another update

total studio hours in the past five weeks: over 370
number of days off in the past five weeks: 3
I can see the light at the end of the tunnel...

Pro-G previews Armegeddon

I'm not gonna do this with every single article about MK, but while I'm still buried in work, I thought I'd post this preview of the game. CLICK HERE to read it...

(I should tell you that it doesn't mention the sound or music at all)

rhythmic riddles 2

I'm currently working on the last tune for the fighting game. As some of you may recall, I've been sneaking a lot of mixed-meter odd-meter grooves in that sound like they sound "normal". Here's the equation for this tune's ostinato:

5/8 (divided 3,2)
7/8 (unusually divided 3,2,2)

Which adds up to 3/4, which is not as "normal" as 4/4, but it feels really cool. I also love the fact that if you do enough of this odd/mixed meter stuff, then you switch back to a section of 4/4 time, the 4/4 sounds WEIRD!

Here's another cool thing I do with the groove in this tune: I've got a section that builds energy by cutting the time signatures down so that the downbeats are coming up faster -- I go from bars of odd/mixed meter 3/4, to bars of odd/mixed meter 3/8, to bars of 3/16 to bars to build intensity.

(I should mention that no one will ever notice or appreciate all this stuff in the game, but it keeps me entertained!)

Gotta go finish this tune... I've still got a bunch of cut-scenes to score...

interlude

Yes yes, I actually took a break from MK...

One Spicy-Atomic pork-sausage sandwich: $4.50
One ticket to Cirque Du Soleil's "Corteo" : $81.20
Spending half the show in a port-o-potty: priceless

update

total studio hours in the past two weeks: 156
number of days off in the past two weeks: 1 (not July 4th)
work left to do to finish Mortal Kombat: quite a bit...

best joke I heard all weekend

What did the Zen master say to the guy at the hot dog stand?

"Make me one with everything."