hi! have revamped my Composer Rates survey! if you're a freelance composer based in the UK, pls could you fill in this quick anonymous questionnaire? the goal is to make a community resource to share knowledge & spread awareness of how much music costs 🙌 pls share!! forms.gle/6Uvcjk8cP2ts...

Freelance Composer Rates [UK] - 2026

Hello! I originally made this survey in 2024, so it's in need of a refresh now that we all charge way more money (.....right??). Also! I am restructuring so that I can more easily collate the data -- ...

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Overloaded with information and social battery fully drained, but it ends and you think: "Already?! That went by so fast. I want more!" GAS26 was excellent! #gameaudiosymposium @gameaudiosymposium.bsky.social Thanks for running such an event! @thenewteed.bsky.social @billystupid.bsky.social

Final tech checks in the Cinema - getting things ready for tomorrow See you there!!

Huge thanks to the over 290 of you (!) who showed up to my REAPR talk! Day 1 of AirCon 2026 has been amazing and I can’t wait to see y’all in the chat tomorrow and Saturday 👾 Be sure to check out the guide to my talk at bolttracks.com/reaper-radne...

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We're heading to the Game Audio Symposium in Leeds next week doing a talk! If you are around and want to hear more about our tech, or new tools, like our upcoming GPU based SweejTech Propagation, come find us or get in touch at hello@sweej.tech. #GameAudio #SoundDesign #GameDev #AudioTech

Fabio Liutina @fliutina.bsky.social, Sound Design II @ Creative Arts will be talking about their recent work on crafting Carcosa's alien life

Cassie White, Composer @ Pitstop Productions will be talking about her working on 1348 Ex Voto and she went about composing for both the 14th & 21st Century

Final announcement! Sarah McRuvie @mcruviesounds.bsky.social, Audio Designer @teamjunkfish.com will be talking about how to 'Git Gud' at game audio and move beyond a beginner's mindset

Missed #GameAudioGDC this year? Want to turn-back time and hear what was happening on the ground with the #GameAudio community? Love podcasts and hearing from a passionate group of people inspired and exploring the world in realtime?

Mari Saastamoinen Minto, Senior Audio Director, and Tom White, Senior Sound Designer, both @ EA DICE will be talking about the processes involved in recording sounds for Battlefied 6

Irma De Wind, Music Supervisor @ De Wind Music, will explain the role of a music supervisor and why you might need one. Irma will be sharing practical advice for composers and musicians on how to prepare their music for games and how to approach working with music supervisors and developers.

Michael Austin @michaelaustin.bsky.social & I are working on a new collection Resonant Worlds: Sound, Matter, and Environmental Design in Games. Here’s the CFP.

In keeping with our aims we strive to be an inclusive, accessible event that enables all individuals to attend & to have a great day. We welcome diversity. Pronouns will be indicated on conference badges, the building is fully wheelchair accessible, all toilets in the building are gender neutral...

don't look now but a wild episode of Beards, Cats, And Indie Game Audio has appeared! Had a rad chat with @elisekatesaudio.bsky.social You should check it out. indiegameaudio.podbean.com/e/beards-cat... #gameaudio

with 1 ticket left for sale, Our Sonic Landscape now has it's own instagram page. it'll have it's own page here soon too. follow along there if you want to keep up with the conference this weekend and going into the future. www.instagram.com/oursonicland...

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#Gamedev in York or North Yorkshire? Game Jam gamerepublic.net/news/game-ja... #indiegamedev #gamedev

Jamie Finlay @jamiefinlaymusic.bsky.social, Composer & Sound Designer, will talk about crafting immersive soundscapes for audio-visual installations and how game audio tech can go beyond gaming.

Hafeed Jraybee, Sound Designer @ 1047 Games, & Pete Burgis, Freelance Foley Artist, will be exploring the idea of ‘narrative foley’, how to look at it from a designer perspective and how to make things feel good in game.

One of the aims of the symposium, and part of the motivation behind it is “To develop the diversity of game audio personnel and to widen participation in the practice.” With this in mind we’d like to offer 10 free tickets to the event for underrepresented folks.

James Elsey @jameselseymusic.bsky.social, freelance Music Composer will be exploring compositional processes for horror games by focusing on the recent 'Beyond Hanwell' game - demo-ing how to create an interactive score while maintaining themes and motifs.

Marcus Bridge, Senior Audio Designer @revrooms.bsky.social will be taking a deep dive into creating voices for creatures - discussing what approaches to take and looking at various techniques for bringing them to life.

Really grateful to have been nominated in the Audio Initiative category as part of aircon26.com 's AirWiggles Awards! Good luck to all the other nominees...

A huge thanks 🙏 to those who have donated to our access fund – every little helps support others to attend. If you’d like to contribute please visit our website to donate gameaudiosymposium.com and if you’d like to apply for support please use this form: forms.gle/BeopXLHtZWxm...

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The Game Audio Symposium examines the process and practice of creating audio for video games, bringing together industry practitioners, academics, and aspiring audio designers in a 1-day symposium tha...

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18 days till Our Sonic Landscape kicks off. our sweet little #gameaudio conference here in Vancouver. who am I going to see there? www.oursoniclandscape.com

Nicholas Singer @nicholassinger.bsky.social, Composer / Sound Designer @ Torched Hill will be talking about how to use and develop musical gameplay both within FMOD and Unreal's MetaSounds drawing on his experience working on City of Beats

Albin Jansson @cpaste.bsky.social, Technical Sound Designer @sweetjustice.audio will be taking us through what's possible within Unreal in terms of blueprint-based automation - therefore freeing up time for more sound design!

In order meet our aim of developing the diversity of game audio personnel, and to widen participation in the practice, we do not think that your financial position should stop you from attending the Game Audio Symposium. That's where our 'Access Fund' comes in! forms.gle/BeopXLHtZWxm...