So, I've gotten to know quite a few of you at this point, and I know where a good few of you work from. Luckily I've been able to meet up with a few people for lunches and all. Every time I'm glad I met the person.
So, in order to continue building this network, I propose we map out where everyone is from and what you do. Sort of like our own little sound professional directory.
I'm a sound recordist and sound editor, and I live in Orlando, Florida.
Beginning sound designer/editor/student in Burbank, CA.
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Cool concept, Colin -- thanks for initiating!
I'm a sound designer for films and video games, and live in Burbank, CA.
I live & work in Wellington, New Zealand
Film Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0695670/
FX Recordist & Sound FX Library Publisher http://hissandaroar.com
Blogger http://www.musicofsound.co.nz/blog
Occasional musician http://dub45.com
I live in Falls Church, VA (DC metro area), and work at an independent production/distribution company.
My job is kind of cool in that I get to be a jack of all trades as far as audio goes: location and acquisition, and everything associated with post of course. Lately it's been a lot of short stuff for corporate clients and fixing other peoples' programs which aren't in any sort of broadcast spec. But we're gearing up for a new non-fiction series which I'm just itching to start.
I'm from France, but I left when I was 17. Lived in a bunch of countries and at the moment I'm based in South Africa. I'm aiming to get to NYC where my girlfriend lives.
Most of my paid work is for recording and editing sound effects for features and commercials. I also do some sound design, mixing, location recording, programming and lecturing... basically I do a bit of everything. If someone phones me up and I can do the job and I have time, then I do it. I really do enjoy all aspects of sound!
What would be awesome is if I could create interactive media all the time! I would love to do more of is create art installations, and use Max/MSP and Arduinos and general physical computing. I really enjoy programming and geeking out. This is the kind of stuff I really enjoy! I'm thinking to do a Ph.D so I can delve deep into all this.
Great idea, Colin.
I'm a recording engineer/composer/sound designer in Chicago. At my day job I record and mix radio and TV commercials, and at my "second job" as a freelancer I am a sound designer and composer for theatre and independent films.
I'm a boom operator and location sound man, from Cape Town,South Africa, now living in Zurich. Starting off my career as a sound designer by doing short films, animation and motion graphics.
Resident ADR Mixer, Sound Designer and Re-Recording Mixer in Los Angeles.
I'm a recording engineer/sound designer/composer in Auckland, NZ. I'm in-house at an ad agency, so mainly work on commercials for TV/radio/online. I work on short films too, when time permits.
I haven't been too prolific in posting here yet, but still learn a lot from everyone's fantastic contributions.
If my E3 change of status is approved; sound editor and recording engineer in NYC. Mainly foreign language dubs for obscure tv shows, plus whatever indie shorts and features i can get my hands on.
If not; freelance sound assistant/editor and audio assistant in Sydney, which would involve chasing the big boys for some work and probably calling up my friends at Channel 9 and asking for some shifts.
Great thread, good to hear what everyone does!
Cool Thread!
Right now i'm in Barcelona doing all sound gigs at a small production studio, but i'll be very soon moving to new york to be an assistant at harvestworks media arts centre. They're a school/studio/research lab. Can't wait!
Hi, great idea ! I'm a sound designer, sound editor. I work for video games and films. And live in Lille, France.
Hey! I'm Alan Senderowitsch, sound designer and composer from Buenos Aires, Argentina.
I do freelance work for film & tv and I have a band of electroacoustic music focused on real-time improvisation.
I am just starting a job as the resident sound designer at Pioneer Theater Company in Salt Lake City, UT as well as an Adjunct Professorship at University of Utah teaching sound design.
Up 'til now I have been freelancing in Portland, OR in sound design and editing for corporate video, indie films and theatre.
Be sure to look me up if you're in SLC!
I'm a Sound Designer and Dubbing Mixer. Originally from deepest, darkest Wiltshire in the sound of England but now working Galway, Ireland. Trying to move back to the UK though (London, Manchester, Cardiff in case anyone knows of any work going).
Ian
Sound designer and voice actor, Live in Norway but my work is all over the world.
I'm a budding Effects Editor/Sound Designer from Limoges, France.
