Fish(er) Tales

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I once  talked with an older adult student who told me that she had “the knowledge as big as a football field, but only a quarter-inch thick.” I pressed her to elaborate and she replied that she loved to learn new things (which is what brought her to my audio class) and to expand her understanding of all that she was interested in discovering. Unfortunately, she didn’t have the patience...

Today I opened the door to the school’s recording booth when what to my wondering eyes should appear? A side address cardioid condenser microphone pointed as if it’s a top address mic. Oh my. I didn’t have to hear the recording to know it sounded like talking into the back of the mic while picking up the room reverb quite nicely. BTW: the arrow points at the correct side to speak...

Dialog rules. It’s just that simple. Dialog is the primary sound element around which all other sounds revolve. Unfortunately, a common problem is how to prevent music and other sound elements from stepping all over the dialog track so you can understand all the words. Here’s the secret. You must create a space for the voice track, a kind of hole in the soundtrack, reserved for speech with...

There are some pithy quotes from uber-genius Albert Einstein where I swear he was talking about the trials and tribulations of audio post-production. And whether you are building the DM&E to an indie feature or mixing your latest musical opus, ponder these thoughts. “Three Rules of Work: Out of clutter find simplicity; From discord find harmony; In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” There...

The picture shown here graced the pages of this month’s Mix magazine. It is an ad for the Savannah School of Art and Design (SCAD). What is so special about this photograph? There are a couple of key ideas worth noting. 1) The picture shows another aspect of sound that isn’t music-related. There are no drummers, guitar amps, or fancy SSL desks in this picture. There’s just a lone...

So I’m waiting at the stoplight for the light to go green. The turning lane is yellow so it won’t be long now. The intersection is just about empty in all directions except for my lone car. I glance away briefly to the heater to turn it down and start to look back up BAM! Some dude slams into me from behind. And then the light turns green. No worries on my end, though the rear end of my...

Here are the slides from my presentation at the 2010 Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization. They don’t always have the same impact without me adding in the missing details, but there is still some good information here that you can glean. Comments and questions are always appreciated. Ruthless Self-Promotion for Creative Artists View more presentations from Jeffrey Fisher.