CLASH OF QUESTS

I’ve enjoyed the opportunity to create original music and sound design for the RPG livestream Clash of Quests, featuring my friend Lauren Addy.

Once I received Dawn Krosnowski’s voiceover, which is decidedly not messing around, I composed a huzzah-worthy adventure theme, peppered it with magical sound design fairy dust, and rolled 2 d20 of damage against a lack of entertainment.

Opening animation is still in production. We’ll let you know when it’s out!

“Clash of Quests sees six Forever DMs (Addy, Andres, Luke, Nat, Pip, and Tobi) brought together to run and play one campaign. The cast members take turns to run an arc within the campaign so that these Forever DMs also get a chance to be players as well.”

Find out more at twitch.tv/clashofquests

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SESSION GUITAR WORK FROM BEN GLAROS

I’ve recently been honored with some remote session work by master guitarist Ben Glaros. He contributed some electric guitar overdubs on a track I started recording around 2002, and that I've lately resurrected, which I’ll eventually be releasing under the “band” name 10 Items Or Fewer. From the crystal-clean passages to the fuzzed-out flourishes, everything he delivered was sublime.

Ben and I used to work together as security guards, during which time we had many conversations about music that usually degenerated into fanning out on Neil Young and Johnny Marr. So I thought he’d be perfect for the track I had in mind here. And he didn’t disappoint! If you’re looking for passionate, emotive guitar work with a vintage flavor, I can’t recommend Ben Glaros highly enough. Find out more at benglaros.com.

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CONSULTING: SOUND FOR FILM

Lately I’ve been doing some consulting work with filmmakers interested in growing their audio skills. It’s been a lot of fun.

Here I’m working with Amy Scatliff, a film artist who’s been putting together some experimental documentary work related to meditation and her difficulties pursuing it. She’s serious enough about what she’s doing that she’s not afraid to approach it with self-deprecating humor, and she has good instincts with audio that make it enjoyable to push things to the next level.

We’ve gone over some basic ideas about location audio, gain staging, dialog edit, relative levels of voiceover/ nat sound/ music, and some approaches for how to adapt her closet as a VO booth. Pro tip: don’t be afraid to sit under a blanket while you’re performing voiceover! No joke.

Check out some of Amy Scatliff’s work at everydayfuturistic.com/fieldnotes.

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