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Posted by virt on November 20th, 2009 filed in GeneralOops, cat’s out of the bag. I was hoping to delay the announcement until Magfest, but I was probably dumb to expect that.
So: I’m relocating to northern LA at the beginning of January.
Wayforward Technologies, my favorite game developer and longtime client, has enjoyed great success lately, and they have enough going on to keep an audio guy busy year-round. So I’ve made the utterly nerve-wracking choice to leave Volition, despite the incredibly good time I’ve had there, and be that audio guy.
So.. at Magfest 2010, I intend to celebrate with whichever of you foolios can make the trip out there.
BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE! Starting December 18, I’m back in the freelance business too. Street team, start your engines — it’s open season. I”m especially angling for iPhone and Flash games I can take on in my spare time, but I’m going to shoot for everything from handhelds to feature films — I want to make music and/or sounds for anything I can, and keep meeting brilliant people who love what they do.
November 20th, 2009 at 10:58 pm
Congraz!!
relocating again must be tough, but you seem very motivated and happy about it.
also you sem to never run out of energy, which is so inspirational ;)
p.s. thx 4 the cumshot explanation, hehe luv that
November 21st, 2009 at 2:14 am
friggin awesome! good luck man
(now get me a job there :D)
November 21st, 2009 at 2:27 am
Damn son, that’s awesome! Good to know you’re gonna be full time with Wayforward.
Does this mean you’re the reason the new Shantae got delayed? So we can have some sexy virt goodness on the soundtrack?
Miss talking to you man. Let’s reconnect sometime. I know you’re a busy mofo, but I miss my cuddly buddy!
November 21st, 2009 at 5:18 am
Ugh, I hated moving house…but hey, if its for a good cause… =D
Hooray for Freelance restarts! I’d love to say I’m ready for the scoring help you’ve offered, but have yet to enter final production. Just prepping the voice tracks right now, and final animation begins come January. I’m nervous as anything, but here goes!
Like someone else here said, your sheer energy and enthusiasm is really very inspiring.
November 21st, 2009 at 11:10 am
YOU ARE GOING TO BE THE SOUND OF WAYFORWARD
You’re making me love that company even more.
November 21st, 2009 at 1:48 pm
Congrats Mr Virt! Proud of you.
November 22nd, 2009 at 3:24 am
ALSO
you should slap some sense into that beatfox dude and get him to hang at modshrine D:
November 22nd, 2009 at 11:55 am
I heard about this the other day, and was really happy about it. I wish you were available more often to talk to! :(
Anyway, congratulations. I’m really looking forward to whatever you produce, as always.
November 22nd, 2009 at 2:26 pm
Woah big news dude, cool. Congratulations!
We’ll see you at Magfest rocking out on multiple fronts. PEACE
-Dom
November 22nd, 2009 at 5:44 pm
Good luck with moving and everything, man. With everything I’ve heard on this site, you should continue to work wonders. :)
November 22nd, 2009 at 5:56 pm
Congrats man! I wish we’d gotten to hang out while you were still in Illinois, but there’s always Magfest!
November 22nd, 2009 at 6:17 pm
congratulations!!! !!! !! !!! we’ll have to celebrate at mag.
November 22nd, 2009 at 7:59 pm
Aw, will miss you from being in Champaign here :( . Get back to me about DKC 2 stuff!
November 22nd, 2009 at 8:06 pm
That’s super awesome! I’ve got a friend who just moved to LA that I should hook you up with. He’s a screen writer.
Also, I don’t want to hear any excuses, so get me your info for MAGFest already! >.< rawr! Then you can move without me bothering you.
November 23rd, 2009 at 6:23 am
you’re going down
November 23rd, 2009 at 7:39 am
what i find hilariously disturbing is that you’ll eventually come full circle back on the east coast.
till then, i wait patiently…
November 23rd, 2009 at 10:49 am
yeah but i’m happy :D
November 23rd, 2009 at 2:04 pm
I will indeed be partying with you to celebrate at MAG, good sir. Congratulations and good luck on every future endeavor. This is but the start of good things for you, I’m sure.
November 24th, 2009 at 6:46 am
Congrats, Jake!
Best of luck going permalance again. Looking forward to having a conversation with you at MAGFest that isn’t interrupted by Capoera.
November 24th, 2009 at 8:48 pm
Woah nelly. Very cool, clearly you need to write songs about California now, that’s just how it’s done.
November 24th, 2009 at 11:14 pm
I’m so pumped to finally have you onsite, man! My favorite game composer, and now we get to work face to face. :)
November 27th, 2009 at 10:53 am
Congratulations! The Westward suck has got you. My brother is an independent V.O. studio design and engineering consultant in LA, maybe you’re paths will cross some day. I hope we can hang in meatspace again soon, sadly it’s not going to be Magfest(wooooooorkk!).
November 27th, 2009 at 7:26 pm
woot, means I can finally drop by and say hello!
December 8th, 2009 at 5:58 am
“My NEW lifelong dream is to lead a successful funk and/or disco band”
Is this dream on hold? :) Anyways! west coast is where it all goes down in 2012 and beyond! (the action and thrills that is)! Have fun out west. I was raised out there and kinda miss the days of swimming beneath my surfboard.
good luck! Keep up the phenomenal music. I finally got around to checking out your Rampage soundtrack! Great stuff, mange!
January 25th, 2010 at 2:36 am
Rock on Jake!
February 5th, 2010 at 1:50 am
If you’re ever in need of a trombone player, let me know.
Though I don’t know why you’d need a trombone player for primarily electronic music.
Hope you’re enjoying LA
February 25th, 2010 at 11:34 am
VIRT! come up to SB when you’re settled (else i will hunt you down!@ .. actually gotta make a trip to an accordion repair shop in glendale sometime soon here) and we’ll kick it, audioalliance style! er.. wait, well either way we’ll rock the fuck out :)