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Launching Content 

In 2019, most people can class themselves as a content creator. Whether you post pictures on Instagram, are in a band or write poetry in your spare time, you’re creating content. The more difficult part is getting people to notice (if that’s what you want to do of course).

As I have come towards the end of the BBC New Creatives scheme, myself and the team are planning how to promote the audio piece and which platforms it will sit best on. The piece is a five-minute clip of my Dad reading out his poems, snippets of family conversations, and me reading out emails and letters my Dad has written to me over the years.

I will most likely put the “podcast”/audio piece on SoundCloud, where I first started posting commentary with friends on my Dad’s poems throughout university:

https://soundcloud.com/yadroteoem

I then hope to post a relevant image of my parents on my Instagram page, along with a clip of the audio and subtitles for the dialogue. I haven’t figured out how to do this yet, but I will do! I will also post on my Facebook page that was dedicated to my tri-lingual student radio show and now is used for any media updates and opportunities through my work.

I will place a link on my website to my SoundCloud. I, unfortunately, will not be able to post on Mixcloud as the audio piece is too short. I will make sure to tag everyone that has been involved, from BBC New Creatives, Naked Productions, Tyneside Cinema, Arts Council England, and BBC Arts. I will post on LinkedIn too at some point and add to my profile.

This blog has also been such a great way to document the process! I hope to be able to continue talking about my side projects and creative endeavours. The final workshop in Newcastle for BBC New Creatives was a great way to see and listen to all the work created by different participants. It was so inspiring to see how experimental and inventive everyone had been.

I can’t wait to see the journey of all the different projects!

Check out the link here to all the projects:

https://newcreatives.co.uk/creatives

One issue has been the name of my podcast; we’re still working on that one and will have it confirmed soon hopefully!

WHERE ELSE TO FIND ME:

Tri-lingual radio show (Sobremesa): https://www.mixcloud.com/Alexandra_McLeod/

Sobremesa Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/AlexandraSobremesa/

YouTube and Geography blog: https://alexandrasobremesa.wordpress.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandra-mcleod-79b7a8107?trk=nav_responsive_tab_profile

SoundGirls Mentoring at AES@NAMM

SoundGirls Mentoring at NAMM will see some big changes this year.  In collaboration and sponsored by AES we will be hosting five mentoring sessions during AES.  All sessions will take place on Thursday, January 16th. Each session holds 20 people and they will be sure to sell out fast. To accommodate as many as we can, please choose a session in your audio discipline.

You will need to be registered and confirmed to attend. While you are not required to have an AES Badge to attend, we do encourage you to become a member of AES and register  for an AES Badge.

SoundGirls Mentoring Post-Production/Film & TV – 11:00 to 12:00 PM

Mentors: Leslie Gaston-Bird, April Tucker, Shannon Deane, Katy Wood, and TBA

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SoundGirls Mentoring Live Event Production – 12:05 to 1:00 PM

Mentors: Meegan Holmes, Karrie Keyes, Whitney Olpin, Claire Murphy, Tiffany Hendren, McKenzee Morley, Mary Broadbent

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SoundGirls Mentoring Recording Arts – 1:05 to 2:00 PM

Mentors: Leslie Ann Jones, Jett Galindo, Catharine Wood, Lenise Bent, Fela Davis

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SoundGirls Mentoring Manufacturing & Sales – 2:05 to 3:00 PM

Mentors: Dawn Birr, Samantha Pink, Sara Elliott, Becki Barbaras, Erika Earl

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SoundGirls Mentoring Contracts and Negotiations – 3:05 to 5:00 PM

Hosted by RafterMarsh. Mentors: Sean Sully Sullivan, Karrie Keyes, Piper Payne, and Catherine Vericolli

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SoundGirls Mentoring Contracts & Negotiations

If you have questions about how to navigate your career with contracts and negotiations this session is for you.  Hosted by RafterMarsh, who will provide attendees with standard contracts and legal advice. Come ask the questions you need answers to from industry veterans. This two-hour session will help you navigate the waters and get solid advice.

This is a casual mentoring session in a small and safe environment. It is not a panel.

The benefits of mentoring are myriad. For individuals, studies show that good mentoring can lead to greater career success, including promotions, raises, and increased opportunities.

This session is open to SoundGirls Members (not a member register here) and holds 20 people. You must be registered and confirmed to attend.

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Mentors Subject to Change

Sean “Sully” Sullivan has worked in live sound from the early age of 15 when he started out mixing for his brother’s band and for other local bands. Now, he has worked with artists such Beck, Justin Timberlake, Rihanna and most recently Shania Twain and Red Hot Chili Peppers.

 

 

20160717_113247-1Karrie Keyes – Monitor Engineer for Pearl Jam and Eddie Vedder – Executive Director and Co-Founder of SoundGirls

Karrie has spent the last 25 plus years as the monitor engineer for Pearl Jam. Karrie started out doing sound for punk bands in Los Angeles in 1986 under the tutelage of Dave Rat of Rat Sound, where she spent twenty years helping to establish the company. She was able to gain an immense amount of hands-on experience and technical knowledge at Rat, which eventually led to her becoming the monitor engineer for The Red Hot Chili Peppers from 1990-2000. She first met and started working with Pearl Jam who opened for RHCP on their 1991-1992 Blood Sugar Sex Magic Tour. She has worked with Sonic Youth, Fugazi, and more.

Piper Payne – Co-Director SoundGirls

Piper is a mastering engineer in Oakland, CA, where she works on albums for independent artists and major labels. Piper is the Owner and Chief Mastering Engineer of Neato Mastering, and she is a Co-Founder and the Chief Product Officer for Second Line Vinyl, a new Oakland-based vinyl pressing plant opening in 2018.

She recently finished her term as President of the SF Chapter of the Recording Academy and serves on the P&E Wing Advisory Council. She is also on the committee of the AES SF Chapter and heads the AES Diversity and Inclusion Committee. Piper is an audio professor and guest lectures often about mastering and recording.

Piper has mastered a wide variety of music including nationally renowned artists Third Eye Blind, Madame Gandhi, Geographer, Elettrodomestico (Jane Wiedlin/Go-Go’s), Shamir, Between You & Me, David Messier, and Fritz Montana, as well as Bay Area favorites Kat Robichaud, ANML, Sioux City Kid, The She’s, Emily Afton, Abbot Kinney, Travis Hayes, Kendra McKinley, Van Goat, and Diana Gameros.

Read more about Piper

Catherine Vericolli – Co-Director SoundGirls

Catherine Vericolli is a recording and archival engineer, and an outspoken analog purist. She opened Fivethirteen Recording Studios in Phoenix, AZ in 2005, where for nearly fifteen years she’s dedicated herself to keeping the traditional analog recording process alive in the desert. Her studio hosts national touring bands, guest engineers, and film scoring projects, in addition to providing a high-end recording experience for the many local bands that call Arizona home. Now, Catherine specializes in production, studio management, machine maintenance, and analog transfers. Splitting time between Nashville, TN, and Phoenix, she’s also the transfer and project manager for Useful Industries, Archiving and Restoration. She can be found traveling the country speaking on panels about audio, writing for industry publications, and educating the next generation of audio engineers. Catherine is also active in advocacy for women in audio, and she serves on the board of SoundGirls.org.

www.513recording.com

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SoundGirls Mentoring Post-Production/ Film & TV

If you have questions about how to navigate your career in Post-Production and Film & TV, this session is for you.  Come ask the questions you need answers to from industry veterans. This one-hour session will help you navigate the waters and get solid advice.

This is a casual mentoring session in a small and safe environment. It is not a panel.

The benefits of mentoring are myriad. For individuals, studies show that good mentoring can lead to greater career success, including promotions, raises, and increased opportunities.

This session is open to SoundGirls Members (not a member register here) and holds 20 people. You must be registered and confirmed to attend.

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Mentors Subject to Change

Katy Wood is a freelance sound supervisor and sound editor originally from New Zealand. Her career in sound for film and television has spanned the last 23 years and four countries. She has worked extensively in the United States, New Zealand,
Australia, and the United Kingdom.

Katy has covered all aspects of sound production and post-production on projects ranging from large feature films, such as The Lord of the Rings trilogy, American Sniper, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2, Creed II, and Ant-Man and the Wasp to compelling documentaries like Disarm, Girl Rising and No Dress Code Required. She has a Masters Degree in Film and Television Specializing in Sound from the Australian Film Television and Radio School. In addition, Katy has taught courses on sound post-production in Australia, Mexico, and Chile.

Shannon Deane is a Los Angeles-based audio engineer, specializing in sound design/editing/mixing for film, TV, web content and more.​ Originally from Austin, TX, she attended The University of Texas, where she received her Bachelor’s degree in Radio-Television-Film with a concentration in Audio Production. More than 15 years experience in audio post-production, and 20 years experience in music performance, recording, and composition.  

April Tucker: April is a Los Angeles-based re-recording mixer and sound editor who works in television, film and new media. April is a SoundGirls Representative to EIMPA and blogs at her website Pro Audio Girl

 

Leslie Gaston Bird: Leslie owns a post-production company (Mix Messiah Productions), serves the Audio Engineering Society as Vice President of the Western Region, and was an Associate Professor at the University of Colorado Denver until 2018. She currently resides in Brighton, England with her husband and two children.

More Mentors TBA

SoundGirls Mentoring Manufacturing and Sales

If you have questions about how to navigate your career in Pro Audio Manufacturing and Sales, this session is for you.  Come ask the questions you need answers to from industry veterans. This one-hour session will help you navigate the waters and get solid advice.

This is a casual mentoring session in a small and safe environment. It is not a panel.

The benefits of mentoring are myriad. For individuals, studies show that good mentoring can lead to greater career success, including promotions, raises, and increased opportunities.

This session is open to SoundGirls Members (not a member register here) and holds 20 people. You must be registered and confirmed to attend.

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Mentors Subject to Change

Dawn Birr Pro Audio, Channel Development, and Business Analysis for Sennheiser

Dawn began her career in the audio industry in 2000, joining Sennheiser fresh out of college.  She started as a temporary receptionist and began to learn her way around and through the company. Shortly afterward she moved into Customer Service and began learning how the customers and company worked.  Thanks to a nurturing company culture and strong role models who encouraged her to learn as much as possible whenever possible, Dawn was promoted over the years to Neumann Product Manager, Professional RF Product Manager, VP of Sales for U.S. Installed Sound, Global Commercial Manager for Audio Recording, Channel Manager for the Americas for Sennheiser Business Solutions and most recently to a global position for Pro Audio, Channel Development and Business Analysis.  Dawn completed her MBA in 2006 and is a proud Advisory Board Member for the Women’s International Music Network and member of Soundgirls.org.

sara-coversdolliesimg_1024 Sara Elliot COO and Co-Founder of VUE Audiotechnik

With more than 20 years of experience in professional audio, Sara has held strategic marketing and operational positions with numerous sound production companies including Burns Audio, A-1 Audio, and PRG.
Sara also served as Director of Marketing and Sales for Live Sound International Magazine and ProSoundweb.com, two of the industry’s most respected news and technical information sources. Sara brings to VUE Audiotechnik a wealth of industry relationships and a deep understanding of business operations.

Samantha Pink – Colleagues call me Samantha. Family and friends call me Sam. My personal favorite though is Mom. I’d say that I am a happy combination of all three. If I were able to meet my adolescent self, I would encourage her to pay attention to the wise advice of her grandmother, mother, and aunts. Listen to your inner voice and trust your instincts!

I have worked in the MI/Audio industry for 19 years, gaining experience in Purchasing, Inventory Management and Operations. Currently, I am the Director of Business Operations at JAM Industries USA. I love helping teams find solutions to problems, improving customer satisfaction and finding ways to increase profitability. I have also held positions at Full Compass Systems as Vice President of Purchasing, and The Music People as Director of Operations.

Becki Barabas At 20 years old, Becki turned her passion for music into a career in audio, with a job managing the office
at Score One Recording. She has since worked in MI, Tour Sound, and with Integrators and Audio Rep firms, doing everything from Sales to Marketing.
She has held many positions since coming to HARMAN 10 years ago. She started the HARMAN Professional Ambassador and Influencers Program in 2016, signing such names as Chuck D, Parliament-Funkadelic and Black Rebel Motor Cycle Club. She is currently Managing Business Development for
Recording and Tour.

Erika Earl has been working in the professional audio industry for over 15 years. She has worked as the Director of Hardware Engineering at Slate Digital and has held key positions in the audio industry: Chief Tech at The Village Studios, working in live sound, and quality control and repair for leading audio manufacturers including Drawmer, Focusrite, Tube-Tech, and Daking.

EveAnna Manley began her career in audio manufacturing over 30 years ago when she was hired onto the assembly line building printed circuit boards and wiring up vacuum tube amplifiers. Fast-forward 30 years later, her own company Manley Laboratories, Inc. has dominated the high end niche recording markets around the world with legendary vacuum tube processors such as the Manley Variable Mu Stereo Limiter Compressor, Massive Passive Stereo EQ, and the VOXBOX. EveAnna has endured over the decades pushing technology and fresh engineering concepts in her products backed by a culture of integrity she has fostered in her company.

