Robin Beanland has been a mainline composer at Rare since the early 90s and has worked on franchises such as Killer Instinct, Jet Force Gemini and Conker's Bad Fur Day. He won awards for his recent work on Sea Of Thieves. SOCIAL MEDIA TWITTER - @TheRealBeano   #seaofthieves #killerinstinct #rare   TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:58 - How Much Of Sea Of Thieves Was Recorded During The Pandemic 01:16 - Transition Period Of Working From Home On Sea Of Thieves Vs Kinect Sports 03:30 - Finding Unorthodox Instruments Used For Sea Of Thieves 05:19 - Learning How To Use & Record The Hurdy Gurdy For Sea Of Thieves 08:47 - Sea Of Thieves Main Theme/Cow Ribs 10:52 - We Shall Sail Together Theme 13:38 - Robin Composes With Melody In Mind 14:45 - Composing Killer Instinct/The Early Rare Days 16:25 - David Wise Was A Master Of HEX/Robin Avoiding HEX 17:50 - DKC Funky Kong Theme Was Originally Written For Killer Instinct 19:40 - How Short Robin Had To Keep Killer Instinct Themes/Keeping Music Under 4MB 20:30 - Combo’s Theme/Compression System 21:49 - Killer Instinct Killer Cuts Album Was Written After The Original Music Was Composed 22:15 - Sabrewulfs Theme Originally 23:45 - Cinder’s Theme Had To Be Shortened/Avoiding Feedback 25:30 - Discussions Over Shortening Music With Developers/Sample Rate Was 32Khz 27:19 - 90’s Music Influenced Diversity Of Killer Instinct Soundtrack 29:55 - Robin Would Be Open To Scoring Another Fighting Game  31:00 - Robin Gave Mick Gordon DAT Tapes From Killer Instinct 31:48 - Why The Culture Of Rare Has Stayed The Same From The Nintendo To Microsoft Era/In-house Composing 37:45 - Its A Long Process For Robin To Find A Musical Palette 39:39 - Being In The Musical Zone/Exploring 41:19 - Deadlines/Arts Never Finished/ 42:22 - The First Listen Of The Day Is The Most Important/Taking Breaks 43:46 - Cycling Caused Robin To Be Addicted Lollies & Chocolate 45:01 - Robin Thinks Of Melodies Well Cycling 46:30 - Loony Tunes Inspired Conker’s Bad Fur Day Music 48:15 - Being Inspired By The Rare Developers/Instruments Robin Plays 49:05 - The Accessibility Of Playing Music/Not Many Effects Used On Sea Of Thieves/Waterphone 51:45 - Taking An Instrument And Playing It In A Way Its Not Meant To Be Played/Spitfire 54:05 - Just Create & Don’t Worry About Having All The Gadgets 56:25 - Implementation Of The Music In Sea Of Thieves 1:00:36 - Robin Doesn’t Get Offended When His Music Gets Rejected 1:01:20 - A Tune From Conker’s Bad Fur Day Ended Up In Jet Force Gemini/Cutting Room Floor Tunes 1:02:50 - Robin Is Influenced By Miles Davis Philosophy 1:04:04 - Robin Thinks Mick Gordon’s Sound Is Incredible/Loves His Sabrewulf Theme 1:05:23 - Where To Follow Robin Beanland 1:06:15 - Meeting Shigeru Miyamoto & Phil Spencer 1:07:11 - The Gaming Industry Is More Grounded Than Music & Film 1:09:30 - Bike Rides/Find Something You Enjoy

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#111 - Robin Beanland Interview (Sea Of Thieves, Killer Instinct, Rare, Composing, Mick Gordon etc.)

