Need something...different.
It occured to me yesterday, that somehow everything I do is related to video games in one way or another.
I'm still a WoW player. Still enjoying it, and the people very much. Well more so the people I'm sure. I've met a lot of great players, and I probably would have quit that game a long time ago if it wasn't for the people in the guild I'm in. It also introduced me to voice chat, which is a side of the internet I hadn't really explored at all until a few months ago. So the social aspect does go a bit beyond text and chat which somehow makes it a little more...personal? Maybe not the word I'm looking for, but certainly actually hearing someone's voice makes it feel a little more "real" if you will.
But then I work, on video game music. I compose, and I compose, and it's all for this game or that. I've often toyed with the idea of actually composing an album, but all the inspiration I draw upon when creating instrumental music comes from a scene description, or a screenshot. I don't know if I remember how to just write something.
AND when I'm not doing either of those, I'm working on my own video game project(s). (http://rysen.seanoyler.com)
More recently, however, I've found myself addicted to playing Guitar Hero for my X-Box. Damn, that game is a lot of fun. It combines my two greatest loves: Video games and music. What's not to love?
What got me thinking about possibly trying something new, was recently we had quite a snowstorm. Power was knocked out here for eight hours or so, and I was really lost as to what to do with my time. I played guitar for a couple of hours, and that was fun, kept me occupied but after that, I found myself cursing that I had no electricity to play a game or hell, even just randomly surf the internet.
It then also occured to me that I didn't actually own a computer until I was 15. And I tried to figure out what it is that I did with my time before that but came up blank.
So...I'm thinking, I need to look into doing something new. Something that keeps my interest as well as these fancy computer thingy's, but requires less...technology. I've tried to get myself into drawing, but I'm horrible at it. I'm not much of a writer, but that is something I've thought about trying. Guess I'll just have to keep trying different things, and hopefully come up with something fun!
I'm still a WoW player. Still enjoying it, and the people very much. Well more so the people I'm sure. I've met a lot of great players, and I probably would have quit that game a long time ago if it wasn't for the people in the guild I'm in. It also introduced me to voice chat, which is a side of the internet I hadn't really explored at all until a few months ago. So the social aspect does go a bit beyond text and chat which somehow makes it a little more...personal? Maybe not the word I'm looking for, but certainly actually hearing someone's voice makes it feel a little more "real" if you will.
But then I work, on video game music. I compose, and I compose, and it's all for this game or that. I've often toyed with the idea of actually composing an album, but all the inspiration I draw upon when creating instrumental music comes from a scene description, or a screenshot. I don't know if I remember how to just write something.
AND when I'm not doing either of those, I'm working on my own video game project(s). (http://rysen.seanoyler.com)
More recently, however, I've found myself addicted to playing Guitar Hero for my X-Box. Damn, that game is a lot of fun. It combines my two greatest loves: Video games and music. What's not to love?
What got me thinking about possibly trying something new, was recently we had quite a snowstorm. Power was knocked out here for eight hours or so, and I was really lost as to what to do with my time. I played guitar for a couple of hours, and that was fun, kept me occupied but after that, I found myself cursing that I had no electricity to play a game or hell, even just randomly surf the internet.
It then also occured to me that I didn't actually own a computer until I was 15. And I tried to figure out what it is that I did with my time before that but came up blank.
So...I'm thinking, I need to look into doing something new. Something that keeps my interest as well as these fancy computer thingy's, but requires less...technology. I've tried to get myself into drawing, but I'm horrible at it. I'm not much of a writer, but that is something I've thought about trying. Guess I'll just have to keep trying different things, and hopefully come up with something fun!