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This project reached the deadline without achieving its funding goal on April 29, 2010.
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I was born in Silver Spring, Maryland.
My parents play a lot of music. One time I had a dream about a song. The next day I plunked it out on the piano in the living room. My mom asked me how I knew the love song my dad had written for her before they got married.
In high school I played in a band. We played a lot on the docks of Old Town Alexandria, Virginia.
In college I studied film at NYU. My focus was on sound and animation.
After college I apprenticed with sound mastercraftsman Bern Hayden.
Four years ago I opened up Silver Sound (www.silversound.us) with Robin Shore.
Now I'm sound engineering, and working on producing THE CHAMPION: an animated musical comedy that concerns William, a young publishing-house employee, who risks losing love in a quest to fulfill his ambition. My mom wrote it. It is a beautiful story. It has some of the most beautiful music I've ever heard in my life. It is my quest to complete this movie and share it with the world.
Thanks Matthew! I showed my mom your post and she smiled bigger than I though was possible!
I'm really excited about this project, and not only because of my connection to a couple of people working on it. There's a great story, which is backed up by a great sound with some gorgeous music! Not to mention the look. With the rough sketches here so far, the characters have visually come alive in my head! When completed, this will be a joy to see, and i can't wait! Keep up the great work!