Ra Vincent is a New Zealand sculptor/artist/set designer and has worked on films such as Lord Of The Rings, The Hobbit, Thor Ragnarok and Jojo Rabbit. He is in the process of building Silverlight Studios a gargantuan film facility in Wanaka, NZ for upcoming film workers in the insustry. SOCIAL MEDIA TWITTER - @ra_vincent WANAKA SILVERLIGHT STUDIO - https://www.epa.govt.nz/fast-track-consenting/referred-projects/silverlight-studios-wanaka/ #hobbit #jojorabbit #thorragnarok   TIMESTAMPS   00:00 - Intro 01:10 - How Ra Has Managed To Stay Mellow Despite The Franticness Of Hollywood 03:40 - Avoiding Burnout 05:12 - Labour Union Strike In America 06:20 - No Film Union In NZ/New Zealand Film Industry Vs American Film Industry 08:45 - How NZ Film Industry Changed Over The Last Two Decades 09:55 - Difference Between Guilds In America/How Ra’s Diversified Skillset Helped Him 11:45 - The Purpose Of The Wanaka Silverlight Studios  14:14 - Uniqueness Of New Zealand’s Landscape 15:16 - Why The Hobbit Wasn’t Shot On Location As Much As Lord Of The Rings 17:14 - LED Immersive Lighting Environment Technology 18:41 - Advantages Of Shooting On Locations/Using LEDILE Technology With Location Shooting 20:40 - LED Technology Utilised With Set Design 22:21 - Why Green/Blue Screen May Still Be Needed/Hollywood Doesn’t Have Foresight 25:47 - Every Country Has A Different Film System Of Operation  27:33 - Working With Dan Hennah/Lord Of The Rings And The Hobbit Were Shot Completely Differently 29:14 - Creatives Buidling Sets Up Until The Eleventh Hour/ 30:34 - Managing Creative People In The Film Industry 32:33 - Encouraging Creative People 34:43 - Working With Taika Waititi/Working With Like Minded People 37:18 - How Marvel Operates/Thor Ragnarok/Every Marvel Film Since Has Been Inspired By Thor Ragnarok 39:58 - The Eccentrics Of L.A. 40:38 - Ra Is Keen To Get Mentor People 43:05 - Upkeep Of Hobbiton/Making It A Tourist Attraction 45:20 - Sculpting/Longest Part Of The Process 47:20 - Timelines Of Sculpting Being Wrong/Gandalf Sculpture  48:50 - Working Out A Budget/Managing Pressure Of A Big Budget 50:20 - Ra Loves The Exploration Aspect Of Planning Design 51:20 - Big Bosses/Pandemic Messing With Ra’s Work 53:22 - MIQ System In NZ Is Causing NZ To Lose A Lot Of Film Productions 54:15 - Ra Is Coming Back To NZ To Pitch For Some L.A. Work There 54:50 - NZ Government Is Really Slow 55:30 - Silverlight Studio Will Only Take 2 Years To Build 56:54 - Studio Space Shortage In NZ

#110 - Ra Vincent Interview (Set Design, Hollywood, The Hobbit, Marvel, Sculpting, Labour Guilds etc.)

Bryan Walker is currently the Lead Producer at Deck Nine Games but is most well known for his tenure at Retro Studios where he was was Senior Producer on Metroid Prime 2 & 3 and Senior Director of Development on Donkey Kong Country Returns and Mario Kart 7. #retrostudios #metroidprime #donkeykong SOCIAL MEDIA LinkedIn - Bryan Walker   TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:00 - Joining Retro Studios Right After Success Of Metroid Prime 1 03:02 - Correcting Retro Studios’ Toxic Environment 05:38 - Keys To Managing Game Developers/Management Tips 08:19 - Tanabe Is A Super Genius Of Boss Design 10:06 - Bryan Walker Can Beat The Boost Ball Guardian Outside Of Debug Mode 11:10 - Due To A Military Background Bryan Gave Input On The Galactic Federation Marines 12:13 - Bryan Praises Scott Peterson For Implementation Of Voice Acting 14:07 - It Didn’t Take Much To Convince Nintendo To Do The Metroid Prime Trilogy Package 15:05 - How Retro Studios Got The Donkey Kong IP/Miyamoto’s View On DK 20:21 - Nintendo Are Not Impressed Until They See Game Prototypes 22:00 - Western Publishers Are More Interested In Documents Than Prototypes 23:01 - Unreal/Unity Have Streamlined Development 24:00 - Mark Pacini’s Genius/Original Pitch For Metroid Prime 3 Was To Be Open World 26:06 - Bryan Feels They Fell Short With Prime 3 27:10 - Nintendo’s Slogan Is “To Delight And Surprise The Player” 28:03 - Bryan’s Experience With Satoru Iwata 29:03 - Most Gaming CEO’s Don’t Understand Whats Involved In Development 32:04 - Game Design Summed Up As “Turning Big Rocks Into Little Rocks” 33:22 - Hyper Mode In Prime 3 Took A Year To Implement 35:34 - Retro Studios Was The First Western Studio To See The Wii Remote 36:50 - Retro Studios Initially Were Really Worried About The Wii/Wii’s Success 38:28 - Iwata Was A Proponent Of The Blue Ocean Strategy/The Book - Innovators Dilemma 39:46 - Why Bryan Joined Deck Nine Games/Story Driven Games 41:45 - Writing Process Of Story Driven Games Like True Colour 43:10 - Giving Publishers The Reality Of The Cost The Implementing Certain Things  44:32 - Headcount Determines Budget/Cost Of Running An AAA Studio Per Month 46:03 - Cost Of Printing Discs, Retail and Marketing 48:30 - Digital Sales For Games 49:13 - Publishers Do Not Pay Out Bonuses Based On Metacritic Rating 49:44 - Retro’s Work On Mario Kart 7 51:12 - Mario Kart 7 Iwata Story 53:03 - Retro Did A Lot Of The Mario Kart Retro Tracks/Retro Were Huge Nintendo Fans 54:37 - Nintendo Were Inspired By Retro Studios Design Tool Kits 56:49 - Retro Studios Went To Japan Headquarters Quite A Number Of Times During Mario Kart 7 58:20 - Moment At Retro Studios That Sticks With Bryan Walker The Most 1:00:56 - Better To Have A Superstar Team Than A Team Full Of Superstars 1:03:11 - Deck Nine Games Going Forward 1:03:37 - How To Keep Up To Date With Bryan Walker

#109 - Bryan Walker Interview (Metroid Prime Trilogy, Donkey Kong Country Returns, Mario Kart 7, Project Management etc.)

