Adam Kempshall

The summer holidays have arrived, so I'm in full-on Dad-mode for the next few weeks, especially as my wife is bogged down with her work. I'm also doing a German course come September, so musical shenanigans may be a bit lacking for a bit. Fear not, normal service will resume after that.

Having not played it in years, I can confirm that I'm still not very good at the 3rd movement of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata.

Recently started working on a visual novel with a friend. I'm tasked with music and sfx, but I made the mistake of looking at the code. Then, I was wondering about ways to better program the audio, and then 4 hours had passed. #notagamedev #gamedev #indiegames

Today I'm treading that fine line between writing a Sci-Fi March and a Christmas March. I think the glockenspiel just tipped it over the edge. #composer #composerlife

"Articulations of force" sounds way cooler than "accents". #dorico #madewithdorico #composer #composerlife

That brings back some memories!

My mix console today, while I pickle beetroot.

YouTube video by Adam Kempshall The Adventure Begins (Score + Midi Video)

A fun little piece I did this week about heading off on new adventures. I'm not currently, but this piece sounds like it is! #vgm #videogamemusic #indiedev #rpg #indiegame #composer youtu.be/qGWhNh8bejk

Been playing too many games recently. Just tried to press "escape" to bring up the save option in Cubase. #composer #composerlife #vgm #gamemusic

Sun is out, it's very warm, and rain is also falling. Like one of those cartoon rain clouds is just sitting over our street.

Me in Europa Universalis when the Ottomans decide to invade again.

YouTube video by Adam Kempshall You controlled what with game wheel pedals?

Feed up of your hands doing all the work in your DAW while your feet sit around doing nothing? Then this video is for you! Discover how to make your feet useful via a gaming peripheral and a couple of small bits of midi software!
youtu.be/eFoR-nEUI5I

#composer #composerlife

Standard City Builder behaviour 👍

This looks so much fun, and has great music. Who doesn't love a bossa nova soundtrack?

This is looking very cool, and kinda trippy!

Managed to set up the pedals for my gaming wheel to transmit midi data, specifically mapping the clutch and brake to CC1 and CC11. Think I might do a video about that at some point because it is rather cool. #composerlife #composer

Today I'm deploying some Harpsichord.

forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/develo... A fantastic article on the creation of the music for the upcoming Europa Universalis V. Great to see more reactive music coming to the genre while not limiting the number of tracks a player might hear. #eu5 #paradox #gamemusic

A screenshot from Europa Universalis IV, of an event that states : "My Emporer, the untrustworthy scum of Russia have sent us an insult. "Your mother was a hamster and your father smells of elderberries!" We now have a Casus Belli upon them, and our relations have deteriorated. We need to teach these uncouth barbarians of Russia to treat their superiors with respect!

Russia quoting Monty Python in 1606. #eu4 #montypython #grandstrategy

YouTube video by Adam Kempshall City Lights - Live Orchestral Recording with Score

City Lights - The last of the 3 pieces that I had recorded in Prague back in April. Inspired by playing #citiesskylines

More details in the link!
#vgm #indiedev #gamemusic #orchestra #liveorchestra

Schmetterling!

A large Autobahn road sign pointing to the city of "Singen", which also happens to mean "to sing".

A musical place. Lalalala!

It's a school holiday, so I'm in Dad-mode, and there may not be so many music updates. The Small Person has gone out with Mummy and Oma today, so I'm mowing the lawn, cleaning windows, doing the ironing, and generally catching up on stuff that we don't have time to do normally! #dadlife

Our game Fae came 3rd in the Audio category for the GDevelop Big Game Jam #7! I share the credit with incredible voice actress Chayi chayiii.carrd.co, and our hard-working programmer @jjgamez64.bsky.social #gdevelop #gamejam #indiedev #vgm #videogamemusic

itch.io/jam/gdevelop...

Always a big red flag when they are "trying to help" but in an obscure and not very helpful way. Like, there are so many ways to share an image with someone via any medium, just use a 3rd-party image-sharing site.

YouTube video by Adam Kempshall Broken - Live Orchestral Recording with Score

Here's the second piece that I had recorded in Prague back in April. Something cheery for your Friday! youtu.be/6d8cJQS48L0 #orchestra #liveorchestra #dorico #madewithdorico #vgm #videogamemusic

YouTube video by Adam Kempshall Failure of Diplomacy - Live Orchestral Recording

A few weeks back I had the privilege to have some of my music recorded by the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Here is one of the tracks from that day! #gamemusic #vgm #composer #orchestra

Good weather for potatoes this year.

Achievement Unlocked: Half-decent mix levels. #composer #composerlife

Fae by JJGamez64, Akempmusic, chuckpeezy, Chayi Use the power of the immortal spirit to save your village!

Did the music and SFX for this entry for the GDevelop game jam. Learnt so much, and it was a great experience. A big shout-out particularly to @jjgamez64.bsky.social for getting so much done in such a short time! #indiedev #vgm #videogamemusic #gamedev #gdevelop #gamejam
jjgamez64.itch.io/fae