I have always enjoyed making music on the move, sacrificing the studio, speakers and loads of gear for my Mac Notebook, midi keyboard and a pair of headphones (I used to use Sennheiser 25SP‘s, amazing headphones but I currently use the Audio Technica ATH-M50) and the inspiration you get from being out and about. [...]
Second installment of the Volcom Kills Boredom Dead Ad Campaign, Music and Sound Design by Manpanics. The commercial was Directed by Australian Film Producer Peanut ~3E~ and shot in Sydney, Australia. Volcom’s Grom Surfer and Skater Kyuss King makes another appearance as the funny little man who shows up to inject a little fun into our lives. Directed by Peanut ~3E~ D.O.P. Jordan Maddocks [...]
As a traveling musician/composer its important to keep the weight down on your equipment so I decided it was time to lighten my load and get a smaller midi keyboard. I was using M-Audio‘s Oxygen 8 (replaced by the Oxygen 25), 25 key midi keyboard. It has been great, its built very well for a [...]
Manpanics has just finished the Music and Sound Design for Volcom‘s new Ad Campaign – Kills Boredom Dead. The commercial was Directed by Australian Film Producer Peanut ~3E~ and shot in Sydney, Australia. It features Volcom’s Grom Surfer and Skater Kyuss King from Byron Bay, appearing in a waiting room to smack some fun into [...]
Manpanics has been working with the British Council again on a short film highlighting the work being done by Welsh Active Citizens and their roles in the British Councils Active Citizens Sudan project. The project highlighted in the film aims to improve links between the Cardiff community of Riverside and the Sudanese community of Al Fat’eh. For more information on the [...]
Manpanics has been working with award winning Welsh photographer Gareth Phillips on a short film for the British Council. All the Foley sound was recorded on location and added later in the studio. We also had the opportunity to record a Welsh choir and a member of the Masjid-e-Noor-ul-Islam Mosque in Cardiff. It was also great [...]