Peter McConnell is a game composer who is well known for composing games like Psychonauts, Grim Fandango, Sly Cooper and more. He worked for Lucas Arts as well during the 90s.   SOCIAL MEDIA TWITTER - @PeterNMcConnell   #psychonauts #lucasarts #timschafer   TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:40 - Peter’s Fedora 01:05 - How Peter Came Up With Musical Palette For Psychonauts 1&2 09:10 - Traditional Film Scores 10:37 - Humming Themes Into Cassette Players/MP3s 20:40 - Relationship With Tim Schafer 12:25 - Whats Special About Tim Schafer 16:10 - Learning To Take Constructive Criticism 17:12 - The Customer Is Always Right/Game Design Is A Collaborative Art 19:20 - Callouses/Difference Between Guitar & Violin/Playing Banjo 22:46 - When Orchestra Became Prevalent In Game Music 24:24 - Peter’s First Orchestral Recording 28:28 - The Process Of Recording The Music During Psychonauts 2 30:16 - Recording Remotely/Audiomovers 33:36 - Necessity Is The Mother Of Invention/Benefits Of Recording With Smaller Orchestras 34:47 - Voice Acting For Lucas Arts/Yoda  37:01 - Peter Prefers Composing To His Days Doing Multiple Tasks At Lucas Arts 37:47 - Being Summond To Answer For Doing A Metal Version Of Imperial March 38:58 - Having To Make Music In Style Of John Williams/Music For Star Wars Games 40:39 - Lucas Arts Was A Crash Course To Prepare Peter For Where He Is Now 42:05 - Scary Time Of Being A Freelancer/Why Peter Left Lucas Arts 43:55 - Skills Peter Wants To Improve On 45:20 - Work Life Balance 46:16 - Where To Follow Peter McConnell

#108 - Peter McConnell Interview (Psychonauts 2, Tim Schafer, Orchestra, Star Wars, Lucas Arts etc.)

Associate Professor Jan Elridge is an astrophysicist at the University Of Auckland her main research is on the life and death of stars. SOCIAL MEDIA TWITTER - @astro_jje *DISCLAIMER* Apologies for Jan's audio, not much I could do about it as it wasn't the greatest on her end. #astrophysics #blackholes #gammarays   TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:42 - Studying Astrophysics And Still Barely Knowing Anything About It 01:11 - Studying The Stars/Gravitational Waves 03:27 - One Thing Causing An Entire Programme Model To Be Off 04:30 - Supernovae/Black Hole Dimensions 06:00 - How BPASS Programme Works 08:06 - How Long It Takes To Make A Model 10:45 - Films Portrayals Of Space/Black Holes 13:32 - Jan Is A Fan Of Sci-Fi/Dr WHO/Astronomer Debates 16:25 - Structures Of Stars 19:25 - The Sun 20:04 - What Would Happen If The Sun Disappeared 21:30 - How To Survive On Earth If The Sun Disappeared 22:51 - Gamma Ray Bursts/How They Were Discovered 27:48 - The Area A Gamma Ray Explosion Would Cause 31:10 - Shooting Stars Aren’t Shooting Stars/History 33:26 - Why Shooting Stars Haven’t Been Corrected To Be Shooting Meteorites 35:13 - Astronomy Leads To Philosophical & Ethical Questions 37:04 - Where Do We Come From 38:03 - The Flaws In Elon Musk’s MARS Mission 41:34 - Space Is Hostile/It Would Be Better To Go To The Moon First 42:50 - Films That Are Accurate In Dictating MARS  44:30 - The Chance Of Satellites Being Destroyed From A Chain Reaction 46:37 - Bringing Space Junk Down To Earth To Burn Up In The Atmosphere 48:38 - Beaming Light From Space Satellites To Earth/Why We Use Cables 50:54 - A Difference Between Theorists And Observers 53:44 - Professional Amateur Astronomers/Theorists& Observers Collaborating 57:10 - How To Rebuttal A Flat Earth Theorist 59:43 - Where To Follow Jan Elridge

#107 - Associate Prof. Jan Elridge Interview (Astrophysics, The Sun, Mars, Gamma Ray Bursts, Satellites, Black Holes etc. )

