.: about me

I am a recent graduate of Ex’pression College for Digital Arts with a Bachelors of Applied Science in their Sound Arts program, granted in February 2009. I also hold an Associates of Arts degree in General Education from College of Alameda, granted in May 2006.

.: my passion

My desire to create comes from years of watching behind-the-scenes features of movies. My particular love of foley work came from watching the artists develop the sounds and discovering the creativity it took to come up with some of the more challenging sounds. And yeah, it looked fun! I eventually came across the behind-the-scenes footage from Monsters, Inc. of Billy Crystal and John Goodman doing the additional dialog recording and was captured by the idea of how enjoyable it would be to work with such talented people on the recording side.

While attending school I really enjoyed looking through sound banks. I love putting the puzzle pieces together between the sounds and what's on the screen, which is why I really enjoy sound placement as well.

.: education

Learning to be an engineer (both in studio and live settings), I've learned how to work on various consoles & with Pro-Tools as a recorder and a mixer. On the consoles I learned to record to tape and setup outboard gear. My mastering has been through Pro-Tools and outboard gear.

I feel that the talents and skills I have cultivated while in school are best put toward an assistant engineer position or post-production work. I collaborated with others when it came to organizing mics and inputs, setting up consoles, and putting together audio projects on a timely schedule. I've matured in my organizational skills and with keeping meticulous notes on recordings, track sheets, and input sheets.

I focused a lot of my time on learning how to record ADR and foley in the school's foley pits. I was also able to refine my skills in sound selection when using sound banks and the placement and mixing of those sounds.