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An audio engineer, also called audio technician, audio technologist, recording engineer, sound engineer, sound operator, or sound technician, is a specialist in a skilled trade that deals with the use of machinery and equipment for the recording, mixing and reproduction of sounds. The field draws on many artistic and vocational areas, including electronics, acoustics, psychoacoustics, and music. An audio technician is proficient with different types of recording media, such as analog tape, digital multitrack recorders and workstations, and computer knowledge. With the advent of the digital age, it is becoming more and more important for the audio technician to be versed in the understanding of software and hardware integration from synchronization to analog to digital transfers.
Audio engineering concerns the creative and practical aspects of sounds and music, in contrast with the formal engineering discipline known as acoustical engineering. Producer, engineer, mixer Phil Ek has described audio engineering as the "technical aspect of recording—the placing of microphones, the turning of pre-amp knobs, the setting of levels. The physical recording of any project is done by an engineer... the nuts and bolts." Many recording engineers also invented new technology, equipment and techniques, to enhance the process and art.
Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta (/ˈstɛfəniː dʒʌrməˈnɑːtə/ STE-fə-nee jurr-mə-NAH-tə; born March 28, 1986), known by her stage name Lady Gaga, is an American singer and songwriter. Born and raised in New York City, she primarily studied at the Convent of the Sacred Heart and briefly attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts before withdrawing to focus on her musical career. She began performing in the rock music scene of Manhattan's Lower East Side, and was signed with Streamline Records by the end of 2007. During her employment as a songwriter for the record company, her vocal abilities captured the attention of recording artist Akon, who signed her to his label Kon Live Distribution.
Lady Gaga came to prominence as a recording artist following the release of her debut album The Fame (2008), which was a critical and commercial success that topped charts around the world and included the international number-one singles "Just Dance" and "Poker Face". After embarking on the The Fame Ball Tour, she followed the album with The Fame Monster (2009), which spawned the worldwide hit singles "Bad Romance", "Telephone" and "Alejandro". The album's success allowed her to embark on the eighteen-month long Monster Ball Tour, which later became one of the highest-grossing concert tours of all time. Her most recent album Born This Way (2011) topped the charts of most major markets and generated more international chart-topping singles, including "Born This Way", "Judas" and "The Edge of Glory". Besides her musical career, she involves herself with humanitarian causes and LGBT activism.
Actors: Jason Newman (actor), Hugo Vargas-Zesati (composer), Daniel Tarr (miscellaneous crew), Molly Routt (producer), Vincent Van Horn (composer), Scott Mason (miscellaneous crew), Ashley Barnhill (actress), Lily Walker (costume designer), Austin Tolin (editor), Austin Tolin (producer), Austin Tolin (writer), Austin Tolin (director), Tj McFarland (actor), Tj McFarland (producer), Tj McFarland (writer),
Genres: Drama, Music, Short,Actors: Regina Mocey (actress), Daniel Luján (actor), Anthony Fitzgerald (actor), Michael B. Hoggan (writer), Michael B. Hoggan (writer), Michael B. Hoggan (editor), Michael B. Hoggan (producer), Michael B. Hoggan (producer), Orlando McNary (actor), Doug Purcell (actor), Karen Agnes (actress), Rachel Friedland (producer), Noa Dori (composer), Jody Cosgrove-Kao (actress), Kevin Teasley (actor),
Plot: Solitary Milieu, pursues a definition or discovery regarding space, particularly that of private space. The project is narrative in design for the purpose of framing a private space. In its final form the video piece will be projected on 3 video screens next to each other in sync from 3 video projectors. The dramatic emphasis will shift from a screen (or character) to another screen (or character) to lead the viewer into the private space of each individual character.
Genres: Fantasy, Short,Actors: Stephen Nemeth (producer), Alanis Morissette (actress), Rich Bokides (miscellaneous crew), Joan Scheckel (miscellaneous crew), Kevin McCorkle (actor), Rosemary Harris (actress), Jayme Bohn (costume designer), Scott Wilson (actor), Elena Rogovsky (miscellaneous crew), John Prosky (actor), Frank Collison (actor), Joseph D. Reitman (actor), Jonathan Scarfe (actor), Gregory George Frank (actor), Jon Tenney (actor),
Plot: Berkeley record store clerk Nick Brady (Jonathan Scarfe) begins to experience strange visions from an entity he calls VALIS that cause him to uproot his family and move to Los Angeles where he becomes a successful music company executive. With the help of best friend, science-fiction writer Philip K. Dick himself (Shea Whigam) and a mysterious woman named Silvia (Alanis Morissette), Nick finds himself drawn into a dangerous political-mystical conspiracy of cosmic proportions. The story is set in an alternate reality America circa 1985 under the authoritarian control of President Fremont, a Nixon-like clone (Scott Wilson).
