ZW Buckley
@zwbuckley.com
🖐️ Composer, music producer, youtuber
🎵 My music: Keyword 2, Barbie VR, Seattle Opera, and more
📝 Posts on music production, Ableton Live, and my music career
✅ Follows via lists.
➡️ www.zwbuckley.com
🎵 My music: Keyword 2, Barbie VR, Seattle Opera, and more
📝 Posts on music production, Ableton Live, and my music career
✅ Follows via lists.
➡️ www.zwbuckley.com
@akashthakkar.com and I recorded 30,000 bees from INSIDE the hive and you won't believe the music I turned it into
We recorded INSIDE a beehive and you won't believe the music made from it
YouTube video by ZW Buckley
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October 24, 2025 at 11:33 PM
@akashthakkar.com and I recorded 30,000 bees from INSIDE the hive and you won't believe the music I turned it into
I empathize with the difficulty of running a huge event but I would argue that devs have ALWAYS valued GDC but not paying speakers, the high ticket price, and expensive host city has not shown any mutuality.
Best of luck with the festival.
Best of luck with the festival.
The founder of GDC, Chris Crawford, has suggested that the "gigantic costs" of the event, compared with the "microscopic costs" of interacting over the internet, mean GDC is "rapidly becoming a dinosaur."
www.gamesindustry.biz/gdc-founder-...
www.gamesindustry.biz/gdc-founder-...
GDC founder says the event is "rapidly becoming a dinosaur"
Chris Crawford, who established GDC in the 1980s, says the "gigantic costs" of attending don't add up
www.gamesindustry.biz
September 26, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I empathize with the difficulty of running a huge event but I would argue that devs have ALWAYS valued GDC but not paying speakers, the high ticket price, and expensive host city has not shown any mutuality.
Best of luck with the festival.
Best of luck with the festival.
How many ways can Spotify say “We don’t value artists” without actually saying it?
September 25, 2025 at 4:42 AM
How many ways can Spotify say “We don’t value artists” without actually saying it?
IN LESS THAN A YEAR! Absolutely wild!!!
September 20, 2025 at 7:44 PM
IN LESS THAN A YEAR! Absolutely wild!!!
Prepping slides fro the upcoming term and I'm always grateful for this reminder.
September 16, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Prepping slides fro the upcoming term and I'm always grateful for this reminder.
I googled a question about Digital Performer and google's automatic AI response gives me a video about Logic Pro alongside a screenshot from Ableton Live. 😂
September 13, 2025 at 3:07 AM
I googled a question about Digital Performer and google's automatic AI response gives me a video about Logic Pro alongside a screenshot from Ableton Live. 😂
Half of my mixing process is checking in mono and then fixing some of the flippant stereo shit I did when producing 😅
September 11, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Half of my mixing process is checking in mono and then fixing some of the flippant stereo shit I did when producing 😅
Sega is gearing up for the heist of a lifetime rn
September 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Sega is gearing up for the heist of a lifetime rn
Can I tell you a cool story?
Yesterday, I got candid in my newsletter about how recent videos doing poorly has diminished my excitement over how close I am to 10,000 subscribers.
Then I woke up to something unexpected. 🧵
Yesterday, I got candid in my newsletter about how recent videos doing poorly has diminished my excitement over how close I am to 10,000 subscribers.
Then I woke up to something unexpected. 🧵
YouTube blues and riding the dips
When things change slowly over time, it's easy to miss the impact.
www.zwbuckley.com
September 9, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Can I tell you a cool story?
Yesterday, I got candid in my newsletter about how recent videos doing poorly has diminished my excitement over how close I am to 10,000 subscribers.
Then I woke up to something unexpected. 🧵
Yesterday, I got candid in my newsletter about how recent videos doing poorly has diminished my excitement over how close I am to 10,000 subscribers.
Then I woke up to something unexpected. 🧵
Footgolf with @cpsqueaks.bsky.social and @sabrinafedeleaudio.bsky.social today!
September 7, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Footgolf with @cpsqueaks.bsky.social and @sabrinafedeleaudio.bsky.social today!
Conducting a 500+ person impromptu sample recording session at PAX West last week was not without it's problems.
Link to the full video in the next comment!
