Hamish Oliver

Composer for games/film/television/theatre, arranger, musical director, lecturer, performer, music technologist. Winner of APRA Professional Development Award

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@SubwooferSub Congratulations that’s awesome

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@timprebble Similar vibes to this classic I sometimes show in class

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@emiledonovan Yes just heard you talking about this. There are very often multiple moments (and extended sections) in Sigur Ros songs that I wouldn’t have thought of as being linked to baby sleep in any way.

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@Airylawyer @Bridgetpee As has been demonstrated time and time again.

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@philipbuchanan Congratulations, fantastic

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@timprebble This is the one we had at school, I still have a reel with one of my school bands on it.

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@MikatteMusic Nice one!

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@lavercombe I loved walking around Napier while
there for a gig not long ago, nice vibe.

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@pickledarlinggg This is a really really nice progression

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@MusicOfLee @Komaniecki_R Yesterday I added this video to the usual one I show in my game audio class - https://t.co/89FYYHNKvi

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(I took the sound out, it sounds cool but is nothing to do with the actual piece…)

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Tomorrow afternoon I not only get to hear a significant Steve Reich piece performed live, but get to play in it, and play marimba!!
It’s the New Zealand premiere of Steve Reich’s “Drumming". https://t.co/p5CSs7D5Zy
Many thanks to Justin DeHart for the invite.

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@GameSound Congratulations, a pretty fantastic achievement.

[ALL @AotearoaLib]

NZ media tries to make Israel’s mass terror attack in Lebanon sound cool and impressive:

[Craig Renney @CLRenney]

. @Amelia__Wade has a great story about the scale of cuts required if the government is to achieve its spending targets. I thought that I might add a little more information to that article. A 🧵 https://t.co/UglvZSHNRV

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@Menkerton @Jimllpaintit @Gmski @ScarredForLife2 I very much remember this too! What book is it from?

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interesting students and awesome gear and facilities. We’re almost two years into the new 4-year Bachelor Of Digital Screen (Hons) degree, and another role like mine is now being advertised.

Closing date: 7 October 2024 (midnight NZ time)

https://t.co/nnTrL5NA3N

#gameaudio

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Update No. 3
Following on from Update No. 2, come work with me!
Audio people (internationally) - come and help represent audio at The University Of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.
There are a lot of new things happening at the Digital Screen Campus: exciting courses,

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(and having to turn down more, and happily hand some on to others in the composition/arranging/sound design community)

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I applied for this role and was very very pleased to get it, things have been a bit busy since then and here we are.
Note (to all the people I’ve been doing awesome projects with) that I’m still doing awesome projects as well, just calling it research