Happy New Yeah!
by Grant Snider 2017 but still relevant!
My first OIA
This likely won’t have much relevance to anyone offshore, but a few months back our state funded Radio NZ (like the BBC in UK) updated their morning news theme music, replacing local composers Plan 9 previous version. The only part…
Mysterious Cargo
Back in the year 2000, I moved my life & work from Auckland to Wellington. In Auckland my studio had been in a building as part of The Inside Track, where I helped complete a few TV series and films.…
The sky was on fire
Dawn this morning, looking towards Miramar
How to Finish 2/3 : Development
‘The best part of one’s life is the working part, the creative part. Believe me, I love to succeed… however the real spiritual and emotional excitement is in the doing’ This quote is from writer and director Garson Kanin, and…
Zizzled!
This is the toy I wish I got for Christmas, 1972!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOA1odAOIaI Its funny, when you play with it you soon realise the relationship between the shape of the little pieces and the sound they make as its based on…
Seal meets Sound Recordist
I was out recording the ocean on the South Coast of Wellington the other day & had an unexpected chance to record some seal vocalisations… The best parts of that coast are only really accessible by a long, long walk…