Video Game Industry

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Hello,

I am going to be graduating from Portland State University this year in music and Recording Arts and Music Production. I want to start up a project studio. This is not a gear question but a business question. Does anyone out there with experiance in the Video Game industry have any tips or comments on how to break in?

thank you
 
Ive often wondered how i would go about submitting music for games.
 
Agent47 said:
I've got a few games clients.

It's 'who you know'.
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I'm in the video game industry. Agent47 is right, it's who you know, and furthermore, most of this stuff is done in house (at least for AAA titles).
 
I know nothing about the video game industry, I just wanted to make a comment on the phrase "it's who you know":

Yes, a lot of the music biz is based on "who you know", but what matters more is "WHY you know them". People arent giving out jobs to their next-door-neighbors, they hire "who they know" because they have a working relationship with them and know of their skills.
 
I got to know a game client through a friend who is in charge if IT programming for the game. I would say that is by chance, in my case.

You can try writing in to LucasArts, Blizzard, EA etc. and see if they require your service.
 
Fraserhutch is right - most game music is done in-house, because the big developers like to keep a tight hold on the creative and financial side.

It would generally be the smaller houses that outsource the music work.

In my case, how I got to know my games clients: One of them is someone I met through a gamers' forum on the web, another is literally through a guy I went to school with and another is through an work ex-colleague who phoned up out of the blue with a games client for me.
 
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