Joel Douek is a television and film composer who has a background in Neuroscience working for the UN. He has composed over 9 David Attenborough documentaries. #davidattenborough #manhattennight #film   SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE - www.joeldouek.com WEBSITE VR www.echoer.com   TIMESTAMPS   00:00 - Intro 00:50 - How Joel Became A Film Composer/Editing For Pokemon 03:05 - Doing Revisions 05:51 - Removing Ego/Egos In Film 07:51 - Finding Efficiency Under Tight Deadlines/Music Templates On A TV Series 12:00 - Reusing Motifs  13:23 - Mistakes That Piano Players Make While Composing/Understanding Orchestration 16:25 - Joel Doesn’t Like The Idea Of Hobbies/Balancing Out Different Endeavours  19:04 - How Neuroscience Has Affected Joel’s Music 21:54 - Melody Is Secondary To Emotion/Joel’s Composing Process 23:39 - How Joel Ended Up Composing For David Attenborough 26:50 - Meeting David Attenborough 29:11 - Networking Is Bad/Building Friendships Is The Way To Look At It 32:22 - How To Get The Word Out About Your Music Portfolio 33:33 - Before Doing A Project Follow 3 Rules 35:18 - Why Joel Is Quite Philosophical/Joel’s Previous Work At The UN  37:41 - Joel Doesn’t Consider Himself An Entertainer 39:13 - How Travelling Has Influenced Joel’s Music/Have Experiences 42:38 - Travelling To Get Experiences/You Don’t Learn Anything As A Tourist 45:38 - Creators Are Fearful/Embracing Fear/Weight Of Expectations 48:45 - How Joel Deals With Anxiety/Vision Quest 50:54 - Fight Or Flight Relating To Music 52:41 - Doing The Music For Manhattan Night 56:05 - What Joel Is Looking To Musically Going Forward 59:29 - Staying Up With Technology 1:01:53 - Where To Follow Joel Douek

#106 - Joel Douek Interview (Film Composing, David Attenborough, UN, Philosophy, Neuroscience, Travelling, Manhatten Night etc.)

Mike Wikan is a Game Designer who has worked on Duke Nukem, Donkey Kong and DOOM. He is most well known for being Lead Designer on the Metroid Prime Trilogy during his tenure at Retro Studios. He is now Creative Director at Booz Allen Hamilton WEBSITE - https://www.boozallen.com   #metroid #metroidprime #gamedesign     TIMESTAMPS   00:00 - Intro 01:27 - How Metroid Prime Was Developed/Techniques That Were Used 07:06 - Working With Nintendo/Language Difficulties/Translators 08:11 - How Nintendo Operates 09:09 - Shigeru Miyamoto Story From Donkey Kong Country Returns 11:12 - Tanabe Was The Reason For Spider Ball & Boost Ball Guardians Difficulty 12:17 - Fixing Things In Metroid Prime Trilogy 13:14 - Nintendo Analysed Every Bit Of Text In Metroid Prime Trilogy 14:03 - Who Was Responsible For The Lore/Luminoth Language 15:56 - Sketching Background /How Mike Learned Coding, 3D Models, Design etc. 19:45 - Growing Up In The Military/Taking Military Experiences Into Metroid Prime Development 22:16 - Mike Had To Do Non Detailed Sketches Before Handing Them To Artists 24:10 - How Quadraxis Boss Was Designed/Gameplay Ramping/Game Engine Camera System 30:28 - MP2 and MP3 Didn’t Have Crunch 31:09 - The True Story Behind Metroid Prime 2’s Initial Development 32:20 - Metroid Prime 1 Crunch/Management Of Retro Studios Changed After Metroid Prime 1 34:00 - How Booz Allen Hamilton Gaming Development Works/Avoiding Crunch For Creatives 36:35 - How To Manage Creative Staff Properly 39:05 - How To Prepare For Curve Balls In Game Design/The Pillars Of Game Design 40:52 - Meta Ridley Boss Fight In MP3 Inspired By Lord Of The Rings/Original Meta Ridley Design Fight In MP1 42:26 - Mike Wikan Loves Lord Of The Rings 43:15 - Mike Is Very Introverted/How He Breaks Through It  46:35 - Being A Lifetime Learner 47:18 - The Problem With AAA Game Studios & Lack Of Leadership 49:01 - Breakdown Of Gaming Studios Profits From Game Sales 51:28 - How Nintendo Operates In Terms Of Managing Staff 52:03 - Eastern Game Design Vs Western Game Design 52:53 - Gameplay Trumps Graphics/Story Never Sells A Game 54:22 - AAA Games Designs Flaws/How Mike Guides Game Designers 57:10 - How Management Works Once You Have More Than 45 Staff 57:47 - No Excuse For Western Developers Not Adapting To Eastern Game Methodology 58:58 - Mike’s Managing Style At Boon Allen Hamilton 1:02:35 - What Games Mike Wikan Plays/Bullet Echo 1:05:31 - Mike Will Play Metroid Dread & Prime 4 1:06:40 - Where To Keep Up With What Mike Wikan Is Working On 1:07:44 - What Was Being Fine-tuned With Metroid Primes Audio/Clark Wen 1:09:45 - Mike Is Extremely Thankful To All The Metroid Prime Fans To This Day

#105 - Mike Wikan Interview (Metroid Prime Trilogy, Game Design, Crunch, Booz Allen Hamilton, Shigeru Miyamoto etc.)

