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May 15, 2021 • 1h 8min

#93 - Garry Schyman Interview (Bioshock, Shadow Of Mordor, Film, Composing, Voice Acting, University Of Southern California (USC) etc.)

Garry Schyman is a multi award winning video game composer. He is most well known for his scores to Destroy All Humans, The Bioshock Trilogy and Middle Earth games Shadow Of Mordor and Shadow Of War. He is also a lecturer at the University Of Southern California SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE - www.garryschyman.com FACEBOOK - Garry Schyman   #bioshock #destroyallhumans #shadowof war   TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:53 - How Garry Got Started In The Film/Video Game Industry 05:04 - Garry Was Somewhat Aware Of The Advancement Of Games When He Started Composing Destroy All Humans 05:50 - Involving Himself In Games 07:06 - Playing Bioshock/ Playing Games While Composing/Finding Time To Play Games 08:49 - Composing For Games That Aren’t Pick Up And Play/Garry Getting Destroyed Online 09:58 - Destroy All Humans Always Had A 1950s Music Direction 11:50 - Garry Was Hired Specifically For His 1950s Sound 12:37 - Destroy All Humans Got Garry Job On Bioshock 13:13 - Developers Of Bioshock/Bioshock 2 13:44 - Garry Mostly Worked Remotely On Bioshock From L.A. 14:59 - Garry Is Working On A Japanese Game Without A Translator/Translations 16:40 - Garry Was Unaware Of Licensed Music While Scoring Bioshock 17:24 - Cowens Masterpiece/Playing Piano 19:37 - How Garry Ended Up Teaching At University Of South California 21:41 - Gaming Industry Is Less Stressful Than Film & Television 23:45 - Garry Prefers Scoring For Games 24:29 - Gaming You Have To Much Free Time With Scoring Compared To Film/Television 25:48 - How Garry Composes 28:04 - Walking Away From Music And Coming Back To It Later 29:43 - Finding Bioshock’s Distinctive Sound 31:37 - Pressure Of Composing Bioshock Infinite 32:37 - Television Is More Ambient These Days/Garry Composing More Unique Stuff In Games 35:35 - Garry Wouldn’t Know What To Do If He Wasn’t Composing 36:58 - Garry Was Specifically Advised To Not Reference LOTR Film Score In Shadow Of Mordor 37:20 - Garry Hasn’t Watched LOTR So Music Wasn’t Tainted By Film Scores 38:53 - Garry Didn’t Have Much Direction With Shadow Of Mordor & War Scores 39:53 - Garry Had To Get Clearance From Tolkien Estate 41:09 - Garry Would Like To Work With Peter Jackson 41:40 - Tolkien Estates Approval Process 43:30 - Various Opportunities Came Up From Bioshock/Bioshock Imitation 45:35 - Working On First Person Shooters 46:01 - Garry Would Like To Work On A Western Game Or Something Creative 48:27 - Garry Still Chases Projects And Gets Shotdown/Getting What You Need Not What You Want 49:55 - Garry’s View On Voice Acting 53:23 - Garry’s Wife Is A Therapist/Actors Working In Video Games 55:20 - Video Games Continues To Grow/Hypocrisy Of People Saying Video Games Are Violent 56:57 - Younger Film/Television Directors Approach Garry Based On His Video Game Scores 57:40 - A lot Of Students At University Of Southern California Are More Interested In Scoring Video Games Than Television & Film 58:50 - Garry’s Advice For Young & Upcoming Composers 1:04:11 - Where To Follow Garry Schyman 1:05:33 - Garry Bought A Car Off Facebook/Pros & Cons Of Social Media
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May 8, 2021 • 57min

#92 - Claire Chitham Interview (Acting, Falling Inn Love, Shortland Street, Crohn's Disease, Health etc.)

