We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Noa Beazley. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Noa below.

Noa, thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. Are you happy as a creative professional? Do you sometimes wonder what it would be like to work for someone else?

I absolutely love being a creative professional! That being said, it can be a challenging career path with many ups and downs. I think that all creatives ask themselves at one point or another what life would be like if they had chosen a more stable path. The last time I asked myself this question was a little over a year ago when a game I had poured myself into was canceled. I was especially proud of my music for this game and the interactive music system I had built for it. That moment of dragging my work into the Archive folder and feeling like it was all for nothing was a low point for me. It’s easy in those moments to lose sight of the long term and to feel like just giving up in favor of stability. The thought “wouldn’t it just be easier to look for a stable full time job?” had definitely crossed my mind. Eventually I took my work and repurposed it into what became one of my best portfolio pieces, leading me to more work since. Learning to take my losses and repurpose them has been key to pushing through the temporary low points that all creatives go through over the course of their careers.

Great, appreciate you sharing that with us. Before we ask you to share more of your insights, can you take a moment to introduce yourself and how you got to where you are today to our readers?

I’m a Boston-based music composer and multi-instrumentalist working primarily in the indie video game space, but my work runs the whole gamut of media composition. My clients are typically game developers or directors who come to me to answer the question “what should my world sound like?”. Each project presents the challenge of creating a new and unique sonic identity, and working with clients to find the sound that expresses their vision is one of the most rewarding parts of what I do.

My parents are both orchestral musicians so music’s been a central part of my life for as long as I can remember. I grew up surrounded by classical music, but have since studied and composed music across a wide variety of genres. I also play drums, piano, guitar and bass and am a trained jazz vocalist. I see my versatility as my greatest strength – it allows me to break down barriers of genre to find the sound that’s right for the world of the game or film. There’s no better example of this than in my recent work for “Protodroid DeLTA”, in which I composed music that fuses Latin jazz, heavy metal and retro synthesizers. This was a total departure from my previous project “A Token War” – a fantasy game that featured a completely orchestral score.

What’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative in your experience?

There’s nothing quite like hearing your music run in game for the first time. This can happen anywhere from a few weeks to a year or more into developing a project. That moment when all of the visuals and the design and the audio come together to make something bigger than the sum of its parts – it’s the most wonderful part of what I do.

Can you tell us about a time you’ve had to pivot?

My most dramatic pivot came, unsurprisingly, when the covid pandemic hit. I was about to move to LA with my then girlfriend and was already in talks with a few clients for new exciting projects. All of that fell through and I was left, as we all were, trying to figure out how to navigate this new completely remote world.

To keep myself composing I reached out to my good friend and incredible musician Joel Kent about starting a new business. Together we founded Audimus Music – a partnership specializing in ready-made themed music packs for video games. Today our asset packs still provide us both with an extra stream of income, and have doubled as advertising for our audio services, leading to some of our most significant custom work yet. I’ve since found that I can build a sustainable career right here in Boston, where I live with my now wife and two cats.

Contact Info:

• Website: noabeazley.com
• Instagram: instagram.com/noabeazley
• Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/noa-beazley-b74a7620a
• Twitter: twitter.com/NoaBeazley

Image Credits
Kayla Rice Photography