Aaron Walz

is the owner and lead composer, sound designer & producer for Walz Music. He has been playing piano, singing, composing music and enjoying video games since he was one digit old. He received a Nintendo Entertainment System as a Christmas present and was obsessed, especially with RPG’s. He used to sit in one area of a game to listen to the music until he could sing it and play it on the piano. He learned how to use the computer to write and orchestrate MIDI, a computer-based music language.

Aaron attended Sonoma State University for his music degree and started a website called Aaron Walz’s MIDI Home (now www.midishack.net) in 1998 to offer game music MIDI files. He sequenced many tunes by ear and offered them for free. He also included some of his originals for download and usage in freeware games, and to his surprise, people started emailing and hiring him for custom music freelance work. The site became the #1 Game MIDI download site for several years.

Aaron and his award-winning team of artists are responsible for the soundtrack for the Amaranth Games hit, Aveyond, which won Game Tunnel’s Sound of the Year in 2006. The game features an acoustic orchestrated symphonic soundtrack. Walz Music has also been responsible for an assortment of mobile games, Aveyond 2, Yummy Drink Factory, Hardwood Hearts, which was also nominated for Best Independent Game at the Independent Game Festival (IDF), part of Microsoft's Game Developers' Conference (GDC).

Aaron & Walz Music have produced four CD Albums for various artists including a video game cover band and dance project, nR Element, which is signed to Akyr Music, Italy, but is popular in Japan, like eurobeat and the interactive game Dance Dance Revolution (DDR) Music.

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Matthew A. Dalton

Matthew enjoys taking things apart, even when they're in good repair, in order to try to figure out how they work, and can sometimes be found putting things together, though not in the same way they came apart. He's been an engineering intern at Make Labs, and is currently having a lot of fun working at Instructables. Matthew's been friends with Aaron since high school, and is looking forward to joining him on another epic adventure!

Cindy Varady

Cyndi is a first generation Californian, currently hanging her hat in the North Bay region. She is a graduate of Sonoma State University where she received her BA in English Literature. This fall she will begin attending San Jose State University as a graduate student going for a degree in Information Science. Cyndi is new to the Walz Music board, and looks forward to this exciting opportunity. In addition to being a Walz Music board member, Cyndi is also the voice of Stella in the new Aveyond game coming this June.

Jason Brock

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Eva Maass

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