Just finished placing the last sounds to my most recent project of sound design on the Pixar short: Mike's New Car. This has been one of the most fun things I've had the opportunity to work on in a while. It also allowed me to regain some of my iPhone game music composition back up to par :) Head on over to my audio post section to check it all out!

If it's not apparent enough, I have fallen deeply in love with both "Freelance Whales" and "A Great Big Pile Of Leaves". This week I went to an Appleseedcast show (which was awesome) and Pile of leaves opened and tore the house down! I loved their jumpy stage presence and tightly crafted finger taping. They're also super nice enough to allow you to download their album on the website for free.....I'm also super into Childish Gambino who dropped his first EP at the begining of the year and came out with a pretty tight video for it. Check it...!

Super stoked about my next project. For the next month or so, I'll be completely redesigning the soundscapes of the Pixar short: Mike's New Car. This has always been one of my favorite shorts from Pixar and I can't wait to put my own spin on things. I will be starting with a clean slate and adding in composed music, ADR, and foley. So pumped. Stay tuned for updates...

So it's been awhile since I've last refreshed here on the Last.fm...But as you can see, definitely still in a Jonsi state of mind. Also, really digging The Echelon Effect and loving what this guy does. He posts a lot to his bandcamp and does some schweet remixes to a bunch of post rock bands. February was also the month of album releases from Mountain Standard Time, The Oak Creek Band, and The Tree Ring. You should probably go buy all of them. Jus' sayin.

"This too shall pass" is a proverb indicating that all material conditions, positive or negative, are temporary.

It also happens to be the title to one of my favorite albums from the one am radio and a title track off of ok go's new album of the blue colour of the sky which has two of the most creative music videos I've seen in a while.

If I were ever to get a tattoo, I'd contemplate getting this phrase in some form or another. But then again. Kelly Osborne has already done so. smh.

After all my dreaming, begging, and late night studying, santa finally imported an Italian-made Homebrew setup down the chimney this Christmas. I've been researching this craft for quite some time now and since I finally have all that it takes to begin, I'm going full-stout ahead. My first batch which is currently fermenting will be an amber color medium hop IPA. Still haven't decided on a name for the first draft but time will tell......

A video like this doesn't need much explaining except for the fact that this is what happens when you leave my roommates and I a DSLR, Final Cut Pro, a Neumann U87, and access to well...a good looking guy and girl. We (Kurt Keaner, Kris Oprisch, and I) did everything in 24 hours and can't wait to do it again. We've got some more viral ideas brewing...P.S. Make sure after you hit play to bump up the quality to 1080p instead of 360...

New Music tuesday coming at cha this week fresh off of finals in school! Listen to these guys and you'll get A's too...!

Jonsi seems to have become one of my new favorite artist over the summer and after seeing his live show a couple of months ago...man I'm hooked like a fish. Check out this trailer for his live show documentary coming up and download a free track from that page!

'go live' preview from Jónsi on Vimeo.

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A homage to one of my favorite TV shows out there...It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia.