25. Raymond Herrera- Fear Factory drummer & award winning video game & film composer

25. Raymond Herrera- Fear Factory drummer & award winning video game & film composer

Author: Inspiring interviews with successful music industry experts June 17, 2014 Duration: 1:03:29

Raymond Herrera is the super creative double kick drum master who was the driving force behind influential industrial metal band Fear Factory.

Raymond is also an award winning composer and producer for video games, TV and feature films. He has contributed to the soundtracks of such cool games like Mortal Combat, Resident Evil, Battlefield 2, Need For Speed, Iron Man 2 to name but a few.

Currently Raymond is coordinating an exciting new crowd funding project called “Project Rogue", where he is aiming to raise around $70K so he can release a new record with his buddies who include members of System of a Down, Napalm Death, Cynic, Obituary, Lamb of God, Cannibal Corpse, and Devil Driver to name just a few.

This is a great interview where Raymond talks about the business of Fear Factory, music publishing, record contracts, remixing, writing music for games and films, and the concept of crowd funding to fund a recording. Enjoy!


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