In this episode of the Soundiron Podcast, we sit down with Chris Hayzel, former CEO of Cinesamples/Musio, to talk about how the music world has completely changed over the last couple of decades.

We dive into the shift from playing in garage bands and traditional studio environments to the modern reality of solo producers working from home studios. Chris shares his perspective on how technology, virtual instruments, and the internet have reshaped the way musicians create, collaborate, build careers, and much more.

In this episode of the Soundiron Podcast, Mike Peaslee and Craig Peters talk with percussionist David Oliver and musical inventor Noah Kelly about the story behind the Sonic Circus library.In this conversation, they talk about how the project came together, the challenges of recording unusual instruments, and the surprising musicality hidden inside objects most people would never think to use for music.If you love unusual sounds, creative sampling, and behind-the-scenes stories about how virtual instruments are made, this episode is for you.Learn more about Noah Kelly's Sonic Circus: https://soundiron.com/products/noah-kellys-sonic-circus

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In this episode Nathan & Craig chat with film/TV composer Ryan Leach. In this interview, he talks about growing up in Australia, getting into music and eventually going to the Berklee College of Music, working as an assistant at Remote Control Productions, starting a YouTube channel sharing educational content, Master The Score and much more.

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Podcast notes:

* (0:00) Intro

* (1:27) Growing up in Australia

* (2:43) Playing guitar and bass

* (5:00) Film scoring major at Berklee

* (10:44) Working at Remote Control

* (16:51) Branching out to library music

* (21:07) Starting the YouTube channel

* (33:00) Choosing video topics

* (37:37) Average week in the life

* (39:14) Setting a schedule

* (46:09) Master the Score courses

* (50:29) How you start writing a track

* (55:36) Best recent purchase under $100

* (56:40) Man on the Inside

* (57:11) What's next for Ryan?

Welcome to Soundiron, where the world is your orchestra! We create professional virtual instrument plugins and sample libraries for music, media, cinema, games and education. Whether you're a musician, songwriter, composer, producer, sound-designer, student or teacher, or just want to have fun making your own music, we've got you covered!

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In this episode Mike & Craig interview Maks Histibe - a Ukranian sound designer, cinematographer, and composer who created Swords to Ploughshares with field recordings. We chat about , and much more.

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Learn more about Swords to Ploughshares: https://maskmovement.store/product/swords-to-ploughshares/

Podcast notes:

* (0:00) Intro

* (0:40) First collaboration with Soundiron

* (03:49) Starting in music

* (23:07) Field recording

* (41:10) Swords to Ploughshares samples

* (56:00) Making art for yourself

* (1:10:04) A.I. music creation

* (1:29:48) When do you get inspired?

* (1:34:09) What's next for Maks?

Welcome to Soundiron, where the world is your orchestra! We create professional virtual instrument plugins and sample libraries for music, media, cinema, games and education. Whether you're a musician, songwriter, composer, producer, sound-designer, student or teacher, or just want to have fun making your own music, we've got you covered!

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In this episode Nathan & Craig interview Redouane Aouameur - a professional extreme metal singer and vocal teacher from Algeria. We chat about session vocals, Voices of Rage v2, teaching different genres, and much more.

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Redouane's website: https://www.redouaneaouameur.com/

For more info, visit our website: https://soundiron.com/

Podcast notes:

* (0:00) Intro

* (0:57) How'd you get started in metal?

* (02:36) Learning different genres

* (04:00) Difficult styles

* (07:49) Advice for new vocalists

* (10:08) Find your own sound

* (13:04) Vocal maintenance

* (14:40) Favorite microphone

* (18:32) Recording for Voices of Rage v2

* (25:13) What happens in the first vocal lesson?

* (34:37) Typical week in the life?

* (43:37) Best recent purchase under $100?

* (44:51) Podcast or TV show you're enjoying?

* (45:35) What's next for Redouane?

Welcome to Soundiron, where the world is your orchestra! We create professional virtual instrument plugins and sample libraries for music, media, cinema, games and education. Whether you're a musician, songwriter, composer, producer, sound-designer, student or teacher, or just want to have fun making your own music, we've got you covered!

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In this episode Nathan & Craig interview Jesse Zuretti - a composer and orchestrator working in video games and metal music. He has composing for Marvel, Netflix, Riot Games, and many more while orchestrating and playing guitar in the metal band Daath. We chat about building a memorable website with personality, pivoting from band music to film and video games, managing your time, developing a process, best advice for aspiring composers, and much more.

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Jesse's website: https://www.jessezuretti.com/

For more info, visit our website: https://soundiron.com/

Podcast notes:

* (0:00) Intro

* (0:57) Designing a memorable website

* (07:05) Evolution of writing for metal to film music

* (09:46) Composing for Marvel and Riot Games

* (12:33) Early challenges?

* (15:21) Managing your time

* (19:10) Knowing when you're on the right track

* (24:30) Day-to-day schedule

* (29:22) Good feedback

* (30:50) Musicology of games

* (33:58) Adding to a metal band's track

* (43:31) Advice for aspiring composers

* (54:44) Best recent purchase under $100?

* (57:59) Podcast or TV show you're enjoying?

* (1:02:16) What's next for Jesse?

