I had a great time at PAX Dev 2014 this week! I got to hang out with notable game industry professionals including Lance Hayes, Jason Poss, Akash Thakkar, Matthew Steele, Richard Ludlow, Mark Shoemaker, Brad Meyer, Damian Kastbauer, and many others from game studios such as PopCap, Microsoft, Sony, ArenaNet, Sucker Punch Productions, and more. If you are interested in how the game industry works, not only just game audio, PAX Dev is an excellent annual event that I highly recommend. Hope to see you there next year!
If you are interested in getting your original music licensed in media such as film, TV, and games, then here is a great class in Seattle coming up in October by my colleague Ed Hartman! Please check it out here!
I just had the privilege of meeting notable Hollywood orchestrator Norman Ludwin! He has worked on many recent hit films including Super 8, Star Trek: Into Darkness, Ratatouille, Up, John Carter, and Priest! Mr. Ludwin was kind enough to travel to Seattle to present various orchestration techniques, focusing on the musical style of John Williams. I thank Norman and the Seattle Composer's Alliance for facilitating the event and I hope he returns to Seattle soon!
There is still time to register for the fantastic Summer Intensive Program from Seattle's Pacific Northwest Film Scoring Program, directed by two-time Emmy award-winning film composer Hummie Mann. The program is valuable to students, educators, and current music professionals in the film and TV, video game, or entertainment industries. This year it is being offered both in Seattle and in Nashville so don't miss out!
I am pleased to announce the release of my Katya Soudek Music Instruction page on Facebook! If you use Facebook, please like and follow the page for fun, interesting, and educational musical posts.
I am currently accepting a limited number of new students for piano lessons, clarinet lessons, and other music lessons in the Federal Way, WA area. Sign up today!
