jonno128
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
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| Location | Marietta, GA |
| Introduction | I am a junior at Brown University concentrating in Modern Culture and Media. I want my work to be related to my passions somehow, but my experience with my interests is far from "professional." How do I make these things more than just hobbies? I have become an increasingly obsessed sound engineer since Fall 2008, and since then most of what I have learned about sound design has been derived from the internet. I started by messing with Reason 4's software synths and got so immersed in the world of electronic music creation I just had to get Ableton Live and Absynth 4 later on in Summer '09. While there's still much to work on, I've come a long way from "just messing around." I make the soundtracks to my own films, and maybe one day I'll be good enough to make a profit out of my sound-engineering efforts. I am also an avid movie lover and a student filmmaker. While Brown doesn't offer a robust film program, the MCM Department is an open-minded alternative in comparison to other programs in this country. Whether it's in the entertainment industry or with some other form of emerging media, I hope to impact other media-makers or audience members. |
| Interests | Film/Video; Sound Design, Ableton Live, Absynth 4; music; digital media; entrepreneurship |
| Favorite movies | Jeez this list could go on and on... off the top of my head right now: Solaris, Apocalypse Now, 28 Days Later, The 39 Steps, Vertigo, The Thin Red Line |
| Favorite music | Waaaay too much good music out there to be specific. I've been listening to a lot of electronica sub-genres lately, from jamtronica to ambient. But I love other stuff too! |
| Favorite books | The Velveteen Rabbit, The River of Doubt, Black Hawk Down...this list also goes on for a while. |