Welcome to Soundiron, where the world is your orchestra! We create professional virtual instrument plugins and sample libraries for music, media, cinema, games and education. Whether you're a musician, songwriter, composer, producer, sound-designer, student or teacher, or just want to have fun making your own music, we've got you covered!

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In this episode Nathan & Craig interview Kenny Wood - a composer, arranger, and author from Los Angeles, CA. We chat about working with Brian Tyler, scoring a new holiday movie, balancing work and family, arranging on the Super Mario Bros movie, Kenny's writing process, the Teammates community, and much more.

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Podcast notes:

* (0:00) Intro

* (0:39) How did you start working on Brian Tyler's team?

* (04:19) Disney's The Naughty Nine movie

* (06:11) Genre-twisting music

* (10:28) Typical day in the life?

* (12:40) Did having a child change how you write?

* (14:04) Are you from a musical family?

* (15:29) Primary instrument

* (17:34) Super Mario Bros movie

* (19:26) How much project juggling?

* (20:20) Using Mario motifs

* (22:58) Prefer movie or TV schedule?

* (24:33) What's your process at the very beginning of a project?

* (25:41) DAW of choice?

* (28:03) Origins of the Teammates FB group & Discord

* (33:09) Advice for new composers?

* (36:46) How important is a good sizzle reel?

* (40:58) Best recent purchase under $100?

* (42:13) Video game you're enjoying?

* (43:10) What's next for Kenny?

Welcome to Soundiron, where the world is your orchestra! We create professional virtual instrument plugins and sample libraries for music, media, cinema, games and education. Whether you're a musician, songwriter, composer, producer, sound-designer, student or teacher, or just want to have fun making your own music, we've got you covered!

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In this episode Nathan & Craig chat on procrastination, imposter syndrome, new music toys, Nathan Barr's epic theater organ, ADHD music, Charlie Clouser's studio, and much more.

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Podcast notes:

* (0:00) Intro

* (1:25) 3 Questions to get Unstuck

* (07:17) Komplete Kontrol MK3

* (10:43) Nathan Barr's Theater Organ

* (16:14) Tycho selling his hardware

* (19:30) Imposter Syndrome

* (30:30) Cyborg Bytes & Sitarion

* (35:00) ADHD Music

* (38:10) Charlie Clouser's studio

* (42:00) Where do all the broken guitars go?

* (45:41) Recommendations

Welcome to Soundiron, where the world is your orchestra! We create professional virtual instrument plugins and sample libraries for music, media, cinema, games and education. Whether you're a musician, songwriter, composer, producer, sound-designer, student or teacher, or just want to have fun making your own music, we've got you covered!

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In this episode Nathan & Craig talk about the new Hopkin Instrumentarium: Weighted Strings library, Rainsong for Kontakt Player, text to sample plugin, common pitfalls for producers and composers, David Wise' start in game music, and much more.

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Podcast notes:

* (0:00) Intro

* (0:23) Hopkin Weighted Strings

* (03:09) Rainsong update

* (04:53) Text to Sample AI plugin

* (07:08) Common producer pitfalls

* (25:56) David Wise

* (32:21) Recommendations

Welcome to Soundiron, where the world is your orchestra! We create professional virtual instrument plugins and sample libraries for music, media, cinema, games and education. Whether you're a musician, songwriter, composer, producer, sound-designer, student or teacher, or just want to have fun making your own music, we've got you covered!

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In this episode Nathan & Craig interview Jonas Friedman - we chat about co-scoring a western, working remotely, learning video production, making YouTube videos, being a great assistant composer, making virtual instruments, doing your own sound design, and more.

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Jonas's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@jonasfriedman

Podcast notes:

* (0:00) Intro

* (0:43) Walker: Independence

* (04:38) Working remotely

* (07:24) Getting into film scoring

* (13:00) Composer's assistant video

* (17:54) Self-directed study

* (20:29) Working for JunkieXL

* (31:52) Learning video production

* (46:57) Talking to the camera

* (49:49) Tension Pads

* (57:49) Working on a video game

* (1:05:24) Best recent purchase under $100?

* (1:07:20) Favorite TV show at the moment?

* (1:08:26) Goals for the next few years?

Welcome to Soundiron, where the world is your orchestra! We create professional virtual instrument plugins and sample libraries for music, media, cinema, games and education. Whether you're a musician, songwriter, composer, producer, sound-designer, student or teacher, or just want to have fun making your own music, we've got you covered!

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In this episode of the Soundiron Podcast our very own Mike Peaslee sits down with David Simi, our guide and mentor during the original lower organ sessions for Alpha Organ, who sadly passed away in June 2021.

In this conversation, David talks about about being the organist at St. Paul's Church since the 70s, the origins of the lower and upper organ, their unique aspects, the physical aspects of playing them and more.

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0:00 -- Intro

0:29 -- Thoughts on the character lower organ & upper organ

4:11 -- The origin of the lower organ

8:12 -- The origins of the upper organ

12:44 -- The experience playing both organs

14:25 -- What are the unique aspects of the upper organ?

18:09 -- The physical experience playing these organs

Welcome to Soundiron, where the world is your orchestra! We create professional virtual instrument plugins and sample libraries for music, media, cinema, games and education. Whether you're a musician, songwriter, composer, producer, sound-designer, student or teacher, or just want to have fun making your own music, we've got you covered! #soundiron #musicpodcast #churchorgan