I had the pleasure of providing music for Patch Media‘s spring video on cherry blossoms! Lovely footage. The track is 2015 (feat. Jed Lingat, Rod Mast, Perry Cowdery & Radhika Bhatt) from Space Between Stuff. Big thanks to Ryan Sartor for reaching out and supporting local artists.
Category: Music
Animation: Blue Habits Campaign
I had the privilege to work with Innovage Studios to score an animation for the Blue Habits Campaign, a behavioral study performed in collaboration by Stanford University and Oceanic Society.
Blue Habits are small acts of consciousness that promote a healthier planet, something as simple as bringing your own shopping bags to the grocery store, or abstaining from single-use plastics. Today, more than any other time in humanity’s brief history on the planet, we need to show more respect for our natural Earth, and do more to preserve it for future generations of all species.
I’m really excited to have been involved in the production of an animation, and I hope I get to do more work with animation in the future. Big thanks to Alex Yamamoto for being such a flexible and understanding collaborator.
Video: Futura Downs High
Futura Downs High is an audio-video production meant to inspire
dialogue about one of the most difficult, wonderful, confusing time in
a person’s life: high school. Guests weave through six sets,
eavesdropping on each of the six characters’ private thoughts.
Music from Portraits EP.
Premiere @ The Loft, Culpeper, VA
Friday, May 6 – Sunday, May 8
www.futuradownshigh.com
Video: 2015 Cinematography Reel – Elliot Blumber
Long time friend and collaborator Elliot Blumberg‘s 2015 cinematography reel. It’s always a pleasure to work with this man. Music from See You Around The Moon EP.
Album: See You Around The Moon – EP
See You Around The Moon – EP is now available on iTunes for purchase!
Composed and produced in the final weeks of 2015, this short collection of songs features the talents of Ryan Selove (guitar), Jed Lingat (electric bass), Radhika Bhatt (trumpet, vocals), Morrison Mast (percussion), and Rod Mast (trumpet) with a cameo appearance by the members of Fatkid. The titular track, See You Around The Moon, features percussion samples from Redmoon’s Boneshaker Halloween Party and is dedicated to all the amazing people I worked with during my time there as a crew member.
Album artwork created in collaboration with Morrison Mast (photo) and Zachary Klaus (graphic design).
Big thanks to Ryan Selove for spending so much time working on this project with me.
Single: Venetian Corridors
Greetings from Albania! Here’s a song that I wrote a couple of nights ago while staying in Venice.
Video: Below Jaws
Behold! Underwater footage of waves from Jaws surf break in Hawaii! Shot and edited by Michael Donohoe with music from my latest album, Space Between Stuff.
Documentary: I Will Go Back Tonight
This year I had the privilege of scoring Kara Frame’s short documentary, I Will Go Back Tonight, a moving piece which investigates the lives of six veterans living with post traumatic stress disorder, “a natural reaction to an unnatural situation.” This short documentary is as intimate as it is visceral, delving into the darkness and tragedy of war as it lingers on, pervading the lives of those involved and their loved ones. I urge you to watch and listen to the stories of these men and women, and to give thanks for their continued service to the people of the United States of America.
Documentary: Armila
The people of Guna Yala are strong, beautiful, nurturing, amicable, and tuned to the songs of life by the sea. Having lived in Guna Yala myself several years ago I had a very close connection with this documentary which was masterfully shot and edited by Elliot Blumberg, and I was honored to provide the score.
“Armila is a 600-person village in the indigenous Guna Yala region of Panama. Regional pride is ubiquitous, but as Western customs, technologies and ideals are adopted by the people, parts of their culture erode under economic and technological pressures. No one opposes access to vaccines, electricity or more durable building materials, but exposure to mass media, plastic and the almighty dollar has forever changed the ancient culture in just a few short decades.
This film explores the tension points between indigenous and Western culture in this community – it juxtaposes the dualities that exist in the village and measures the impact of their collision on Guna society and the surrounding environment.”
Documentary: He’s a Fighter
He’s A Fighter, the story of Antoine “Action” Douglas, was just awarded finalist by 58th Cine Golden Eagle Awards. Check out all the other finalists, and watch He’s A Fighter, directed by Oliver Conteras, produced by Susan Hale Thomas, and written by Caroline Lacey and Elliot Blumberg! Big thanks to these four for including me in this project.
Here’s some of the other awards we’ve received:
-1st. Place. Team multimedia. Northern Short Course in Photojournalism. NPPA 2014.
-Outstanding Local Film, DC Short Festival.
-1st. Place. Multimedia/Video PND EDU. Student Photo Contest 2015
-Official Selection 2014, Langston Hughes African American Film Festival
-Official Selection Charlotte Black Film Festival
Terrill Mast 