SoundGirls Mentoring Live Event Production

If you have questions about how to navigate your career in live event production, this session is for you.  Come ask the questions you need answers to from industry veterans. This one-hour session will help you navigate the waters and get solid advice.

This is a casual mentoring session in a small and safe environment. It is not a panel.

The benefits of mentoring are myriad. For individuals, studies show that good mentoring can lead to greater career success, including promotions, raises, and increased opportunities.

This session is open to SoundGirls Members (not a member register here) and holds 20 people. You must be registered and confirmed to attend.

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Mentors Subject to Change

Jeri Palumbo, a broadcast engineer, audio mixer and RF (radio frequency) tech

Jeri is a broadcast engineer, audio mixer and RF (radio frequency) tech who, for the past 25 years, has specialized in working on high-profile sports shows. Jeri is a technical whiz and a regular on the front lines of events like the Super Bowl, NBA, NHL playoffs and most recently the World Series. Jeri is part of the RF Coordination Team each year for the Rose Bowl.  She has also worked entertainment broadcasts including The Oscars, The Tonight Show, American Idol, and others.

20160717_113247-1Karrie Keyes – Monitor Engineer for Pearl Jam and Eddie Vedder – Executive Director and Co-Founder of SoundGirls

Karrie has spent the last 25 plus years as the monitor engineer for Pearl Jam. Karrie started out doing sound for punk bands in Los Angeles in 1986 under the tutelage of Dave Rat of Rat Sound, where she spent twenty years helping to establish the company. She was able to gain an immense amount of hands-on experience and technical knowledge at Rat, which eventually led to her becoming the monitor engineer for The Red Hot Chili Peppers from 1990-2000. She first met and started working with Pearl Jam who opened for RHCP on their 1991-1992 Blood Sugar Sex Magic Tour. She has worked with Sonic Youth, Fugazi, and more.

m-holmes-photoMeegan Holmes – Global Sales Manager Eighth Day Sound Los Angeles

Meegan graduated from California Institute of The Arts from their Technical Theater program in 1993; she entered the live production industry before graduation as a local stagehand with LA Stagecall in Los Angeles. In 1997, she began her 18-year audio career with Delicate Productions where she worked as a touring technician and engineer. Meegan wore many hats simultaneously during her time with Delicate Productions including Labor Coordinator, Project Manager and Account Manager.

Throughout her 24 years in the industry, she has worked hard to elevate others through hiring and mentoring. Her new position as a Global Sales Manager with Eighth Day Sound is no exception, hiring full-time staff and expanding the company’s west coast-based freelancer pool as well as building the company’s touring and west coast based clientel.

Whitney Olpin has been working in Live Sound for the last eight years, working as an Independent monitor engineer and stage manager. She has spent the last year touring with Fitz and the Tantrums. Based in Los Angeles, when she is not on the road she picks up local work through Live Nation.

 

Claire Murphy – Guitar Tech

Claire has toured as a backline/guitar tech and has recently finished teching with Vance Joy as support to Pink on her stadium tour across Europe. She has also toured with Raveonettes, Therapy, Dum Dum Girls, and The Answer. Claire runs Trash Tours that provide the live music industry storage facilities, crew, splitter vans, and logistical support.

unnamed-6Tiffany Hendren Live Sound FOH and Monitor Engineer

Tiffany Hendren is the head engineer at Del Mar Hall in St. Louis   She tours as the FOH Engineer for “A Silent Film.”She has also toured as FOH/TM for Betty Who. She has been involved in sound professionally for around nine years, full-time about seven. Tiffany is the Co-Director of SoundGirls.

 

Mary Broadbent is a Tour Manager and Backline Tech. Mary is the Tour Manager and Backline/Guitar Tech for The Mowgli’s and The Staves. She’s also worked with Chris Isaak, Fitz and the Tantrums, and Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. Most recently she jumped behind the soundboard for the first time on tour with Wrabel as TM/FOH.

 

McKenzee Morley Experienced live Sound Engineer

McKenzee is Skilled in Audio Engineering, Production Management, FOH Engineering, Monitor Engineering, Live Events, and Theatre. Strong arts and design professional with a Masters II Recording Program focused in Sound from Conservatory of Recording Arts and Sciences.

SoundGirls Mentoring Recording Arts

If you have questions about how to navigate your career in recording arts, this session is for you.  Come ask the questions you need answers to from industry veterans. This one-hour session will help you navigate the waters and get solid advice.

This is a casual mentoring session in a small and safe environment. It is not a panel.

