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Steve Kaetzel's Blog

Steve Kaetzel is a music composer and sound designer for film and video games. As a graduate of the University of Kentucky music school where he studied composition, orchestration, and piano, Steve's specialties include orchestral and electronic music. Working from a fully-equipped recording facility in Seattle, WA, supplies professional quality music and sound effects to suit the needs of many different types of media projects. For more information, visit:

http://www.stevekaetzel.com/

Steve Kaetzel's Comments

Comment In: Analyst: Deflating Music Genre To Play Flat Notes For Activision [News - 10/26/2009 - 08:28]

I think a large part ...

I think a large part of the reason why we're seeing this deflation is from the lack of diversity in the genre. They all seem to revolve around how correctly the user can play a succession of notes. Music is more than just a bunch of notes played in time. ...

Comment In: Audio In Games : Taken for granted [Blog - 10/18/2009 - 01:00]

I feel like music and ...

I feel like music and sound in games are frequently overlooked as well. I asked a gamer friend about this same topic the other day, and he response was, Nobody really notices the audio unless it sucks. As an audio producer myself, I spend a lot of time tweaking sounds ...

Comment In: Target Audience: Animals! [Blog - 10/16/2009 - 08:30]

I could definitely see a ...

I could definitely see a market for it. Especially with the more intelligent pets like parrots. Not only do they have excellent problem solving skills, but they love to solve puzzles. This could also solve one of the problems that every parrot owner is faced with: giving their bird enough ...

Comment In: Game Audio Contracts [Feature - 10/02/2009 - 04:05]

Audio professionals are absolutely passionate ...

Audio professionals are absolutely passionate about delivering the highest quality audio. It will usually take less time for them to produce the end product and it will minimize the possibility of mistakes that will cost time and money to fix. I highly agree with this statement. As a contract composer ...

Comment In: BioWare, EA Confirm Mass Effect 2 For January 2010 [News - 10/16/2009 - 11:51]

Loved the music in the ...

Loved the music in the first one. Kudos to Jack and Sam for a job well done. I'm eager to hear what they come up with for the next one. Steve Kaetzel Composer/Sound Designer http://www.stevekaetzel.com/

   

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