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Star Reaction Video Game Soundtrack
I'm excited to announce the release of my first major video game soundtrack, for the game Star Reaction. I was asked to join the indie game company Untied Games with Will Tice (lead programmer) and Ethan Calabria (lead artist), and it's been great fun working on the music for this puzzle game.
Live Film Scores in St. Paul
My friends at MNKINO and I have been organizing a night of new short films with original scores. We teamed up filmmakers and composers from around the world to collaborate. The most exciting part is that we've assembled an orchestra to play these scores live at the film screening.
Composer Quest Unplugged Album
I'm thrilled to bring you these 13 incredibly heartfelt, catchy, and thought-provoking songs performed live on the Composer Quest podcast over the past year and a half. I never thought my bedroom studio would see so much talent. Fun fact - shortly after The Okee Dokee Brothers' Joe Mailander performed "The Bullfrog Opera" on the podcast, he went on to win a Grammy! Although many of these songwriters are just under the radar here in Minnesota, I think they're all Grammy-worthy.
An Album Inspired by Fortune Cookies
I put out a challenge to my composer friends and podcast listeners to join me in writing music inspired by fortune cookies. Here's the album we came up with.
Charlie’s Musical Obituary
I set out to create the first episode of Composer Quest Season Two, and ended up with this heavenly look back at my musical history, embarrassing demos and all.
Quest 3: Arias on Tap
Join us for the third Composer Quest Quest! Write a classical aria for the Twin Cities Opera on Tap group to perform.
Highlights from the First Composer Quest Concert
We recently had our first ever Composer Quest concert at Yoga Sol. The Twin Cities Trio performed some awesome listener-submitted arrangements of pop tunes and film/video game scores for bassoon, clarinet, and oboe. We also got to hear the indie pop duo Matt & Donna Schubbe, indie rocker Peter Frey of Kazyak, and indie folker Paul Spring. Here's a special Composer Quest podcast episode with highlights from the concert.
Quest #2: Conversation
Your composing quest, should you choose to accept it: co-write and co-record an original piece of music with a random Composer Quest listener, based on the theme "Conversation." Your finished track will be part of the first ever Composer Quest album, a free-to-download online release. The Boffo Yux Dudes, a music comedy duo who work together exclusively over the internet, share some collaboration advice in this special Quest #2 announcement episode.
Composer Quest Concert Feat. Paul Spring, Kazyak, Twin Cities Trio, Matt & Donna
I'm pleased to announce the first ever Composer Quest concert! Join us for a fun night of music and hanging out with the podcast guests.