Claire Chitham is a well known NZ Actor who has been in well known NZ Shows such as Shortland Street and Outrageous Fortune and in films like Netflix's 2019 Film Falling Inn Love. She has recently released a book called Good For You which details her battle with Crohn's disease and contains tips on health. SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook - @Claire Chitham Twitter - @clairechitham Instagram - @clairechitham   #shortlandstreet #outrageousfortune #fallinginnlove   TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:48 - How Falling Inn Love Film Got Off The Ground/Auditioning For Falling Inn Love 02:00 - Working On Falling Inn Love 03:43 - Working With Christina Milian 05:07 - Recognising The Difference Between The Australian And NZ Accents 06:01 - Differences Between Acting In Television And Film 09:18 - Not Knowing A Characters Arc/How Television Funding Works In NZ Vs America 13:59 - How Shortland Street Is Filmed 17:20 - Memorising Lines 20:41 - Getting Sore Facial Muscles/Claire Tells Shortland Street Fiji Story 22:01 - Jacinda’s Facial Muscles 22:55 - Outrageous Fortune House Being Demolished 24:33 - Working With John Rhys Davies On Fresh Eggs 30:00 - Gut Inflammation/Claire’s Battle With Crohn’s Disease 32:19 - Ignoring Pain & People Ignoring Health 34:20 - Inflammation Is Number 1 Cause Of Disease In The Body/Claire Loves Learning About The Body Now 35:54 - Claire Speaks On Good For You Book 36:28 - Tips On Cutting Back On Bad Food 37:51 - Food Diary/Food Alternatives 40:55 - Turmeric/How To Cook Turmeric To Get The Most Out Of Its Anti-Inflammatory Properties 42:29 - Pros And Cons Of Spices/Talking About Poo/Eastern Diets 43:53 - The Food We Consume Doesn’t Match Our Lifestyle 44:36 - Everybody’s Gut Bacteria Is Different/Food Produce 46:28 - Meal Preparation/How Claire Monitors Food While On Set 48:28 - Avoiding Sugar/Stevia 50:25 - We Are Not A Tube That Food Just Passes Through 52:10 - Claire Looking So Young/Smiling 52:51 - Projects Claire Is Working On Currently 54:30 - Small Things Can Turn Into Big Diseases 
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May 2, 2021 • 50min

#91 - Inon Zur Interview (Fallout, Dragon Age:Origins, LOTR, Royalties, Bethesda, Film, Mixing etc.)

Inon Zur is a video game composer who is most known for composing a majority of the Fallout series as well franchises like Dragon Age, Prince Of Persia, Lord Of The Rings and more... SOCIAL MEDIA Website - www.inonzur.com Twitter -  @Inon Zur  Youtube -  @Inon Zur  Instagram - @inonzurofficial #fallout #dragonageorigins #princeofpersia   TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:41 - What Inon Zur’s Name Means In Hebrew 01:25 - How Inon Kept The Fallout Franchise Music Cohesive 03:40 - The Fallout Theme Songs Are Always Written First 04:38 - Direction Inon Will Be Given From Bethesda/Development Process 06:20 - Inon Started Writing Fallout Music From Early Development 07:17 - Adjustments In Music As Visuals Change 08:25 - Inon Can Compose Fast & Maintain Quality Because Training In Film/Television 09:35 - Why Video Game Scores Are Different To Television/Film 11:07 - Inon Is Open To Returning To Film/Television 11:51 - Microsoft Acquiring Bethesda Has Not Changed How Bethesdas Operations 12:34 - Inon Has A Great Relationship With Bethesda  13:03 - Inon Does Chase Some Projects/Working With Different Studios 14:12 - How Inon Got Job To Work On Dragon Age: Origins/Title Theme Process 15:59 - When Inon Will Work With Orchestra Vs Synthesisers 17:35 - Creating A Language For Dragon Age: Origins Title Theme 20:29 - Writer’s Block/Getting Inspiration 21:36 - Revisiting Music That You Feel Are Terrible 22:59 - Lord Of The Rings: War Of North/Warner Bros’ Originally Wanted To Use Film Score 26:17 - Inon Avoided Referencing Howard Shore’s LOTR Score But Was Inspired By It 28:03 - Inon Likes To Engage In New Musical Ideas 30:02 - Tapping Into His Israel Upbringing For Ideas For Prince Of Persia 31:05 - Researching Musical Genres/Japanese Music 32:16 - Inon Would Like To Work On James Bond/Jazz Music 33:28 - Ambient Music/Minimalism  35:38 - Royalties/Royalty System & How It Works 39:00 - Forgetting About Royalties And Then Happiness From Receiving A Payment 41:03 - Working On Multiple Scores At Once 42:18 - How Inon Composes 44:04 - Different Mixes Of Music In The Game/Music Cues 45:02 - Audio Director Implements Musical Score/Implementation Process  47:33 - Implementing Music For Looping
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Apr 26, 2021 • 1h 7min

