Sebastian Wolff
@sebastianwolff
Musicbiz exec, investor, video game music & rights expert, founder @MateriaMusic.com, cofounder Loudr (exit to Soundrop/Spotify), not a lawyer. Pianist? He/him 🏳️🌈
Until designs and permits clear for the full studio buildout, we settled for a studio bricks booth / screaming room. Proud of the team for assembling this monstrosity, and for our warehouse lead for not murdering me as I gradually carve more into shelving real estate...
The buildout of Materia Studio recording/production space is starting with, let's see. A pipe organ.
Thank you @billboard.com, Alex, and Kevin for the recognition! It's great to see great video game music recognized. Congrats @tobyfox.undertale.com and @cametek.bsky.social on charting in dance, electronic, and soundtrack 📈🙌 www.billboard.com/pro/toby-fox...
Various large companies where art goes to die decided that physical is no longer important. Me: no 📦📦📦📦📦📦📦
Stoked to sponsor @vgmflive.bsky.social, a new games & music festival. See you in June!
Materia's team doubled since last year. How far we've come, through trials and tribulations, through successes and lessons. I'm positively thrilled for the future of Materia and its continued advocacy for game music, game composers, and the long tail ecosystem of talent.
Suno bought Songkick, the concert discovery platform. My expectation: Added arbitration clauses to terms that prevent its 15,000,000 users from bringing any charges against Suno, as Suno, the leader in AI music, continues to slopify the world. Delete your account. www.songkick.com/settings/acc...
A common song of the red-winged Blackbird (a. phoeniceus) is quite similar to a familiar video game leitmotif. So, over the past few years, I've responded to their vocalizations with MEGALOVANIA. This season, the local flock learned it, and it's everywhere, and it's glorious.
Music royalties are complex. I love how MLC breaks down the various channels and royalties that get composers and producers paid. www.themlc.com/digital-musi...
In the music industry, there is a common identifier for copyrighted melodies; an ISWC. ISWCs look like this: "T-332.854.731-1" (ISO 15707) There are layers to how funny it is that a common search platform does not know the format, and instead considers it a problem to solve.
I am truly convinced that most orchestrators are sadists, prove me wrong
An incredible piano medley arrangement and performance of the Best Music from an Indie Game- thank you Rob Kovacs! It's an honor to have the music of Eclipsium recognized by peers and friends. Congratulations on the nomination Michael, Housefire, and CRITICAL REFLEX
Has anyone compiled a comprehensive list of aislop artists on DSPs? Spotify just fed me this garbage, and I need to block literally every scam artist polluting the human listening experience.
Update: the Death Stranding - Strands of Harmony orchestra concert was exceptional. Thank you Ludvig, Brian, Morgan, Tommy, Jahslyn, Gaetano, and SOHO Live crew for an unbelievable evening 🙌 Friends - go get tickets
Live video game concerts? What a concept, perhaps it'll catch on!
Today, Materia brought on our 25th team member -- not counting dozens of contractors and planned hires. It feels like a big milestone. 25 exceptional individuals, dedicated to the celebration and preservation of soundtracks and game music as Materia grows and expands in support of our mission.
Proud to support the altruistic efforts of @musicares.bsky.social and the Recording Academy. Bonus, best cover song concert ever: Jennifer Hudson, Foo Fighters, Charlie Puth, Ke$ha, John Legend, Laufey, Stevie Wonder, Adam Lambert, Janelle, Teddy Swims... Can't wait to do this for game music.
Thank you Grammy Museum®, Artist For Artist®, John Lennon Tour Bus, fellow panelists, and attendees for joining our video game music expert panel today! Music outlives the game: through nostalgia, humanity, and fandom. 🎉
go into music rights, they said it'll be fun, they said the fun: