Remix – Lenny Kravitz, Love Rocks, for Complexions Ballet
Working on another great one for Complexions Contemporary Ballet. This time I’m creating a remix of a Lenny Kravitz track from his most recent record, Raise Vibration. Another fun and challenging job. Love Rocks world premier will be at the Joyce in Chelsea on January 21st. Really proud of this one. I’ve been working with Dwight Rhoden and Complexions going all the way back to 2004, 16 years now. We’ve created a fantastic body of work together. The remixes we’ve produced are some of the more creative and satisfying work I’ve been a part of …
Mix – Michelob Ultra Pure Gold ASMR
Mixing a handful of ASMR web companion spots to run alongside the Zoe Kravitz Super Bowl commercial. I of course love an audio driven spot, although the cinematography was arguably the centerpiece of these spots, with plenty of breathtaking shots of Hawaii. ASMR stands for autonomous sensory meridian response.
Class Mix – MasterClass, Steph Curry
Came out to MasterClass’s home base of San Francisco to mix their Stephen Curry class. What a great class so far! Steph is focused, methodical and succinct, all things an audio engineer can appreciate.
Mixing in the terrific sounding, Dolby certified, 5.1 Studio A at Outpost Film.
Doc Mix – Golden Era of Wrestling
Started mixing a wrestling documentary today called 350 Days. So excited to work on this! They interview many of the legendary wrestlers I grew up with, Bret “Hitman” Hart, Superstar Billy Graham, Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka, Greg “The Hammer” Valentine, Tito Santana, George “The Animal” Steele, Abdullah The Butcher, Wendi Richter, Lex Luger, Paul “Mr. Wonderful” Orndorff, Marty Jannetty, Lanny Poffo, The Masked Superstar (Bill Eadie), Angelo “King Kong” Mosca, The Wolfman, Ox Baker, Don Leo Jonathan and many others.
Many of the wrestlers speak candidly about their drug use, the craziness of life on the road …
Class Mix – MasterClass, Frank Gehry
Diving deep into the Frank Gehry MasterClass mix, roughly 4 hrs of content – it’s a beast! It’s also an incredibly cool class for me to work on; before I decided to pursue a career as an audio engineer, I studied architecture. Architecture programs are no joke, they’re extraordinarily demanding. I’m sure that’s where I began learning the discipline to stay focused and centered while working long hours, an essential skill for the countless extended sessions I’ve spent working with musicians and bands, and in audio post.
Mixing – IBM’s AI, Watson & The Cognitive Artform
Interesting piece in Adweek on IBM’s AI, Watson, paying homage to Gaudi at Mobile World Congress 2017. I’ve been mixing a handful of beautiful spots for them, all shot on location in Barcelona.
Mixing – Norelco Commercial
Mixed a Norelco spot for their One Blade razor today. They used a tune called “Girl” by The Heavy from 2007, which samples a Terry Reid tune, “Superlungs My Supergirl”, from 1969. Very cool!
Mixing for 3/4’s of the World
I just finished mixing 2 episodes of Asian Dreamers for NHK World, the international broadcasting service of NHK (Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai – Japan Broadcasting Corporation), Japan’s public broadcaster.
The first program, on Japanese basketball star and NBA hopeful, Yuta Watanabe, will air tonight and throughout the weekend. The other, on Yoshitaka ‘Z2’ Tsuji – a transplanted jazz musician originally from Osaka, Japan, currently living and performing in New Orleans – will air in the next few weeks.
Both shows will air in 140 countries! Depending on the source, there are roughly 194 countries in the world, which means these shows will air in almost 75% of the world. Incredible!
(Always great to work with NHK – it’s coming up on 20 years that I’ve been working with them.)
Promo Mix – Project Green Light
Mixed a promo today for Project Green Light’s 4th season.
Promo Mix – HBO’s Togetherness
Mixed a promo today for HBO’s upcoming show, Togetherness, a comedy from Mark and Jay Duplass. Starting on October 25th.
Sound Mix – The Perfect Murder
Mixed the first episode for season 2 of The Perfect Murder, airing on Investigation Discovery channel. Tune in to see these guys turn the docudrama genre on it’s head.
Sound Editing – Complexions Contemporary Ballet
Made a few quick music edits today for Dwight Rhoden and Complexions Contemporary Ballet for their And So It Is ballet. Generally a lot of musical experimentation taking place when I work with Dwight and Complexions. Click above to see Complexions rehearsing a beautiful new piece.
Trailer Mix – HBO’s Bessie
I recently mixed two great companion featurettes for Bessie, HBO’s Bessie Smith biopic.
Mixing – Dog Society wins Best Alternative Rock Album
In the Shade, a record I mixed last year for Dog Society, won The Akademia Music Award for Best Alternative Rock Album. Congratulations guys!
Mixing – Spanish Blood
Just finished mixing a very cool record, Spanish Blood for alt fuzz pop band, Island Twins; led by brother & sister, Erik Brauer (guitar & vocals) and Meagan Brauer (bass & vocals). Mastered by Dan Millice at Engine Room Audio.
Tracking, Mixing & Mastering – Dog Society’s, The Sir Session
Recently finished up work on Dog Society’s, The Sir Session; handling tracking, mixing and mastering for this live DVD release, shot by Suite Spot productions at SIR in NYC.
Sundance Mix – Albert and David Maysles
Finished up a mix and a bit of sound design for an Albert and David Maysles’ short that will appear at Sundance Film Festival.
Tape Op Interview – Jack Douglas and Jay Messina
I interviewed Jack Douglas and Jay Messina – known for their work with Aerosmith, John Lennon, Lou Reed, Supertramp, Cheap Trick, Patti Smith Group, and the New York Dolls – for the JUL/AUG 2012 issue of TAPE OP magazine.
Here’s a link to the additional online content from the interview.
Sound Mix – Biden at the DNC
Mixed and sound designed this short Joe Biden companion piece for the VP’s speech at the DNC. This also aired on PBS.
Music Mix – Our Saber Tooth Brains Music Video
I finished up mixing and mastering the song, “Diana”, for my band, Our Saber Tooth Brains’, music video.
Scoring – Suenos
I’m in the process of creating an original score for Rodney Lee’s upcoming film Suenos, shot off the coast of Panama.
Pitch & Win – NASCAR
I recently helped Ogilvy & Mather win their NASCAR pitch, mixing and sound designing this great high energy spot.
Mixing – Grillo Villegas’, Bipolar
Wrapping up mixing on Bolivian guitar hero, Rodrigo “Grillo” Villegas’, latest record, Bipolar; and handing it off to Will Quinnell at Sterling Sound for mastering. I worked with Rodrigo & Christian Krauss way back in 1999, mixing their band Lou Kass‘ come back record, Akisitos. Was great to be working with Rodrigo once again!
Mixing, Producing & Drumming – Prog Rock’s Shadow Circus
I mixed, co-produced and played drums on progressive rock band, Shadow Circus’ latest record, Whispers and Screams.