#90 - Sam Dillard Interview (Metroid, Zelda, ,Chrono Trigger, Martial Arts, Animation, Texas etc.)

Sam Dillard is the founder of Samos Studios and is known for turning video game soundtracks into cinematic scores he gained huge attention for his Metroid Cinematica project as well as his Zelda and Chrono Trigger Cinematica projects. SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE - https://samo-studios.com TWITTER -  @SamoStudios  YOUTUBE -  @SamoStudios  FACEBOOK - SamosStudios   #samostudios #metroidcinematica #zeldacinematica   TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:39 - Sam Being Buff 01:06 - Martial Arts 01:49 - How Sam Got Into Martial Arts 03:38 - Sam Is More Interested In Health & Self Defence/Martial Arts History 07:10 - Sam Critiques Martial Arts Films 08:55 - Applying Disciplines From Martial Arts To Music/Feeling 11:10 - Sam Created His Own Sample Library 13:19 - Sam Thought Obsessing Over Sample Realism Was Normal 17:25 - How Metroid Cinematica Came Together 21:34 - Making Metroid Cinematica A Cohesive Package/Plot Outline 25:25 - Chrono Trigger/ Chrono Cinematica 29:42 - Zelda Cinematica 36:46 - 3D Animation/Beyond The Glass Animation 39:13 - Being A Perfectionist/Time It Takes To Make One Song 41:19 - Sam Doesn’t Have Much Of A Social Life/Trial & Error For Work Ethic 43:40 - Sam Originally Learned Game Development 47:24 - Indie Games Blew Up Just As He Moved Away From Game Development 48:04 - Game Remixes Have A Built In Audience 49:12 - Building On Each Music Project 50:34 - How Sam Was Affected By Covid-19/Texas 53:25 - Benefits Of Zoom/Martial Arts Through Zoom 55:37 - Post Covid/Remote Working 58:20 - Why Sam Loves Texas 1:00:27 - Sam Does Take Holidays/Nice Things To Do In Texas 1:02:52 - Where To Follow Sam Dillard/Samos Studios 1:04:25 - Sam Plays Zelda On His Keyboard/Shows Off Keyboard
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Apr 18, 2021 • 52min

#89 - Shai Navot Interview (Housing, Public Transport, UBI, Crime, Health, Media, Poverty etc.)

