I’ve added a flash video reel with some of my work for picture. I’ll be adding more clips as I crunch them to flv. These examples feature some of the many fun things I do in the studio, including sound design, composition, mixing and editing.

The animation segment was dropped from the theatrical release (for fear of legal repercussions), but is slated to be included in the DVD release of the film. The segment is a musical tribute to steroids, composed by me with lyrics by film producer Alex Buono and FlickerLabs’ Harold Moss. The song, “Steroids” was orchestrated by Chris McDonald and I recorded and mixed it here at My Space Recording with a small orchestra (featuring Steve Kummer on piano).

I hope to include the piece on a soon-to-be-added video reel on my site.

Keep an eye out for this movie, it looks to be great!

The cast was auditioned and conducted by Lori Casteel www.casteelmusicservices.com with production by myself and David Weinstein. The reduced length show is part of MTI’s extensive Broadway Jr. collection aimed at involving a new generation in stage performance.

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May 19th-23rd, I tracked the first release for the Loud Horns band (sponsored by Loud Mouthpieces). The band plays an aggressive style of jazz/funk/rock that I think is very cool. Comprised of a drum set, bass, keyboard, and guitar rhythm section and the unusual line-up of 3 trumpets, 2 bones, 1 French horn and a tuba, the band has it’s own unique sound while paying homage to Maynard Ferguson, Chick Corea and other jazz greats.

The big surprise for me was trying out a pair of Cascade Fat Head mics on the trumpets. I liked them so much that I bought 2 sets!! www.cascademicrophones.com

Mixing should be done by the end of this month…

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I’ve finished mixing “RENT” for MTI.

I mixed some songs for Country/Rock/Pop artist Rebecca Lynn Howard’s new release.

Producer/ Über Drummer Lee Levin came up from Miami with co-producers Dan Warner and Tommy Torres to record overdubs here with bassist Michael Rhodes for Tommy’s new release, Tarde O Temprano.

Joey Miskulin (Riders in the Sky) was in producing some songs for a new ride at Disney’s California Adventure… featuring Don Rickles as Mr. Potato Head! We tracked and mixed the 3 song project here at My Space Recording.

Singer Matt Belsante returned for his sophomore release on the GreenHills label. The new record was arranged, orchestrated and produced by Chris McDonald. It’s a great record with some serious big band writing and playing by all involved. The album was mastered by Richard Dodd.

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Last week I recorded the score for “Beauty and the Beast” for Disney theatrical. I headed out to Sound Kitchen with assistants Steve Beers and Mikey Alred to work with a 30 piece orchestra for the job. David Weinstein came down from NYC to conduct and co-produce the sessions.

Finally… the Schematics Vault is up and functioning. This is a library of almost 1000 pro audio schematics and mods all formatted as multi-page pdf. It is offered as a community research tool, so PLEASE email me if you’d like to contribute to the library.