cainkong

Music Composer + Studio Guitarist | Credits include: Overwatch, Hearthstone, Disney, Lego Brawlers, ESPN.

[cainkong @cainkong_]

Re-introduction for the new peeps:

Hi!

I am a music composer for games and studio guitarist.

Credits include Hearthstone, Overwatch, Disney, Lego Brawls.

I dig cool people, creatives, positive energy, design, people who love sharing their expertise. I love learning.

[cainkong @cainkong_]

@BerzerkerRage @ChrisMetzen @Warcraft @ChristieGolden @TerranGregory @SamwiseDidier @lugiablaster @RommelFredrick Congrats on the decade anniversary!! So stoked to be part of it! Glad I could contribute!!

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Heard somewhere that Google changed the amount of results on the SERP and this has killed impressions.

Any strats to help with this?

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My wife had a dream that she was married to someone else and apparently that’s my fault too.

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Why does my Diablo character look like he’s about to ask how many Double IPAs can I name?

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@mpatti @cinesamples Damn! What a throwback! Loving musio btw!

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Am I doing this wrong or is there some magic I have to do?

For context, I’m a gnarly Studio One user but their score editor is cheeks and I wanna have more flexibility in views.

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Cubase users!

I’m thinking about taking advantage of Cubase’s competitor crossgrade deal.

I have cubase downloaded but for the life of me cannot figure out basic functions. The UI is hella clunky and the hotkeys feel weird af.

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Damn. This ambient Skyrim music playlist on Spotify always just gets me in the mood to chilllll

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@SarahLevinger Sooooo dude has some kind of magic that he can wear people the faces of people he kills. He is a man with no face. Theorrrrrrrry is that dude is Syrio Forel, Arya’s sword dancing teacher from Kings Landing. We never really see him die in KL. So he chills around to protect Arya.

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Almost done editing a video demo of the a John Mayer tone and posting that bad boy soon!

That and handling some music for a fantasy game are on my docket for this week.

Firing on all cylinders, babbbyyyy.

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How did I not play Stardew Valley sooner? This game is so chill. Hahaha.

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Damnit. The Elektron syntakt and digitakt just look so fuegoooo.

I wish I could get my hands on one to checkout before taking the plunge.

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Between projects I’ve been getting into the habit of writing music for when I’m playing any tabletop games like D&D, or Magic and I post it on Spotify.

Then I put the music on the speaker and say “oh wow. This music is awesome” and see if my wife agrees.

Am I doing it right?

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Today has been an absolute poop show. A 0/10 day. But a trip to Costco with my brother would fix me.

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Dang. The beat step pro is prettttttty rad. Messed around with it playing with some old battery kits I had.

I think for the sake of time I still might be faster writing in piano roll or playing in synth parts.

HOWEVER, it’s pretty rad to mess around with.

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It’s arrived gang! Gotta find my way around it now

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Have been writing music for games using soft synths and libraries for so long but it feels rad to have actual hardware in the desk now.

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Chat, my buddy Joris was right. Buying one piece of analog gear is the way to open the portal.

Yesterday I ordered an @ArturiaOfficial Beat Step Pro to expand the sequencing capabilities of the Edge annnd use the sequencer to control my soft synths and drum plugins. Stoked.

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Got some VO editing to handle. Some guitars for a game to record and a piece of in-game to revisit the mix on.

As the homie, Rosh Roslin would say, keep that coffee flowing!

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The new naked gun kovie is a 10/10. Love those movies as a kid. Those movies were 90 minutes of Dad Jokes training.