Myriad Black Album Sampler

You can listen here. 
This is from the final demo as I haven't finished the album yet, but mostly everything is there. Enjoy! :)

Flameborn: Shine

Here is a mobile video game I built SFX for. My first opportunity into the video game industry.

http://www.weebly.com/weebly/main.php

Battery Vampire Kickstarter

Hey Everyone,

Check out this battery saving kickstarter project!

#battvamp

The Oddcast: Tales of the Occult, Weird, and Arcane (Episode 5)

The links to the podcast are here.

In the spirit of Halloween, I've decided to do a couple of episodes on creatures. First up is Lovecraft's masterpiece Dagon. Enjoy. :)

The Oddcast: Tales of the Occult, Weird, and Arcane (Episode 4)

This month I tackle Edgar Allen Poe's The Sphinx.

Here are the links:

iTunes link:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/oddcast-tales-occult-weird/id894362709?mt=2

Direct Download: 
http://theoddcastdark.podomatic.com/

The Oddcast: Tales of the Occult, Weird, and Arcane (Episode 3)

Here is the link to my blog (for more info) and the subscribe link! This is the second, and last, installment of the two Kafka short stories, ending with The Vulture. Read by my first guest narrator: Tony Wolf.

Blog: http://www.jonfredette.com/the-daily-earache/the-oddcast-tales-of-the-occult-weird-and-arcane-episode-3

Subscribe:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-vulture-by-franz-kafka/id894362709?i=317444863&mt=2

The Oddcast: Tales of the Occult, Weird, and Arcane Episode 2 Now Up.

Episode 2 of the darkest podcast you've never heard of: The Oddcast: Tales of the Occult, Weird, and Arcane. 

This month, Kafka! 

Here is the direct iTunes Subscribe: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/oddcast-tales-occult-weird/id894362709?mt=2

More Details at my website: http://www.jonfredette.com/the-daily-earache/the-oddcast-tales-of-the-occult-weird-and-arcane-episode-2

The Flaming Lips Release Companion Piece to Dark Side of the Moon

One of my all time favorite bands continue their streak of innovation with a new release. Check it out.

Pump Boys Sound Day - A New Direction

You can read the blog post here.  It will be my last one for a little while. I have to survive April and then graduate in May. :)

Pump Boys and Dinettes

Here is a small article on Pump Boys and Dinettes, my next, and last, show at Triad Stage.

Wu-Tang Clan Trying to Make Artistic Statement

Here is a link to my article. I've provided a little context to the original if you haven't read or seen the news.

Sound Advice: Compression

Here is a blog post on a different way to set a compressor. Listen to the video at the end with headphones for the best effect. And extra points if you can guess the monologue. :)

A Little Piece on What Theater Has Taught Me

Read it here. 

Did iPods Kill Boom Boxes? ...ummm... No. Not by a long shot.

Here are some comments on an odd article by Steve Guttenberg of the typically reliable CNET. Not sure if they're trying to make waves or what.

Sound Advice - 5 Things Sound Has Taught Me About Life

Here is the latest blog post.

The Touch of Sound

Here  is a little blog post on touch and the cost of moving away from the tactile sense.

Pirate on the Poop Deck!

Here is the final version of the audio for this page of the children's book.

Gruesome Playground Injuries - Reflection

Here is a little blog post on my reflections for Gruesome Playground Injuries. Check it out if you've been following the progress of the show.

Let me know your thoughts; I'd love to hear what you have to say about the small things I learned. :)

Top 11 Lo-Fi or Indie Albums

Made a list of my favorite Lo-Fi/Indie records. 

Check it out and leave your own if you feel so inclined. I'm a big fan of low budget recordings, being a home studio musician myself, and the rise of Pono and HD music on the Web got me thinking of, well, the opposite. :)

Neil Young Getting Serious About HD Music

Follow this link to the Forbes article on Pono, Neil Young's new HD music platform. 

What are your thoughts on this? 

Reblog of Designing Sound's Interview with recordist Mark Roberts

Find a link to it through my blog here.  I'd give the link direct, but the interview sparked a few thoughts of my own that I wanted to add to it. 

Gruesome Playground Injuries Moves to Winston This Weekend Only

My show is relocating to the Hanesbrands Theatre in Winston Salem. Check it out. 

Sound 365 - Updates

I've added a couple of tracks that are mid-build to Sound 365 to get caught up. Check them out if here you're interested. 

Signal to Noise and You

Today for Sound Advice I did a little blog post on SNR for the average person. Check it out here!

Sound 365 - Fly Fart

Here is my Sound 365 contribution. Yes, it's a fly farting.

Interactive Theatre of the Future

I wrote a little article on how theatre needs to incorporate modern technology to be able to stay relevant as a modern form of art. Check it out and tell me your thoughts!

