Thanks for visiting my examples page. Below you’ll find a variety of music, podcast, film scoring and audio for picture examples that I’ve worked on over the last 20 years. Feel free to reach out to me via my contact page if you’re interested in working with me on your next project.

PODCASTS…

Loss and Found Productions, The UnRecovering: Historical, heartfelt, tragic, beautiful storytelling, driven by character actors, music and sound design

This first example is an epic podcast called, “The UnRecovering” and the first episode is, “Recovering Julio”. I performed the sound design, wrote and performed the music and mixed the episode. Best enjoyed with headphones.

More about the episodes can be found at lossandfoundproductions.com.

What happens when you piece together a story about a life that ended suddenly? A visit to the scene of the loss leads the narrator to uncover a story about her grandfather, a Polish Jew wanted by Hitler, trailed by J. Edgar Hoover, and whose life intersected with FDR. Misfiled archives, previously unknown research, and other finds help her assemble the puzzle pieces of secrets in this third-generation suicide investigation told against the backdrop of World War II.

Episode 2 of “The Un/Recovering” is now available. This is the story of Camilla Metal Brinkman’s father, Ned. It’s a fascinating continuation of the story that is endearing and powerful. I hope you enjoy episode 2. More about the episode can be found at lossandfoundproductions.com.

FILM SCORING…

MUSIC…

Below are a number of music examples. All were produced, engineered and mixed by me and I was also a co-writer on a number of them. “Smart Kids” is a duo-band I’m in with the extraordinarily talented Jeff Knowlton. “The Wild Sea” (formerly “Amusia”) is a band I played in for many years that was led by my genius brother Todd and the exceptionally great singer, Ruth Anzalone. They were the songwriters and for art pop, it’s about as good as it gets.

POST PRODUCTION SOUND FOR PICTURE…

Lego Brands: Rebrickulous: Youthful, fun, energetic and sometimes chaotic!

From January of 2018 through March of 2020, I worked on the extremely popular and hilarious Lego Brands, YouTube show, “Rebrickulous” for IndieWhip. I mixed 89 of the 137 episodes. For most part, it was one per week, non-stop for two years. While the channel shows just over a million views, some of the episodes have been watched more than 3 million times, putting the total number of views above 100 million views for the series.

The biggest challenges were always the environments, as the hosts and guests wore wireless lav mics while doing pranks and builds, all while finding themselves in the craziest of situations. This included Lego building challenges while in stunt airplanes, on zip-lines, in dune buggies, in helicopters, in water, on boats - you name it. I had live production dialog to sort and make intelligible while keeping the energy high and the music loud. Add piles of sound FX tracks to the chaos and I had my work cut out for me each week.

On top of all of that, there were also some extremely tight deadlines and varying workflows, which made this some of the most challenging work of my career, but it was also some of the most rewarding. Below are a few examples of that show and you can find the rest of them by clicking here. These are certainly worth a watch, just for the comedy alone.

Bose, BOSEbuild Speaker Cube: Fun, light, driven by sound design and music

In this next video, I was hired to sound design, perform Foley, add sound effects and mix this piece for IndieWhip and their client, Bose. It seems simple the first time you watch it, but everything you hear are sound effects I recorded and Foley that I performed - the birds, footsteps, the coffee maker (where would I ever find that sound?), the cabinet door, the speaker assembly sounds, the test sounds as well the final “audio test” sound. Nothing was recorded on set, except the ending conversation, which was captured with an on-camera mic due to an audio recording failure. Without the possibility of an ADR session, I had to make it at least intelligible and hopefully, seamless and convincing.

WPI: “Innovate Everything” Admissions Video: Fun, energetic, motivational, interesting

In this video, I added natural sound, effects and mixed the audio for BC Media Productions and their client, WPI. This 12 minute video was shot around the globe in a huge variety of indoor and outdoor locations and each presented challenges. I added Foley and backgrounds throughout the piece to connect the viewers to the locations, while minimizing distractions. Because it was shot in many locations, another challenge was getting a consistent and cohesive sound for the whole piece, so that it felt comforting. The goal was to never let the sound “take you out” of the moment. This was a huge undertaking and I’m really proud of the results.

UKG, Future of Work: Light, inspiring, workplace comfort, driven by sound design

On this next one, I worked as the sound supervisor, foley artist, sound designer and re-recording mixer. There are literally hundreds of tracks in this excellent video for BC Media Productions and their client, UKG (United Kronos Group).

Amazon, AR View: High energy, inspirational, driven by music

For this video, I was hired as the Music Supervisor and mix engineer. I added some additional music elements to the track as well as a few sound FX for BC Media Productions and their client, Amazon.

 Bose, From A Wave and Secret Sauce: Educational, fun, scientific, driven by sound effects and music

There are two videos below that I worked on for IndieWhip and their client, Bose. I was hired to produce, engineer and mix the song, "Sound of Your Heart”, perform the sound design and final mixes on the pieces as well as serve as a technical consultant on-set and throughout the post process. The results were driven by a truly collaborative effort between the client, producers and post team. I worked closely with everyone, especially in the post process to really nail how the sounds and graphics had to function as one. I sometimes felt like this was the perfect project for me to work on as it brought together my background in music, sound, music composition, producing, engineering and mixing music in recording studios (and at this very studio, Q Division, in Somerville, MA) as well as my audio for picture experience. This was one of the toughest, yet most enjoyable projects I’ve worked on to date.

Total Loss: A Comedy Special About Death by Will Martin: Funny, heartwarming, standup comedy performance

In the description on YouTube, Will says: My car died, my friend died, my new car died, then my brother died. The story became Total Loss: a tale of road trips, diner coffee, and a dive bar in Montana. The Boston Globe calls it an "hour of joyous, transgressive, and beautiful comedy." I hope you dig it. It was a joy to make.

I know that I certainly couldn’t have enjoyed working on this special any more than I did. I was there for recording, assisting my colleague Jim Theodore, who was the location sound mixer on this one and then I worked as the post production audio mixer for the video itself.

This mix required a careful approach to the sound design, which had to deliver a combination that would support the laughs and energy of a standup performance, but it also needed to feel warm, inviting and at times, very serious too. I’m proud of this one and I hope you’ll take some time to enjoy Will’s incredible storytelling ability and warm humor. This is one of my all-time favorite comedy performances, and it’s also incredibly moving.

If you’ve read this far, I hope you’ll stop and watch at least a few minutes of Will’s great show.