Second Interview with Jimmy

On March 20, 2017, in , by alfonzo

The Doom Radio Interview series resurfaces in 2017 with James ‘Jimmy’ Paddock, who takes to the hot seat for the second time in TTV history. During this 90 minute podcast we discuss the creative differences between composition and level design, the discipline of ‘speedmapping’, MIDI commissions and Patreon, the fine line between hobby and work, motivation, platforms for coordinating projects (and our shilling of Discord), meeting fellow users abroad, and the wonderful world of musical studies.

Jimmy is an accomplished student of the MIDI arts, having recently exceeded more than 500 compositions to play alongside his extensive modding and level design history with projects like Adventures of Square, Jenesis, and various contributions across Doomworld, ZDoom Forums, and Skulltag. He is a texture artist and coordinator of several ongoing efforts across platforms, and like the rest of us Doomworld tragics has made certain that he’s spread himself as thin across these obligations as is humanly possible. Poor bastard.

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Intermission – E1M3: Knee-Deep in Deepsea

On October 3, 2016, in , by TerminusEst13

In E1M3, we talk about Jimmy and his long list of accomplishments, how GZDoom is objectively better without netplay, our microphones getting sucked up by tornados mid-speaking, why posting EDuke32 mods on the ZDoom forums is hip and cool, how trucolor is all that’s needed to make a new source port, how high-resolution sprites will never be cool, Jimmy’s unrequited crush on Tormentor, Kinsie’s requited hatecrush on Tormentor, Shivers’ favorite Wolfendoom mods, mappers with foot fetishes, how much I fucking love Black Warrior, Jimmy’s lack of Square progress, Kinsie wasting his life, the Citizen Kane of Doom, and how DUMP III still isn’t released.

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Interview with Tolwyn and Mark Klem

On November 23, 2013, in , by MTrop

Hello, friends! Alfonzo, our de facto leader, is still absent due to a business trip, but that doesn’t mean that we still can’t interview prominent figures in the Doom community!

For this week’s episode, Doom Radio alumni James Paddock and I interview music composition powerhouses David “Tolwyn” Shaw and Mark Klem! Lots of good stuff in this episode – Tolwyn and Klem talk about their experiences writing music and interacting with the map-making teams of yesteryear, on projects such as Memento Mori 2 and Requiem, as well as their work outside of the Doom Community (joint ventures and work for other games).

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Program B Episode 6: Music in Doom

On April 19, 2013, in , by alfonzo

Man, can you imagine how angry the fans would be if this thing was actually on time? Fuming, I’d wager. We’d never see the back of them.

Episode 6 of Program B is “all systems go!” and ready for tune-in, so what are you milling around for? Get clicking!

A slight hicup: This episode is not a discussion on Doom 3 and 4 as advertised. We had a couple of eager guests in Jimmy and essel waiting to jump in an help out at the time and so we elected to fast track to a discussion on music in Doom. 90 minutes of chit chat says it was time well spent, and we think you’ll agree as we cover a whole mess of topics from soundfonts to mp3’s, Mexican soap opera to Denis Leary.

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Program B Episode 5: One-Man Megawads

On April 3, 2013, in , by alfonzo

Hark, fellow Tangolites!

Episode 5 of TTV’s primary talkback Program B is now ready for download… and you’re in for a treat! Khorus, Jimmy and Snakes agreed to set aside some time to talk to Tarnsman about the process behind making one-man megawads, delving into talks on stylistic compromise and self discipline, and offering their advise for budding level designers or those interested in the process of creating such monumental mapsets. If you’re keen on hearing about the minds behind such winning releases as Jenesis, Base Ganymede or Unholy Realms* (or otherwise have delusions of grandeur) then check this out!

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Interview with Jimmy

On November 17, 2012, in , by alfonzo

TangoTV(tm?) presents to you an interview with a Jimmy: A James “Jimmy” Paddock!

Despite my fit of ‘ums and ‘ers at the onset, this episode turns out to be a very insightful look into the process behind MIDI creation, conducting one man megawads, and other interesting endeavours. It’s a treat I tell ‘ya!

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