Michael L. Austin, PhD, SFHEA
Senior Lecturer in Music and Sound
Programme Leader - Music Production
Edge Hill University
Executive Director
Society for the Study of Sound and Music in Games (SSSMG)
Email: michael@mlaustin.com
Institutional Email: michael.austin@edgehill.ac.uk
Please feel free to reach out with any questions, comments, requests, or corrections.
ACADEMIC
Society for the Study of Sound and Music in Games
Ludomusicology Research Group (UK) / Ludo Conference (annual European conference)
North American Conference on Video Game Music
American Musicological Society (AMS) Ludomusicology Study Group
Society for Music Theory - Film and Multimedia Interest Group
The Ludomusicology Society of Australia
Ludum: Ludomusicology Research Group of Chile
Game Audio in Norway (GAiN)
PRACTITIONER-FOCUSED
GameSoundCon (Burbank, CA) (includes academic track)
Game Audio Network Guild (US-based)
MAGFest (Music and Games Festival; Washington, D.C. metro)
IntoGames (UK)
"High Score": Teaching Game Music in Higher Education Workshops
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