Issue link: https://digital.copcomm.com/i/1515063
C I N E M A A U D I O S O C I E T Y. O R G 23 homes, we get off of our stages, and we come to these mixer events. We need each other. I think that's very important. One last question that I'm sure you get a lot. What advice would you give to somebody who is starting out or wants to get into this business? Stick with it. It's a marathon, not a sprint. Ask questions. Go down the hall and ask the guy who knows. Feature mixer Scott Millan was working in the building. I would ask him, "Hey, can I come sit with you on your dialogue pre-dub?" Sure. Even if I don't ask a single question, if I just watch him work and listen, I learn something. Mixer Greg Russell is going to lunch and I'm walking out of the building after listening to a near field M&E on a show he's just done. I walk up next to him and I say, "So how did you get that much sound in your show without killing the meters?" He turns around and tells me. He talks to me. There are no secrets that we're all trying to keep under wraps so that the next guy doesn't steal our gig. I've never really met anyone in the business who was like that. When I asked Mike Minkler what's in his dialogue chain, he said, "Nothing." And he meant it. So, I think that's a good place to start for young mixers. Just ask. Above: Joe getting home late again. Right: Elmo Ponsdomenech and Joe