Dr. Ben Peters is a Professional Practicer at the University Of Otago and has a PHD in biochemistry, he is an avid spokesman for Gene Editing and is a political MP for the TOP party in Dunedin. SOCIAL MEDIA FACEBOOK - https://m.facebook.com/BenPetersTOP/ TWITTER - @benapeters   #geneediting #plasticeatingenzymes #crispr   TIMESTAMPS   00:00 - Intro 00:45 - Bringing Back The Wooly Mammoth 04:01 - What Gene Editing Is And Its Utilisations 06:26 - What Is Deemed Natural In The Gene World 09:12 - Applications Of Gene Editing/Gene Editing Plants/Enzymes 11:02 - Why Politicians Haven’t Updated Legislation On Gene Editing 12:20 - Politicians Aren’t Scientists 13:49 - Plastic Eating Enzymes And How They Work 16:50 - How Side Effects Are Prevented From Editing Enzymes 17:51 - Using Gene Editing To Make Pests Infertile 20:52 - Cane Toads/ Destabilising Pest Species 23:32 - Protocol Before Gene Editing Can Happen In Food 28:34-  How The Covid Vaccines Work/Why Anti Vaxxers Exist 33:51 - How & Why The Covid Vaccine Was Fast Tracked 38:10 - Long Term Effects From Covid Vs Vaccine 40:43 - Gene Editing Can Be Used For Diseases Such As Diabetes 41:56 - Still Unknown Whether Gene Editing Can Help With Brain Diseases 43:20 - Gut Microbiome/Fecal Transplants 45:03 - Bliss Probiotics 46:01 - Diabetes And When Gene Editing Should Apply 49:26 - How To Avoid Chain Reactions From Gene Editing 51:38 - Cytokine Storms Are Unlikely To Happen From Gene Editing 52:50 - How CRISPR Changed Gene Editing 54:11 - How Much Time CRISPR Saves 56:25 - CRISPR Has Opened The Flood Gates Of Gene Editing 58:08 - Chinese Scientist Who Removed HIV From Babies From Gene Editing 59:54 - NZs Foolish Legislation Around Gene Editing 1:04:20 - Why Dr’s & Scientists Avoid Getting Into Politics/Why Ben Joined TOP 1:07:55 - Ben Will Often Self Diagnose Due To Understanding So Much About Science 1:10:14 - Where To Follow Dr. Ben Peters

#104 - Dr. Ben Peters Interview (Gene Editing, Enzymes, Vaccines, Anti Vaxxers, Gut Microbiome, CRISPR etc.)

Elik Alvarez is a composer who got his start in the industry composing for 4Kids Entertainment on series like TMNT, Yu Gi-Oh, Kirby, F-Zero and more. He has composed for a number of David Attenborough documentaries and has been composing for films as of late. #tmnt #yugioh #davidattenborough SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE - www.elikalvarez.com FACEBOOK - Elik Alvarez INSTAGRAM - @elikalvarezcomposer TWITTER - @elikalvarez   TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:51 - Working At 4Kids Entertainment 02:44 - Composing For Cartoons Is Like Bootcamp 06:07 - The Process Of Scoring At 4Kids Entertainment 08:39 - Writing Music Using Themes Others Have Written for TMNT 2003 10:00 - Gratification Of Being A Composer/Never Getting Bored 11:09 - Elik Got Allocated A Lot Of Action Cues For TMNT 2003 12:26 - Elik Having To Research Various Genres For Composing TMNT/Collaboration 15:00 - Elik Isn’t An Audio Engineer/Mixes While He Composes/Deadlines 19:07 - Elik Didn’t Take Music References From Japanese Score Of Yu-Gi-Oh 20:09 - Temp Tracks/Referencing Other Composers 22:07 - Applying Degree In Business Administration To Music 23:34 - Freelancing/Negotiating Contracts/PR Agents 25:25 - Soundtrack Releases Of 4Kids Entertainment Shows Could Be On The Horizon 28:58 - Collaboration With Freddy Sheinfield & Joel Douek 31:22 - Friendship With Freddy & Joel/Competitiveness 33:53 - Elik Wants To Meet David Attenborough 35:31 - Composing For Documentaries 39:05 - Direction From Project Director 41:00 - Chasing Projects 43:41 - Royalties Are How Composers Survive Between Projects 45:06 - Kingdom Of Plants Gave Elik Credibility/You Need Validation To Get Work In California 48:00 - You Have To Be Competitive In California 50:00 - Elik Isnt A Networking & Party Guy    51:30 - Elik Hates Composing For Commercials/Concert Music 53:22 - Action Cues In Yu-Gi-Oh Would Make it Easy To Do Superhero Film 55:22 - Where To Follow Elik Alvarez/What Elik Is Working On

#103 - Elik Álvarez Interview (TMNT 2003, Yu-Gi-Oh, David Attenborough, 4Kids Entertainment, Composing etc.)

