Spice To Meet You is an excuse for composer/sound designer Michael Spicer to talk to and learn from professionals in various creative disciplines like music, film, game design, and more!

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Reflections 4

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Opera in Seattle. MIDI Draft Anxiety. GDC energy reserves. Game audio household name ZW Buckley joins me to talk about worldwide game audio groups, AI and its potential effect on audio work, and exploring murder in Baldur’s Gate 3. ZW’s Website:<a href="https://www.zwbuckley.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.zwbuckley.com/</a>ZW’s GDC Roundtable:<a href="https://gdcvault.com/play/1034332/Remotely-Possible-Mental-Health-and" rel="nofollow">https://gdcvault.com/play/1034332/Remotely-Possible-Mental-Health-and</a>Game Audio Local Groups Map:<a href="https://www.asoundeffect.com/game-audio-community-groups/" rel="nofollow">https://www.asoundeffect.com/game-audio-community-groups/</a>Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith Supreme Court Case:<a href="https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/598/21-869/" rel="nofollow">https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/598/21-869/</a>Keyword 2: Nightfall on Steam:<a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/2015470/Keyword_2_Nightfall/" rel="nofollow">https://store.steampowered.com/app/2015470/Keyword_2_Nightfall/</a>

Ep.15 The Jobs Were The Friends We Made Along The Way with ZW Buckley

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Spelunking. Recording a mine shaft. The modularity of both circus and casino game music. RV’s flying apart while in transit. Awkward job interviews. In this episode I talk to Gabe Romero and Dan Glynn, both former circus musicians for Ringling, and both sound designers for Konami here in Vegas. They are also the founding members of the band Greybag, whose latest album is called Never Meant To Stay. Greybag’s website:<a href="https://www.greybagmusic.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.greybagmusic.com/</a>Never Meant To Stay on Bandcamp:<a href="https://greybagmusic.bandcamp.com/album/never-meant-to-stay" rel="nofollow">https://greybagmusic.bandcamp.com/album/never-meant-to-stay</a>

Ep.14 Card Flips and Elephants with Gabe Romero and Dan Glynn

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Game Jams. Post Secondary Postulations. Beatmapping. Spaced-Out Studs. Alexa Thanos (Thay-nohs, not the purple guy) is my first guest after a year of no podding. We talk about her roots as a musician, her partnership with Sean Ettlin to form Spaced Out Studios, their newest album The Little Bookshelf, and overall just have a great discussion about creating music. Alexa’s Website <a href="https://www.alexathanos.com/home" rel="nofollow">https://www.alexathanos.com/home</a>Alexa’s Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/tinythanos" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/tinythanos</a>Spaced Out Studio’s Website <a href="https://www.spacedoutstudios.co/" rel="nofollow">https://www.spacedoutstudios.co/</a>Spaced Out Studio’s Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/spacedout_studs" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/spacedout_studs</a>Alexa and Sean’s latest album <a href="https://spacedoutstudios.bandcamp.com/album/the-little-bookshelf-album" rel="nofollow">https://spacedoutstudios.bandcamp.com/album/the-little-bookshelf-album</a>Space Cadet Academy: <a href="https://www.spacedoutstudios.co/space-cadet-academy" rel="nofollow">https://www.spacedoutstudios.co/space-cadet-academy</a>Monochrome Motif Records: <a href="https://monochromemotif.bandcamp.com/artists" rel="nofollow">https://monochromemotif.bandcamp.com/artists</a>Badself Media: <a href="https://badselfmedia.com/" rel="nofollow">https://badselfmedia.com/</a>

Ep.13 Ice Cream Shop Karaoke with Alexa Thanos

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Spicer returns from a year long hiatus from poddin’, bruised but not broken, having tried his hand at a career in game audio just in time for the Layoffalypse™ of 2023.

Spice To Rip Van Winkle You

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Spicer plugs his friends&#39; projects in the most narcissistic way possible.Links:Digital Scorpion Interactive’s website <a href="https://digitalscorpioninteractive.com/" rel="nofollow">https://digitalscorpioninteractive.com/</a>DSI on Twitch: <a href="https://www.twitch.tv/search?term=digi_scorp" rel="nofollow">https://www.twitch.tv/search?term=digi_scorp</a>Chris Polus on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisPolus?s=20" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/ChrisPolus?s=20</a>Zach Fried on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/arecibofilms/" rel="nofollow">https://www.instagram.com/arecibofilms/</a>Mat Hayes’ Shafted on IMDb: <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21980872/" rel="nofollow">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21980872/</a>Hare Runner on itch.io: <a href="https://crychair.itch.io/harerunner" rel="nofollow">https://crychair.itch.io/harerunner</a>Miyukiew (Hare Runner artist) on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/miyukiew/" rel="nofollow">https://www.instagram.com/miyukiew/</a>

Reflections 3

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Automated Dialogue Replacement. Game Jams. Truck Days. Seth McFarlane’s Parking Spot. Reactions to reaction videos. Jeremy Scott Olsen does music and sound, and he loves it. You’ll love listening to talk about him loving it, too.Badself Music (JSO’s new record label!): <a href="https://badselfmusic.com/" rel="nofollow">https://badselfmusic.com</a>JSO’s website: <a href="https://main.jeremyscottolsen.com/" rel="nofollow">https://main.jeremyscottolsen.com/</a>Hare Runner, the game we made for Ludum Dare 52: <a href="https://crychair.itch.io/harerunner" rel="nofollow">https://crychair.itch.io/harerunner</a>

