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have been lucky enough to meet a lot of really interesting people over the years. That's both the fun aspect of our jobs. as well as an important one: As we talk to people, it becomes a shared experience and they can better understand what we do and how we do it. That's kind of why I think that I like to listen a lot, and that includes listening to people tell me about themselves. So that's another sound, right? I think what makes me, and keeps me still interested in what I do after all this time, is the combination of all those influences that I grew up with: the innate curiosity of how things work coupled with a fascination with both image and sound; playing and listening to music— many in our community share this as well; working on cars, bikes and everything mechanical and understanding what their respective sounds meant; meeting people and learning their stories; working with some of the best in the business and learning from each one of them. All of that coupled with the drive to always improve and learn and do the best on each project makes every job important and keeps me on my toes. I still get a little nervous every time I go out and am always trying to think of new and different ways to capture sound. I do have a bit of an obsession with mics (I bought three in the last month) and guitars but I'm trying to work through it… CM: In the course of your journey, you have gotten to work with some of the most extraordinary talents in both film and game sound—can you tell us some more about that? JPF: Wow, yes, as in many careers, one of the most important aspects "...as in many careers, one of the most important aspects is the friendships that result from the work. From my earliest low-budget films to the latest state-of- the-art video games, I've been lucky enough to work with a veritable Who's Who of the sound community over the years and continue to make new relationships to this day." John's mic setup in the nose of the B-25. Recording the B-25 for Pearl Harbor (2001). The flights were from Chino, CA, to Las Cruces, New Mexico, for a fuel stop and then onto the final destination at Corpus Christi, Texas. The Rio Grande from above recording the B-25 in flight for Pearl Harbor (2001). 142 M PS E . O R G