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Sporty Sound Design
This past month we did the sound design for this bumpin' ASU promo that ran on ESPN2 during the ASU / ULM game on October 19. Scott did some really rad sfx work to create the ratcheting sounds that mark the Transformers-ish action early in this video. Without giving too much away I'll just mention that guns were involved and leave it at that. Speaking of sports and sound design, have you seen the Dock Ellis & The LSD No-No video produced by No Mas???!!! Yowza! First off, it's an amazing story. But this video is the stuff! Great a

PODCAST PREMIER! Pedal Talk Vol. 1
At long last we've launched Pedal Talk, our new podcast devoted to talking about magic and mischievous guitar effects pedals. In this installment we focus on a quartet of stomp boxes currently residing in the esteemed pedal-board of Chris Michaels. Check it, in this episode we demo: • MXR Carbon Copy Analog De

The Anthologist: A Mixtape
TRACKLIST: COLDPLAY - Viva La Vida LUDACRIS - Money Maker RAY LAMONTAGNE - Saved By A Woman iiO - Rapture (Armin Van Buuren Remix) HARRY NILSSON - Zombie Jamboree (Back to Back) RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS - Dani California ROOT BOY SLIM - Boogie 'Til You Puke SLAID CLEAVES - Sinner's Prayer SINEAD O'CONNOR - She Moved Through The Fair THE DAMNWELLS - I Will Keep The Bad Things From You So what rhyming poems do is they take all these nearby sound curves and remind you

Sonic Trash

Corporate Anthem FAIL
The assignment: write and record a school song/national anthem for a sports team that sounds like a huge men's chorus. Demo it up in less than a week. We really had fun doing it. We listened to a lot of school songs. Sellout came up with the composition. Singers were hired. We had a concert band standing by to replace the demo instruments. But as is often the case, now it's dead. And while we can't share the whole thing with you, here's a little taste. Stay with it. Behind-the-scenes with singers can be a little scary. And yes, that hat I'm wearing makes me look like a itinerant NASCAR fan.