Dutch artist Mariska de Groot creates totally unique sound art installations with analog light-to-sound instruments. For "Vandmand", she collaborated with Dutch sound artist Lars Kynde, and they composed a sound and light piece for the Elsinore Girls Marching Band in Copenhagen, with choreography. … [Read more...]
Sunday Sound Thought #90 – “But hey, if it sounds good…”
As has come before; many of these posts will be philosophical in nature. Some will be in contradiction to previous postings. These are not intended as truths or assertions, they’re merely thoughts…ideas. Think of this as stream of consciousness over a wide span…Please bare with us as we traverse the abstract canals of audio musings. Additional … [Read more...]
inSPIRE, The Distance Music Experiment: Acoustic Explorations in Composition
Guest Contribution by Keith Lay A special thank you to Keith Lay for this contribution which explores acoustics from the unique perspective of a musical composition and performance. Keith is a composer, producer, and educator based in Central Florida. On October 20, 2012, musicians placed on rooftops, steeples, and lake boats in downtown Orlando, Florida performed “inSPIRE … [Read more...]
Interview with Diego Stocco
FIDM Digital Arts has published a video interview of sound designer/composer Diego Stocco. "Do you have an idea in the first place? You're imagination is the most important plugin you have, 'cause without that you can't do anything. You can have the most expensive gear in the world...but if you don't know what you want to do, it's worthless." Watch, listen and be … [Read more...]
Horton Hears A Who
"Horton Hears a Who" stampeded into theaters March 14th. Dennis Leonard supervised the Dr. Seuss adaptation. Randy Thom served as sound designer and re-recording mixer. Mixing took place at Thom's usual stomping ground, Skywalker Sound. Along with Gary Rizzo, the two mixers helped populate whoville with sound for Horton to hear. Original dialog recording for "Horton" was … [Read more...]