The benefits of mentoring are myriad. For individuals, studies show that good mentoring can lead to greater career success, including promotions, raises, and increased opportunities.

This session is open to SoundGirls Members (not a member register here) and holds 20 people. You must be registered and confirmed to attend.

Register Here

Mentors Subject to Change

 

Leslie Ann Jones Director of Music and Scoring, Music and Scoring Recording Engineer and Mixer at Skywalker Sound

Leslie Ann Jones has been a recording and mixing engineer for over 30 years. Starting her career at ABC Recording Studios in Los Angeles in 1975, she moved to San Francisco in 1978 to accept a staff position at the legendary Automatt Recording Studios. From 1987 to 1997 she was a staff engineer at Capitol Studios located in the historic Capitol Records Tower in Hollywood. In February of 1997, she returned to Northern California to accept a position as Director of Music Recording and Scoring with Skywalker Sound, where she continues her engineering career mixing music for records, films, video games, television, and commercials.

She is a past Chair of The Recording Academy’s Board of Trustees and is the recipient of 4 Grammy Awards, including 2 for Best Engineered Album-Classical. She serves on the Advisory Boards of Institute for Musical Arts, Ex’pression College for Digital Arts, and is an Artistic Advisor to the new Technology and Applied Composition degree program at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.

jett-lab Jett Galindo -Primary Affiliation: Bakery Mastering – Los Angeles, CA

Jett Galindo is a Los Angeles-based mastering engineer who works alongside Eric Boulanger at The Bakery. With engineering credits spanning different genres and artists (Nile Rodgers, Green Day, Barbra Streisand, Selena Gomez, and Colbie Caillat, to name a few), Jett Galindo carries on the legacy left behind by her late mentor, mastering legend Doug Sax (The Mastering Lab).

Recipient of Summa Cum Laude honors and the 2012 Robin Coxe-Yeldham Audio Scholar Award from Berklee College of Music, Jett Galindo was mentored by luminaries in the music industry including George Massenburg; producers Javier Limon and Prince Charles Alexander; recording engineer Susan Rogers (Prince’s Purple Rain); and mastering engineer and Dean of Education for iZotope, Jonathan Wyner.

Jett kickstarted her post-Berklee engineering career in the world-renowned Avatar Studios in New York as the recording engineer for producer Jerry Barnes. As Barnes’ engineer, Jett engineered for veteran artists such as legendary singer-songwriter Roberta Flack, Nile Rodgers, Bashiri among others.

In 2013, Jett joined The Mastering Lab family as the sole right-hand man to pioneer mastering engineer and GRAMMY Technical Achievement awardee Doug Sax. Under the steady mentorship of the late Sax, Jett burgeoned to become the last engineer to join The Mastering Lab roster. During her years at The Mastering Lab, she worked on various albums and vinyl releases from artists such as Bette Midler, Neil Young, Pink Floyd, Carmen Lundy, and Seth Macfarlane, to name a few.

Outside of mastering, Jett is a contributing writer to SoundGirls, an organization for women working in the audio engineering field led by veteran live sound engineer Karrie Keyes (Pearl Jam, Red Hot Chili Peppers). Jett is also an accomplished lyric soprano who specializes in contemporary a cappella and choral ensemble music. Currently singing with Los Angeles-based professional choir Tonality, Jett has performed in various countries spanning across Europe, Asia, and the Americas.

More Info: http://thebakery.la/jett-galindo

 

download-40 Fela Davis Sound Engineer and Owner of 23db Productions

Fela Davis is a co-owner at 23db Productions based out of New York City. She’s a graduate of Full Sail University and has over a decade of experience in audio engineering. Her past experiences include working with industry powerhouses Clair Broadcast and House of Blues. When she’s not mixing or mastering songs for 23db Productions, she’s mixing front of house engineer for the 5-time Grammy award winning jazz artist Christian McBride, and Grammy-nominated Ottmar Liebert.

Catharine Wood Recording – Mix Engineer – Owner Planetwood Studios

Catharine Wood is an established Los Angeles-based composer/producer & studio owner. She launched her versatile career engineering on high profile commercials – including the first Apple iPhone spot. As a mix/mastering engineer, she has delivered over 500 (both original & client) commercially released songs airing on many major networks. Catharine is a Grammy®️Voting Member, P&E Wing Member and holds positions on the LA Recording School’s Professional Advisory Committee and the California Copyright Conference Board of Directors. Her facility, Planetwood Studios, LLC specializes in production & composition services for the Film & TV Industries.