Vanessa Goodson is the winner of The Apprentice Aotearoa and runs the party business OMGNess. SOCIAL MEDIA Website - OMGNESS.co.nz Instagram - @_vanessagood, @omgness.co.nz   #theapprentice #mikepero #omgness   TIMESTAMPS   00:00 - Intro 00:40 - How Vanessa Maintains Her Energy/Not Shutting Off 02:50 - No Phones Were Allowed On The Apprentice 06:33 - The Reason Vanessa Auditioned For The Apprentice/Audition Process 08:08 - Watching Herself Back On The Apprentice 09:36 - 16 Hour Days On The Apprentice/How A Lifestyle Tagline Came About 10:43 - The Apprentice Was Real And Not Misdirected With Edited/Living At The Apprentice House 11:48 - Building A Camaraderie With The Other Contestants  13:02 - Duration Of The Board Room Meetings 15:00 - Getting Mentored By Mike Pero 17:34 - Applying Her Business Plan 18:48 - Brand Exposure/Covid Affecting OMGNess 20:25 - Favourite Challenge On The Show 22:15 - Business Pitch/Presentation To Panel 24:47 - Apprentice Being An Emotional Roller Coaster 26:14 - Lawnmowing Challenge 29:36 - Getting Used To Cameras Always Being Around/Micd Up All The Time 31:03 - Vanessa Having Her Small Cry 32:44 - Best Prizes 33:52 - Hamilton Challenge 35:57 - Getting Breakfast & Lunch Everyday  37:10 - Driving Around To Challenges/Camera Guys In The Car 39:12 - No Forewarning At All 40:43 - Mike Pero Was Physically There To Give Out Challenges 41:15 - Vanessa’s Plan Going Forward 43:46 - How Big OMGNess Team Is 45:57 - West Auckland 47:05 - Going National With OMGNess 48:25 - Talking Fast/Bad Storytelling 49:47 - Where To Follow Vanessa Goodson

#102 - Vanessa Goodson Interview (The Apprentice Aotearoa, OMGNess, Mike Pero, West Auckland etc.)

Gareth Coker is a video game game composer who came into prominence for composing Ori And The Blind Forest and Ori Will Of The Wisps. He has also scored for ARK, Immortals Fenyx Rising and he is currently scoring Halo Infinite. He is well known for his catchy melodies. SOCIAL MEDIA YOUTUBE -  @Gareth Coker  TWITTER - @garethcoker   #ark #oriandthewillofthewisps #haloinfinite   TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:49 - Gareth Being A Veteran/What Constitutes Being A Veteran 01:35 - Smoke & Mirrors Of Game Design 02:30 - Game Scores Vs Film/TV Scores 04:05 - VST Ethnic Instruments Vs Live Ethnic Instruments 07:33 - Underworld Track On Immortals Fenyx Rising 09:44 - Gareth Reasons For Using Orchestras 11:20 - Differentiating Yourself In Gaming Music 13:27 - Memorable Melodies Is A Lost Art 15:24 - Ginzo Tree Escape Sequence Music 17:05 - Implementing Music In A Game Correctly/ 18:29 - Gareth Debating With Developers Over Music Implementation In Ori Game Sequence 21:27 - Gareth Prefers To Implement Music In The Game Himself/Implementation Of Music 24:20 - Sackboy Music Implementation 25:09 - Scoring Halo Infinite/Living Up To Expectations  30:26 - You Cant Please Everyone/Referencing Older Halo Music 31:50 - Halo Infinite Composers Working Together/Collaboration 33:00 - Music Supervisors Role 36:17 - Being In Japan And How It Affected Gareths Approach To Composing 39:50 - Don’t Get Comfortable With Success/Communicating Your Ideas 41:20 - Japan Made Gareth Less Shy 42:15 - Gareth Is Unlikely To Return To Japan/Teaching Rugby In Japan 43:15 - Speaking Japanese/Japanese Game Companies 45:05 - Ori Putting Gareth On The Map/Working On Minecraft 46:54 - Working On ARK 50:00 - How Gareth Writes A Melody 56:02 - Doing Melody For TV/Film 59:08 - Composing To Game Visuals/Writing Process 1:02:05 - How Gareth Finds Time To Play Games/Gareth Doesn’t Play Multiplayer Games 1:05:29 - Gareth Watched Streams Of Will Of The Wisps After Release 1:07:28 - Monitoring Gamers To Gather Data To Make A Game Better 1:09:25 - Gareth Excited For Next Generation 1:10:06 - Possibly Scoring Assassins Creed/Dream Project 1:11:11 - Where To Follow Gareth Coker

#101 - Gareth Coker Interview (Ori, Halo Infinite, Ark, Ethnic Instruments, Japan, Melody, Orchestra etc.)