Shai Navot is the interim leader of NZ political party The Opportunities Party (TOP). SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE - www.top.org.nz FACEBOOK - facebook.com/topnz TWITTER - @top_nz INSTAGRAM - @top.nz YOUTUBE -  @The Opportunities Party    #nzpolitics #politics #housing   TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:52 - Shai’s Views On Governments New Housing Policy/Problems With The Policy 04:13 - Rent Caps/Supply Issues 05:36 - No Silver Bullet To Solve Housing 06:24 - Distortion Of The Tax System/Infrastructure Funding 08:33 - Allocating Resources To The Right Place/Infrastructure Commission 11:10 - Northern Express Should Be The Standard For Public Transport 12:10 - New Zealand Is Decades Behind Due To Governance Short Term Thinking 13:38 - NZ Didn’t Build Up Instead Build Out 15:52 - Examples Of Mistakes In Infrastructure 17:45 - NZTA & Kiwirail 18:45 - Media Are Gatekeepers Of Democracy 20:01 - Media Weren’t Giving TOP A Voice 21:51 - Polls/Wasted Vote Argument 24:01 - Labour & National Are Similar  24:25 - Reason TOP Was Excluded From 2020 Election Debates 24:54 - 2020 Election Debates Were Stupid 27:19 - Media Prefer Celebrity Leaders/Next Leader Of TOP/Marketing Strategy 29:59 - What UBI Is, How It Works And Who It Benefits 33:58 - UBI Trial Showed Lowered Rates Of Depression 34:38 - How UBI Would Be Funded/Effects Of UBI 37:10 - Why Wealthy People Would Receive UBI 38:49 - Minimum Wage Wouldn’t Be Abolished From UBI 40:11 - Crime Is Caused Is Interlinked With Housing & Poverty 41:03 - Reece Tells Story Of Customer Walking Out Of Grocery Store With Groceries And Not Paying 43:10 - Theft Is Usually A Result Of Societal Problems 44:59 - Reoffending Statistics And What Causes It 46:44 - Nutritional Food Being Out Of Reach For Some People/Junk Food Tax And What It Would Fund 49:07 - Removing GST From Fruits And Vegetables 50:28 - Lack Of Competition In NZ Is A Problem 50:34 - TOP Social Media
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Apr 11, 2021 • 1h 5min

#88 - Ken Lampl Interview (Film Scores, 2067, John Williams, Mixing, Pokemon, Australia, ANU, School Of Music etc.)

Ken Lampl is a long time film composer who was trained under John Williams and recently got international attention for his score for Australian film 2067. He has composed for over 90 films as well as other forms of media such as television and commercials. He is currently a lecturer at the Australia National University School Of Music. SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE - www.kenlampl.com Twitter - @KennethLampl Youtube - @KenLampl   #schoolofmusic #2067 #filmscores   TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 00:26 - Ken Lampl Being Underrated 01:17 - Doing Music Scores For Terrible Films 05:07 - Australia Workforce Is Used For Filming Hollywood Productions Not Composers 06:02 - Australian Film Makers/Seth Lardi 08:38 - How Ken Got Music Job For 2067 11:05 - Australian National University/School Of Music Programme 14:46 - Balancing University Teaching With Film Scoring/Scoring Music Quickly 17:40 - Australian Films Aren’t As Rushed As American Films 19:30 - How Ken Records Choral Music/Choir Work 20:50 - 2067 Choir Was Synthesised/ Sample Libraries 22:01 - Ken Learned How To Get The Best Out Of What You Have 23:12 - Midi Guitaring/Software Plugins 24:12 - Film Scores Combining Orchestra & Sample Libraries/Alan Myerson/Hans Zimmer 26:20 - Ken Lampl Feels He Has The Skillset To Do A Blockbuster 28:02 - 2067 Is Kens Breakout Project 29:30 - How Hans Zimmer Got Discovered 31:06 - It Took 40 Films Before John Williams Got Discovered/George Lucas Originally Didn’t Want A Score For Star Wars 32:25 - Early Space Movies/Ken Being Influenced By John Williams/Star Wars 34:10 - How Ken Got To Study Under John Williams 36:18 - John Williams Speaks About Music In Psychological & Philosophical Terms 38:28 - John Williams Is Far Greater Than People Think He Is 42:09 - Doing Music For Pokemon Films 46:33 - Collaborating With Mick Gordon 48:10 - Mixing Different Genres/Mix With The Masters 51:25 - Ken Teaches Mixing At School Of Music 53:33 - Never Stop Learning/How Ken Up Skills 56:08 - Differences Between Australia & America/Tall Poppy Syndrome 1:00:11 - Ken Has More Opportunities In Australia 1:01:30 - Ken Loves Australia 1:03:25 - Where To Follow Ken Lampl
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Apr 1, 2021 • 49min

#87 - Dilz Interview w/Ricky (Hip-Hop, Promoting, Battle Rap, Side Hustles, Tom Francis etc.)

