#148 - Geoffrey Day Interview (Atomic Heart, Viscerafest, DOOM, AI, Leadership, Mick Gordon etc.)

Geoffrey Day is a video game composer that has become a youtube
sensation for his DOOM/Argent Metal remixes of game music. He
recently composed for Atomic Heart and Viscerafest.


SOCIAL MEDIA


TWITTER-@geoffplaysguit


INSTAGRAM - @geoffreydaymusic


YOUTUBE - @GeoffPlaysGuitar


Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/geoffplaysguitar


#atomicheart #viscerafest #doometernal


TIMESTAMPS


00:00 - Intro


00:45 - Geoffrey Initially Thought Mundfish Contacting Him Was
Spam


02:37 - Geoffrey Gets Spam Collaboration Emails Everyday


04:10 - Pitch From Mundfish For Atomic Heart


06:04 - Geoff Was A Given A List Of Russian Songs To Pick To
Remix/Composition Of Russian Songs


07:45 - Evolution Of Zyvozdnoe Leto Track


10:51 - Deadline To Submit Songs


13:19 - Who Did The Mixing On The Game


14:13 - Geoff’s Interaction With Mick Gordon


15:10 - People Mistaking Geoff’s Music As Mick
Gordon’s/Admiration For Mick Gordon


17:40 - Overlap Of Composing For Viscerafest/Burnout


20:07 - Imposter Syndrome/Negative Comments


23:20 - How Geoff’s Work As A Software Engineer And People
Manager Transferred To His Music Career


26:34 - Lockdowns Are The Reason Geoff Ended Up On His Current
Path/How Geoff Started Doing DOOM Game Covers


30:41 - Dangers Of AI Music Technology


33:00 - Kiwi’s Thoughts On AI/Geoff Used Moises To Get Stems To
Compose On Atomic Heart


34:10 - Cleaning Up The Stems From Moises Before Sampling


35:25 - Seeing The Flaws In The Stems The Original Russian
Songs/Modernising Vocals


36:10 - Mixing References While Composing/Fan Remastering
Arlekino/Metal Vs Pop Vocals


37:50 - Geoff’s Patreon Perks


39:09 - How Geoff Decides What To Do DOOM Remixes Of


41:35 - How The Super Metroid Ridley DOOM Remix Came About/Skyrim
DOOM Mod


43:30 - Working With A Team On Covers


44:00 - Viscerafest & Atomic Heat Caused Geoff To Spend Less
Time On His Youtube Channel


46:04 - Geoff Loves Working With Technology & A Team


47:20 - Geoffs Schedule


48:45 - Always Being In A Creative State


50:14 - How Geoff Deals With Ear Fatigue & Writers Block


51:45 - Suffering From Insomnia


52:45 - Geoff Would Like To Have Routine/Missing Working In A
Office


55:42 - Needing More Time


57:45 - Not Being Able To Relax/Being A Workaholic


59:45 - Why Geoff Doesn’t Publicly Stream Games


1:01:28 - How Geoff Destresses/Getting Out Of The House


1:03:48 - Time Management


1:04:10 - Where Argent Metal Can Still Evolve


1:07:00 - Mick Gordon Requested For Geoffrey Day To Cover Crazy
Bus Song


1:08:30 - Vol 2 Soundtrack/Atomic Heart OST Speculation


1:11:10 - Closing Comments/Geoff’s Youtube Channel Plateauing


1:12:20 - Where To Follow Geoffrey Day