Game Industry Professional 2.0

Never worry about where the next gig is coming from

Imagine not having to worry about finding your next game project - whether you want to work at a huge AAA company, or be apart of an indie team.

How would you feel working on projects that pay you well, having clients that respect your work, all while you're having fun?

What if you could not only survive on your game audio income, but thrive on it? What if you could have so much work coming in, that you had the luxury to pick which great client you want to work for?

Wouldn't it be incredible if you could pay for everything from your rent, to your student loans, to even your vacations entirely from your game industry work?

To so many game audio designers, this seems like an incredibly distant dream. I'm here to promise you, however, that things don't have to be that way.

You CAN have projects that pay you well, clients that respect your work, and work on fantastic games that excite you. You just need to learn how.

How would you feel if your career was supporting you instead of draining you?

What would it be like if you had work that made your life consistently better?

Even though this all may sound nice, we all know working in the game industry can be nebulous. Getting paid well for your work is often written off by most artists as a fantasy.

If you're new to the industry, just finding any projects at all can be a daunting challenge. It can feel like no one wants to even talk to you, let alone hire you.

Or maybe you have some more experience, are getting some gigs, but are on a treadmill of low-paying, low quality work - working for clients who don't respect you.

Or, even worse, perhaps you're constantly finding gigs that fall through and don't go anywhere - never to be released.

It could even be that you're more advanced, and you're tired of chasing after high-end clients who seem interested one second, and then disappear off the face of the planet the next.

I've dealt with all of this and want to help my fellow audio designers get consistent, high-quality, very well paid work in the game industry.

Through doing this for over 10 years, I've built a system I've used to score major gigs like Destiny and Hyper Light Drifter, and getting to work directly with companies like Sony Interactive, Disney, Penny Arcade, and Wizards of the Coast.

I have even used this system to give two TEDx Talks, as well as dozens of other speeches at conferences like GDC, PAX, GameSoundCon, and many others.

After spending thousands of hours flailing around, feeling like I didn't know what I was doing, I vowed to do my best to help as many people as possible get the gigs of their dreams.

The Game Industry Professional:
Find Work, Get Paid, Anywhere In The World

Throughout the last 10 years, I've been lucky enough to have many students and mentees make use of my material and get amazing, well-paid work in the game industry.

I have spent these years creating and testing a system that is proven to help you get consistent, high paying work in games - yes even during a global pandemic.

A system that will help you build an incredible and enviable career, whether you're a composer, sound designer, audio implementer, or focus on any other audio-related discipline.

A system that I am now exclusively sharing with you as a comprehensive, fully-supported completely updated online course.

Now updated to Version 2.0

After running this course for over half a decade, I decided it was time to completely update, re-film, and renew it from the ground up to make sure every student who takes it has everything they need to succeed in games.

Not only is this the most cutting-edge and practical information you could possibly be getting from anyone in the game audio field, but it will also give you direct access to me, and a community of incredibly successful alumni of the course.

If you're looking for a system that will help you launch/upgrade your career, find and win high-end paid work in the game industry, and boost your earnings (even if you're super-advanced), then look no further.

This is the system that will help you build an incredible and enviable career, whether you're a composer, sound designer, audio implementer, or focus on any other audio-related discipline.

A Step-By-Step System

Inside this online video course is where I will walk you through, step-by-step, and show you how you can create the career of your dreams in games.

I'll show you everything from building a bullet-proof mindset, how to get long-term clients, how to make money as a freelancer, how to create great habits that last, how to run your social media presence to bring in projects 24/7, what contracts to use and when, how to network with industry pros, and much much more.

This course will save you years of figuring this out on your own. But only if you're willing to put in the work.

And of course, you have plenty of other options:

You can go out entirely on your own, spending years without any guarantee of the results you're going to get.

You can find an outdated $10 eBook from authors who either don't understand the game industry or who have barely worked in it in the first place.

You can also go get a degree, pay $30,000+, and come out not knowing any of the business skills you need to actually succeed in this field.

Or you can follow a system that has been developed and tested for over 10 years, and comes from someone who is out there using this knowledge professionally every single day.

I'm even willing to let you go through the course for 30 days. If you don't absolutely love it, then you can ask for a refund. No questions asked.

To find out exactly what's inside and what you'll learn, just scroll down.

A Completely Redone Version 2.0

This version of the course is has been completely re-filmed and updated with all new tactics, tools, and techniques for today's game audio world.

Version 2.0 includes approximately 80 videos worth of new content for beginner, intermediate, and even ultra advanced students that I am confident will drastically increase the number of high quality, paid gigs you get.

Whether you're new to the world of game audio, or have been in it for a decade, there will be tons of tips, techniques, tactics, and mindsets that will increase your income, all while spending less time chasing clients down.

An Amazing Global Community

In addition to the video content, every member will have access to a private group chat room via Slack.

