{"id":29866,"date":"2014-04-08T18:12:43","date_gmt":"2014-04-08T22:12:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom2\/2014\/04\/08\/music-designer-and-producer-to-speak-at-necc\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T16:29:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T20:29:35","slug":"music-designer-and-producer-to-speak-at-necc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2014\/04\/08\/music-designer-and-producer-to-speak-at-necc\/","title":{"rendered":"Music Designer and Producer to Speak at NECC"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"musician<\/a>

Musician and music designer Duncan Watt will speak at NECC April 28 at 1 p.m.<\/p><\/div>\n

Seasoned studio musician and music designer and producer Duncan Watt of Durham NH will speak at Northern Essex Community College on Monday, April 28, at 1 p.m. in the Hartleb Technology Center on the Haverhill campus, 100 Elliott St., in Room 220. He will discuss his work in television, film, broadcasting and digital games. This event is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n

A professor at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Watt worked on more than 70 album projects before founding Fastestmanintheworld<\/a> Media in 2005. His work appears in a wide variety of digital game projects, including the internationally-acclaimed \u201cBioshock Infinite\u201d, \u201cLeague Of Legends\u201d, \u201cNeed For Speed Undercover\u201d, \u201cStargate\u201d, and \u201cBrothers In Arms: Hell’s Highway\u201d. He is also the voice of Rammus and Blitzcrank from \u201cLeague of Legends\u201d.<\/p>\n

Born into a family of classical musicians, Watt plays piano, Hammond organ, keyboard, drums, synthesizers, hand and orchestral percussion, electric and acoustic guitar, ukelele, harp and electric bass, among other instruments<\/p>\n

Outside of digital games, his music is featured in 2013’s summer blockbuster “Now You See Me” and appears in a number of popular TV shows, including “The Good Wife,” \u201cNCIS\u201d, \u201cAny Day Now\u201d, and \u201cMy Little Pony\u201d and \u201cTransformers\u201d toys and apps as well.<\/p>\n

A strong public speaker,\u00a0Watt has been asked to appear\u00a0at many conferences and schools, including the Game Developers Conference, Montreal International Game Summit, Brandeis University, Yale\u00a0University, and Berklee College of Music.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is an amazing opportunity for not only the music composition students, but also the entire NECC community to meet and learn from a major force in today’s evolving multi-media music world\u201d says Michael Lecuyer, professor of music at Northern Essex.<\/p>\n

Watt will explore the nature of writing for today’s games, the differences between writing non-linear game scores and traditional linear film scores, and the behind-the-scenes techniques composers use to deliver music in games. He will show Quicktime videos to demonstrate great examples of game scores throughout the years.<\/p>\n

There will be a Q & A period following his presentation.<\/p>\n

Northern Essex offers a certificate in music technology<\/a> and an associate\u2019s in general studies: music<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For additional information on this event contact NECC music instructor Michael Lecuyer at mlecuyer@necc.mass.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

For additional information on the music certificate or degree programs visit www.necc.mass.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Seasoned studio musician and music designer and producer Duncan Watt of Durham NH will speak at Northern Essex Community College on Monday, April 28, at 1 p.m. in the Hartleb […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":164,"featured_media":29868,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archive"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nMusic Designer and Producer to Speak at NECC - NECC News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2014\/04\/08\/music-designer-and-producer-to-speak-at-necc\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Music Designer and Producer to Speak at NECC - NECC News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Seasoned studio musician and music designer and producer Duncan Watt of Durham NH will speak at Northern Essex Community College on Monday, April 28, at 1 p.m. in the Hartleb […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2014\/04\/08\/music-designer-and-producer-to-speak-at-necc\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"NECC News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-04-08T22:12:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-05-18T20:29:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/03\/Duncan-Watt-newsroom.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"review\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"review\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2014\/04\/08\/music-designer-and-producer-to-speak-at-necc\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2014\/04\/08\/music-designer-and-producer-to-speak-at-necc\/\",\"name\":\"Music Designer and Producer to Speak at NECC - NECC News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2014\/04\/08\/music-designer-and-producer-to-speak-at-necc\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2014\/04\/08\/music-designer-and-producer-to-speak-at-necc\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/03\/Duncan-Watt-newsroom.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-04-08T22:12:43+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-05-18T20:29:35+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/person\/9aa7f809aecda73fcfd75e3ba52a044f\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2014\/04\/08\/music-designer-and-producer-to-speak-at-necc\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2014\/04\/08\/music-designer-and-producer-to-speak-at-necc\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2014\/04\/08\/music-designer-and-producer-to-speak-at-necc\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/03\/Duncan-Watt-newsroom.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/03\/Duncan-Watt-newsroom.jpg\",\"width\":400,\"height\":600},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2014\/04\/08\/music-designer-and-producer-to-speak-at-necc\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/home\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Music Designer and Producer to Speak at NECC\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/\",\"name\":\"NECC News\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/person\/9aa7f809aecda73fcfd75e3ba52a044f\",\"name\":\"review\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4e574a5100d09afa7a07544531b1843473af5135d8e0f78bd847bdc9c9a7d451?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4e574a5100d09afa7a07544531b1843473af5135d8e0f78bd847bdc9c9a7d451?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"review\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/author\/review\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Music Designer and Producer to Speak at NECC - NECC News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2014\/04\/08\/music-designer-and-producer-to-speak-at-necc\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Music Designer and Producer to Speak at NECC - NECC News","og_description":"Seasoned studio musician and music designer and producer Duncan Watt of Durham NH will speak at Northern Essex Community College on Monday, April 28, at 1 p.m. in the Hartleb […]","og_url":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2014\/04\/08\/music-designer-and-producer-to-speak-at-necc\/","og_site_name":"NECC News","article_published_time":"2014-04-08T22:12:43+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-05-18T20:29:35+00:00","og_image":[{"width":400,"height":600,"url":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/03\/Duncan-Watt-newsroom.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"review","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"review","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2014\/04\/08\/music-designer-and-producer-to-speak-at-necc\/","url":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2014\/04\/08\/music-designer-and-producer-to-speak-at-necc\/","name":"Music Designer and Producer to Speak at NECC - NECC News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2014\/04\/08\/music-designer-and-producer-to-speak-at-necc\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2014\/04\/08\/music-designer-and-producer-to-speak-at-necc\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/03\/Duncan-Watt-newsroom.jpg","datePublished":"2014-04-08T22:12:43+00:00","dateModified":"2026-05-18T20:29:35+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/person\/9aa7f809aecda73fcfd75e3ba52a044f"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2014\/04\/08\/music-designer-and-producer-to-speak-at-necc\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2014\/04\/08\/music-designer-and-producer-to-speak-at-necc\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2014\/04\/08\/music-designer-and-producer-to-speak-at-necc\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/03\/Duncan-Watt-newsroom.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/03\/Duncan-Watt-newsroom.jpg","width":400,"height":600},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2014\/04\/08\/music-designer-and-producer-to-speak-at-necc\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/home\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Music Designer and Producer to Speak at NECC"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/#website","url":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/","name":"NECC News","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/person\/9aa7f809aecda73fcfd75e3ba52a044f","name":"review","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4e574a5100d09afa7a07544531b1843473af5135d8e0f78bd847bdc9c9a7d451?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4e574a5100d09afa7a07544531b1843473af5135d8e0f78bd847bdc9c9a7d451?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"review"},"url":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/author\/review\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/164"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29866"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29866\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29867,"href":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29866\/revisions\/29867"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}