Alas, the long tail fails for the struggling musicians...

http://www.jonfredette.com/1/post/2014/03/the-long-tail-of-bs.html

Why Your Audiophile Uncle Might Be From The Future... And That's Ok.

I had some time to ponder the big questions this morning. Check it out here.

Phillip Seymour Hoffman Tribute [Reblog]

http://www.jonfredette.com/1/post/2014/03/phillip-seymour-hoffman-tribute-filmspotting.html

Voice-over recording made easy.

This week's Sound Advice post.

Thunderstruck Cover on Cello

http://www.jonfredette.com/1/post/2014/02/acdc-thunderstruck-on-cello.html

Dr. Who on a Theremin

This is pretty sweet. Check it out.

Gruesome Playground Injuries - Tech

Here is a link to my latest blogpost on Gruesome Playground Injuries.

Ghetto Blasters and Marketing Wattage

Check out my latest blog update:

http://www.jonfredette.com/1/post/2014/02/sound-advice-ghetto-blasters-and-wattage-marketing.html

Anna Christie Preview/Open

Anna Christie is set to open on the 14th at Triad Stage in Greensboro, NC.

We are currently in previews and the show looks great!

http://t.co/36fDQs1hdD

Sound As Design

http://www.jonfredette.com/1/post/2014/02/sound-as-design.html

The Sound Effect Reblog

Here is a great article from The Sound Effect Blog on art and stripping away the pretense of predictability. Simplifying the way we approach art and our expectations for it. 

I think it's interesting how the Web, and I suppose modern times in general, has dulled our senses of art. Overwhelmed and degraded it with 2 minute content and sensational stories available at the click of a button. I wonder, will the Web eventually cause a revitalization of the arts? Reinvigorate our perception of it? Is it already beginning? 

Or will our artistic sensibilities continue its long slow decline? Victim to instant gratification and the pop culture sheen of modernity. 

Sound Design In Gravity Reblog

This is a repost of an original article/interview of the sound designers of Gravity. It was originally posted by The Verge. 

You guys have probably already seen or read it, but I just wanted to reshare because the film did such a phenomenal job with sound. I love the part about guitars underwater and recording with hydrophones. Check it out if you haven't, and read it again if you have. Truly inspiring. :)

Here is the article

Sound 365

Here is my daily contribution to the Sound 365 Project:

https://soundcloud.com/jonfredettesounddesign/the-art-of-shredding

Gruesome Update #2

This is a repost of my main blog at: www.jonfredette.com

So it's been a little while since I've updated anything on the sound design of the show Gruesome Playground Injures, so I figured I'd spend a few minutes and update. The sound design for the show has evolved for the better. According to me, at least. 

Firstly, I should say that Paper Lantern's Gruesome Playground Injuries will have it's preview at Triad Stage in Greensboro on Feb 27 and then opening night on the 28th in the Upstage Cabaret. The show will also run March 13-16 at Hanesbrands Theatre in Winston-Salem, NC. 

Ok. So my basic idea when approaching the sound design was that for those of us who were born or grew up in the 80s, it seems like pop culture has been such a constant force in our lives. I honestly can't tell you what I was doing in 1994, but if you play The Cranberries' Zombie, images of where I was and what I was doing flood my mind. It's just interesting how media act as markers for moments in our lives. We all associate songs or movies with particular instances in our lives. And using that idea, I wanted the scene transitions, which are considered performance art for this particular show (reaching up to 2 minutes in some productions), to be reflective of a person "searching" for the right song in different eras. Since the show takes place over 30 years, and the scenes transitions move us backward and forward through time, I figured an interesting way to accomplish this is to use pop songs as markers for years and have the technology of "seeking" mirror whatever age we are in or are going to. Confused yet? Here is an example: we move from 1994 to 1984. We take Beck's Loser and rewind as a CD Player back to 1989 into The Cure's Lovesong... Lovesong plays for a bit, but it's not what he wants so the Tape rewind takes over and we end up back in 1984. That's All from Genesis is playing, and this is the song he wants so that song carries us into the scene playing on a Cassette deck. So the technology mirrors the age, and the song gives us the date for the scene as well as the emotion going into it. The only complications of this are building a baseline sound for us to live in so the rewinding and fast forwarding (when we go forward) aren't the only sounds there. We need an indicator for the audience that we have entered this "seeking" mode. Right now I'm working with synths and some bass oscillations to fill this void. So, I'll post some audio progress when I have some. 

This is essentially what I've been working on as of lately: How to make the idea and the sound design exist in the same world. It's kind of a fun idea, and I'm catching up on the biggest hits of the last 30 years. 

Which reminds me, if anyone has any recommendations for sounds about hurt, pain or injury, please leave them in the comments section. I'm going to make a mix tape for the preshow, and I'd love to have a collection of everyone's favorite songs on personal injury. Bye for now. :)

History of Sampling

Very cool history of sampling: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crfyvWLLHbQ

Originally posted on Twitter by the very talented @mrlindsayjones