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Ashley Kampta

@ashleykampta.com
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(he/him) AuDHD. Composer for games by @asatiir.bsky.social. Also open to work, collabs and commissions! For commissions, go to ashleykampta.carrd.co Listen to my music on SoundCloud here: soundcloud.com/ashley-kampta

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Future Friends Games @futurefriendsgames.com · 22/10/2024
hello! we’re Future Friends Games and we help cool developers by publishing and promoting cool indie games!!! if you are reading this, pls like and share this pinned post to make us look cool! here are some games we’ve worked on
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KrisWB 🌱 @kriswbennett.co.uk · 11/02/2026
🌳 1 sale = 1 tree planted 🌳 DEMO OUT NOW 👇 The first public demo of Treeplanter is available right now on Steam ahead of Next Fest An interactive woodland toybox launching this Spring 🐝 Piece together a tiny grove and watch as birds, plants and animals move in over the changing seasons 🌸☀️🍂❄️
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Ashley Kampta @ashleykampta.com · 09/01/2026
There's a name I haven't heard for a while! It's inspirational to see that Mr Motivator's still going strong after all these years. My exercise tolerance is probably only half of what his is, even though he must be in his 70s by now...
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Ashley Kampta @ashleykampta.com · 08/01/2026
Working on a new track called Easy Days, a Bossa Nova-inspired piece for my Visual Novel music pack. Still a work in progress, but I like where it’s heading.
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Ashley Kampta @ashleykampta.com · 15/05/2025
People like Myron Golden, Layla at ProcessDriven, and Tim Ferriss have helped me understand that business is about experimenting to find out what works. It’s literally try, fail, try, fail, try, fail, until something finally works. Always be ready to fail fast and try something new.
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Ashley Kampta @ashleykampta.com · 15/05/2025
A lot of business stuff is common sense, tbh. Ask questions, find out people’s needs, and create something that fills that need or otherwise solves a problem those people have. You can get a lot of education from YouTube for free!
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Ashley Kampta @ashleykampta.com · 15/05/2025
Speaking for myself, teaching is the only stable income source I have. There are (and will always be) people who either need or want (for themselves or those in their care) to be educated. However I do agree that a lot of course sales and marketing tactics are disingenuous and prey on people’s hopes
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Ashley Kampta @ashleykampta.com · 14/05/2025
I just bought Eventide Articulate, and I LOVE IT. I'd love to use this on some sound design stuff if I can get my hands on a sound effect library!
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Ashley Kampta @ashleykampta.com · 11/05/2025
I have my own creative struggles too, so you’re not alone - and we all need to support each other as we grow artistically.
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Ashley Kampta @ashleykampta.com · 11/05/2025
The first time you do something will always take the longest - once you have a template to work from, things will go much quicker! I’ll follow you on Twitch and hopefully I’ll be able to hang out on some of your streams!
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Ashley Kampta @ashleykampta.com · 11/05/2025
This looks so good! How long does something like this take to draw, rig and animate?
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Ashley Kampta @ashleykampta.com · 11/05/2025
YouTube Music here, as I have YouTube Premium.
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Ashley Kampta @ashleykampta.com · 09/05/2025
Art is as much for you as it is for others. If you need to create for others, do so. If you need to get something out of your head for your eyes/ears only, that is just as valid. Art can be healing and therapy too. Sometimes you need to ignore the world and retreat to externally process through art.
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Ashley Kampta @ashleykampta.com · 09/05/2025
I still use one sometimes! 😆 I use Firefox (actually Librewolf) and I have a download manager for it called DownThemAll - it’s a nice dose of time travel back to that era when I need to bulk download stuff!
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Ashley Kampta @ashleykampta.com · 09/05/2025
If you're over 30, quote this with some life advice Your family and friends may not understand what you are doing and why. Listen to advice, and acknowledge what is said - but you are free to disagree and to choose not to follow it, even if you have to disagree in private. Blaze your own trail.
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Ashley Kampta @ashleykampta.com · 09/05/2025
RealPlayer and the DivX codec made SO much anime-watching possible for me in the late 90s and early 2000s. Having to leave download managers open at least overnight and sometimes even for several days just to watch a pixelated anime episode was still an incredible experience for the time!
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Ashley Kampta @ashleykampta.com · 09/05/2025
It’s also worth noting that in the Great Recession in 2007-8, one academic paper I read states that “entertainment spending often does not decrease much during economic recessions”. People need art and music to keep themselves going and maintain stronger mental health during darker times.
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Ashley Kampta @ashleykampta.com · 09/05/2025
I watched a video on this very topic a few days ago. I hope it helps you as much as it helped me to realise that even though I sometimes don’t see the point of creating when the world seems to suck most, art is actually needed more than ever when things are (or even just seem) bleak.
