Tom Waits, sound designer ❤️🔊

I’m starting a series of weekly narrative sound design tutorials called SOUNDS SIMPLE to share tips from my craft. Working with sound doesn’t need to be complicated, simple techniques can go a long way. So join me & let’s learn to listen better, together: youtu.be/KCf9IYwIYak?si…

Tickets to Resonate Podcast Festival (VPM + ICA Community Media Center) are on SALE! The festival is from 10/25-10/26 in Richmond, VA. AIR members get 75% off the regular ticket price. If ur not an AIR member, join us—for $100 u can get an AIR membership + a Resonate 🎟️. Buy now ow.ly/VRhT50St0zk

I intentionally left vocal fry in my podcast’s audio logo. It’s my natural voice and I’m not going to edit it out or change it, no matter how many judgmental Julies are out there.

Podcasters who aren't musicians: Ever wished you had the ability to create music 4 your show? Now you can. You just need an iOS device w/GarageBand & a $4 music-generation app. Join my Sept AIR workshop to learn how: bit.ly/4cZXMcZ #podcasting #music

Ugh! Not this rabble trying to help you produce your precious little audio docs again! writteninair.com/Pitches

Hey, that’s me! If you’re not a musician, you can still learn to compose and arrange your own music on your iPhone or iPad using 2 apps that cost a total of $4. It’s true! Join me in September to learn how. Here’s a short video overview: youtu.be/FGHAmVvGPWc

Thanks to AIR for highlighting my 90-sec piece, “The Pain.” It’s based on a cassette tape of my great-aunt reciting pain-relief meditations for her back pain. She’s been gone a long time, but I ❤️ hearing her voice & determination. Listen here: ow.ly/mwio50SUai8

audio people! makers of weird sounds and wacky stories! I'm teaching "Building an Audio Sketchbook" with Salt Institute for Documentary Studies once again this fall. break down those creative barriers, strengthen your playful audio practice, and build audio community! cs.meca.edu/osa-081-2-f24-…

New newsletter drop today: bit.ly/3MDJP9f Richard Parks III shares how he crafted my all-time fave sound-design in "The Ballad of Mount Doogie Dowler" ep of Storytime storytimewithseth w/Seth Rogen Man describes grizzly attack, yet no snarling bear sounds are heard! 🧔‍♂️🐻

Coming up 9/27! Music for non-musicians - learn how to make music on your iOS device. You’ll leave the 2-hr workshop with a 1-2 min song for your podcast or other audio work. Join me! soundpath.co/course/create-…

My home state … tells it like it is 😂

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I’m curating a listening event with sound fields and In The Dark Radio in Virginia! ​​Expect chats with dead hamsters, consolations of future selves, some hard truths and softer lies… Big thanks to @kallipearl and Chioke I'Anson for their help making it happen.

There's still room in the iOS music workshop I'm leading tomorrow: Music for Non-Musicians: Create Music on Your iOS Device. All you need is a $4 app + GarageBand (free) on your iPhone or iPad. No musical background needed (really). Join me! soundpath.co/course/create-…

Just returned from the Resonate Podcast Festival at @ICAVCU. The theme was “Telling Stories,” with a blended focus on fiction & nonfiction. My takeaway: audio storytelling survives & thrives, money-bro fuck-ups be damned! Read it all in my newsletter: bit.ly/3YgPkQA

#Noisevember starts today at AirWiggles. The just-for-fun challenge: to create audio every day of the month based on daily prompts. I took part last year & learned tons of new skills on the fly. So I'm at it again. Today's prompt: Rock. I decided to try my hand @ music 🤘🤘