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Hi, After an unsuccessful negotiation with New Bay Media on what they want to own and pay writers, I have moved on to Markee. Editor Tom Inglesby asked me to talk to location sound rental houses for their June 2015 issue. Tom has allowed me to cross-publish the article to my blog. I hadn't read Markee in some time and upon seeing the e-issue, thought it was a good read. Actual articles on audio! Here's a link to the new issue. Regards, Ty Ford
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This is really a jwsound story. Years ago when I first joined jwsound I saw that the closest regularly posting member was Whitney Ince in Savannah. One day I made a cold call to him and we chatted. As time went by Whitney would stop in Jacksonville when he was passing through and we would do lunch. We started working together and despite the 30+ year difference in ages we became close friends and I have learned as much from him as he has from me. Hunter and I were honored to be invited to his wedding in Savannah this weekend. I first met Becky at her wedding and she stole the show with her joy, she is a sweetie and Whitney is a lucky man to have found a true soul mate.…
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i had some free time so I made this handle for the 633. Ordered a couple of nice stainless clips for the ends to complete the look. Double King Cobra weave if you want to copy it.
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I have worked on many a fine film and blessedly not to many turkeys, but If I had to come up with a double feature of my worst it would be "Stunt Rock" 1980 http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2589165568/tt0078335?ref_=tt_ov_i and "Hollywood Knight" AKA "Hard Knocks" 1979 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0130756/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 Both films are mostly unwatchable unless you love D- to F+ films. I challenge all my fellow mixers to come up with the wall of shame pictures. I know you all got them.;~) CrewC
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Hey kids, do you know who invented Multi track audio recording ? This guy, born 100 years ago. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Paul http://www.npr.org/2015/06/09/413178072/the-man-before-the-guitar-remembering-les-paul-at-100 http://www.guitarworld.com/top-10-les-paul-moments
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Hey there, I went on a shoot yesterday where I didn't bring my own equipment. Sometimes I'm up for the challenge of making the best out of what you have at hand and improvise. The production had a Zoom H6 a "Boom", which was a Rode Pistolgrip screwed on a Sachtler Camera Monopod. Oh and no Audio-Bag whatsoever. I always bring my "Harness" just to have it. This is the Solution I came Up with. I made a loop out of Gaffa and wrapped it around the XLRr of input 2 and 4 of the Zoom. Later on i moved the wireless recievers up to the shoulder straps so I could see them with a little awkward headtwisting and the antennas weren't covered by my body anymore. It worked very w…
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I walked forty-seven miles of barbed wire, use a cobra snake for a neck tie Got a brand new house on the roadside, made from rattlesnake hide I got a brand new chimney made on top, made from a human skull Now come on baby let's take a little walk, and tell me "who do you love?" http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/03/arts/music/03diddley.html?nytmobile=0&_r=1&
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http://www.mixonline.com/news/facilities/class-2015/424709
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Katherine Chappell, a 29-year-old visual-effects editor who worked on Game of Thrones, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and Divergent, died Monday after being bitten by a lion on safari in South Africa. The female lion attacked Chappell's vehicle through her open window, according to Lion Park employee Scott Simpson, who told NBC News that park rules forbid visitors from rolling the windows down. Chappell's driver Pierre Potgieter was injured trying to pull her away from the lion, and also says he suffered a heart attack during the incident. According to CNN, Chappell, who worked for VFX company Scanline, was spending her vacation on a volunteer trip to aid local wil…
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Hey there, This just popped up. Should one be scared?! If and how should this be embraced by sound guys? This will definetly be running wild on the market, when it comes to Reality-Formats and such. The question that comes up for me is, whether or not this will make any difference for the "human-personell". I read a lot discussions about how endangered sound mixers became because of the automation of their tools. It scares me, too. I'm just starting out in the business and really want to make a living of this. But every day something new comes up, that seems to make it harder for me to claim payment for what i love to do. On the other hand I have the feeling that th…
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http://boingboing.net/2015/05/15/best-coast-boing-boing.html For all you LA-rock fans, here's the new studio video+interview we did with BEST COAST for BoingBoing. No number of cameras is too many…. Full band this time ! phil p
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One of the greats is gone. B.B. King died in his sleep at the age of 89: http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-32747861
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For your consideration. http://boingboing.net/2015/05/06/video-how-the-doctor-who-them.html
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I wondered if it might be worth starting a thread where we could include many or all of the new kit announcements that are made or are about to be made at NAB 2015? I couldn't help but notice that Audio Ltd website home page is sporting somewhat of a tease ;-) Take a look at www.audioltd.com Discuss? Kindest, Simon B
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Reefer. Any thoughts? 1 2 3 4 6
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Just asking... Any POV's? CrewC
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A lot of Patent talk on JWSound, here is John Oliver with his side of it.
