Timo Henderson

The John Crinan Podcast

In this episode, I chat with Timo Henderson. Timo is a multi-instrumentalist composer and sound designer who specialises in music for media. http://timohenderson.com/

• 0:01:40 - Welcome to the podcast, Timo!
• 0:04:00 - Timo describes his studio
• 0:06:12 - On playing many musical instruments
• 0:10:30 - First experience in a recording studio
• 0:11:42 - The Purple Felts and playing the trumpet
• 0:13:10 - How Timo learns a new instrument
• 0:17:20 - The music scene in Perth, Scotland
• 0:20:48 - Timo's Left 4 Dead 2 music mod
• 0:25:48 - Making the Future Labs Music System Demo
• 0:28:51 - Essential tools and gear
• 0:31:44 - How Timo writes a new track
• 0:41:08 - What time of day do you write music?
• 0:42:28 - Make something every day
• 0:45:28 - Procrastination
• 0:46:44 - How do you remember your ideas?
• 0:47:38 - Originality in our work
• 0:50:27 - Metempsychosis
• 0:52:20 - What's wrong with prog?
• 0:56:30 - What's next? What's your dream project?
• 1:00:04 - On not being included in the school orchestra
• 1:04:00 - Timo's hilarious John Crinan theme tune

Selected links from this episode:

• EastWest Hollywood Choirs
• Bar Room Crawl
• Red Pine Timber Company
• The Rude Boys
• Hammerhand
• The Counter Culture Collective
• Adobe Premiere Pro
• Phaser 3
• Reaper
• Sibelius
• The Art of Composing podcast
• Iron Duchess by John Crinan
• EastWest Hollywood Orchestra
• Atomic Habits by James Clear

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All post-production and music by Timo Henderson.