John Callen is a NZ Actor who has been acting for over 40 years. He is most well known for playing Oin in the Hobbit. #thehobbit #oin #peterjackson   SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook - John Callen   TIMESTAMPS   00:00 - Intro 00:45 - Feeling Old Well Shooting The Hobbit/Weight Of Dwarf Suits 03:23 - Getting A Hernia While Shooting The Hobbit 06:19 - Scottish Accent For Audition/Auditioning For Smaug 07:26 - John Redoes His Smaug Audition Voice 08:15 - Voice Acting Got John Into The Industry/Time As A Journalist 11:44 - What Peter Jackson Is Like/LOTR’s Affect On NZ Film/TV Industry 16:28 - John Is For A Union In NZ/Hobbit Law 21:51 - Different Views On Hobbit Law/Camaraderie Of Actors On Set 23:42 - Debate Over The Hobbit Law/John’s Secret Spy/ 27:20 - John’s Experience On Set/Jed Brophy 29:58 - Having To Wait Around On Set/Getting Free Wine 31:59 - What John Would Do While Waiting Around To Be Used 34:23 - Adam Brown/How John Prevented Rashes From Dwarvf Beards 35:39 - Hair For Dwarves Was From Yaks/Food Getting Stuck In The Beard 37:58 - John’s Arthritis/Dwarf Hands 40:34 - Beorn’s House Set/Set Design 42:54 - Bag End Shoot Between The Dwarves And Gandalf/Ian McKellen Story 45:34 - John Talks Working With Martin Freeman, Billy Connolly and Ian McKellen 48:57 - John Dealing With An Unprofessional Actor While Directing Shortland Street 51:03 - Difference Between Stage Vs Film/TV 53:16 - John’s Directing Style/Shortland Street Actor Requirements 55:20 - Time Constraints 57:10 - Comparing Directing Style To Peter Jackson’s 58:39 - Peter Jackson’s Plans Sometimes Not Coming To Fruition/Lake Town Set Change 1:00:00 - Producing/Story Of Producer Losing Everything 1:04:25 - Unions Vs Non Unions 1:05:26 - Working On The Hobbit Was An Amazing Experience 1:06:41 - Voice Acting On A Star Wars Game 1:09:18 - John Took A Drama School To Voice Acting Sessions 1:10:14 - Doing Audio Books For The Blind 1:11:10 - Where To Follow John Callen

#100 - John Callen Interview (The Hobbit, Peter Jackson, Hobbit Law, Directing, Acting etc.)

Tiffany Cook is a boxer, businesswoman, fitness coach and host of the Roll With The Punches Podcast. She was featherweight victorian champion in 2019 and has certificates in Fitness, Conscious Hypnosis and Neuro Linguistic Programming. SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE - https://www.tiffaneeandco.com.au FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/TiffaneeAndCo/ LINKEDIN - Tiffany Cook TWITTER - @TiffaneeCook INSTAGRAM - @tiffaneeandco YOUTUBE - @Tiffanee Cook   #rollwiththepunches #pootransplants #neurolinguistics   TIMESTAMPS   00:00 - Intro 00:30 - Australia/NZ Relationship 01:05 - How Tiffanee Got Into Boxing 02:36 - Tiffanee’s First Boxing Training/Sparring & Fight 05:35 - Psychology Of Boxing 08:14 - Dealing With Physical Pain/Performance/Inner Critic 13:38 -  Self Reflection/Having A Wall Up 16:49 - Not Being Self Aware Of Issues 19:25 - Self Diagnosis/Tiffanee’s Psychologist Mate/Getting Therapy 22:00 - Worry About Changing And It Affecting Her Boxing   23:51 - Tiffanee’s Workshop 25:01 - Tiffanee’s Podcast With A Psychologist 26:24 - Hypnosis/Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) 28:50 - Suppressing Emotions/Getting Angry For No Reason 31:08 - Colour Black Being Directly Connected To Anger 32:40 - Fun Anger/Having The Looks 34:30 - Seeking Attention/Not Being Real 35:31 - How Tiffanee’s Podcast Came About/Podcasting 40:36 - Reece Talking About His Podcast 42:15 - NZ/Australia Being Isolated 43:15 - Learning So Much From Podcasting/Editing Podcasts 44:23 - Hating Courses/Ways Of Learning/Audio Books 46:17 - Tiffanee’s Fitness & Nutrition Regime 48:30 - Food Is Connected To Mental Health/Neuro Chemistry 50:29 - Tiffanee’s Diet/Sweet Tooth 51:18 - Epigenetic’s/Health Types 53:02 - Your Body Is A Filtering System/Self Awareness Of Your Body Talking To You 55:35 - Enema Kits 56:22 - Poo Transplants 1:00:32 - Neural Networks 1:01:49 - Where To Follow Tiffany

#99 - Tiffanee Cook Interview (Boxing, Fitness, Neuro Linguistics, Poo Transplants, Nutrition, Roll With The Punches Podcast etc.)

