Episode 50: Wesley Slover
Animalators
English - January 26, 2018 11:00 - 58 minutes - 107 MB - ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsVisual Arts Arts Business Careers illustration nashville video zac animalators animation creative design dixon identityvisuals Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Wesley Slover is the founder of Sono Sanctus, a sound design studio in Grand Rapids, Michigan. On the episode, we talk about Wesley’s music library, learning to think like a designer, and his love for game development.
Links:
Website: sonosanctus.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SonoSanctus
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wslover/
Marmoset Music: https://www.marmosetmusic.com/
Conservatory of Recording Arts and Sciences: http://www.cras.edu/
Twenty Thousand Hertz: https://www.20k.org/
Jordan Scott: https://t.co/LvQ18QjF3y
Level 99 Games: https://www.level99games.com/
Trevor Richardson: http://www.trevorjrichardson.com/
Notes:
-Remote Work Model
-Sound Design Process
-Supporting Animation Studios
-Short turnarounds
-Pitching
-Reference tracks
-Wesley’s music library
-Marmoset
-Poverty Island
-Client feedback
-Conservatory of Recording Arts and Sciences (CRAS)
-Matthew Lee Johnston
-Microsoft Game Studios
-Audio burnout
-Twenty Thousand Hertz Podcast
-Learning to think like a designer
-Getting in the door
-Cassette tape ministry
-Live sound
-Getting it right the first time
-Being comfortable doing things wrong
-Transition to freelance
-Jordan Scott
-Game development
-Level 99 Games
-Arkham Horror
-Captain Sonar
-Battlecon Online & Pixel Tactics
-IDEO design studio
-Freelancing in Seattle
-Hiring his first employee
-Dream Client: Nintendo
-Favorite Animated Film: Akira
-What do the people you love think you do for a living: His wife pays the bills
-Animalator: Bat