Keywords: alternate-reality, alternative-reality, author, based-on-novel, big-brother, blonde, california, doctor, friend, hallucinationActors: Rena Owen (actress), Wynter Blathwayt (miscellaneous crew), Simon Westaway (actor), Dean O'Gorman (actor), Cushla Dillon (editor), Jon Brazier (actor), Kirsty Cameron (costume designer), Jodie Rimmer (miscellaneous crew), Nancy Brunning (actress), Sian Clement (miscellaneous crew), Karl Burnett (actor), Garth Maxwell (director), Garth Maxwell (writer), Peter Wells (writer), John Dybvig (actor),
Plot: Between getting trashed, tripping, blowing guys off and writing songs, Mark falls for Stephen. Fig and Sally put perform Marks songs between casual sex with anyone and everyone. Katie is a few-hit wonder who hit rock-bottom in L.A and returns to New Zealand to patch her life back together. Stephen, Mark and Katie branch out for a slumber party at a beach house of their better days. Fig and Sally arrive, and not long after Eddie arrives also (Katies American guy). Mark stops running away from Stephens love, Katie and Eddie get engaged and Fig and Sally ... have sex?
Keywords: aging, alcohol, beach, bisexuality, gay-interest, gay-kiss, gay-relationship, guitar, homosexual, independent-filmActors: Robert Forster (actor), Christopher McDonald (actor), Dale Dye (actor), Leland Orser (actor), Tuesday Knight (actress), Tuesday Knight (actress), Dennis Friedland (producer), Ivan Kane (actor), William Wallace (producer), William Wallace (actor), Roberta Friedman (producer), Benjamin Gruberg (producer), Greg Smith (producer), Bill Winkler (actor), Steve Parrish (actor),
Genres: Thriller,Actors: Garry Goodrow (actor), Rosanna Norton (costume designer), John Franco (miscellaneous crew), Tom Scott (composer), Albert Salmi (actor), Bill Mumy (actor), Laura Summer (actress), Gregory Itzin (actor), Monique Gabrielle (actress), Harry Northup (actor), Ken Ryan (miscellaneous crew), Larry Peerce (director), Rob Hedden (miscellaneous crew), Ellen Adolph (miscellaneous crew), Tracy Brooks Swope (actress),
Plot: Details the efforts of a pop-rock star (James Roberts / Rick Springfield) to win the love of a woman he meets in a car accident. None of the usual gambits work on this woman, who has never heard of him. Complications arise involving the ex-girlfriend Nicky, who is still in his band. Lots of Springfield tunes help the plot along.
Keywords: 80s-music, airport, airport-terminal, ambulance, automobile-accident, bare-butt, bra-less, compilation-music-score, concealed-nudity, concertActors: Ferd Sebastian (producer), Ferd Sebastian (writer), Beverly Sebastian (writer), Beverly Sebastian (director), Beverly Sebastian (producer), Ben Sebastian (actor), Smokey Huff (actor), Smokey Huff (composer), Mark Durbin (actor), Tray Loren (actor), Frankie Nixon (miscellaneous crew), Tray Loren (actor), Perry Morris (actor), Richie King (actor), Tony Rista (actor),
Plot: This horror movie begins with rock star Billy Eye (Tray Loren) losing his sanity and killing his colleagues at a recording studio. Billy is tried, found guilty and executed. The woman who testified against him at his murder trial is a successful singer with a group called Rocktober Blood. Two years have gone by, and just when she thinks the horror of the murder case is dead and buried, someone that looks a lot like Billy starts to terrorize her.
Keywords: bathtub, blood, blood-stain, bubble-bath, cemetery, coffin, concert, corpse, cruelty, cut-into-piecesActors: Mary Crosby (actress), Celeste Holm (actress), William Marquez (actor), Carolyn Jones (actress), Stu Phillips (composer), Jerrold L. Ludwig (writer), Susan Tyrrell (actress), Jim Haynie (actor), DeForest Covan (actor), Dennis Berry (producer), Ivan Nagy (director), Tony Lorea (actor), Gary Frank (actor), Robert Watts (editor), Shecky Greene (actor),
Genres: Thriller,Actors: Deborah Raffin (actress), Ben Frommer (actor), Phill Norman (miscellaneous crew), Debra Hill (miscellaneous crew), John Steadman (actor), Stu Krieger (writer), Stu Krieger (writer), Cassandra Gava (actress), Earl Watson (editor), Wolfman Jack (actor), Ernie Fuentes (actor), Bruce Baum (actor), Noel De Souza (actor), Bruce Paul Barbour (actor), J. Daniel Dusek (producer),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Billy Wayne (actor), Herb Vigran (actor), George Meader (actor), Emerson Treacy (actor), Phil Silvers (actor), Michael Ross (actor), Edmond O'Brien (actor), Little Richard (actor), Frank J. Scannell (actor), Milton Parsons (actor), Henry Jones (actor), Henry Kulky (actor), Milton Frome (actor), Juanita Moore (actress), Jayne Mansfield (actress),
Plot: A down-and-out gangster hires an alcoholic press agent to make his blonde bombshell girlfriend a recording star in 6 weeks. But what is he going to do when he finds out that she has no talent? And what is going to happen when the two fall in love?
Keywords: alcoholic, apostrophe-in-title, based-on-novel, blonde-bombshell, breaking-the-fourth-wall, contraction-in-title, cult-film, gangster, laundry-drying-on-clothes-line, manager