I spent 3+ years in Edinburgh, Scotland, where I attended uni for a Digital Media course but ended up specializing in film sound with an academic-year-long project, among others. I'm a bit lost as to where I should start looking for work but it's ok :)
EDIT: this is a brief update to signal that I am now living in Paris, working at a dubbing company encoding videos for On Demand diffusion.
I'm in Arlingon, VA and work as a sound editor / mixer / designer for TV and radio (with the occasional indie flick)
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I'm no longer in VA. I recently celebrated my first full month in LA, and I can still pay all my bills doing sound! Let's hope this trend continues...
I'm an aspiring sound designer for films and games going to school in Milledgeville, GA. I'm still just reading the books and learning all I can about the discipline. I also want to get more into computer stuff.
I am also a Colin (yay for Scottish roots). I had lived in Atlanta, Georgia for most of my life, but just relocated to Portland, Maine.
My day job is as an A/V technology specialist - I deal with corporate and live A/V systems with a focus on video conferencing/streaming technology and control interface programming. I do a some video and audio editing for the corporations that employ me. I also freelance as a FOH or M1 mixer in local venues when I get the chance.
During the nights, weekends, and every spare moment I do work as a dialog editor and sound designer for primarily independent films. My wife and I also team up to work as production sound recordists with me at the controls and her on the boom. We also write and produce when we have time in between sound-related work.
I am relatively new to film sound and it's been an awesome learning process. Thanks to resources like these, I'm constantly expanding my understanding... thanks, you guys and gals!
Having grown up in Maine (like @birdhousesound and others here!), I'm the design director and co-founder of an interaction design and development studio in San Francisco. As such, I produce interaction, visual, motion, and sound design for software.
I've had a long history in the video and post-production industries, and as such have been using ProTools on and off to 20 years. Yikes...
I've been working as Sound Designer / Editor / Mixer for over 16 years, first in Buenos Aires, Argentina, then in Mexico City and now settled in Toronto, Canada. Here I share my passion for everything audio with picture and Visual effects editing. If you need something from the north... gimme a holler :)
I'm a composer and sound designer, in Salt Lake City, UT.
To pay the bills, I program medical simulators for a nursing school.
Nice one Colin! Very different from the usual questions but so interesting to find out where all of you are in the world and what you are doing exactly.
So, I'm English but living in France. I'm currently in the south but soon moving to Paris where work is more abundant. I edit and design sound mostly for media agencies (adverts, online videos, virals etc) and I am getting more and more addicted to field recording!!!
I am a lecturer in sound theory, production and design at Edinburgh Napier University. I started out as a live sound engineer, FOH and M1, and moved into theatre sound design. After that I started teaching and doing whatever sound work comes my way, currently it is mostly research.
I am everything about sound. From recording to mix.. from sound design to music... this is typical in Taiwan. My company is specialized in making animation in 90 minutes. SO we people here are pushing the limit in every seconds. TOUGH!
Hi there,
Lots of interesting people out there. What a great community and Andrew, thanks for this site!!!
I am a foley artist originally from Canada who now lives and works in South Africa. I also do field recording and sound editing. I have done a few stints in dialogue recording and editing but it is definitely not my specialty. I love all areas of sound for film, TV, radio and games. I think we are all lucky to be working in something we are passionate about.
Thanks for this site!
I am an alien from outer space and I moved to San Francisco to go to audio engineering school at SAE Institute where I discovered Sound Design.
Nice to meet you all. I'm a sound design, filmmaker, teacher and author of "Sound Design: The expressive power of music voice and sound effects in cinema." Currently living in Los Angeles area, giving webinars on sounddesignforpros.com, more stuff on SonicStrategies.com. Come visit, and I look forward to more interaction with everyone. Thanks Andrew and Colin for getting us together like this.
Hello - I'm from the Netherlands, living/working in the south of England (Brighton). I mainly do sound effects design for video games (usually iPhone, PSN/Xbox Live kind of games, so fairly small scale stuff so far). I'm freelance, working from home - I love that! Occasionally I also produce music + sound effects for promo videos. Most likely I'll be working on my first feature film this winter (doing sound design), so that's an exciting prospect.
Because of all the great blogs and sites like this, I've over the last few months become extremely interested and enthusiastic about location recording, so I'm doing more and more of that these days, trying to integrate it with my daily work routine.