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AudioLtd's new digital system is very impressive and a welcome addition to our world. Looks and feels solid and very well designed. The receiver is single channel and has AES output. Possibly a Superslot compatible... The special modulation will make it easy to fit a lot of microphone frequencies in a very small RF space. Availability is September 2015 from Redding Audio. If you are at NAB stop and check it out...
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Jeff is now seeking a sound career in reality TV
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I thought I share a bit of my work with you guys: I was on a German TV production in France last year. We had a scene with 5 characters in a 5:40minutes all done in one steadicam shot. Jump to minute 17:15 - 22:54. It was done on my side with the great tool of Zaxcom´s TRX recordings and remixing. I was getting poor reception on one of the actors. My position was inside the building, left side of the TV / fridge in the kitchen (21:07min). Was great fun and I´m glad they didn´t cut the scene with the additional material we were shooting for safety. Something went wrong with the upload on youtube (it´s all speed up a bit, sounds a bit pitched) but you`ll get …
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The annual RAMPS/JWSound party will again take place on the Tuesday night of NAB. So that's: Tuesday April 14, 2015 Start time: 6:30pm Stop time: 9:30pm We'll be at the Satay Thai Bistro, same place we've used the last few years: http://sataylasvegas.com $30 gets us a buffet of Thai and other asian dishes, including a couple vegetarian dishes (see menu PDF in LarryF's post below). That price includes tax and gratuity. Money will be collected at the door and payment is required to get into our area of Satay. There will be a cash bar for drinks (reasonable prices, iirc). Kathy Baca of Lectrosonics is handling most of the organization (thanks Kath…
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http://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2015/04/03/jimmy-fallons-lip-sync-battle-show-gets-off-to-a-fun-start/ Well yeah, but this is a battle we've been fighting our whole careers. DPs who change camera settings in mid-stream, FCP editors who can't decide if a show is DF or NDF (remember the 'automatic' pull downs?), dub techs back when who thought a mono pilottone tape could be read and dubbed using just one of the 'stereo' tracks ('but it sounds mono'), even today's divergent a/v paths in a station and unpredictable pix processing in the home... ... and don't forget producers who sit in the back of a large theater and complain that dialog is late... Or did…
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The urgent need to preserve a cornerstone of American culture led folklorists like John Lomax to travel the country documenting early blues recordings and writers like Amiri Baraka to publish “Blues People: Negro Music in White America.” Although Margo Cooper did not know it when she began more than 20 years ago, she has followed that tradition and produced a documentary project that archives the oral and visual histories of blues musicians, their families and communities in northern Mississippi and the Delta. Her project, “Deep Inside the Blues,” includes B. B. King, Sam Carr, Bobby Rush, R. L. Burnside, Otha Turner and many others. It is, for her, a love letter to t…
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I've been listening to this radio show/podcast for a while and I keep forgetting to share it http://www.cbc.ca/radio/undertheinfluence
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Godspeed Windell -- you made the world a better place. You will be missed http://www.windelldmiddlebrooks.com/index_main.html
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Yesterday my lucky fiancé became my lucky wife [emoji1] Hard to believe that she said yes. Twice!
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