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Red Mango - Rethink Smoothies!

Take a moment to check out the short video I edited a few months ago for Red Mango to help kick off their new Smoothies (which, by the way, I highly recommend)!

Interview with Elite for iStandardProducers.com

Finished editing this yesterday - an interview I did with music producer Elite for iStandardProducers.com.  Elite talks about how he got into music production, his years as an in-house producer for Ruff Ryders, his work with DMX, Jadakiss, J. Cole, and more.

Illmatic: A Journey Into Nas's State of Mind

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website_illmatic.pdf (335 KB)
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This is a throwback essay from 2005 about Illmatic, written during my junior year of college, that tries to understand the different layers of imagery that coexist in the album.  I also really tried to explore how the album's instrumentation converses with & informs the lyrics.  Looking back on it, I think I found it hard to sincerely discuss possible meanings behind the music while keeping the lameness & pretension in my writing to a minimum.  (Not saying I succeeded!  But I did try.)

Trim Mode in Avid vs. FCP

Here's a helpful article that breaks down the differences between Trim modes in Avid and Final Cut Pro.  Pretty useful.

http://www.scottsimmons.tv/articles/trim_tools.html

Avid Media Composer "cheat sheet"

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CheatSheetv1.pdf (1.4 MB)
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Here's a useful reference sheet for those wanting to learn some useful
Avid shortcuts. Apparently Avid used to give something like this away
with their products, but no longer do.

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