Category Archives: Sound of the Week

It’s an organ.  Played by the sea!

This week’s sounds were made for the short film “When I Grow Up” by Colin Hesterly.  The video is an homage to the cartoons of the 40s and 50s so I wanted the sound effects to be reminiscent of that … Continue reading →

This weeks sound is from my sample library Fractured.  Fractured is a collection of multisampled Kontakt instruments made from acoustic guitars played every possible way except for the “correct” way.  A large part of the time spent making the library … Continue reading →

     I was zeroing out the vocal booth after a recording session one day and for some reason I found myself walking past the microphone with a stapler in my hand. So of course I stopped for a moment … Continue reading →

100 points if you can guess the origins of this sound.  Hint – it’s made by a living creature. Click here for the answer.

    I’m currently working on the DVD length cut of “JourneyQuest – Season 2″, a web-series I worked on last summer, and I was reminded of a very small moment in the series that I thought was interesting.  I’ve posted a … Continue reading →

What would the world sound like if we could climb inside the head of another animal?  I went to the Olympic National Park some time ago with my wife and got some great recordings of humming bird vocalizations.  The B&B … Continue reading →

Several months ago I was hired to do some recording down at Pike’s Place market in Seattle. We recorded lots of things, including a good sampling of the fantastic street musicians that play there on a regular basis.  One of … Continue reading →

I want one of these!  Such a cool sound!  (the best bit is at the end btw)