SIMO SAKARI AALTONEN
— Writer & Composer —

SIMO SAKARI AALTONEN — Writer & Composer —SIMO SAKARI AALTONEN — Writer & Composer —SIMO SAKARI AALTONEN — Writer & Composer —
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8 January 2021 — Podcast transcript book for season 2

8 January 2021 — Podcast transcript book for season 2

8 January 2021 — Podcast transcript book for season 2

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Published the book of transcripts for the second season of my podcast What Now with Simo. Available as both a paperback and ebook. And here is the page for the series on Amazon.

1 January 2021 — Start of podcast season 3

8 January 2021 — Podcast transcript book for season 2

8 January 2021 — Podcast transcript book for season 2

What Now with Simo podcast cover art for season 3.

Episode 3.1 of What Now with Simo. Starting with this episode, my journey through the history of recorded music, films, TV, books, comics, and more will be featured regularly, starting with January 1952. An associated playlist of carefully selected items will also get built up on Spotify as I go along.

17 December 2020 — Podcast passed 5,000 listens

8 January 2021 — Podcast transcript book for season 2

17 December 2020 — Podcast passed 5,000 listens

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My podcast What Now with Simo has just passed 5,000 unique listens. This number excludes partial request, bots, and repeat listens. Last episode of season 2 on the way, then the book of transcripts for season 2, and season 3 starting 1 January 2021.

3 November 2020 — Art & Love, Vol. 1

7 September 2020 — Started sharing exceptional record cover art

17 December 2020 — Podcast passed 5,000 listens

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Published Art & Love, Vol. 1 as paperback and ebook. The first in a new series of non-fiction books, a keystone series in my legacy.

18 September 2020 — Podcast on Amazon

7 September 2020 — Started sharing exceptional record cover art

7 September 2020 — Started sharing exceptional record cover art

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My podcast What Now with Simo is now also on Amazon's main site. I was one of those they contacted prior to launching their podcasting platform.

7 September 2020 — Started sharing exceptional record cover art

7 September 2020 — Started sharing exceptional record cover art

7 September 2020 — Started sharing exceptional record cover art

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My odyssey through the history of recorded music has reached the 1950s, the decade when everything in music blossomed and exploded, including record cover art. From now on I'll be sharing exceptional and sometimes questionable or ludicrous examples of this art form on Twitter and Facebook.

22 August 2020 — The Ray Bradbury Theater intro

10 July 2020 — Featured in Finncon Artist Alley

22 August 2020 — The Ray Bradbury Theater intro

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For the 100th birthday of one of my very favourite writers, Ray Bradbury, I was invited to record this guest podcast episode for the Cabrera Brothers' Free Bundle Originals. A very personal introduction to a series that has accompanied me through life at important moments like a dear friend, from childhood to Paris and beyond. Recorded raw, straight from the heart.

29 July 2020 — Wrote guest blog for Zoo Digital

10 July 2020 — Featured in Finncon Artist Alley

22 August 2020 — The Ray Bradbury Theater intro

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I was invited to write this guest blog for the company I translate films and TV series for. I discuss some of the challenges and joys involved, and how this work also feeds into my development as a writer.

10 July 2020 — Featured in Finncon Artist Alley

10 July 2020 — Featured in Finncon Artist Alley

10 July 2020 — Featured in Finncon Artist Alley

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My books featured in the Artist Alley for this year's virtual Finncon — due to the virus, not a physical one this time around. This was my first time being involved as more than a guest.

9 July 2020 — Joined the Asylum team

23 May 2020 — Podcast transcript book

10 July 2020 — Featured in Finncon Artist Alley

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I joined the Senscape team to work under designer and main writer Agustín Cordes on Asylum, a horror adventure game of epic proportions and quality.


I'll be contributing writing as well as revising texts under his brilliant direction. I previously worked with Agustín on the free horror adventure game Serena, which was a pleasure from beginning to end.

23 May 2020 — Podcast transcript book

23 May 2020 — Podcast transcript book

23 May 2020 — Podcast transcript book

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Published word-for-word transcripts of the first season of my podcast What Now with Simo in book form. Available both as a handsome 6x9-inch paperback and an ebook, and including an introduction and some footnotes.


This is the first in this series of books, which will build up into a library as time passes. A chronicle of my life, thoughts, and daily musings, and a record of my having been here.

24 March 2020 — Started podcast

23 May 2020 — Podcast transcript book

23 May 2020 — Podcast transcript book

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I started my podcast What Now with Simo:


"A freeform, wide-ranging podcast on any topics foremost on the host's mind at the time of recording. Particular favourite topics include creativity and all the arts — music, films, screenplays, fiction, poetry, comics, games, comedy, and everything in between. Messages from listeners welcomed for possible inclusion in an episode. Note that sending a recording for inclusion in an episode of this podcast does indeed implicitly give me permission to do so."

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