Fish(er) Tales

If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! These posts will give you a better idea about what this site is about. Start here, then go here, and here, and then here.If you’re like me, you look forward to the latest TED talks and their “ideas worth spreading.” The problem is there are so many of them. Who has the time to watch and ponder every...

Today in my e-mail I find a message from the WordPress engine (the free software that runs this blog). It says I have a comment to approve. I’m shocked. Not because I have a comment, but because, well I have a comment already. You see I’ve been building this blog site in secret and had kept it hidden for the past few weeks. Or so I thought. I mean it’s always been out there in cyberspace,...

… when you grow up? Firefighter? Ballerina? Doctor? How about this? Happy. Originally posted 2010-07-11 19:03:12.

I love inspirational quotes. Even with their economy of words, they often provide more insight and truth than longer tomes. I’m always on the lookout for pithy lines and here are some of my favorites from this past year. Let them guide you in the days and years ahead: The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. –...

I could write a whole book about recording audio in the field for film/video/TV/etc. But if I had to summarize briefly, it would be to keep these tips in mind: Dialog rules. Focus on getting the best dialog recordings you can. You can worry about all the other sounds later. Get closer. Move your mic to be as close to the talent as possible. This will give you a strong Signal and a quieter Noise level....

Your ability to get new clients and keep current ones is the single most important factor in your success. Here are ten tips to follow: Always keep looking for new business. You never stop promoting. That fact must become a permanent part of your psyche. And the major focus of your time, money, and effort. Build strong relationships with existing clients. Your philosophy should be to make customers,...

Currently, I’m working on the audio-post and music for a horror film called “Creed.” Here are a couple of musical works-in-progress. Comments welcome. DarkIndustry: Breathy Weirdness: Orchestral Madness: And if Bernard Herrmann did the music for the film, it might sound like this: All music above by Jeffrey P. Fisher and his computer. Enjoy! Here are two more tracks made using...

Here is a terrific TED talk on the “Barefoot Movement”. It specifically talks about Barefoot College which, according to their Website: “provides basic services and solutions to problems in rural communities, with the objective of making them self-sufficient and sustainable. These ‘Barefoot solutions’ can be broadly categorised into solar energy, water, education, health care,...