Freelance Composer and Sound Designer. Pennsylvania, United States.
#FlashbackFriday #FBF Do you remember our Community Spotlight with David Mieloch?
“I compose original music and create sound effects for all forms of media. I just completed the sound design for a DVD project which features the still art of painter Vladimir Kush, animated and brought to life by Jan Lange.”
Biggest Challenge:
“I started a project called the Absurdist Revolution at West Chester University. The Absurdist Revolution is a performance art event taking place in the theatre of real life. It is designed to combine multiple forms of art in order to generate a unique public experience for participants and passersby alike. This required a lot of forethought into how a hundred people could be organized without any rehearsal.”
Solution:
“The solution was a lot of delegation to dependable people. I met with the heads of each section every week, to keep them up to speed and when it came time for the event, they knew how to communicate with their group exactly what that group needed to know in order to function and nothing more. Although this didn’t stop the police from intervening…“
Favorite Technique:
“When I set out to write a piece of music I take a few moments to think about its purpose and exactly what I want it to do. I then write this paragraph in my journal. With the paragraph written I put headphones on and play the I-Doser Inspiration Brainwave entrainment track which helps one’s brain to synchronize to a state of optimal creativity. After about a half hour of meditating with my purpose, I start writing. Since I began doing this I’ve been generally happy with the core concept of the first or second thing to come out of my brain.”
Favorite Tool:
“I think I’d have to say Sibelius 5. Over the 5 versions of the program I’ve become quite adept at speeding through note entry and engraving. With the addition of Virtual Instrument support in the last version it’s become a great tool with which to manipulate virtual instruments using written notation. My brain likes to see traditional notes and rhythms and not piano roll or lit up boxes, so Sibelius is in most cases my favorite tool for getting the notes down and building the skeleton of the composition. I’ll often clean it up afterwards using a sequencer of some sort.”
Past Work:
“My work has been very eclectic. Throughout school I was writing music for music’s sake [art music], while writing music for musical theatre, modern dance, short student films, and animation. Before school I wrote experimental electronic music and played drums in a metal band, later moving to Philadelphia where I took up Jazz and began studying the Indian hand drum pair called the Tabla. Recently I’ve been concocting a hybrid work that combines IDM style blips and clicks insane drum programming with epic orchestra to accompany virtuoso violinist Ann Fontanella. I’m trying to make something passionate, melodic, and exciting that I can make a riveting stage performance out of. So as you can see I’m not really the guy you can easily categorize, but for somebody who might be looking for a new innovative sound for their project, I just might be the weirdo to figure it out.”
Current Projects:
“Right now I’m doing a variety of different projects. I’m working with a production team to produce our own webisode series, working with Zelda reorchestrated to produce what we hope will become the official Twilight Princess Soundtrack, for sale in stores upon completion, and getting ready to move which is a huge project unto itself.”
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