Union and MiniGUP.  Last, but certainly not least, we bring you the music for Kingdom Heart Union!

T|M and GU teamed up in August of 2009 to work on the theme song for the newly created KHU podcast series.  The theme was inspired by a song from the Kingdom Hearts game and was received especially well!  Needless to say, when we evaluated the work we needed to do in the KHU series, creating a new theme song wasn’t one of them!  T|M posted a news article about the new theme back in August, but you can listen to it right here:

Today Episode 8 was released on the GU site.  We put in a lot of time and energy in creating new internal cues that matches the tone, genre, and feeling of the main theme.  In other words, we wanted to create epic orchestral cues that each had their own little theme.  The results are nothing short of fantastic and the music has already been complimented by the GU listeners. For those of you who would like to hear the cues by themselves, then go no further:

Now that the Gaming Union podcasts have been addressed from a music standpoint, we are setting out to provide new material for all the GU followers to enjoy and experience.  Needless to say, don’t stray too far and make sure you check back in often for new updates to the Gaming Union repertoire.  And as always, be sure to come back to T|M for other exciting updates as there are quite a few on the way!

T|M Composes New Theme Music for Gaming Union Podcast Series: MiniGUP

T|M is back again with new music.  Apologies for the delay in this week’s post.  There were a couple unavoidable time line issues that prevented the release of these pieces of music.  However, the wait is over!

Tweex Music and Gaming Union have been working hard the past week to bring new music for the MiniGUP podcast series.  We created a new theme song and internal cues for the show and I can say without any hesitation that it rocks hard!  Episode 3 of MiniGUP was released yesterday and featured in it was the new music!  Take a listen to the main theme:

This genre is fairly new to the T|M arsenal and was a joy to make.  The internal cues were just as much fun to work on as they are each small themes on their own!  Listeners will actually be able to hear a temporarily unreleased internal cue.  The Member of the Month section of the MiniGUP podcast wasn’t done this episode, but the music cue has been completed and can be heard with the other internals here:

The music for GU is developing exceptionally well and has been received by the members of the community with praise.  We love providing new materiel for our listeners.  We are working hard on the new music cues for the Kingdom Hearts Union (KHU) podcast and I have to say, they sound phenomenal!

We’ll release the new cues next week when KHU Episode 8 is released (should be Tuesday the 23rd).  Until then, take a listen to the music, check out the newest MiniGUP episode, and check back soon for new updates!