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Christmas Roundup - Jack's Hoose Music

Another day closer to Christmas, another 2007 roundup from a Scottish games company.  Today, because we had Radio 6 on in the office and heard FOUR decent new bands one after the other - and were thinking fondly of music, we pulled - entirely at random - JACK'S HOOSE MUSIC out of our magic Santa Hat.  For those of you who didn't see the Consolevania team fawning over Ged in the fluff piece earlier this year, he's a former member of Danny Wilson, multi-instrumentalist, composer and general hero in the world of games audio. 

Ged took some time out from his whirlwind week of interviews, touring, groupies and Christmas shopping to have a member of his entourage answer our questions...

1) What are your three highlights from 2007?

• Dundee hosting Go North Music Event in May where I managed to still stand after catching 9 gigs in one night (Norris McWhirter take note).
• Having my studio invaded by the Consolvania team..
• Winning a Scottish Music Futures Award to help me launch a games music record label in 2008.

2) Three less pleasing moments/events from 2007?

• Having a US publisher pull out of a title after I'd written a ton of fantastic interactive music...
• Scotland failing to qualify for Euro 2008
• My Nintendo Wii giving up the ghost.

3) Three things you're either looking forward to, or would like to see in 2008?

• Games Music featuring at the bigger bolder better EIF.
• An upper limit placed on awards for Realtime Worlds... only joking!
• Interactive Tayside nights to feature tapas, San Miguel and bearded women.

4) What two gifts would you most like to see in your stocking come Christmas?

• iPhone.
• A copy of Harmonix's ROCK BAND

5)  What should we look forward to from JHM in the next 12 months?

• We will be launching a new Games Music download Label and signing more talented acts to add to our roster.
• New song releases from our acts Farfletched and Game Boyz.

Go Go Jack's Hoose Music

Go Dundee is a one day music festival taking place in Dundee as part of the wider Go North event in Scotland.

Go Dundee takes place on March 1st and features Ged Grimes, the man behind Jack's Hoose Music, who's resonsible for the soundtracks to a number of very well known games.

Ged is hosting a session on the requirements and issues facing musicians creating tracks for the games industry.  It takes place at the University Of Abertay and the session is FREE.  If you're at all interested in making music for games, then it would be worth popping along.

In addition, there are other sessions on songwriting, marketing your band, creating a promo and even Dundee music and movies.

Sounds like a marvellous way to spend an afternoon.

You can find more information on Go Dundee and the panels, workshops and sessions here.

Oh, and Realtime Worlds are hosting the wrap party later the same night at Fat Sam's with DJ's including Belle & Sebastian's Richard Coleburn.