music and sound that give you the feeLS
what story are you telling?
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what story are you telling? *
what’s your story?
Not to drastically oversimplify, but… this is what it all comes down to.
What story are you telling? And how do you want this story to affect the audience?
Early in my career I remember wondering what it was that made a pro a pro in our fields. Over time I learned to recognize that my favorite creators to work all knew one thing: if there is a story, then that’s your first, second, and third priority.
Story, story, story.
And whether you’re hiring me to design the sound of a world, record or edit the dialogue in it, or write the music for it, you’re hiring a fellow storyteller. And it’s my job to understand your story deeply, and supplement it with work that clarifies it, polishes it, electrifies it, elevates it.
My goal is always that when we’ve finished our collaboration, you’ll be looking at the same well-told story you brought to me… but even better.
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You’ve got visuals and need to build an immersive sonic world to support them—everything from spaceships whizzing by to the breeze and the birds outside the window.
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You need someone to record or edit voiceover for your animated project, or maybe narration for your film. Or perhaps you’ve got some ADR to do to replace the stuff that just isn’t quite hitting.
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You’ve got the visuals and need a score. Just like sound design, music can enhance the story and emotion of the picture… or skew our perception of what we see and how we feel about it.
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You’ve got a song in your head (or maybe a demo) and you need to bring it to life in the real world.
What story are you telling?
What story are you telling?
you’ve heard my work…
…in Zootopia 2, Riverdale, American Dad!, Family Guy, Genshin Impact, Moana 2, You, The Orville, Pretty Little Liars, the Ted series, Hello Kitty, and plenty more.
resources
I love to chat about
(and be a resource for)…
getting into “the industry” • animation • filmmaking • storytelling • voice acting • voice directing • drumming • composing • scoring • producing • teaching • leadership • the creative process
things I can recommend
amazing people for
• boutique, high-value audio restoration
• live concert film mixing
• innovation in ADR engineering
• all kinds of music performance and composing
• animation production at all levels
• music and audio educators
sources of information
and guidance
(more items and details to come…)
• Dee Bradley Baker’s voice acting site
• Aaron Diecker’s animation dialogue editing book
• _____’s post sound YouTube series
• Tim’s and Walter’s blogs/emails
• my blog Hocket & Fugue