A Composer In His Natural Habitat: Recent Episodes
Thomas C. Baggaley
Thomas flies solo on this episode, giving a composer-ear view of his new work for piano (four hands) A Dickens of a Christmas.
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- Watch and listen to a video with the musical score for "A Dickens of a Christmas" at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYJFhbxH8sM
- Purchase the sheet music for "A Dickens of a Christmas" at https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/a-dickens-of-a-christmas-4-hands-1-piano-formatting-digital-sheet-music/22125258
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Music educator Dr. Craig Ferrin joins the show to discuss the economic value of creativity in what some economists are now calling The Creative Economy.
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- Money and Creative Professionals (a class that teaches creative students the basics of running their own business) is MUSC 1300 in the SLCC catalog. Introduction to the Music Industry is MUSC 1200. Popular Music Bands is MUSC 1470.
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In the show trailer (not an actual episode) Thomas discusses what "A Composer In His Natural Habitat" is all about.
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Experienced video game sound designer and educator Jon Clark joins the show to discuss interactive audio and music for video games and other media.
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- Tex Murphy Series on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/sub/45894
- Tex Murphy The Pandora Directive (1996) Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGDg_acw6Uc
- Pathstorm App: https://www.bigfishgames.com/games/1562/pathstorm/
- Amped (snowboarding game) game play: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgW4BJRHNKE
- Amped 3 game play: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aP29qq9dQeI
- Amped 3 cut scenes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3S1OpmHwO4M
- Utah Wind Symphony Performance of "Firefly" by Ryan George: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ndYH5hmJnE
- GameSoundCon (Annual game sound conference): https://www.gamesoundcon.com/
- Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.): https://www.audiogang.org/
- Music Composition for Games and Interactive Media is MUSC 2510 in the SLCC catalog. Game Audio Design is MUSC 2570.
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In this episode, Thomas's wife Nora joins the podcast as a guest co-host to discuss things the couple has learned about balancing creative pursuits and having a family.
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In the podcast's debut episode, Thomas introduces himself, discusses his plans for the podcast, and talks about the value of learning all you can about how music works. He also discusses different motivations for becoming a composer and why it's important to have a good sense of why you want to compose music.
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