Maneuvering the waters of a creative job, like most jobs, is often no easy task. As we navigate the ocean of a project, at the bottom of the swell of each task lies the craggy rocks of potential mistakes. We are often able to steer clear and sail smoothly, but sometimes we hit the rocks, or the rocks hit us. Mistakes are a fact of life and a part of any job; the key … [Read more...]
ProSoundEffects: “Upgrade Your Sound Design Rig” Giveaway
ProSoundEffects is currently running the "Upgrade Your Sound Design Rig" Giveaway with four prize bundles totaling $15,000+ in audio tools. Avid Pro Tools HD, iZotope RX Post Production Suite, Nugen Audio Halo Upmix, and BaseHead Ultra are among the prize offering of popular audio software tools used to boost the quality of work for sound professionals in film, television, … [Read more...]
Soundworks Collection: The Sound & Music Of Resident Evil 7
Soundworks Collection just published an exclusive video featuring the sound & audio team behind Capcom's Resident Evil 7: Biohazard. You can watch it here. … [Read more...]
Randy Thom: On Mistakes
Randy Thom just published a interesting blog post about his thoughts on Mistakes that aligns nicely with our current monthly theme. So, if “creating” is really about discovering something that is already there in a different or scattered form, then how best to do this discovering? You have to become a connoisseur of mistakes, accidents, and the unintentional. -- Randy … [Read more...]
Sunday Sound Thought #67 -What is a Mistake?
Randy Thom recently posted on his own blog his thoughts on "mistakes" which are more thoughtful and eloquent than my own. So go read his and come back for the dime store version. This monthly theme of "Mistakes" got me thinking. Mistakes to me can be a negative outcome to an intended or an unintended action. Something called a "dictionary" says mistakes can be "an action or … [Read more...]
Sunday Sound Thought #66 – On Lifting The Veil
“Where was the microphone when Woody met Buzz?” That’s usually my short answer when trying to describe what I do for a living. Most of you reading this probably appreciate the facade that is sound for film. That being, that the microphone on set didn’t actually pick up everything you’re hearing when you watch a movie in the theater. Yet that’s often what most movie-goers … [Read more...]
Monthly Theme: Mistakes
Oops. Whoopsie. Oh no! Sh#t! There are multitude of mistakes: User error, slipups, happy, egregious, colossal, harmless, fortuitous, technical, creative, social, financial... Much like in the photo of broken glass above, there can be beauty in mistakes as much as there is regret. Please share with us how you handle mistakes. Rolling with them, embracing them, fixing … [Read more...]