Issue link: https://digital.copcomm.com/i/1151081
32 CINEMONTAGE / Q3 2019 CINEMONTAGE / Q3 2019 1. All By Myself "I would say 90-95 percent of the time, I'm just by myself here, so it doesn't necessarily have to look nice, 'cause I don't have clients over that often. But it's nice to have a presentable space. If directors want to come hear music mixes, which is very rare, but every now and then happens, it's good to have a space where they feel comfortable." 2. Way Out Back "The dream is eventually, when we can buy a house, I'll just want to build a space from scratch, similar to this. But in this market these days, getting a couple hundred grand for a down payment is a tall order. I love living here; I love LA — but it's pricey." 3. Can You Hear Me Now? "I have acoustic ceiling clouds. This is technically all absorption. I mean, it helps a little bit with blocking sound from outside, but most of this is just to keep reflections from bouncing around so much, so the room sounds better for me to mix in. "Fortunately this is a quiet neighborhood. I put some rubber sealing around the door, which helps when that's totally shut. But the alleyway's right here, so if there's a garbage truck, I'll hear that rumble and things like that. But since I'm just mixing, I can just wait for a bit so it's not in my mix." 4. Vader Follower "It's actually a clock, so if you tap its head, it lights up red, you can see it in the night. My wife bought me that for one of my birthdays. "I'm a Star Wars fan, yeah." 5. Opposite: Fly Me To the Moon "That's a LEGO Saturn V rocket. They just sort of made it look really smooth. I was a huge LEGO fan as a kid. My mom has two giant bins of LEGOs at her house that I used to play with. "Before I got into music really seriously, I wanted to be a pilot for a while. And then, potentially, an astronaut. I was a huge space nerd. Apollo 13 is one of my favorite movies of all time. I would say that score is one of the early films that got me into film music. James Horner's score for that was just incredible. I watched that movie dozens of times as a kid." 6. Opposite: The Joy of Sax "Saxophone was my main instrument. I play a soprano now, but I had a tenor as my main instrument in college. I sold that for a few grand to get the money to move to LA. "My chops are nowhere near what they were in college. My wife always pines that I have hardly ever played for her. She's like, 'You got to get back into it. I want to hear it.' So I'm trying to practice here and there. "I might eventually buy a tenor again, 'cause it's a little more applicable to other stuff I might want to play. And eventually, I want to maybe find a group of semi-pro-to-intermediate musicians to play with, because it's tough just being in a room by yourself. The joy of playing music is usually with other people." 1. 2. 3. 4. Before