The Reinventing Wheel

Live sound effects for Radio WHT's Nutcracker Part 3 on WMSE Radio

Live sound effects for Radio WHT’s Nutcracker Part 3 on WMSE Radio

The turn of the year often finds us reflecting back on what worked, and what didn’t, and trying to evaluate which steps to take to improve. New Year’s Resolutions – weight-loss schemes, self-help promises, and all that.

And, suddenly, to the public at-large at least, we find ourselves mourning David Bowie. Bowie, who knew he ways dying (and aren’t we all heading in that direction?), orchestrated one last album, his 25th, released in conjunction with his birthday, and just days before his death.

Facebook and Twitter have been filled with tributes, statements, music and art, both Bowie’s, his collaborators, and his fans. It’s been a marvel to look at his impact, and watch how he kept true to himself, but was always someone different. Each new project he presented represented himself as something new.

So I think that will be my goal for this year. To ride the wheel of reinvention. To be myself, but to also be someone new. Renewed. Certainly change comes, whether we’re ready or not, and I hope to be able to not only weather it, but to welcome it.

Changes will be happening here, too. A new look, updated content, a fresh view on who pixelsandtape is, and where it is going.

More Adventures in Old-timey Radio

Hangman Radio Photo Credit: John Borowski

Hangman Radio
Photo Credit: John Borowski

Some nice press about Hangman Radio from the Shepherd Express
The next show at Shaker’s Cigar Bar will be January 24, 2016.

I’ll also be filling in for Chris Knapp, doing foley for Radio WHT’s Nutcracker, Part III, on WMSE (Milwaukee Area FM 91.7, or online at wmse.org) early January 3, 2016 at 8:30AM. If you’re at church, or asleep, it’ll be archived online, too.

While I adore doing live foley effects for these shows, it’s a bit too much of a niche to make a living, so I’m looking to supplement with some freelance video editing and voice over work. Please contact me if you have project work available.