Friday, February 26, 2010

L.A.

I recently got back from a very cool trip with a couple of guys (Matt and Scott) from my major who were doing a school project. They were going above and beyond for this project mostly to take advantage of a connection that Scott had. So, because we were going down anyway Matt emailed everyone he could think of in the industry. Thank goodness he did because we ended up meeting some very cool people.

First we met with Clay Duncan who works with Hans Zimmer on a regular basis. Clay was moving his studio so we offered to help. He showed us around the studio and we even got to see Hans' studio. It was about the coolest place I have ever been. We ended up taking Clay to lunch and helping him wrap cables until about 3:00am the next morning. He ended up offering internships to all three of us! You can check out his IMDB page here

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0241937/

Then we had the chance to sit down with Gary Summers (he was Scott's contact). Gary is basically the guy you hire to make sure that all of your sound works together well (music dialog and sound effects). He was a very cool guy and has the best sound system I have ever heard in his car. He really know's his trade and has 4 academy awards already. He is nominated for another for the work he did on Avatar. If he gets it he will be the first in his field to have 5 academy awards.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0838707/

The last guy that we met was Kevin Globerman. He was one of the nicest guys I have ever met. He was able to get us into Fox studios to watch the music for American Dad get recorded. (They mix live by the way. Very cool) Matt met the Manger there and found out that she is a BYU grade. I sense that good things may come from that for him.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0322934/

It was a very very cool trip. It has made me wonder if I will live in L.A. before I die.

Friday, February 5, 2010

New Logo

I made this for my new business. Any thoughts?