Dilz is a well known NZ rapper who has worked with other well known local acts such as Ty, Sid Diamond and J Williams. He got national attention for his court case with Tom Francis. SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook - Dilzmusic Instagram -  @DilzMusic  Youtube -  @DilzMusic  Tiktok -  @DilzMusic  Snapchat - dilzmusic   #dilz #isnap #metamorphosis   TIMESTAMPS   00:00 - Intro 00:39 - Hamilton Event 01:24 - Dealing With Difficult Promoters 02:59 - How Ricky Became Dilz Hypeman 04:58 - How Covid Affected Dilz & Tours 06:30 - How Dilz Style Has Changed In The Last Year 07:33 - Knowing What Songs Are Better For LIVE 09:04 - Dilz Is Still The Same Person/Ricky Mistaken As Dilz 10:55 - Auckland Gig Drama 14:15 - Promoters Reach Out To Dilz/How Auckland Gig Came About 15:02 - How Long A Gig Takes To Organise 15:46 - Creatively Getting Burned Out/Dilz Working 24/7 16:45 - Well Known Rappers Still Working Full Time Jobs 17:37 - Rapping Will Never Be A Full Time Job For Dilz 18:02 - You Can’t Make Money In Music In NZ Doing It Full Time/Side Hustles 19:41 - Ricky Is At Every Single Dilz Gig 20:54 - Dilz Wants To Go Back To Australia 22:56 - Dilz Doesn’t Want To Battle Rap & Views On It 24:06 - Tom Francis Court Settlement 25:27 - Reece Doesn’t Want Tom Francis On The Show 26:29 - Sexual Allegations Possibly By Tom Francis 28:06 - Dilz Does F*** Tom Francis At His Shows  29:11 - Tiktok/Facebook/Snapchat 31:00 - Trying To Find New Stuff To Write About/Dilz Is Always Writing 33:22 - Dilz Feels He’s Always Improving 35:45 - New Music Sucks/Marketing 38:23 - Dilz Struggles To Sleep 39:42 - Dilz Tore His Pec/MRI Scan 41:27 - Googling And Youtubing Injuries Is A Bad Idea 42:15 - Dilz Tried To Avoid Seeing A Doctor 43:15 - Dilz Future Projects 45:39 - Where To Follow Dilz & Ricky 46:30 - Dilz & Ricky Perform ISnap
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Mar 25, 2021 • 1h 2min

#86 - Suzy Cato Interview (Children's Television, Parenting, Dancing With The Stars, Kids Books etc)

