How to create sound design for a Pixar Animation:
Wall-E and Ben Burtt

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Just watched Wall-E again (fab xmas present – thank you!). Have to say that robot is the most adorable thing ever – and in no small way owes this to the sound designer Ben Burtt
Discovered through a post on filmsound.org, [...]

Terre Haute @ 59E59 Theatre, New York

[ 13 January 2009 7:00 pm to 15 February 2009 7:00 pm. ] nabokov and Karl Sydow present PETER EYRE & NICK WESTRATE in

Terre Haute by Edmund White
13 January – 15 February, 59East59 Theaters, New York, NY 10022

Buy tickets here

Thou shalt not kill 168 and live…

A famous author comes face-to-face with America’s most notorious terrorist. As the clock ticks on death row, the bond between the two [...]

Sound Mixing Techniques for Online Web Audio

This is what I’ve discovered specifically for mixing sound acceptibly for delivery as audio online via website.

Ten Reasons to be your own Boss

These are a few of the benefits you get from running your own business and being your own boss…

Beyond The Front Line @ The Lowry, Manchester

[ 7 October 2009 to 17 October 2009. ]

They Only Come At Night: Resurrection

[ 3 September 2009 to 11 September 2009. ]

Mapping the City @ Almeida, London

[ 9 July 2009 to 18 July 2009. ]

Small Worlds @ Contact Theatre, Manchester

[ 4 February 2009 to 7 February 2009. ] More details here:

http://www.contact-theatre.org/whats-on/events/426/small-worlds–a-short-adventure-for-one.htm

10 Reasons to Work at Home

Here’s 10 reasons to work from home in no particular order…

Is your job right for you?

There are plenty of personality and psychometric tests and the likes out there to analyse your personality, your likes and dislikes, your needs, wants and life goals and then come up with your ideal job or perfect career.

Quitting Coffee Cold Turkey

Anyone who knows me knows I love my cuppa hot java. It’s been a habit for the last few years (and then some) to have at least two big mugs of black coffee first thing in the morning simply to function at a normal level. And, despite my preaching to the opposite in a previous post on Creativity and How to Deal With Mental Blocks, I have begun to rely on coffee and caffeinated drinks to kick start the inspiration… that is until the last week.