Ask HN: Where to sell music for games?

3 points by polychrome 14 years ago | 8 comments

I have a friend who plays in a local band that is good enough to tour regularly (SXSW, etc). He is interested in composing music for games, such as background music on RPGs and Arcade Games. Is there a good website for him to do this on, or should he create his own site?

sidmitra 14 years ago |

I'm planning to launch a site like dribbble for game devs, artists, focussing on indie games.

See http://www.metroia.com.

Feel free to ask your friend to ping me sidmitra.del [at] gmail.com I'm actively looking for beta users. A lot of people have also emailed me and want to get in touch with people with different skill sets(like design, music, animation etc).

polychrome 14 years ago | |

I'll be sure to send it his way. Thanks!

Geee 14 years ago | |

Great! I hope this gets big.

__ingrid__ 14 years ago |

I'm a bit weary of video game development marketplace websites, as there's a high noise level, but I've had good experiences with the game dev classifieds reddit.

http://www.reddit.com/r/gamedevclassifieds

A lot of posts there are for people looking to do contacts for custom work, but don't be put off by this. People there also respond positively to posts with links to premade work for sale.

seagaia 14 years ago |

Bandcamp. A handful of famous indie game musicians (Danny B, C418, Zircon, etc...) use it to sell their stuff and seem to prefer it over other things.

polychrome 14 years ago | |

Thank you. Will pass this on.

DyumanBhatt 14 years ago |

He should make his own website regardless of whether there is another place he can contract his services out. Anyone interested will check for a website prior to committing contract work with him.

I would recommend gamedev classifieds that was pointed out earlier, good ol' craigslist, or Gamasutra's contractors section if he has some money to use to get his name out.

benologist 14 years ago |

Flash Game License: http://www.flashgamelicense.com/