Suzy Cato is New Zealand's most well known Children's Television Presenter who came into prominence with shows like You & Me, Suzy's World and 3pm. SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE - suzy.co.nz Instagram - @suzy_cato Twitter - @suzy_cato Facebook - Suzy Cato Tiktok - @suzy_cato Youtube -  @TreehutTV    #youandme #kidstv #suzy'sworld TIMESTAMPS   00:00 - Intro 00:40 - Had To Record It’s Our Time Song Every Episode/Recording Episodes 02:00 - Suzy Did Most Episodes In One Take/Structure Of Every Episode Of You And Me 03:57 - Pauses During Questions 04:49 - How Suzy Got The You And Me Job 08:30 - How Suzy Prepared For Being In Front Of The Camera 10:20 - How Suzy’s World Came About 12:13 - Suzy Was Heavily Involved In Behind The Scenes For Suzy’s World 13:10 - Suzy Learned Roles Well Doing The Job/Can Do Attitude For Childrens Programmes 15:10 - Avoiding Being Typecast/Writing For Women Magazine 16:21 - Other Projects Suzy Did 19:07 - How Dancing With The Stars Happened/Dance Training 20:50 - Work Post Lockdown/Doing Home Film Work 23:23 - Suzy Says Yes To Things Then Learns It After/Suzy’s Research For Dancing With The Stars 24:33 - Memorising Dance Moves/Working Within Limitations 25:59 - Suzy Isn’t Competitive/Sense Of Family In Dancing With The Stars 28:02 - How Suzy Protects Her Children In The Age Of Technology & Social Media 30:30 - Suzy’s World Website Often Created Problems For Parents & Kids 31:12 - Educate And Communicate With Your Kids 32:52 - Netsafe/Protecting Kids From Explicit Content 34:54 - Cyber Bullying/Talk With Your Kids 36:33 - Be On The Same Social Media Platforms As Your Kids/Connect Four 38:19 - Feeling Old/Kids Keep Yon On Trends 39:26 - Suzy Has To Be On Social Media For Work Reasons/Analytics/Youtube 40:17 - Lockdown Bedtime Stories 42:05 - YouTube Analytics/Social Media Demographics 43:16 - Suzy Cato Doing Her Own Marketing 44:10 - Taking Time Out To Spend With Kids/Balancing Work & Kids 46:11 - Aucklands Traffic/Downsides Of Working From Home 49:43 - Suzy Has Had A Home Office For A Long Time 50:49 - Suzy’s World Production & Home Sets 51:53 - Suzy’s Books & Future Projects 53:41 - Writing Songs That Leads To Books/Suzy’s Book Stories 57:28 - Suzy Has A Vault Of Ideas 1:00:00 - Where To Follow Suzy Cato  
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Mar 19, 2021 • 1h 6min

#85 - Synamax Interview (Metroid Prime Samples, Sound Design, Kenji Yamamoto, Retro Studios etc.)

Synamax is a composer who is best known for obtaining the drums and music sample for the Metroid Prime Trilogy and has used his Youtube channel to recreate tracks from the trilogy, other Metroid games as well as breakdown the specific samples.   SOCIAL MEDIA Youtube -  @SynaMax  Facebook - Synamax Twitter - @Synamax Instagram - @Synamax   #metroidprime #metroid #samples   TIMESTAMPS   00:00 - Intro 00:50 - How Synamax Started The Path Of Finding Metroid Prime Trilogy Music Samples 03:38 - UNCIVILISED GROOVES Samples Are The Percussion For Metroid Prime Trilogy 04:50 - Drum Samples For Parasite Queen Track Is Played 05:35 - Very Little Editing Was Done To Original Percussion Samples For MPT 09:29 - Even Great Composers Use Samples 10:40 - Synamax Changed His Music Approach After Learning How MPT Music Crafted 13:23 - Synamax Loves Sound Design 15:14 - Synamax Reverse Engineered The MPT File Format/HEX Editing 19:34 - Writing Music In HEX Is A Massive Skill/ 22:10 - How Synamax Found The Specific Metroid Prime Music Samples 23:53 - Synamax Plays Metroid Prime Music Samples 24:40 - Agon Wastes Pad Was Slightly Modulated From Original Sample 25:35 - Working Out How A MPT Sample Is Changed Is Guess Work 27:34 - Orbit 3 Sampler Is Very Rare/Samplers Kenji Yamamoto Used 30:40 - Would Be Difficult For Synamax To Recreate The Whole MPT Soundtrack With A Day Job 33:11 - Synamax Initially Hated Being The Metroid Guy/Crowdfunding 34:01 - Worries Of Legal Ramifications With Nintendo Of Recreating MPT OST 35:00 - Approaching Retro Studios 36:19 - Tallon Overworld & Torvus Bog Use Similar Presets 39:09 - Synamax Feels Some Good Stuff On A Horizon 39:29 - Reece Relays Advice Mick Gordon Gave Him To Synamax 40:19 - Synamax’s Dream Is To Do Game Composing/Synamax’s Revelation 42:26 - Covid-19 Hasn’t Affected Synamax Work/Music Wise 44:18 - Synamax Plays Agon Wastes Theme 45:04 - Synamax Plays Frigate Orpheon Escape Bells/Shows Different Octaves Of Sample 46:51 - Synamax Plays Frigate Orpheon Melody/Torvus Bog Chords/Phendrana Pirate Labs 47:56 - Synamax Plays Phendrana Drifts Intro/Drone Ambience 49:06 - Metroid Prime Title Theme Background Melody/Ambience 50:32 - Korg MS2000/Phendrana Drifts Ice Theme 52:09 - Synwave/Whistle Sounds 54:09 - Phazon Mines Drum Track/Strings 55:46 - Synamax Found It Hard To Recreate Phazon Mines Due To The Drums/Being A Perfectionist 57:10 - Game Designers Seeing All The Flaws In There Games/Trial By Fire With New Developers 58:38 - Metroid Prime 2 Facts/Metroid Prime A Fusion Of East & West Design 1:00:46 - Metroid Is Nintendo’s Black Sheep 1:01:52 - Gamers Can Be Hyper Critical 1:02:56 - Retro Will Do Metroid Prime 4 Justice 1:03:28 - Synamax Would Love To Work On Metroid Prime 4 And Under Kenji Yamamoto 1:04:34 - Where To Find Synamax Social Media And Metroid Prime Work
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Mar 13, 2021 • 46min

