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Room Tone

Friday, March 20, 2009

Yesterday was a mix of interesting, fun and just plain tiring. The documentary production company I’m working for is doing the last round of talking head interviews for their most recent project. I carried and set up a lot of equipment, a green screen, lighting and the such.  One moment in the day stuck out [...]

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Ugh, I want to play some keys!

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Warning! Life Post: I put my MIDI controllers and my upright piano into storage before heading to New York and I’m hurting now. I’m in a temporary living situation and I wasn’t about to bring the whole calvary. And in true Merrel fashion, I’m scattered as usual! Entrenched in multiple creative endeavors, but now I [...]

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Take a Little Time…

Saturday, June 7, 2008

photo credit: digital_studio_japan Man, have I been on an 80′s synthpop kick! I recently picked up the Les Rythmes Digitales album “Darkdancer” and though it was produced in the late 1990′s it owes much of its groove to 80′s synthpop. The music echoes bands like The Human League and Yellow Magic Orchestra. Listening to these [...]

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Camera Damage – It could have been worse!

Sunday, May 18, 2008

Last month I dropped my Sony PD170. Functionally, the camera is sound, I’ve and shot several additional hours of video since the drop. Though the casing for my wide-angle lens took a beating, the brunt of the impact was absorbed by the viewfinder. It’s a detachable piece – and I’m looking for the specific model [...]

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