Randy Thom will be speaking at View Conference 2011 in October at TorinoIncontra, Turin, Italy. Sound Design and Story Telling, a Master Class with Randy Thom Randy Thom, Director of Sound Design at Skywalker Sound, will walk you through the process of sound design in storytelling. Thom is a firm believer that the sooner the sound designer is involved in the pre-production, … [Read more...]
KISS2011: 15-18 September 2011 in Porto, Portugal
Inspired by Portugal's proud history of navigators who set out to explore beyond the known and visible horizon, the theme of the third annual Kyma International Sound Symposium (KISS2011) is "Exploring Sound Space" (Explorando o espaço do som). Set in the nautically-inspired Casa Da Musica, architect Rem Koolhaas' dramatic new music venue in Porto Portugal, the symposium will … [Read more...]
GameSoundCon Announces Los Angeles 2011 Game Audio Seminar
New GameSoundCon seminar announced. Here's the official info: April 28, 2011 Seattle, WA – SoundCon, LLC announces the addition of Los Angeles, CA to its list of 2011 locations for GameSoundCon, conference on game music composition and game sound design. GameSoundCon 2011 LA is an intensive full-day seminar for composers, sound designers, recording engineers and other audio … [Read more...]
Win 5,000 Sound Effects with The Sound Effects Bible's Christmas Challenge
The Santa of sound effects has arrived! Ric Viers, author of "The Sound Effects Bible" is giving away a free copy of the new Sound Effects Bible Hard Drive with 5,000 sound effects. To win, you will need to submit a video explaining or showing how "The Sound Effects Bible" has helped you record or create sound effects. The video must be submitted before December 20, 2010 and … [Read more...]
"The Sound Behind The Image" Lecture by Ben Burtt at AES 2010
Ben Burtt will give a lecture called "The Sound Behind The Image" at the 129th AES Convention. Much has been documented about the technical history of motion picture sound. We know a lot about the story of microphones, loudspeakers, and optical, magnetic, or digital recording processes. Very little has been said about the aesthetic history: Why do sound people do what we do? … [Read more...]
Sound Design and Horror Film Workshop with Alan Howarth at Unsound Festival 2010
Alan Howarth will be giving a free Workshop on Sound Design for Horror Films on October 22 at Unsound Festival 2010. The place is TBA and the tickets are free. A horror sound design workshop with one of the masters in the field, Alan Howarth, who has worked on countless movies including the "Star Trek" series, "Poltergeist", "The Thing", "Raiders of The Lost Arc", "Exterminator … [Read more...]
The Music Soundtrack
I am glad to see the academy rolling out more of these events! "This three-evening seminar series offers a detailed look at the music scoring process from the perspective of motion picture composers themselves. Each week’s topic will be illuminated by film clips, on-stage discussions with guests (subject to availability) and questions from the audience. Each session will begin … [Read more...]