Games Composer Panel: Jenny Nelson, Nainita Desai, Guy Jackson, Tess Tyler

Tinderbox PlayAway Games Festival is a 2 week festival showcasing and celebrating the creativity, diversity, innovation, and imagination in games and interactive media. As well as a festival for people involved in games, we want to invite and involve people from other sectors and different artforms.

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Join media composers Nainita Desai, Guy Jackson and Tess Tyler in discussion with Jenny Nelson on their careers and journeys in game music.

Join media composers Nainita Desai and Guy Jackson in a discussion with Jenny Nelson on their careers and journeys in game music.-Jenny NelsonJenny Nelson is Programme Manager at <a href="https://twitter.com/scalaradio" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Scala Radio</a>, the UK’s newest classical music and entertainment station. She produces a range of specialist music programmes including Mark Kermode’s film music show (Saturday 1-3pm) and The Console with Luci Holland (Tinderbox/Scala Radio), the only weekly show devoted to games music on UK national radio (Saturdays 5-6pm, repeated on Sundays 10-11pm). <a href="https://jennynelson.co.uk/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Website</a>: jennynelson.co.uk<a href="https://twitter.com/nelsonjenny" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Twitter</a>: @nelsonjennyNainita DesaiNainita Desai, is an Ivor Novello Awards, BIFA nominee, BAFTA Breakthrough Brit, and the IFMCA Breakthrough Composer of 2020.Her recent projects include Oscar nominated and BAFTA and Cannes winning feature documentary ‘For Sama’, and ‘The Reason I Jump’, the Sundance winning feature. Other recent credits include: BBC drama series, ‘Unprecedented’; Netflix’s most-watched documentary, ‘American Murder: The Family Next Door’; the hit Netflix India series ‘Bad Boy Billionaires’; and the acclaimed interactive video game ‘Telling Lies’, released by Annapurna Interactive. She is currently working on games for Half Mermaid and Silver Rain Games / Electronic Arts. <a href="https://nainitadesai.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Website</a>: nainitadesai.com<a href="https://twitter.com/nainitadesai" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Twitter</a>: @nainitadesai<a href="https://www.facebook.com/nainita.desai" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Facebook</a>: facebook.com/nainita.desai<a href="https://www.instagram.com/nainita_desai/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Instagram</a>: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/nainita_desai/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://www.instagram.com/nainita_desai</a><a href="http://imdb.me/nainitadesai" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">IMDB</a>: imdb.me/nainitadesai<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/soundology/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">LinkedIn</a>: linkedin.com/in/soundologyGuy JacksonBased in London, England, Guy Jackson is a composer who specialises in highly emotional, crafted, layered musical compositions, amalgamating acoustic and electronic sounds and encompassing both classical and ambient genres.His work is perfectly suited to the silver screen, enhancing and supporting the mood and tone of a broad variety of visual content. <a href="https://www.guyjacksonmusic.co.uk/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Website</a>: guyjacksonmusic.co.uk<a href="https://twitter.com/guyjacksonmusic" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Twitter</a>: @guyjacksonmusicTess TylerTess is an award winning Bristol, UK based composer for the screen. She made her orchestral recording debut at Air Lyndhurst Studios in London with her score for the video game Steampunk Riders. This work being one amongst many for orchestra, Tess has recorded her music with the likes of the London Session Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, The Budapest Art Orchestra, and The Bratislava Symphony. In 2017, a medley of her orchestral scores has been showcased in famous concert halls across the United Kingdom as part of the Heroes and Legends Tour with the Bournemouth Symphony. In October 2018, Tess worked with the composer, songwriter, and musical innovator Imogen Heap. Together they developed a project entitled, The Life of A Song, and as a result Tess composed, performed and produced on the highly successful single, Marble.Tess continues to write music for the screen, as well as a recording artist. In 2020 she debuted  her first LP, '_fractals'.Website: <a href="http://www.tesstyler.com" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">tesstyler.com</a>Instagram: <a href="http://www.instagram.com/tesstylermusic" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">@tesstylermusic</a>Twitter: <a href="http://www.twitter.com/tessmakesmusic" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">@tessmakesmusic</a>-Event DetailsThis event will be held live on Zoom. Once you have registered for a ticket, you will receive an email with the link and details needed to join the session. During the event, you will be able to see the speakers as well as an online audience, and you can keep your video on or off as you choose.The event will be recorded and footage will be made available online through our website &amp; social media channels for people to watch back afterwards. -DonationsThe festival is being run on a donations-based model. We want it to be free &amp; accessible for anyone to attend, but we also want to pay our speakers and performers fairly. If you are able to make a donation this would be a big help.You can donate while booking through eventbrite here, or you can donate through <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=B8KLSVF8TYLVA" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">paypal</a> if you'd prefer.-Tinderbox PlayAway Games FestivalTwo-week festival featuring over 30 game designers, artists, composers, educators and others involved in games. Join us for panel discussions, workshops, demos, music performances, digital play sessions, game jams and more! More info at <a href="https://tinderboxcollective.org/playaway/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">tinderboxcollective.org/playaway</a>

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Games Composer Panel: Jenny Nelson, Nainita Desai, Guy Jackson, Tess Tyler

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