#131: Ben Burnes - Wisdom from 200 2-Hour Track Challenges

Ben Burnes is a producer, live streamer, and game programmer. He releases unique sample packs and is very active in the music production community. Ben is known for not only sharing his work and projects, but also creating projects and collaborating with the community to make them come to life.

Note! In the episode we mention Ben's Two Hour Album Challenge. At the time of our talk, we didn't expect the show to go live before then, but we pulled some strings and made it happen! If you want to be a part of the Two Hour Album Challenge, it starts Friday October 11, 2019 at 6PM GMT and ends Sunday October 13, 2019 at 6PM GMT. Go to Two Hour Album Challenge for more details. And if you miss this one, there is another one planned in January.

Ben Burnes was my first guest on the Music Production Podcast. It was great to reconnect with him. Ben shared wisdom and lessons he's learned from completing nearly 200 2-hour track challenges. He spends a lot of time discussing the growth he's undergone by making himself vulnerable by live streaming as he attempts to write a song in 2 hours. Lots of great insights!

Listen on iTunes or Stitcher or Google Play or Spotify; watch on YouTube

Show Notes:

• Support Ben Burnes on Patreon
• Ben's Work: Abstraction
• Ben on YouTube
• 2 Hour Album Challenge
• 2 Hour Album Challenge on Bandcamp
• Shakka and Pal's Podcast
• Color Jumper - Ben's Video Game.
• 2 Hour Track Challenge Playlist
• 2 Hour Track Challenge Recordings
• The Tree That Was A Forest
• Composer Quest Podcast
• Ben's first appearance on the Music Production Podcast.
• Tommy Zee on the Music Production Podcast
• Vespers on the Music Production Podcast
• 24/7 Eurorack Modular Music Stream
• Ben's tutorial on How To Use Famitracker

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Brian Funk