Guest Daniel Carr joins Anne Dorko on Mind the Artist to discuss his track Spelunking – and how he evokes different types of moods in wordless tracks with the end goal of storytelling and game music composition in mind.
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Daniel Carr is an avid gamer aspiring to become a video game music composer. He's played drums for 20+ years, piano for 10+ and sang jazz and opera in college as a tenor. Internet content creator through Twitch, YouTube and SoundCloud.
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In this episode:
- [1:01] Rapid interview
- [3:44] The style of music Daniel makes
- [5:12] How Daniel started with music
- [5:54] Inspirations for creating music
- [6:35] The role of music in Daniel's content creation
- [6:58] Inspiration for Spelunking
- [8:34] Personal rule for writing a song
- [9:23] Three words to describe the mood of Spelunking
- [12:05] What Daniel hopes people feel during a track
- [12:54] Conveying a message using certain sounds and music tropes
- [15:57] Challenge to leave feedback on Spelunking
- [18:10] Advice for other musicians
- [18:18] What other content Daniel creates
- [21:12] Daniel's career goals
- [24:48] Future challenges
- [28:49] Learn more about Daniel Carr, Mind the Artist, and Dorko.tv
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