Merlinnsound

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I'm Michael and I'm a composer and sound designer for video games. I love working with creative people and bring amazing projects to life.

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Michael Steinkellner

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About me

I grew up in a small village near Judenburg, Austria, in the woods around our house. As a child I loved chemistry experiments, science books and computers, and a cheap keyboard in our home was my first step into music. I was a 90s kid, so games like Day of the Tentacle, Final Fantasy VII and Half-Life shaped me early on, and I taught myself programming in MS-DOS.

At 15 I started an IT college, and a friend there got me playing guitar and singing. I founded my first band and learned the hard way that cables and microphones alone don't make a good recording. Later I played bass in several bands and went into professional studios to get the sound right.

After school I wanted to understand people better, so I studied social work in Graz, including a year in Zaragoza, Spain. Today I work as a social worker and mental health counsellor. Listening to people's life stories taught me a lot about emotions, and that is what I want my music to reach.

When my kids were young, music took a back seat. Eventually I came back to it, taking up piano, electronic production and recording, and this time I learned it properly from great online courses and books. Today I compose and design sound for video games, including the cozy spider adventure A Webbing Journey. It is a great time to make games, and I'm happy to be part of it.

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Michael Steinkellner
Composer and sound designer
Feldgasse 6
8750 Judenburg, Austria
michael.steinkellner@me.com

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