A couple of months ago we took a look at theme park rides and attractions. Below is a micro-interview with Todd Homme on the same subject, though more from a musical perspective. Todd has a varied background on both the creative and business sides of music for media having worked as a composer, music editor and music supervisor for dozens of films including "Gladiator", … [Read more...]
Sound, space, and the relationship between both – An interview with Rebecca Lee
Last year, I had the pleasure to witness and experience "If the bell rings we will hear it" by Rebecca Lee and Samuel Rodgers inside St Mary Le Wigford Church in Lincoln (UK). This truly fascinating and -possibly helped by the place- almost religious performance made me curious about those two artists, who conveniently felt like the perfect topic for this month's theme about … [Read more...]
Rio – Tokyo: sound installations within the city
Thinking how to address this month's topic about sound installations, it occurred to me to write about a subject that is often neglected: the place that reproduced sounds has in the contemporary urban soundscape. Sounds generated by PA systems, sound alerts, radio, television, cellphones… These are all sounds that aren't necessarily produced at the place where … [Read more...]
Andrew Roth: Telling Stories in a Space
Andrew Roth is a sound designer specializing in installation work-- both sound design and engineering. He got his start at Earwax Productions in San Francisco in the late 1990s as an audio editor and expanded into radio, television, film and video games. Nowadays he still dabbles in film, commercial and video game sound, but his passion lies in sound installations. Some of his … [Read more...]
Monthly Theme: Sound Installations and Theme Park Experiences
Sound installations and other sorts of entertainment/educational experiences that involve sound could be quite challenging and rewarding. Projecting sound in a physical space with physical props/objects/nontraditional means rather than through a regular TV or theatre is a different sort of fascinating beast. This month of June 2017 we would like to highlight … [Read more...]