Ep.12 Three Beeps with Jeremy Scott Olsen

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Swiss cheese car pedals. The Berklee Curse. Cruise ships. Fungus tonsils. Backyard bamboo. Wooden car parts. Las Vegas trumpeter Michael Rabadan takes a break from buzzing his lips to talk to a fellow Michael about being a musician nowadays and have a couple laughs about our strange career choices.Michael’s Instagram:<a href="https://www.instagram.com/michaelrabadan/" rel="nofollow">https://www.instagram.com/michaelrabadan/</a>

Ep.11 Michael Rabadan’s Wooden Car Parts

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Clogs for the feet. Sprained ankles. Wheelchairs. Management skills. Hoedowns. In this comeuppance episode, I do a better job at asking my wife about her actual life: Her career as a cruise ship performer, her chronic pain and multiple surgeries, her first switch from dancing to wardrobe, followed by another switch to working with animals. To find out about volunteering with Merridith or donating to the Nevada SPCA, visit <a href="https://nevadaspca.org/" rel="nofollow">https://nevadaspca.org/</a>

Ep.10.5 Red Head Redemption 2: Ask Your Wife Better Questions, You Narcissist- Valentine’s Edition

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<a href="http://SpicerAudio.com" rel="nofollow">SpicerAudio.com</a> is up and running! Happy New Year!

Announcement: New Website!

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Newsies, box wine, and other white girl shit are the subject of this episode with MRS. Spice To Meet You. Merridith Elrod kicks back with her husband and talks about her journey from cruise ship dancer to volunteer coordinator at the Nevada SPCA. To find out how to support or volunteer with the Nevada SPCA, go to <a href="https://nevadaspca.org/" rel="nofollow">https://nevadaspca.org</a>

Ep.10 Merridith Elrod's Favorite Musicals

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Short Films. King Chuck. Bees, bees, BEES. Spicer reflects once again, and tries to digest his thoughts and coffee while his cat eats the soundproofing material off the wall of his recording booth.

Reflections 2

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Duck Paradoxes. Shepard Tones. Inspirational babies. In this episode, I talk to my bro from a different mo Adam Brown, and we talk all things audio, career stuff, composing music and designing sound for video games and lots more!Check out Adam’s website: <a href="https://adambrownaudio.com/" rel="nofollow">https://adambrownaudio.com</a>And make sure to check out Adam’s newly released game Duck Paradox on Steam:<a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/2058150/Duck_Paradox/" rel="nofollow">https://store.steampowered.com/app/2058150/Duck_Paradox/</a>

Ep.9 Adam Brown's Time Traveling Water Fowl

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I finished something! I made this commercial about it! Visit <a href="http://www.michaelspicermusic.com/vgm" rel="nofollow">www.michaelspicermusic.com/vgm</a> to learn more. Thanks for listening!

ANNOUNCEMENT: 8 Bit Asset Pack Finished!

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Jazz Bass. ICU’s. Work/life balance. Post-Secondary administration. Broken Elevators. YOLO. In this episode, I talk to freshly hired full-time professor Molly Redfield before she leaves Vegas behind to corrupt the Louisiana youth at LSU. (Part 2 of 2)

Ep.8 Molly Redfield’s Calculus Homework (Part 2)

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Jazz Bass. ICU’s. Work/life balance. Post-Secondary administration. Broken Elevators. YOLO. In this episode, I talk to freshly hired full-time professor Molly Redfield before she leaves Vegas behind to corrupt the Louisiana youth at LSU.

Ep.8 Molly Redfield's Calculus Homework (Part 1)

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Schwoop-PAH noises. Sound design/music combinations. Providing audio for game jams. Getting rich slow schemes. Today I’m super happy to talk to drummer/composer/educator Jared Farney about his latest album Relics, an iterative collaboration with artist Stuart Wade. Jared&#39;s website: <a href="http://www.jaredfarneymusic.com/" rel="nofollow">www.jaredfarneymusic.com</a>Jared’s Album Relics on SoundCloud: <a href="https://soundcloud.com/jfarneymusic/sets/relics" rel="nofollow">https://soundcloud.com/jfarneymusic/sets/relics</a>Stuart Wade’s website: <a href="https://diligence.studio/" rel="nofollow">https://diligence.studio</a>

Ep.7 Schwoop-PAH with Jared Farney

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From the confines of his vocal booth, Michael Spicer makes more excuses as to why he doesn&#39;t have a new episode yet, and lays out his plans for the next few months. Also listen until the end for some bonus &#34;lost&#34; material. Hope you enjoy!

Reflections

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Ep.6 The Evolutionary Psychology of Gunnar Clovis (Part 2)

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Hunter gatherers. Finishing small projects. The “T” model of game development. Post-secondary education. Half-open doors. Game developer Gunnar Clovis and I explore these concepts and more in episode 6!Find Gunnar’s helpful tips for game development (or any creative field) on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/GunnarClovis" rel="nofollow">his YouTube channel</a>, and check out his 100+ completed games on his <a href="https://gunnar-clovis.itch.io/" rel="nofollow">itch.io page</a>. If you are interested in the <a href="https://globalgamejam.org/2022/jam-sites/las-vegas-global-game-jam-2022-w-unlv-rebel-gamedevs" rel="nofollow">Global Game Jam 2022 </a>(end of January), Gunnar will be hosting the hybrid in-person/virtual event for the Vegas chapter!

Ep.6 The Evolutionary Psychology of Gunnar Clovis (Part 1)

Conversations with Creatives

Spice To Meet You is an excuse for composer/sound designer Michael Spicer to talk to and learn from professionals in various creative disciplines like music, film, game design, and more!