Lena Chappelle's guest appearances

Lena Chappelle

Fresh out of Tokens

Composer Quest: A Songwriting and Music Composition Podcast

James Johnson

Meg Jayanth

Shareef Jackson

Chris Algoo

Marc Weidenbaum

Quinn Murphy

Mac Quayle

Simon Cowell

Angela Johnson

Dan Wheeler

Mitchell Johnson

Dave Fennoy

Grant Kirkhope

Andrew Baker

Marcus Garrett

OwlTail

We hit all the right notes in our convo with Guild Wars 2 dev, Lena Chappelle! We talked about design, composing music for games and learned that Lena is also a published SFF author! We’re part of the Geeked.fm network along with Geeks in Sneaks, Chromatic Life and More than Bits. We have tees, and other items in the #INeedDiverseGames spreadshirt shop. We’re splitting the profits 50/50 with Chachibobinks. We’ve got a blog to compliment the show! Follow us at outoftokenscast.com If you have questions, compliments, hate mail feel free to drop a note at freshoutoftokens@gmail.com as well. Follow us on Twitter; @OutOfTokensCast Musical accompaniment for Fresh Out of Tokens is provided by Mike Moody. You can hear more of her work at: http://soundcloud.com/mikemoody-1 Questions for Lena: Via @Thain1982: •Do you have specific methods for getting into a workflow for music versus scripting •You can only listen to one album for the next 6 months. What do you choose? Note: These came in via the GW Tumblr community: [Lena couldn't address these but we did them generally as best we could] •For the 2015 Halloween event, some of the event drop dyes were named in a way that was upsetting to the fan base because they were disrespectful to the mentally ill. Based on fan reaction, they were changed before release. [someone found the names via datamining] Can you talk about the feedback and response that lead to the changes before it went live? •There’s not a lot of natural hair options available despite being able to make a (visibly) POC character. Will there be options added? Norns having locs and other natural hairstyles available were examples. •Related to these two questions; would having more POC/LGBTQIA people involved in the writing and art processes have prevented a stumble like the poorly named dyes, or lack of natural hair options? What we’re playing/reading: Lena: Amplitude, The Witness, We Know the Devil, Rocket League David: WarThunder, RedShirt, Vampire: the Masquerade - Bloodlines (I saw an early build of Rite of Harvest in Portland) Tanya: Dragon's Dogma:Dark Arisen, Destiny,  Dragon Age Inquisition for the umpteenth time Where to find our guest online Twitter: @kuraine lenachappelle.com https://soundcloud.com/lena-chappelle City of Tigers - Lena's SFF novel Where to find your hosts online: Tanya D. - @cypheroftyr // @INeedDivGms Twitch: twitch.tv/cypheroftyr // twitch.tv/INeedDivGames Patreon:  patreon.com/INeedDivGms // patreon.com/cypheroftyr David L. Reeves - @RedConversation Twitch: twitch.tv/red_conversation Patreon: patreon.com/redconversation Other Podcasts: Gosh, Cartoons! &amp; a new one that isn’t set in stone yet

We hit all the right notes in our convo with Guild Wars 2 dev, Lena Chappelle! We talked about design, composing music for games and learned that Lena is also a published SFF author! We’re part of the <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://geeked.fm/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Geeked.fm</a> network along with <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.geeked.fm/geeks-in-sneaks-2/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Geeks in Sneaks</a>, <a href="http://www.geeked.fm/the-chromatic-life-1/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Chromatic Life</a> and <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.geeked.fm/more-than-bits-1/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">More than Bits</a>. We have tees, and other items in the <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://shop.spreadshirt.com/ineeddiversegames" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">#INeedDiverseGames spreadshirt shop</a>. We’re splitting the profits 50/50 with Chachibobinks. We’ve got a blog to compliment the show! Follow us at <a href="http://outoftokenscast.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">outoftokenscast.com</a> If you have questions, compliments, hate mail feel free to drop a note at freshoutoftokens@gmail.com as well. Follow us on Twitter; <a href="http://twitter.com/OutOfTokensCast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@OutOfTokensCast</a> Musical accompaniment for Fresh Out of Tokens is provided by Mike Moody. You can hear more of her work at: <a href="http://soundcloud.com/mikemoody-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://soundcloud.com/mikemoody-1</a> Questions for Lena: Via <a href="http://twitter.com/Thain1982" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@Thain1982</a>: •Do you have specific methods for getting into a workflow for music versus scripting •You can only listen to one album for the next 6 months. What do you choose? Note: These came in via the GW Tumblr community: [Lena couldn't address these but we did them generally as best we could] •For the 2015 Halloween event, some of the event drop dyes were named in a way that was upsetting to the fan base because they were disrespectful to the mentally ill. Based on fan reaction, they were changed before release. [someone found the names via datamining] Can you talk about the feedback and response that lead to the changes before it went live? •There’s not a lot of natural hair options available despite being able to make a (visibly) POC character. Will there be options added? Norns having locs and other natural hairstyles available were examples. •Related to these two questions; would having more POC/LGBTQIA people involved in the writing and art processes have prevented a stumble like the poorly named dyes, or lack of natural hair options? What we’re playing/reading: Lena: Amplitude, The Witness, We Know the Devil, Rocket League David: WarThunder, RedShirt, Vampire: the Masquerade - Bloodlines (I saw an early build of Rite of Harvest in Portland) Tanya: Dragon's Dogma:Dark Arisen, Destiny, Dragon Age Inquisition for the umpteenth time Where to find our guest online Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/kuraine" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@kuraine</a> <a href="http://lenachappelle.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">lenachappelle.com</a> <a href="https://soundcloud.com/lena-chappelle" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://soundcloud.com/lena-chappelle</a> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/City-Tigers-Under-Sunstone-Chappelle/dp/1603819738" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">City of Tigers - Lena's SFF novel</a> Where to find your hosts online: <a href="http://cypheroftyr.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tanya D.</a> - <a href="http://twitter.com/cypheroftyr" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@cypheroftyr</a> // <a href="http://twitter.com/INeedDivGms" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@INeedDivGms</a> Twitch: <a href="http://twitch.tv/cypheroftyr" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitch.tv/cypheroftyr</a> // <a href="http://twitch.tv/INeedDivGames" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitch.tv/INeedDivGames</a> Patreon: <a href="http://patreon.com/INeedDivGms" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/INeedDivGms</a> // <a href="http://patreon.com/cypheroftyr" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/cypheroftyr</a> <a href="http://davidlreeves.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">David L. Reeves</a> - <a href="http://twitter.com/RedConversation" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@RedConversation</a> Twitch: <a href="http://twitch.tv/red_conversation" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitch.tv/red_conversation</a> Patreon: <a href="http://patreon.com/redconversation" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/redconversation</a> Other Podcasts: <a href="http://goshcartoons.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gosh, Cartoons!</a> &amp; a new one that isn’t set in stone yet

We hit all the right notes in our convo with Guild Wars 2 dev, Lena Chappelle

Video game composer Lena Chappelle worked her way into the game business by starting as a quality assurance tester. Now she’s both designing and writing music for games like Guild Wars 2. In this Composer Quest interview, Lena shares some of her music and creativity tips, including her method of composing songs during her bus rides. She shares how to write a good melody, and how her experience as an author has influenced her musical storytelling. I also ask Lena about her perspective as a transgender woman in the video game industry.

Guild Wars 2 Composer Lena Chappelle on Melody Writing