CAS Quarterly

C A S Q U A R T E R L Y I S U M M E R 2 0 2 1 9 C O L L A B O R AT O R S Adam Howell CAS Upon earning a recording engineer degree from Full Sail, Adam relocated to L.A. in 2002. After an internship at Hans Zimmer's studio and working in the music industry, Adam ventured into post-production audio before finding his passion in the field as a production sound mixer. He has mixed and supervised over 100 unscripted shows and feels fortunate to have worked on so many diverse projects with creative and talented individuals. When not pressing record, Adam enjoys playing the guitar, Beatles trivia, documentaries, hiking, and spending time with his wife and son. CAS Associate member Sam Casas After graduating from UCSD's Revelle College as a music technology major in 1999, Sam began his career in audio post-production in the tape vault at POP Sound in Santa Monica. In 2003, he helped open Lime Studios, a boutique audio facility specializing in sound design and mix for TV commercials, where he still works today. Sam has found a successful niche mixing commercials for huge brands such as Nike, Facebook, Old Spice, and Apple, counting several Super Bowl commercials as career highlights. In 2017, Sam joined the union and began actively pursuing more narrative work as a supervising sound editor and re-recording mixer on various independent features, shorts, and documentaries. Working on a major studio feature or limited series is Sam's next career goal. Sam's 5.1 home studio has enabled him to stay busy during the pandemic while allowing him to spend more time with his wife Elise and 4-year- old son Sebastian. G. John Garrett CAS is a production sound mixer living in Boston, MA. He began mixing live music around 1970 and learned acoustics, signal flow, and recording technology along the way. He began in the industry booming for Boulder mixer Garrett Collenberger and moved into mixing documentaries, commercials, and feature films after moving to Boston in 1984. He then expanded his RF training by working with broadcast engineers and now also consults with a broadcast tech company in the area. David Bondelevitch CAS MPSE is a re-recording mixer and educator who has won two Emmy Awards and two MPSE Golden Reel Awards (and has been nominated 22 times). He is Past President and Board member of the Motion Picture Sound Editors. David was the Secretary of the Cinema Audio Society 2012-2019, Vice President 2007-2011, and has been on the Board of Directors since 2006. He has been writing for the CAS Quarterly magazine since 2006 and was co-editor in 2007. His most recent projects include mixing the documentary Empty Net, about the US Paralympics sled hockey team that aired on NBC Sports. He also mixed the documentary Southwest of Salem, which won a Peabody Award. He also mixed the cult comedy Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero, starring Persian- American comedian Maz Jobrani. David is an associate professor at CU Denver, where he teaches Recording Arts. David received his MFA in Cinema Production from USC and also holds a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Composition from the Berklee College of Music in Boston. David Bondelevitch CAS MPSE Peter Kelsey CAS started his career in sound at the illustrious independent recording studio Trident Studios, where all the early Elton John and David Bowie albums were recorded. Here, Peter learned from engineers and producers such as Rupert Hine, Ken Scott, Roy Thomas Baker, Robin Geoffrey Cable, and David Hentschel. He was a second engineer on the Carly Simon album No Secrets, and part of the mixing team for Elton John's album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. After moving to the USA, he did a lot of work as a scoring mixer before moving into post-production sound. He has worked on many David Kelley shows, including Ally McBeal and Boston Legal, for both of which he won sound mixing Emmys. He worked for RH Factor for many years and for the last three years has worked for Smart Post Sound. He is currently working on Speechless, The Chi, Arrested Development, and Dead to Me. Peter has a degree in mathematics, a black belt in taekwondo, and loves public speaking. recording studio Trident Studios, where all the Stephen Fitzmaurice CAS studied sound and music at USC, starting his career as an assistant for albums and film scores. He earned his first credit as a re-recording mixer in 2001 and has continued in that capacity in sound for television since. Stephen is currently working on productions for Netflix and ABC Television.

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