#84 - Arun Jacob Interview (AJV Global, Immigration, Entrepreneurs, India, Assimilation, Food, Culture etc.)

Arun Jacob is the CEO and founder of AJV Global a immigration consulting company which helps people migrate to various countries around the world from New Zealand, Canada, UK etc..   SOCIAL MEDIA YOUTUBE -  @AJV Global   @Arun Jacob  FACEBOOK - AJV Global INSTAGRAM -  @AJV Global  LINKEDIN -  @AJV Global    TIMESTAMPS   00:00 - Intro 00:37 - How Arun Became An Immigration Adviser 03:00 - Why Arun Moved To NZ 04:04 - Coming From India Where Its Very Cut Throat 04:45 - How Arun Founded AJV/Moving To Hamilton 06:59 - Common Questions Immigrants Ask Before Moving To NZ 09:10 - LOTR Shaped Migration In NZ 11:02 - Migration Differences Between Different Countries/Skill Shortages 13:42 - Helping Migrants Deciding Which Country To Migrate To 14:35 - Migrants Having Unrealistic Expectations 16:00 - Migrants Trying To Cut Corners 17:00 - Migrants Not Researching Enough 19:43 - Qualities Entrepreneurs Need/How Arun Became An Entrepreneur 22:30 - Teaching Young People To Be Fearless/Ray Kroc 25:06 - Adversity Is Always Around The Corner 25:51 - Arun Stays Motivated From ‘The Pale Blue Dot’ 28:07 - Covid’s Affect On Migration To Other Countries 29:02 - Prioritisation 30:16 - Thinking Ahead When Living In Uncertain Times 31:42 - Reasons Arun Hasn’t Dropped Any Of His Team 32:44 - Different Between Mission & Vision Statement/Foresight 34:08 - Indians Who Don’t Leave Their Shell Even After Migrating 34:57 - Arun Can Speak Te Reo Maori/Stepping Out Of Your Bubble 36:29 - Learning To Speak English Is Vital/Research The Country You’re Moving on 39:02 - Adjusting From Indian Culture To NZ Culture/Assimilation 41:41 - Arun’s Words To Indians Who Complain About Food In NZ 42:46 - Benefits Of Indian Food In NZ 44:42 - Where To Follow Arun & AJV

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