Becoming a game composer.

I mentioned on Twitter yesterday that I’ve been reading about what it’s like to be a video game music composer. My childhood friend Andy and my blogofriend Ben were interested in what I’d found, so here’s a mini link dump:

• An interview with game composer Winifred Phillips on Bella Online.
• An article called “Getting Started as a Video Game Composer” from Bobby Prince. I can’t tell how old it is, but it’s interesting even if it turns out to be out of date.
• Three interviews with game composer/Video Games Live dude Tommy Tallarico:
  • Guinness Book of Records
  • David Perry
  • Gamasutra podcast (haven’t listened to this yet)
• Two communities for game audio professionals, which seem to have some overlap:
  • Game Audio Network Guild (there’s a yearly membership fee)
  • GameAudio Forum (regular ol’ phpBB forum, free reg. required, lots of good info/links)