Guest Contribution by April Tucker Early in my career, I watched a couple studios crumble first hand. One was a music studio that went bankrupt because the owner made some poor choices. The other was a post studio that laid off most of the staff in one day; "Black Wednesday," we called it. I had mixed feelings knowing I’d own a business someday. Learning business skills didn’t … [Read more...]
AES Meetup Location Picked!
We've got a location! We'll be meeting at Alfie's at 8:30PM Thursday night. Alfie's can be found at 800 9th Ave. between 53rd and 54th. The nearest subway station is "50th St." on the A, C and E line, but it might be just as fast to walk (from the Javits Center that is). It takes about a 20 minutes on foot from the Javits Center (map below), but they have craft beers and a … [Read more...]
First Ever Designing Sound Community Meetup!
"Meet people in real life?! Surely you jest!" Well, we're doing it. Sam and I will both be attending the AES conference in New York Next week, and I thought it was well past time we actually organized a Designing Sound Community meet/drink-up. It will take place next Thursday, October 17th, at 8:30PM. We're still hammering out the location, but sign up now. It will give us more … [Read more...]
New Events Calendar
First, to all of those who responded to our survey, we'd like to say, "Thank you!" We've poured through all of your responses, and we take your comments and suggestions very seriously. We're going to do our best to follow up on those ideas that we feel make the most sense for the site. We're not interested in replicating what's already available on other sites, and there's only … [Read more...]
Rodney Gates Special: Getting the Gig – A Guide to Becoming a Video Game Sound Designer
[Written by Rodney Gates for Designing Sound] Everyone has a story on how they started working in games, and they can be as varied as the day is long. Many start in Quality Assurance positions (game testing), or Customer Service (in the case of Sony Online). Some get internships, and some get hired on as a junior sound designer attached to a team right away. What I’d like … [Read more...]
“Secrets for Great Film Sound” Webinar Report #1 – Pre-Production
I'm going to start publishing weekly reports about "Secret for Great Film Sound", a new webinar series hosted by David Sonnenschein and Ric Viers. Last week I assisted to the first webinar. It was fantastic! Ric and David talked a lot about pre-production process, including: How to work with clients (Producers, directors, etc) Budget and payments Analyzing the … [Read more...]