Achievement unlocked: work on a chart-topping album.
I have now contributed to a chart-topping album. (Cue my expression of dumbfounded shock.) I supervised the creation of the skits on R&B singer Brent Faiyaz’s album Wasteland.
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A great article on a superb sound designer.
Here’s an excellent article in The Guardian by Jordan Kisner about veteran sound designer Skip Lievsay, whose credits include No Country For Old Men, The Big Lebowski, Waiting for “Superman”, Men In Black, Fargo, Silence of the Lambs, O Brother Where Art Thou?, and Goodfellas.
Voiceover Funnies: sound choir at the oscars
A while back, this group of voice artists (singers? actors? both?) appeared on the Oscars to provide the soundtrack to a montage of classic film moments… with just their mouths and bodies. Yes, they do all the sound effects and foley with vocal noises and body percussion. For a musician and sound geek like me, it’s AWESOME.