This is where you'll be able to chat with your fellow students from around the world, many of which have gone on to become ultra-successful pros in the game industry.

You can ask for help, get feedback on your work, ask questions about current clients, or anything else your heart desires.

Simply put, the access you'll have to a pool of driven, motivated, successful students (along with direct mentoring from me) is unparalled in any other game development community or online course.

Our Students Have:

Worked on well-known, successful indie and AAA games such as Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, League of Legends, Horizon 2: Forbidden West, Destiny 2, Kine, and Halo: Infinite
Been nominated for and won awards for their work on games
Built great new habits to help them compose every day, workout, eat well, and much more
Gotten feedback on their work from myself and their fellow students
Released their very first commercially available video game soundtracks
Drastically raised their rates and built sustainable careers in games
Met one another at international conferences around the world
Spoken at huge industry events like PAX and GDC
Gotten jobs at well-known AAA companies and indie studios worldwide
Found work entirely online (yes, even during a global pandemic)
Quit their soul-crushing day jobs and started work in game audio full-time

4 Live Group Calls:

For the next 4 months, you will get to hang out on live video calls with your fellow students and I to get your questions answered by yours truly.

Members of this course have gone on to work on some of the biggest games in the industry (including Halo: Infinite, Destiny 2, Horizon 2: Forbidden West, VALORANT, League of Legends, and Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order), and join in on our group calls as well.

Being around others who have succeeded, or are well on their way to doing so, is 90% of the battle when it comes to making our own amazing careers in games.

If being apart of a community of driven, positive people who will push you to succeed sounds important, then this course is a complete no-brainer for you.

Enrolling in this course was and still is the best investment of my life. With Akash's help I landed a 5 figure contract within months.

The courses themselves are really in depth and talk about all the steps to take from starting from zero (where I was at the time) to meeting clients, landing gigs, negotiating contracts and rights, and how to propel yourself forward.

The course pays for itself after the first gig. Beyond that though, the biggest value to me is an access to a really fantastic and supportive community. I've made so many friends through this group and have collaborated with many of them.

I started with basically no knowledge of what a DAW was, no idea what mixing and mastering was. I'm now an award-winning composer with a financially sustainable music composition job.

The Game Industry Professional course teaches the skills that are often overlooked by creatives. The course is divided into easily digestible chunks and dives deep into the topics of business and networking especially catered towards the audio professional.

Akash has also built a really strong community of like-minded audio professionals who regularly hang out and share advice in the private Slack group. You can count on him to always be there to support and help out with any questions either about your personal career or just general advice about the industry.

I would absolutely recommend this course for someone aspiring to make game audio their full-time career. Thank you Akash for putting this great stuff out there for the game audio community!

Everything in this course just makes sense. It's easily digestible, practical, and can help anyone and everyone learn the ins and outs of the game industry.

On top of having monthly calls, and a Slack group, Akash is extremely accessible. Whether it was through email or Slack, I could always reach out and get an answer quickly.

On top of learning all about the business-side of working in games, Akash also covers all the social aspects, which is huge (shoutout to all the introverts).

Do what Akash says... it works!

For the longest time, I struggled to figure out how to make a living as a freelance composer. How do I set my rates? Where do I go for gigs? What is networking even? I thought, ‘There’s no manual for this!’

Actually, it turns out there IS a manual, and Akash has laid it all out in The Game Industry Professional! Not only does the course thoroughly answer all of the above questions and then some, but it also introduces you to a truly lovely community of composers, sound designers, and all around audio nerds. Come for the practical & actionable lessons, stay for the webinar chats about the merits of the Metal Gear franchise!

I’ve wanted to do music and audio for video games for a long time, but just…well…didn’t know how to go about it. It was funny going through your course, because literally everything you talked about was me; I didn’t want to show my work, I didn’t think I was ready, I didn’t have a demo reel, or a business card…so I just quietly worked away, hoping the I would be ‘ready’ soon.

I could go on, but long story short, I finished your course in August of this year, went to my first meet up on August 31st, and six weeks later (on Oct. 17th) landed my first, paying gig at a small game development company.

I went from being too afraid to even show people my stuff, to getting paid for it in all of six weeks, because of your course.

As soon as I discovered this course, I joined it. Honestly, the only barrier that stood in my way was that I didn't know it existed!

As soon as I joined, I found much more than a regular online course! I found a very motivated community of sound designers and composers helping each other. Seeing people communicating the various successes that they're having in both freelance and AAA is a huge motivation booster.

Access to Akash, who has been doing this for a very long time, and who is also an open book about the networking side of this industry, has been great.

It has been amazing getting answers to questions that we all have when getting into the game industry (how can I meet people, how do I interact with them, how to actually get paid, how to negotiate a contract, etc.) It's even more helpful realizing that our fears of "not making it" are shared with everyone else (including the people who have made it) and that these are normal feelings.