#PAXWest #gamedev #indiedev #gameaudio
Link to the full video in the next comment!
#PAXWest #gamedev #indiedev #gameaudio
September 6, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Conducting a 500+ person impromptu sample recording session at PAX West last week was not without it's problems.
Link to the full video in the next comment!
#PAXWest #gamedev #indiedev #gameaudio
Link to the full video in the next comment!
#PAXWest #gamedev #indiedev #gameaudio
🤞🏻Ableton MIDI Timecode 🤞🏻
Speech trainer John Bowe writes, "As a public speaking expert, I use one phrase that gets audiences to instantly perk up and pay attention."
'Highly engaging' people use this 3-word phrase to get people to listen, says public speaking expert
Given people's short attention spans, it's never been harder to get people engaged in what we have to say. Public speaking expert John Bowe shares the 3-word phrase that will instantly make people listen.
cnb.cx
September 6, 2025 at 4:51 PM
🤞🏻Ableton MIDI Timecode 🤞🏻
PAX West was a ton of fun! My highlight was our packed Friday night panel, in which I sampled the entire audience (and ONLY the audience) to make the music for the game.
I also vlogged the whole thing from onstage 😅
Check it out!
I also vlogged the whole thing from onstage 😅
Check it out!
I turned 500+ people into music at PAX West
YouTube video by ZW Buckley
youtu.be
September 6, 2025 at 1:47 AM
PAX West was a ton of fun! My highlight was our packed Friday night panel, in which I sampled the entire audience (and ONLY the audience) to make the music for the game.
I also vlogged the whole thing from onstage 😅
Check it out!
I also vlogged the whole thing from onstage 😅
Check it out!
Big Silent Hill energy here in Seattle today as I descend into the fog to go get some cat food
September 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Big Silent Hill energy here in Seattle today as I descend into the fog to go get some cat food
I’m very late to Vampire Survivors but goddamn do I love me some weaponized garlic 🧄
September 3, 2025 at 6:59 AM
I’m very late to Vampire Survivors but goddamn do I love me some weaponized garlic 🧄
I launched my monthly Q&A series this week over on my YT. Give it a watch and leave me a question!
I will teach you how to turn 8 bar loops into full songs every time [EQ&A 1]
YouTube video by ZW Buckley
youtu.be
August 31, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I launched my monthly Q&A series this week over on my YT. Give it a watch and leave me a question!
It’s a good day when I get to introduce somebody to the monorail
August 30, 2025 at 9:44 PM
It’s a good day when I get to introduce somebody to the monorail
I have no context for the baguette cosplay at PAX and I kind of prefer it this way
August 30, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I have no context for the baguette cosplay at PAX and I kind of prefer it this way
BC for the weekend. Incredibly beautiful. Grateful to sneak in one trip this summer.
August 23, 2025 at 4:35 PM
BC for the weekend. Incredibly beautiful. Grateful to sneak in one trip this summer.
I got a new wallet because this one reached the end of its lifecycle. I feel oddly sentimental about letting go of this thing that I’ve used every day now for years.
August 22, 2025 at 4:49 AM
I got a new wallet because this one reached the end of its lifecycle. I feel oddly sentimental about letting go of this thing that I’ve used every day now for years.
Here's a fun challenge for you (and me)! Reply with a link to the most HORRIBLE sound you've ever heard. No human voices. I want to see if I can make beautiful music with it.
August 19, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Here's a fun challenge for you (and me)! Reply with a link to the most HORRIBLE sound you've ever heard. No human voices. I want to see if I can make beautiful music with it.
Here's a fun challenge for you (and me)! Reply with a link to the most HORRIBLE sound you've ever heard. No human voices. I want to see if I can make beautiful music with it.
August 19, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Here's a fun challenge for you (and me)! Reply with a link to the most HORRIBLE sound you've ever heard. No human voices. I want to see if I can make beautiful music with it.
Sometimes your camera roll hits you with a good one
August 19, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Sometimes your camera roll hits you with a good one
High speed USB-C cables are crazy. 100 gb transfers in one minute? Wild!
August 18, 2025 at 9:19 PM
High speed USB-C cables are crazy. 100 gb transfers in one minute? Wild!