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The case for making art when the world is on fire | Amie McNee | TEDxManchester
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
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Ashley Kampta @ashleykampta.com · 09/05/2025
Welp, time to move to Reelcrafter! I’d been putting it off, but now’s as good a time as any!
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Ashley Kampta @ashleykampta.com · 07/05/2025
I just found out that I got my first sale on Bandcamp last month. I almost can’t believe it. Someone discovered my music, and was more generous than I expected. I am grateful.
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Ashley Kampta @ashleykampta.com · 18/04/2025
Indeed. I've heard and read from other streamers that having "Follower Only Chat" enabled is a quick way to kill your stream's growth. I get that it can sometimes protect against AI bot-spam, but it's a double-edged sword and, in my opinion, I don't think it should be used as a default preference.
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School.VideoGameAudio.com @sovga.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Technical Audio Designer at www.gameloft.com (Montreal, 🇨🇦) "responsible for the integration of sound effects, music and dialogue in our games" www.gameloft.com/jobs/Concept... #gamejobs
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Ashley Kampta @ashleykampta.com · 15/04/2025
There are many artists with simpler styles who are creatively blocked and can’t finish anything - but you, even with a more complex style, have shipped artwork for a finished game. If complex works for you and you can finish things, then you do you! No need to be envious. Speed isn’t everything!
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Ashley Kampta @ashleykampta.com · 14/04/2025
Yeah, I think this is mainly a concern for producers etc. who use longer samples. I doubt the problem would exist for one-shots. Anyway, one recent video I saw on the topic related to getting DMCA’d after a livestream. Might not be relevant to your use case!
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I Got a Copyright Claim Using a Splice Sample
YouTube video by Bolo Da Producer
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Ashley Kampta @ashleykampta.com · 14/04/2025
Looking forward to seeing where things go today!
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Ashley Kampta @ashleykampta.com · 13/04/2025
That’s encouraging, but I’ve also heard stories of people getting copyright-struck from Splice samples used on their music. At any rate, I wish you pain-free music-making, both legally and physically!
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Ashley Kampta @ashleykampta.com · 12/04/2025
Dubrovnik is beautiful, and having these couple of days to decompress was sorely needed.
A picture of Dubrovnik’s coast, with rows of trees among hotel buildings lining a slope to the coast on the left, and the sea on the right. There is grass in the foreground with small bushes lining the walkway, which is shown in the bottom left corner.
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Ashley Kampta @ashleykampta.com · 12/04/2025
On the plane to Dubrovnik for Reboot! Hope to see you there if you’re going too!
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Ashley Kampta @ashleykampta.com · 11/04/2025
I haven't been on here much lately, but that's because I've been busy making an orchestral template for my own music and for the next project with Asatiir's Tales, and oh my days, orchestral templates take FOREVER to make, and I've spent so much time doing stuff as exciting as watching paint dry! 😮‍💨
The image is of a screenshot of the REAPER audio software, with tracks on the left hand side, and MIDI data on the right. The screenshot shows a template with over 100 tracks of orchestral instruments that I am building for future projects, as well as my own music.
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Ashley Kampta @ashleykampta.com · 26/02/2025
This is what happens to a cucumber when you go on a shopping trip in December, and proceed to forget about said cucumber in your rucksack for two months. Thanks, ADHD! 🫠 (Thankfully, the plastic wrap protected the rest of my bag's contents from succumbing to a watery grave.)
A yellowed, rotten cucumber sits on my kitchen counter, still in its plastic wrap, having been forgotten about for a whole two months after a shopping trip I made in December. Pray for me and my ADHD.
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Ashley Kampta @ashleykampta.com · 25/02/2025
This doesn't bode well. I fear for their other studios too, such as NetherRealm.
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Ashley Kampta @ashleykampta.com · 13/01/2025
Completely agree. An imperfect composition or performance that moves people is better than a perfectly written or performed piece that doesn’t make anyone feel anything.
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Ashley Kampta @ashleykampta.com · 21/12/2024
The Curse of the Mantle OST is now out on Bandcamp and is making its way out to streaming platforms too! Thank you for all your support, and l hope you enjoy it! ashleykampta.bandcamp.com/album/the-cu...
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The Curse of the Mantle (Original Game Soundtrack), by Ashley Kampta
7 track album
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Ashley Kampta @ashleykampta.com · 20/12/2024
I'm live on Twitch again! And now that the Curse of the Mantle OST is done, I'm working on sketching tracks for the upcoming Asatiir's Tales game, Roses Will Rise! Come hang out if you want! twitch.tv/ashleykamptamusic
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Twitch
Twitch is the world
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Ashley Kampta @ashleykampta.com · 15/12/2024
So sad that this happened to Roof. He’s a great guy and his info is legit. Thanks for letting us know! Will follow the other channel!