Everything in the course itself is presented very cleanly and you can follow along at your own pace and start applying what you learn to yourself as you progress in the game audio industry.

Thank you Akash for all the work and for your constant positivity! See you soon at a conference hopefully!

The techniques I drew from Akash's courses set me on the path to structuring my freelance work in a way I can tackle higher quality projects without burning myself out.

I recently landed a gig that paid DOUBLE what I would have originally asked using some of his negotiating tactics that I was able to immediately apply.

The biggest value I have personally gotten has been the community of professionals you gain access to.

It is an instant expansion of your network filled with active pros who are all supportive and helpful.

My last video game gig came to me by way of recommendation from a friend who I met in the group! You are getting a no-brainer amount of value when you sign up!!

How do I know it's for me? What if I don't have a website, demo reel, social media or portfolio yet?

If you want to actually make a great living off of game audio as a composer, sound designer, or anything game-audio-centric, then this is for you. AAA, Indie, or anything in between, this course will help you get there.

Even if you have no website, demo reel, social media, portfolio, business cards, or anything like that yet, you'll still be very well-served by this course and be put in a great position to start finding paid projects.

How to find work no matter where you are in the world (yes, even during a global pandemic)
How to build a bullet-proof mindset so that you'll be ready to get great work.
Where to meet high quality clients, what to say to them, and how to build an incredible network.
How to promote yourself without being sleazy.
How to get high-quality, paying work without sitting around, waiting to be asked.
How to negotiate with clients - especially if they think your price is too high, or they're fearful of hiring someone less experienced.
The nitty-gritty of different pricing models, such as work-for-hire, non-exclusive, and profit sharing agreements.
What types of contracts to use and when (also includes contract templates for reference!)
How to structure a project proposal (with included template) to drastically increase your chances of landing the gig.
How to stay motivated in the long-term.
How to negotiate with even the toughest clients - while spending very little effort on your part.
How to find your specific price when it comes to charging for your work.
How to run your social media presence so that you can bring in paid projects 24/7.
How to find high quality game audio work - no matter where in the world you live.

Over 5 hours of video content that you can view at anytime.
Access to a private Slack group where you can chat with your fellow students and get direct mentoring from me.
A free companion eBook that will give you word-for-word scripts to help you price your work, meet great clients, find amazing work in games.
Contract and project proposal templates that will help you learn and understand what types of contracts to use and when.
The exact questions to ask game developers to make sure they see you as a trusted peer
Perpetual access to this course. When new content is added, you get it immediately at no extra charge.
4 live group calls where I'll be answering your individual questions as you work your way through the course.
The ability to download all course video files so you can view them offline.
Access to a mobile app that will let you watch/listen to the course on the go.
A full 30-day money back guarantee if you aren't completely satisfied.

Beginner, intermediate, or advanced composers, sound designers, audio implementers, and anyone who focuses on any other audio-related disciplines
Those who want to get their first paying game audio gig
Intermediate and advanced professionals who are already getting paid, but want to drastically increase their rates while spending less time chasing clients
People who would like to work full-time as an audio designer at a AAA company, or work full-time with indie game teams
Audio designers who would like to start freelancing, or transition into full-time freelancing
Composers/Sound Designers who are working a day job and want to make audio their full-time job
Particularly driven students (and recent graduates) who are studying music and/or audio as part of a college/university program
Anyone who wants to get work entirely online, no matter where they live (yes, even during a global pandemic)

Do NOT buy this course if you are looking for information to help you make better sound and music. This course is about building a fantastic career, not the craft of creating sound/music
Do not buy this if you are expecting overnight results. Building a great career takes time and hard work
This course is NOT for those who are focused on non-audio disciplines (programmers, artists, etc.)
Don't buy this if you want to work exclusively in film or TV. While these techniques will work for you regardless, this course is geared to people who want to work in the game industry
Do not buy this course if it would put you in a negative financial position. I have plenty of free stuff for you to learn from for now
Do not buy this course if you aren't able to dedicate at least 2 hours a week to your game audio career

Where Do You Want To Be A Year From Now?

Where do you want your career and life to be one year from now?

Do you want to be sitting in the same spot, working on similar projects, still wondering how you can get to the next level?

Or do you want to live up to your own expectations for yourself?

Do you want to be able to pay for your rent, student loans, and fund your day-to-day life through a job you love?

How would it feel, being able to support yourself, your friends, your family while enjoying your work?

That's the life I want for you. I want everyone who takes this course to not only build a great career, but build something that makes them feel vibrant and alive.

Think of how you and the people in your life would benefit if you weren't worried about when the next gig was coming in.

If you want more out of your work in games, if you're tired of waiting around for gigs to just fall from the sky, and if you're willing to put in the effort, then this course is for you.

I can't wait to see you inside.

XOXO, - Akash Thakkar

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