Producer/engineer LENISE BENT

Lenise is a groundbreaker.  She has worked as a recording engineer working on many iconic records including “Aja” by Steely Dan, “Breakfast in America” by Supertramp and “Tusk” by Fleetwood Mac. She was also the first woman to receive a platinum album for engineering on Blondie’s AutoAmerican.

Since then Lenise has moved into post-production audio, beginning with creating the foreign music and effects tracks for the entire Disney cartoon catalog, and eventually specializing in recording and editing Foley. She has worked on several films and animated series, such as “Robo Cop,” “Street Sharks,” and “Extreme Ghostbusters.” She has traveled the world for Dreamworks supervising and producing the foreign dialogue and vocals for “Shrek,” “Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron” and “Shrek 2”. This rekindled her love of recording music, and she is now engineering and producing up and coming musicians as well as seasoned artists. Currently, one of her projects, a blues/rock band called the Primal Kings, is all-analog, recording and mixing to tape and cutting vinyl.

Sound Design in Another Medium

Sound Design is creating a world or character purely out of auditory vibrations.  We morph mood and meaning through music and sound effects. As showcased through pieces like Peter and the Wolf by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, the aural medium can tell the story on its own.  More often than not, however, sound design is not a monolith and must integrate with visual mediums.  This opens the door for visual style elements to influence sound design.

When I took Sound Design as a course in college our main textbook was Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art by Scott McCloud.  McCloud boils comics down to its essence, choosing to focus on the assembly of narrative and representation rather than technique.  The philosophy behind choosing what to include and not is similar between the visual and the aural. Elements of design (rhythm, focus, contrast, form, movement) are also shared.  Using McCloud as a guide, take a look in the graphic novel section of the library as research for your next project. But why stop at visual, where else can we find inspiration?

The human body was gifted with several senses, and all of them can be used to evoke emotional responses.  Taste is an experience that occurs over time but is remembered as a static moment, much like a song. That particular meal has a temperature, different flavors competing and complimenting, and overall texture.  A song has dynamics, different instruments with melodies and harmonies, and an overall mood. Maybe the character in that particular film has a favorite meal that defines them. How should the accompanying theme add to the character development?  Think of Pippin singing to Denethor in Return of the King from the Lord of the Rings trilogy, a greasy meal, tomatoes popping and gristle squishing contrasted with Pippen’s haunting ode to his comrades in arms.

Another sense, smell, also shares similarities to sound.  While perfume is just as manufactured as a pop tune, it has the opportunity to provide insight into character design.  Imagine a femme fatale adorned with a power suit, her chosen scent is bound to be as bold as she is. Like sound, it also transforms through time.  When she first enters the scene, her interactions with those around her, and what happens in the wake of her absence correspond to the “top,” “middle,” and “base” portions of the bouquet.  Film cannot capture scent, yet, but the sound design can pick up on the “notes” of her cologne.

I recently have had the opportunity to try my hand at mixing mediums.  In August, I gave birth to a new little SoundGirl, and I wanted to share with her one of my favorite stories:  Roverandom by J.R.R. Tolkein.  I want her to follow along with me but also was have the story available if she was babysat by grandparents.  In my copy, the publishers thoughtfully included prints of Tolkein’s illustrations, and I used those as a guide for a fabric book and a radio play.  The mood and style permeate through the scene designs done in felt, while the narrative and characterizations are explored through sound effects, voice, and music.  Together the confluence is grander than the sum of its parts and makes me a better sound designer.

 

Shadow Michelle Sabolchick Pettinato on Elvis Costello

Members of SoundGirls have the chance to shadow Michelle Sabolchick Pettinato.

Michelle is currently on tour with Elvis Costello as FOH Engineer. She can have up to four people to shadow her on the dates listed below.  Please only apply if you are serious about shadowing. The info is as follows, no exceptions.  You will be expected to arrive by 11 am (if you are not 15 minutes early, you are 15 minutes late) and can stay until line check is over.  Unfortunately, the soundchecks are closed, and you will need to leave the venue before 4 pm.  If Michell can and space allows, she will provide passes to also shadow her at FOH for the show.

11/5/19 Atlanta, GA – Coca Cola Roxy Theater
11/10/19 St Petersburg, FL – Mahaffey Theater
11/11/19 Orlando, FL – Hard Rock Live
11/17/19 Louisville, KY  The Palace Theater
11/19/19  Cinncinati, OH- Taft Theater
11/23/19 Minneapolis, MN-State Theater

Apply Here

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