Sam Hulick
@samhulick
Composer, developer, husband. Known for my work on the Mass Effect trilogy. Co-founder/CEO of @reelcrafter.com. Techstars Chicago alum. All the things:
Tonight's the first time this Kavinsky tribute piece ("The Final Call") finally sounds like everything has gelled together, and I no longer hate it. 😅 Now it just needs an entire beginning.
It's a trap! My sweet old man who we just said goodbye to a couple of weeks ago, had a belly that was NOT a trap, not even the day we adopted him.
The logout icon for @reelcrafter.com is a person jumping out of a window. It's been that way for almost two years, and not once has anyone brought it up. 😆 I wonder how many have even noticed!
It's been just over a month since "Carnival of Stars" was released into the world. I really appreciate everyone who's stuck with me beyond my video game work, into my personal solo work. It means a lot to me! 🙏
Just two more days with our dear old man before we have to say goodbye. 💔
Anyone know why it's taking ALL DAY just to set this up? Why are they building so much scaffolding just to remove these letters? This feels fishy to me.
Oh crap. As the guy behind ReelCrafter, I feel like I need to point out that your embedded player waveform is missing! Hit up support@reelcrafter.com if you need help. I'm guessing maybe your primary color has an alpha setting of fully transparent..?
Today was the first vet visit where the topic of quality of life was brought up for our cat, Tom. Sad day. 😢 We'll talk to the internist tomorrow to weigh options, but it's not looking great.
4400 thanks to everyone who's listened to "Carnival of Stars" since its release last week! The next single, "Smoke and Mirrors," comes out June 26th, and maybe one more before the full Night Creatures album launches whenever it's done.
Been playing around with the idea of taking my music and generating static art pieces from it. This is the latest iteration, fully printable up to 20x20 inches. The top two are Tailwind and Flutter, the bottom are Flow State and Dreaming in Kodachrome.
Heck yeah, ordered! This'll look rad on the shelf in front of my Mass Effect vinyl set.
I've never been so on top of my music releases before. "Carnival of Stars" is shipping May 29th, and "Smoke and Mirrors" on June 26th. These might be the only singles I release ahead of the full album. Can't wait to write the next track!
It's done! Man, I feel like I've done nothing for the past two days but write and mix this thing. I love how this turned out!! Getting this on Bandcamp soon for a limited 2-week release, then it goes to streaming.
In case anyone needs an uplifting pet pic today, here's a photo of my special guy at the cat groomer's. 😹
Still waiting to get the green light to release this extended version of Uncharted Worlds! Definitely gonna have to follow up in a few days. #antsy #superantsy #MassEffect
This is coming along nicely! It needs coarse adjustment on each oscillator, still (-12 to +12 at least). And now I can actually play it using my MIDI keyboard too. The Bricasti M7 reverb sounds killer!
If you're still using sidechain compression to unmask elements in your mix, you might wanna look into more transparent, modern techniques.
Experimenting with a custom-built music visualizer. I'm really digging the look of this!
Studio Sunday! Working on an art project collab with another composer today.
Started working on the next album. The people wanted calm, given the terrible state of the world, so calm is what they shall get.
Is Uncharted Worlds Extended Version done? I think it might be. Now to get approval from Warner Chappell Music to release it! Should clock in at around 4:23, compared to the original's 1:14.