Me and John Coursey, playing in High Hearts. Our sound is MASTERED! Thanks to my good friend, John Coursey. He is a bandmate in our project High Hearts, a fellow organizer/activist, and he mastered the sound of Broken On All Sides too. It's awesome to have good people around you, with a wealth of talent from copyediting to music-making to sound mastering. My friends have been critical in the making of this film, and I couldn't have done it without them. John especially has always been really supportive of my artistic work-- especially when I went out on my own and just focused on touring and organizing around Broken On All Sides for a two year stint (2012-2014). My musician friends (my band especially) just wanted to see me succeed, even while I'm sure they were a bit jealous they couldn't be doing the same (stuck in day jobs rather than focusing 24/7 on work they loved/were best at). Well, my two year stint ended, not nearly making enough money for us to live on and plan to start a family. But among our friend circles we have enough resources and talent to really continue making ambitious projects like this one, even as we're "desking by day." And I'm really thankful for that.
John hasn't mastered films prior to Broken On All Sides, but he's done his fair share of high quality home recordings for bands he is in. Without a budget for sound mastering in either film, he's been happy to step in and help out. And we're so glad he did. The sound is really crucial in this (or any) horror film. I'm so psyched at the level we've been able to accomplish on almost no budget. John is going to share his experience and technique doing the no-budget mastering in our Making Of A Dark Souvenir, a doc that has tons of behind-the-scenes footage of the process of making this feature film. Sign up on my mailing list so that you can get free access to the doc and see all the good tips from John and me and others...
I can't wait to see this in a theater with good sound and projection, and be in the audience as everyone jumps!
-MJP
John hasn't mastered films prior to Broken On All Sides, but he's done his fair share of high quality home recordings for bands he is in. Without a budget for sound mastering in either film, he's been happy to step in and help out. And we're so glad he did. The sound is really crucial in this (or any) horror film. I'm so psyched at the level we've been able to accomplish on almost no budget. John is going to share his experience and technique doing the no-budget mastering in our Making Of A Dark Souvenir, a doc that has tons of behind-the-scenes footage of the process of making this feature film. Sign up on my mailing list so that you can get free access to the doc and see all the good tips from John and me and others...
I can't wait to see this in a theater with good sound and projection, and be in the audience as everyone jumps!
-MJP
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