Jason Graves is a video game composer who is known for composing a number of high profile video games from Deadspace, Until Dawn, Tomb Raider, Far Cry and more....he has also won a number of academy awards for his composing. #tombraider #farcry #untildawn   SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE - jasongraves.com TWITTER - jgmusic FACEBOOK - Jason Graves Music INSTAGRAM - jasongravesmusic YOUTUBE - @Jason Graves Music   TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 01:39 - How Jason Formed His Style/Creating Scary Music/How Jason Got Into Music 05:38 - Working Under Jerry Goldsmith/Elma Bernstein/Christopher Young 07:57 - Order 1886 Score/Strings Ensemble 10:18 - Coming Up With New & Unique Music  11:35 - Aftermath Of Deadspace Success/Developers Contact Jason Far Before Development 13:20 - Having To Be Secretive About Composing New Projects 15:28 - Implementing Music For A Jump Scare 17:35 - Creating Music For Dead Space 21:30 - Implementation Of The Music In The Game 24:23 - Collaborative Process Of Game Design 25:58 - Working On Music For Television 28:10 - Working On Music For Far Cry: Primal 31:37 - Being Brought On Late In Far Cry: Primal Development/Jason’s Assistant For Far Cry:Primal 33:35 - Being A Drummer Influenced Far Cry: Primal Music 35:00 - Vocals Of Tribes Were Based On Jason’s Music 35:39 - Working On Tomb Raider/Not Referencing The Older Tomb Raider Games 38:04 - Gameplay Capture Is Imperative To Composing/Finding Time To Play Games 39:53 - Being A Good Listener In Meetings 41:21 - Initial Tomb Raider Demo/Discussions With Directors 42:30 - What Game Director’s Style Doesn’t Gel With James 44:21 - AAA Games & Indie Games Comparison 45:07 - Working On Until Dawn & The Dark Anthologies   47:30 - Being Typecast To Do Scary Games/Graves Being Jason’s Real Surname 49:53 - Working On Moss/Breaking Through Scary Composer Stereotype 52:29 - Staying Grounded Despite Success 54:24 - Jason’s Drama Background/Award Speeches/Presentations 55:44 - Composers In L.A./University Of Southern California 57:39 - Library Tracks Used For Television 59:08 - Royalties 1:00:36 - Jason’s Work Was Never Affected By Covid  1:01:45 - Jason Would Love To Work On Fantasy And Work On Naughty Dog 1:03:27 - Jason Wouldn’t Want To Compose Middle Earth Games Due To Howard Shore’s Music Being iconic 1:04:30 - Where To Follow Jason On Social Media

#98 - Jason Graves Interview (Deadspace, Far Cry:Primal, Tomb Raider, Horror, Royalties, Dark Anthologies, Order 1886 etc.)

Louise Wallace is an actress, tv presenter and director. She is most well known for being in The Real Housewives Of Auckland and being the cold emotionless host of The Weakest Link. #realhousewives #weakestlink #treasureisland   SOCIAL MEDIA Instagram - @louisewallacenz Facebook - Louise Wallace Website - tadpoleproductions.co.nz   TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:45 - Real Housewives Of Auckland Shooting Duration 01:27 - Setup Of Shooting Real Housewives Of Auckland 02:41 - Real Housewives Is Planned In Advance/Reality TV Is Unethical 04:08 - Louise Has Thick Skin/Young People Don’t Have Resiliance 05:13 - Louise Isn’t That Engaged With Social Media/Louise Blocks Trolls 06:16 - Social Influencers Are Bullshit 06:52 - Louise Was Involved In Casting Real Housewives/Louise Originally Didn’t Want To Be On It 07:59 - Producers Of Real Housewives Were Trying To Catch Louise Out 09:16 - Starting Controversy At The Beginning Due To The Show Being Boring 10:01 - Season 2 Was Never On The Cards 10:24 - The Boat Incident Had No Affect On A Potential Season 2 11:33 - Louise’s Family Largely Not Involved/Julia’s Family Being Affected From Real Housewives 13:12 - Louise Is On Good Terms With The Cast 13:55 - How Louise Ended Up In Journalism/TV Presenting 15:01 - News Readers Follow Teleprompters/Presenting Gigs 16:01 - The Weakest Link 18:00 - How Louise Got Weakest Link Gig 18:38 - Shows Being Affected By Where They Were Placed On TV 19:10 - Weakest Link Protocol Was Very Strict 19:30 - Shooting Weakest Link/Celebrity Shows 20:52 - Louise Said Everything Off The Cuff 21:23 - Experience On Celebrity Treasure Island 23:42 - Directing Celebrity Treasure Island 25:35 - Louise Loves Doing Theatre/Tadpole Productions 27:13 - Theatre Requires A Lot Of Work/Tadpole Doesn’t Get Funding 28:14 - Making Mistakes During A Show 30:15 - Learning Lines 31:02 - How Tadpole Productions Was Setup/Actors Having To Chase Work 32:25 - Covid Affecting Tadpole Productions/Doing Theatre Outside Of Auckland/Campervan 35:09 - Drama School In London/How Drama School Breaks You Down 38:28 - Most Actors Louise Knows Are Down To Earth/Snobby Actors Never Make It 39:40 - Louise Doesn’t Audition People For Theatre, She Goes Off There Work Ethic 40:46 - How Louise Stays Relaxed 42:00 - Louise Wants To See Her Son In UK But Cant Due To Covid/Living With Covid 43:30 - Travelling 44:14 - Audition Process For Real Housewives 46:00 - Anne Helped Louise Get Through Real Housewives 47:12 - Master Interviews After The Day Of Shooting/Speaking In Present Tense 48:05 - Louise Thinks The Show Wasn’t Edited To Change Things/ 48:38 - The Apprentice New Zealand Is Tame/Contestants On Apprentice Will Be Careful Due To Work Prospects 50:08 - Most People Enter Those Reality Shows For Fame 50:42 - Louise Thinks If Season 2 Of Real Housewives Happened It Would Of Blown Up 51:17 - Being Noticed In California 51:54 - Louise Doesn’t Care About Fame & Being Noticed 54:36 - Dont Take Yourself To Seriously

#97 - Louise Wallace Interview (Real Housewives Of Auckland, The Weakest Link, Celebrity Treasure Island, Theatre, Acting etc.)

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