{"id":2541,"date":"2009-09-17T22:21:25","date_gmt":"2009-09-17T09:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.musicofsound.co.nz\/blog\/?p=2541"},"modified":"2021-02-20T11:29:20","modified_gmt":"2021-02-19T22:29:20","slug":"detritus-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicofsound.co.nz\/blog\/detritus-4","title":{"rendered":"Detritus 4"},"content":{"rendered":"

Phwoah! Busy week recovering from a new picture turnover – my PT session looked like confetti after the conform… Anyway, heres what’s been engaging my brain this week…<\/p>\n

> An interesting article, The Mundane Fanatastic<\/a> about a recent trend with film VFX: “To make a moment seem real, one must present it somewhat imprecisely, to counteract the meticulous, slightly inhuman slickness of CGI.” – amen to that, although it still feels a self-conscious, somewhat apologetic approach…<\/p>\n

> While on a long walk on a sunny Sunday I listened to an MP3 of a very good presentation Gerd Leonard did at the AMBC in Sydney recently: “Music 2.0 – The Time is NOW: stream or download it here<\/a><\/p>\n

> Also via Gerd on twitter: a link to a Music Industry Manifesto<\/a> and one of my favorite lines from the manifesto: “Artists & fanatics run the show – if you are in neither camp you\u2019re fcked”<\/p>\n

>Hey so hows your new iPhone? Next time you hear an apple fanboy use the words: great, fantastic, incredible or awesome more than twice in one minute, point them at this video… positive affirmations anyone?<\/p>\n

>The Picture editors Guild has an interesting interview<\/a> with Tarantinos sound supervisors Wylie Stateman<\/a> & Harry Cohen<\/a> – note to self, MUST go see Inglorious Bastards at theatre this weekend!<\/p>\n

> Art Vinyl<\/a> a beautiful way to store 12″ vinyl for display<\/p>\n

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>Bizzarro! a 5 second youtube video<\/a> of me reversing a car into a pile of fridges has had 21,000 views! Maybe that is the secret to youtube: the average attention span is 5 seconds!?!<\/p>\n

> I think I have mentioned it before but I highly reccomend reading “Fans, Friends, Followers”<\/a> by Scott Kirsner; a great book (available as an ebook & as real dead trees) on digital strategy for musicians, filmmakers & artists. One of the best aspects of the book is the huge number of interviews Scott did as research & these interviews are also included, so it gives you a good reference as to how people in different art forms & styles\/genres have evolved their methods to succeed. Very interesting!!<\/p>\n

> Memo to old music industry: Change or Die<\/a> – a philosophical & historical look at how & why the music industry finds itself in its current state…<\/p>\n

> The film I am currently working on is called The Volcano and is written & directed by the hugely talented Taika Waititi<\/a> – check out his very funny short film “ARAB SAMURAI”<\/a> made for the 48 hour film festival, but ‘handed in about 70 hours too late” – love those old school kung fu sound effects!<\/p>\n

> I’ve been thrashing a beautiful beat heavy track that Mary Anne Hobbes played this week by Joy Orbison – Hyph Mngo (no, I dont know what it means either) – check it out on his myspace page here!<\/a> I also found a more reliable source of MP3 copies of the BBC radio shows (& many others) here<\/a><\/p>\n

> Now this is a great idea: Creative Caravan<\/a> -its a bit like couch surfing or house swap for creative people…. Hmmmm…. WTD: Music studio\/apartment in Tokyo in exchange for same in Wellington, NZ…<\/p>\n

>Someone on twitter reminded me of an absolute truism in post production, which I think is originally traced back to Jim Jarmusch: “cheap, fast, good. pick two.”<\/p>\n

> Randy Thom will receive the Cinema Audio Society’s Career Achievement Award<\/a> – fantastic! Congratulations!<\/p>\n

> Theres been an interesting thread on the microsound list<\/a> about structure (or form) in laptop music – have a read in the archive here<\/a><\/p>\n

> Apparently there was a major UFO explosion<\/a> in NZ, 1178 AD??? That explains a lot!<\/p>\n

> A lovely tabletop terrain generator<\/a> created via sound mapping… but wont your wineglass fall off? Oh its underneath the tabletop! So you lie on the floor & look at it…. hmmmm… <\/p>\n

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> Air<\/a> is a new iPhone app made in conjunction with Brian Eno that\u2019s \u201clike Music for Airports made endless”<\/p>\n

> A study<\/a> recently found 57% of TV Viewers use the Web simultaneously… this is hardly surprising when you consider how shallow most television is – I can count on one hand the number of programs currently screening that are worth my full attention (Mad Men, Daily Show, The Simpsons… um…)<\/p>\n

> Maybe heres another: AMC are to ‘reinterpret’ the classic Sci-Fi Series The Prisoner<\/a> – now that would be a fun show to score\/sound design… are you old enough to remember the original?<\/p>\n

Hey! Was that castle thunder<\/a> I heard mixed into the title music? Its up there with the wilhelm for self-referential sound effects…<\/p>\n

> Lastly, I just bought a new set of drum sticks but the cool thing with these is they are for soft percussion, check them out:<\/p>\n

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Onwards!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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