Hello! Welcome back to episode twenty-nine of our monthly podcast about games and game audio. We were at GDC this month, and we took the opportunity during the week to sit down with our friend, Alex Previty, for an interview. Alex is an audio designer at Insomniac Games, and recently worked on their 2018 title, 'Spider-Man' for the PS4. We talked about Alex's background in games, about his entry into the world of sound design, and about some of his work on Spider-Man. A huge thanks to Alex for taking some time out of a very busy week to chat with us, it was a very interesting and inspiring interview!
You can follow Alex on Twitter here: @alexprevity.
Hosted by: Derek Brown - @subwoofersubBarney Oram - @BarneyOram1
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Links to things we mentioned:
Spider-Man PS4 (2018)
Insomniac Games
GDC Talk: Designing the Bustling Soundscape of New York City in 'Marvel's Spider-Man' by Alex Previty and Blake Johnson
Game Audio Podcast GDC Morning Meets @ Sennheiser Store
Collected Transients - Diffuse City Library

Soundbytes Podcast - EP 29 - Interview with Alex Previty

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Hello! Welcome back to episode fifty-two of our monthly podcast about games and game audio. This month we catch up after being away for a while, and discuss some fantastic listener questions. 
Check out Derek's Modular Mecha library here!
Hosted by: Derek Brown - @subwoofersubBarney Oram - @BarneyOram
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Soundbytes Podcast - EP 52 - Spring Thing

Hello! Welcome back to episode fifty-one of our monthly podcast about games and game audio. This episode is a brief deep-dive into the concept of mastery, and the journey required to achieve that goal. It's a bit of a brain dump surrounding the process of starting a creative endeavour, and addresses practice, fear, looking stupid, experimentation, and a host of other subjects.
There's a variety of clips and books referenced in this episode, which have been linked below.
Andrew Price - The Habits of Highly Effective Artists
Ira Glass - The Gap
Jake the Dog - Sorta Good at Something
Benedict Cumberbatch reads Sol LeWitt's letter to Eva Hesse
Expert: Understanding the Path to Mastery by Roger Kneebone
Think Like an Artist by Will Gompertz
How to be an Artist by Jerry Saltz
Hosted by: Derek Brown - @subwoofersubBarney Oram - @BarneyOram
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Soundbytes Podcast - EP 51 - 10,000 Hours (and how to spend them)

Hello! Welcome back to episode fifty of our monthly podcast about games and game audio. This episode we catch up with our friend Katie Tarrant, who we previously chatted to in episode 7, back in 2017!
Katie is a senior sound designer and musician at Rare, and has spent the past few years working on Sea of Thieves. We chatted with Katie about her work at Rare, her journey into the industry and internships, reflected on the impact of the pandemic, and discussed wider changes in the industry over the last few years.
It was a real pleasure to chat to Katie again! We hope you enjoy the conversation and benefit from Katie's excellent wisdom.
You can follow Katie on Twitter, here: @ktarrantaudio
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Soundbytes Podcast - EP 50 - Catchup With Katie Tarrant

Hello! Welcome back to episode forty-nine of our monthly podcast about games and game audio. We've got an extremely exciting episode this month; an interview with Paul Stoughton, hosted by our friend Tzvi Sherman!
We're extremely thankful to Paul for sharing his wonderful knowledge, and to Tzvi for interviewing Paul and putting together a fantastic episode. They chatted about techniques to learn and improve on sound design style, as well as Paul's work at Skywalker Sound, Sweet Justice and his library releases, under the name Penguin Grenade.
We think it's a really great one and we hope you all enjoy!
You can follow Paul on Twitter, here: @PaulStoughton and view his work on his website, here: https://www.paulstoughton.com/
You can follow Tzvi on Twitter, here: @TransientGamers
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Soundbytes Podcast - EP 49 - Interview with Paul Stoughton

Hello! Welcome back to episode forty-eight of our monthly podcast about games and game audio. This month we're having a quick catch up, chatting about our five-year anniversary, as well as chat about Derek's new gig, the future of remote work, new audio toys and synths.
Hosted by: Derek Brown - @subwoofersubBarney Oram - @BarneyOram
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Soundbytes Podcast - EP 29 - Interview with Alex Previty

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