Here is a first indie game I made in flash/as3. Click the large image above or the link below to play it for free right now!!
Get a nice pair of looped audio-tracks (main menu and in-game) for a pretty cool price!
You can also order Sfx: 2-5$ per sound
See sample music here: My music for games
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Here go some videos… the Battery in Tver. Looks like we are playing in Silent Hill Skambodja in Tver. the Battery in Moscow. More people, more fun.
Batiskaf 14
Banana gang
The game’s sponsor decided to change graphics and offered different music, so you obviously won’t be able to play this game as it was when I played it.
Still I did my job, finished the music and got payed.
The game has very short play sessions – about 30 seconds, then you lose, upgrade and start the fight again.
I decided that the music should be very dynamic, so i used many small pieces with different moods. And this really gives a feeling of something going on, advancing along this eternal fight and scene that never changes. So you feel that something changes although nothing really does: same bg and enemies.
I tried to use/mix:
- dandy/chiptune style kind of sounds and tunes as the game reminded me really of those old-days games
- sunny percussion, to get a feeling of hot air, primal people around and etc
- ambient layer as usual
I also ran into this kind of a problem:
I used deep low bass, and when I tested the music on my notebook with weak speaker, all my bass was lost. So i HAD to fix that and select another sound for bass and make its highs as loud as possible.
I also used the FL studio Sakura vst plugin, and it failed me, as some high notes were .. out of tune.. and I discovered that when used one nearly getting all finished.. So I rushed to find a replacement and found it: a famous bass plugin by spectrasonics.
I shot one video of a new song by Tabascojamm.
See the trombonist dancing on stage 
Today was the very first time I tried busking.
A friend of mine, Batyr, played accordion and sang and I played bari saxophone (the low bass line).
We got on a suburbian train and played 1 song in all of the train carriages Checked our cash,.. the heavy metal and got off to buy some alcohol to warm up. Guess what it was… V*DK* Then we got on a train going back to Saint-Petersburg and did quite the same thing – played the mega hit in all of the carriages
Honestly, it was pretty scary to get started. Lots of people sitting, chatting, reading newspapers, talking on the phone..
And suddenly… ta da..
But the mission was accomplished We earned some money: 23$ (700 rubles) to be precise:):) 10$ per hour(to each of us).. Played 1 song for 14 times..
People looked pretty satisfied, at least none of them said anything insulting or asked us to get out..
Moreover noone aked for our tickets (shhh be quiet:) ), and the conductors followed us to listen to what we play
Well, it was a nice day, we did some tiny cash, and enjoyed playing for people… busking is so fair.. people pay if they like what they hear
By the way, its a holiday today… April Fools’ Day
Hey.. this story is true, I tell you, here is a ticket and a sax case
Well they came and rocked!
Spb was the first city on the tour list. I’ll tell a bit more .. later.
More videos on my youtube channel: www.youtube.com/user/OlegSpb2008?feature=mhee
I decided that its just the right time to start busking this summer. So I started my search for a cool guitar combo able to play audio/drum loops.
At first I checked the Roland MicroCube, but my bari sax was pretty much louder than the combo playing drum loops, so there was no way I could use it all right. But MicroCube is: lightweight, can be powered by 6 AA batteries, and has cool sound for playing guitar queitly.
Then I tried Vox da10 (used, this model is not manufactured any longer, as far as I know). Thanks to Ilya Karmanov for giving it away for as low as 115$.
It can operate using batteries (6 C type ones).
It is loud enough to make.., actually I think it is loud as hell 10W compared to 1-2W of the Microcube..
Well what this combo can simultaneously is:
- guitar with effects: gain, reverb, delay, …
- mic with no effects
- aux (mp3 player or whatever), but it sounds too quiet
Also, thanks to my friend Konstantin for incorporating a huge accumulator into this combo. Now it can run for say 40-50 hours approximately but we haven’t checked that yet
Well, I ‘ll post videos of our live street sessions as soon as we make some
Ska!! Download the latest album of "the Battery " - "Radiation" from the offical band site for free! No registration needed, just a link to a zipped mp3 folder. 
