The Reinventing Wheel

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

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.

Voice Over, Video and a Side of Theatre

That’s the tag on my @pixelsandtape Twitter account.

So here’s what’s new:

I’ve been doing live foley effects  for Hangman Radio out of Shaker’s Cigar Bar in Milwaukee’s Walker’s Point. They’ve wrapped their first season (I worked on the last two episodes), and are currently Kickstarting for their second season (first show is now scheduled for September 27th, recorded live at Shaker’s.) Rumor has it I may have a speaking part, in addition to effects!

Optimist Theatre’s Shakespeare in the Park production of  A Midsummer Night’s Dream was a rousing success. Lots of great reviews in the press, great weather for our audiences (excepting only one night this year), and continuing to build on previous seasons. I’m proud to say I designed the poster and program art for The Dream. Thanks to Shayne Steliga (Lysander) for being a great model. Posters (11×17) should still be available through Optimist. While a show for next season hasn’t been selected yet, development plans are going forward. Look for a membership announcement soon!

I’m currently in production mode for both Orphonic Multimedia and Milwaukee Public Theatre for videos. Work for  UWMilwaukee Panther Arena has already started, at least for UW-M Men’s Basketball (schedule TBA), and pre-production for Milwaukee Wave Soccer should begin soon, as well. For Milwaukeeans, the Doors Open Milwaukee event, includes the Arena this year.

Summer holidays are nearly at an end.

And if you’ve taken the time to read this far, or if you’ve poked around on the rest of the posts, please, leave a note!

 

Theatrical Endeavours

It’s true, I do theatre, too!

I got gussied up ’40s style, and filled in doing foley (sound effects) for a live “radio” show for Hangman Radio. The performance was recorded and will be available on Soundcloud soon.

Late ’40s style