In February, Paulo Dantas, a composer, improviser and field recordist, visited Stockholm as a guest composer at Elektronmusik Studion, to master two new music releases (Eva Mitocondrial, by Insignificanto, and Facies, by Bella) and to make some critical listening. We got the opportunity to meet and he very kindly agreed to share insights on listening, field […]
Field Recording is much more than assembling an audio kit and record. It´s much more than technique and technology. Only over the past few months I realised how important it has been on a personal level to practice Field Recording. By understanding what events or things I was prone to record, I also gained perspective […]
Extremely Loud and Incredible Close is one of those films that I will remember for a long time. The excellent sound design makes it a great experience. The excerpt above is by far what got my ears most attention. Not only is this dialogue edit impressive by itself as it translates Oskar´s emotions and state of mind […]
About seven months ago I moved from Porto, Portugal, to the center of Stockholm. I had never lived in anywhere except my hometown. Things are different in Sweden: lifestyle, architecture, people, language, weather… however, it is not a shock of any kind to come here from Portugal, as different as things are. I arrived on […]
Hello! For whoever not familiar where this article comes from, you can read the first one here. In there, I ask a lot of questions for an evolving documentary film where I have the luxury to have a lot of time to think of. Recently, we made a video teaser-like, in which some of the […]
Hello! As you probably know, lately I’ve doing a lot field recording for Iterance, a documentary I am working on. We have been recording and filming at places that were once functioning factories. All these places are now ruins, so they are partially destroyed with interesting remaining of what once was. While the picture is […]
Hello! I don’t pretend that this post goes under a “career advice” tag, but following my last post from December, and since this is my blog, I know this is a very debated topic, at least in a lot of artist’s minds. This may also concern extremely low budgets, like the payment being what you […]
Last week, audio work for a documentary, from Sérgio Miguel Silva just started and I feel grateful for the opportunity to intervene from the very beginning, as sound will also have an essential role telling stories and portraying voices that the visuals won’t be able to do so at a full extent (although incredibly powerful […]
For anyone building applications with audio for these platforms, having these tests done can be absolutely useful. While what you decide to put in it is up to you, I consider important to at least have a straight notion of what your audio content will sound like through the iPhone or iPad tiny speakers. After […]
Well… this is a blog, right? I need to unburden a little. This year has seen so many up’s and down’s I felt sick many times. When it seemed that my career as a sound designer was kicking in, I got a punch in the face. A heavy one. But I am kind of glad […]
