Akash Thakkar interviews successful audio professionals from every corner of the music and sound industries. From educators, performers, pop stars, game audio professionals, voice actors, composers, sound designers, plug-in designers, audio programmers, and everything in between, we dive deep into the business and mindset skills it takes to ”make it” in the worlds of music and sound.
Sound Business with Akash Thakkar
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Akash Thakkar interviews successful audio professionals from every corner of the music and sound industries. From educators, performers, pop stars, game audio professionals, voice actors, composers, sound designers, plug-in designers, audio programmers, and everything in between, we dive deep into the business and mindset skills it takes to ”make it” in the worlds of music and sound.
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Recent Episodes
June 17, 2026
From Musician to AAA Game Audio with Chris Bolte
Host Akash Thakkar interviews technical sound designer Chris Bolte about his transition from music to AAA game audio and his rapid skill acquisition.
April 15, 2026
Building a Composing Career from Game Jams with Virginia Leo
#93: My guest today is Virginia Leo, who is a composer, sound designer, and pianist based out of Austin, Texas. Virginia has worked on projects like Wobbly Life, had her work played by orchestras around the US, and is most known for her work on the hit game, The Baby In Yellow, which has hit over 300 million downloads to date. In this interview, Virginia talks about her shift into video game music & sound after a classical music upbringing, starting out in game audio by doing game jams, how she landed the huge project The Baby In Yellow, how she keeps her career fun, sustainable, and interesting, and so much more. Find Virginia here: Website: https://www.virginia-leo.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ginxel/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIzhERvVB_ChM7GIOKGduVQ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1V7owLSpwbwiLVmSmpV2m5 Bandcamp: https://virginialeo.bandcamp.com/ Get info on The Game Industry Professional, my flagship course that teaches you how to make a great living in game audio here: bit.ly/gameindustrypro
February 25, 2026
Working Across Film, TV, Games, and Youtube with Kevin Senzaki
#92: My guest today is Kevin Senzaki, who is a sound supervisor and sound designer based in Los Angeles. He has an incredibly diverse background starting first as a visual artists but then transitioned into sound during his college days. He got his career started during the early 2010s when he staretd working with YouTube Creators who would become massive like RocketJump and Corridor Digital. Since then, he has worked with clients like Netflix, Apple, Electronic Arts, Square Enix, HBO, Adobe, and Dolby across a huge amount of projects across pretty much every medium from film to TV to video games. Kevin has won four Emmys for his work and was most recently nominated for two Emmys for his work on the HBO documentary 100 Foot Wave. In this episode, we talk about how Kevin managed to get his first gigs with those early day YouTubers, how he managed to keep working during an economic crash, his minimalist approach to sound design, and so much more. Find Kevin here: Website: https://senzaki.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kevinsenzaki/ IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3339978/ Get info on The Game Industry Professional, my flagship course that teaches you how to make a great living in game audio here: bit.ly/gameindustrypro
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