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LA Times article reports: ”Filming could start in some counties meeting a specific set of criteria as soon as Monday, Newsom said. However, Los Angeles is likely to be “a few weeks behind,” given the level of deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic.” Link to the full article: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2020-05-20/california-is-preparing-to-restart-filming-protocols-due-next-week
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A-wop-bom-a-loo-mop-a-lomp-bom-bom. Little Richard wrote the greatest (maybe the first) rock & roll lyric to describe a drum fill he wanted. Or – depends when you asked him – it was how he talked back to his boss as a dishwasher at the Macon Greyhound station. Hearing a hit in the frustrated number Richard pounded out during a break in an unproductive recording session, producer Bumps Blackwell hired songwriter Dorothy LaBostrie to temper the original lyrics' lip-smacking celebration of "good booty" and helpful butt-sex instructions ("If it don't fit, don't force it/You can grease it, make it easy"). "Tutti-Frutti" may have been modified from "explicit" to "suggestive…
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Another demo against the coronarules. https://www.bz-berlin.de/berlin/mitte/ard-kamerateam-bei-illegaler-demo-vor-reichstag-attackiert Someone rushed out to kick the sound technician, but instead hit the boompole which then hit the cameraman in the head. No big injuries and the police arrested the person quickly.
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After the other incident that we just learned about, here is unfortunately a second one. This time the police punched a sound technician in the face, who lost three teeth and got a fracture. https://www.bz-berlin.de/berlin/friedrichshain-kreuzberg/journalistin-ins-gesicht-geschlagen-ermittlungen-gegen-polizisten With her, was also six colleagues that apart from being eye witnesses also filmed. She will try to press charges.
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They were on their way to their vehicles after shooting for "heute show" which is a highly popular satirical programme in Germany. It's presented weekly on public German broadcaster ZDF. Five members of the crew are in hospital. Let's hope they will get well soon. Background of the attack is unclear, perhaps from far right or from far left or violent opponents of corona restrictions. Six suspects were arrested by the police. This could be us. Let's hope the best for them. What a shame. Picture is from this article in German language. https://www.sueddeutsche.de/medien/berlin-journalismus-heute-show-angriff-zdf-1.4894982
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Filed under "restoring a friend's old Korean War era Navy Band recitals." According to the American Chemical Society, reel to reel tape is prone to degradation, which has been a topic of active research for many years. It's well known that applying heat can often reverse the damage sufficiently to enable playback, usually by baking the tapes in an oven. Now scientists at the US Library of Congress have determined precisely why this method seems to work, presenting their findings earlier this month on the American Chemical Society's SciMeetings online platform. The primary culprit for the degradation is known as "sticky shed syndrome," in which the binders used in a magne…
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This AM the CA EDD site for "Pandemic Unemployment Assistance", ie unemployment insurance for people who were mostly paid via form 1099 until Jan 1 of this year, went live. If you had a mix of probably a handful of W2-days and a basket of 1099-days you are hosed. The EDD requires you to apply for and take the benefit payments off your handful of W2s if you have any at all, and not your 1099s. In that most of us were never given a choice about which method of payment would be used on a given job, this is fair....how? When you exhaust what benes you can get from your W2s supposedly you will be able to apply for PUA benes, depending on what else happens between now and …
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"Easy to disinfect." OMG! April Fools Day is loooong gone. D.
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The EDD didn't record today's UI webinar, but I did. PM me if you want me to send you the file. There was some good info but many many questions unanswered. My main takeaway--you will have to wait for them to get to you individually to get real clarification of your status and benes if you aren't all-W2-income. The meeting was inundated with chat questions about mixed W2-1099-residual etc income, among other issues. The EDD folks were apologetic but they are overloaded. BTW, the phone-in hours are only 8a--12 p for now.
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Dear NAB Show Community, The COVID-19 pandemic has created a truly unprecedented situation around the world. Our thoughts are with those who have been directly affected by the virus, and all of those who are struggling with the ramifications of this global health crisis. At the National Association of Broadcasters, we believe it is our responsibility to help stop the spread of COVID-19, and put the health and safety of our show community first. In the week since announcing that we will not move forward with the NAB Show in April, the landscape has c…
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Jeff Wexler is inviting you to a JWSOUNDGROUP Zoom meeting. Topic: JWSOUNDGROUP Time: This is a recurring meeting Meet anytime - you can JOIN without a host Once you join you can Invite others to join you. If you already have the Zoom app, just join Meeting ID 606 297 541 Password: jwsound Join Zoom Meeting using browser access to Zoom app. https://zoom.us/j/606297541 Meeting ID: 606 297 541 Password: jwsound
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In the spirit of trying to lighten the mood, with the current state of things, here's a couple videos that were posted in the LA Sound Mixers FB group:
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I am a production mixer and I teach. I am literally in a conversation at this moment about pulling the plug on all student production. I'd like your thoughts about this. (I am in favor of shutting down).