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Ashley Kampta @ashleykampta.com · 13/12/2024
I'm live on Twitch again! And since I'm now done with the Curse of the Mantle OST, I'll be working on boring grunt work today, reloading my template in preparation for future projects! (Joy!) Come hang out if you want! twitch.tv/ashleykamptamusic
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Preparing for future projects by working on my template in REAPER!
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Ashley Kampta @ashleykampta.com · 12/12/2024
I never wanted to get Soothe2 because I don't wanna spend a lot of money on one-trick-pony plugins. But Pro-Q 4 is becoming such a Swiss Army Knife of an EQ plugin that I might just have to save up...
Screenshot of FabFilter's upcoming EQ plugin Pro-Q 4 showing functionality similar to Soothe2 on one EQ band.
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Ashley Kampta @ashleykampta.com · 12/12/2024
You may just need to find a vocal chain that works with your voice. Gentle EQ to boost the resonant frequencies of your voice, combined with a little compression to bring your voice forward, and a little bit of saturation to reduce dynamic range, and your voice will start feeling easier to mix!
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Ashley Kampta @ashleykampta.com · 12/12/2024
Sounds like fun! I've been working on heel-toe technique with both feet. One of my favourite things to do is use the free Stick Control book, and work the patterns with hands and then also with feet. Playing rudiments with the feet and inserting more bass drum stuff into fills is also super fun!
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Ashley Kampta @ashleykampta.com · 12/12/2024
Absolutely, 100% wholeheartedly agree. Music has been over-academicised and is more often used as an academic stepping-stone than a path to injecting creativity, play and enjoyment into daily life. I wish it were not that way, so I teach my students to be creative with music, not just to pass exams.
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School.VideoGameAudio.com @sovga.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Technical Audio Designer at www.epicgames.com (Montreal, CA) "Collaborate with other sound designers over aspects of a particular sound that may or may not be working once hooked up in-game" www.epicgames.com/site/en-US/career… #gamejobs
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Ashley Kampta @ashleykampta.com · 11/12/2024
The OST to The Curse of the Mantle by @asatiir.bsky.social is complete! Here is a preview of the three tracks I composed during my recent streams! Look out for the release of the game soon, with the OST available on Bandcamp!
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Ashley Kampta @ashleykampta.com · 06/12/2024
Once again, I'm live on Twitch, composing music for The Curse of the Mantle. Feel free to come say hi! www.twitch.tv/ashleykampta...
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AshleyKamptaMusic - Twitch
Working on music for the Game Boy game The Curse of the Mantle, by Asatiir's Tales - Making the final track for the Curse of the Mantle!
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Ashley Kampta @ashleykampta.com · 02/12/2024
I’ve just bought and started playing Tetris Effect: Connected, and the synergy between the sound effects and music was especially noticeable. Putting extra consideration and detail into this aspect of game sound really does make a difference, and makes your whole game feel more polished and coherent
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Ashley Kampta @ashleykampta.com · 29/11/2024
Once again, I'm live on Twitch working on Dr. Clarke's theme for The Curse of the Mantle. Feel free to come hang out if you're around! 😄
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AshleyKamptaMusic - Twitch
Working on music for the Game Boy game The Curse of the Mantle, by Asatiir's Tales - Entering Dr. Clarke's theme into GB Studio!
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Ashley Kampta @ashleykampta.com · 28/11/2024
The tech struggles are real!
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Ashley Kampta @ashleykampta.com · 24/11/2024
Hi Alessandro! 👋
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Ashley Kampta @ashleykampta.com · 24/11/2024
Hope the job goes well! Hopefully you'll still have time to make music, once the dust settles and you get into a routine!
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Ashley Kampta @ashleykampta.com · 24/11/2024
Post a video game gif from the year you were born
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a pixel art of a man and a woman fighting in front of a building with an arrow pointing to the right
Alt: This is a GIF of Konami’s 1984 arcade game, Yie-Ar Kung Fu. The player character (wearing a white top and blue pants) and their opponent (a woman in a red dress holding fans as weapons) are fighting in a courtyard, with a building (most likely a Japanese dojo or temple) in the background. A forest is behind the building. The player character is on the left hand side, one third of the way from the left edge of the screen, while the opponent is on the right, a third of the way between the centre of the screen and the right edge of the screen. The opponent is throwing multiple fans toward the left hand side of the screen. The player character initially sidles further to the left edge of the screen and ducks to avoid two of the fans before jumping clear over the rest of the opponent’s fans toward the right hand side of the screen to close the gap between player and opponent.
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Ashley Kampta @ashleykampta.com · 24/11/2024
I'll see if there's something similar for Mac!
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