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MUSIC EDIT: DC GROUP HOLIDAY GREETING

HAPPY HOLIDAYS! I got to do a teeny music edit on this wintry greeting from The DC Group, commemorating the company’s support of the Atlantic Hurricane Season Recovery Fund.

As often happens, my job was to make it sound like no work had been done at all. The fade-out of the music was originally a transition into another part, and the extant fadeout didn’t seem to resolve in a satisfying way. I lengthened the final chord, eventually bringing in a piano note from a virtual instument library to add a bit of helft to the resolution.

Thanks to Snap Communications for the opportunity. All the best to you and yours this holiday season!

SOUND DESIGN + MUSIC LAYER BY LAYER: HOLIDAY CARD 2018

Above: a layer-by-layer presentation of my sound edit, musical composition and mix on the animated holiday card that Caitlin Cadieux and I put together at the end of 2018. This video isolates voiceover (performed by me) + background, sound effects, and music (which I composed), finally playing back all the elements mixed together.

Here’s the complete holiday card if you want to see/ hear it.

More sound design and music by Mike Hallenbeck for animation

More animation by Caitlin Cadieux