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It’s being reported our good friend and frequent contributor Jay Rose has passed away. I’m not sure of the details and really they don’t matter. He was an outstanding master of sound for picture and shared his knowledge freely and kindly. My condolences to his family and many friends. CrewC
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Now that NAB has cancelled, we will not be having the party on this date. We're waiting to see what NAB decides --- they may reschedule to later in the year in which case we will try to get the party going again. In any case, we will plan, of course, to do the party next year if that's the way it goes.
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To: Steven A. Morrow CAS, Paul Massey CAS, David Giammarco CAS, Tyson Lozensky, David Betancourt, and Richard Duarte for "Ford v Ferrari" (Live Action) To: Doc Kane CAS, Vince Caro CAS, Michael Semanick CAS, Nathan Nance, David Boucher, and Scott Curtis for "Toy Story 4" (Animated) To: David J. Turner, Tom Myers, Dan Blanck, and Frank Rinella for "Making Waves - the Art of Cinematic Sound" (Documentary) To: Ronan Hill CAS, Simon Kerr, Daniel Crowley, Onnalee Blank CAS, Mathew Waters CAS, and Brett Voss CAS for "Game of Thrones: the Bells" (TV Series) To: Benjamin A. Patrick CAS, Elmo Ponsdomenech CAS, Jason “Frenchie” Gaya, …
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This mummy isn't a movie, but an actual mummified Egyptian priest from 3000 years ago. Researchers wheeled his remains into a CT scanner, mapped his vocal tract, and 3D-printed a replica of his throat and mouth. They bolted it to a compression horn driver, and claim it reproduces the guy's authentic voice. It makes a good story in today's NYTimes along with a brief audio sample and a link to the research paper in Nature. It's also only a story. The mechanism used to create "speech" -- a complex vowel waveform generated by a computer and controlled by a joystick, then sent through a few fixed low-Q resonators in the 3D-printed "mouth" -- is nothing…
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Cross posting from Facebook --- Zaxcom Nova Rundown at Audio Dept. on January 25th (day of the CAS Awards). Eventbrite LINK for more details Date And Time Sat, January 25, 2020 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM PST Location Audio Department LLC 2700 West Burbank Boulevard Burbank, CA 91505
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Sebastian made it into the Gotham Hound calendar! Silly? Yes. Also fun. I used an outtake from the photo session as the base for my avatar here and site logo.
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Hey guys! I just wanna share this video that I watched on YouTube made by this company called Big Ear. It's about starting hearing conservation by using hearing protection. I was diagnosed with hyperacusis and tinnitus in my teens and just wanna help out others.
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Sound gear stolen from Ground Floor Video in Woodstock between 11/21/19 - 12/1/19. Sound Devices 302 compact field mixer (4 yrs old. No SN#) Rode NTG3 shotgun (Satin Nickel) Sennheiser MD46 Cardioid handheld mic Sennheiser EW 100 G3 wireless lav kit. Petrol PS603 Deca Eargonizer Bag (Extra large) Breakway cable, Sony headset, Auray WSS-2018 windshield for shotgun mic Azden FMX-42a 4-Channel Field Mixer Audio-Technica AT831b Cardioid Cond mic. Lav Audio Technica BPHS1 B'cast stereo headset w/ mouth piece. If you come across any of these items for sale, please contact Luke Livingston 770-928-8003,…
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Professional sound mixer and Editor-In-Chief at Wav.Report Jared Elkin took a ride with us to chat about his experience in sound, the state of the industry, gear and anecdotes. I hope you find it interesting, perhaps useful. If you can take a 20 minute break, it's always a good thing to get perspective from other sound mixers. Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsdI6n1HwmU
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My dear friend and fellow worker, Don Coufal, passed away this morning. Don was so much a part of my life having spent over half my life with him over the last 40+ years --- we did 67 movies together, countless commercials, co-founded Northstar Media Sound Services. I owe so much of my career to Don's incredible talent, his unwavering commitment to our work together. So often when I was offered a job or someone was recommending me, they would always say "get Jeff-and-Don" like it was one entity, and in so many ways we were --- so different from eachother, our strengths and weaknesses, but so incredibly complimentary as a team, so much more than either of us individua…
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