Sundahta Music

04/09/2019

Setra's new single is out! It's available at all the usual suspects, iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, etc. Grab yours today! And check out her new video!

03/19/2017

What is sound? It's the creaking wooden slat at the top of the stairs that makes you bolt upright in bed in the middle of the night because nobody's supposed to be in the house except you. It's the gentle lapping of the waves against the shore, lulling you to sleep. It's the cello that grows in intensity as the violins rise, letting you know something's about to happen. Sound lets you turn away from the screen to grab another handful of popcorn and still know what's going on in the movie.

A lot of new filmmakers take sound for granted; don't give it the attention it deserves. Mostly because they're... well... They're new filmmakers. I've been working with some of those new filmmakers lately, and I'm writing this because, as my grandmother was fond of saying, "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."

I've always had super sensitive hearing. When I ask someone, "what was that sound," their response, eight times out of ten, is "what sound? I didn't hear anything." So it makes sense that, in addition to creating music for songs, I would add sound editing and foley to my repertoire.

I just finished doing sound editing for a project. Unfortunately, I was not present during the recording process. I was brought in as the cleanup crew. But, as this instructional video by Lights Film School states, "you can't make a bad recording sound great." You can make it sound better, which I did, but why settle for sounding better when your film can sound great with the right equipment and preparation.

It's my hope that, armed with the proper tools and information and stories worth telling, you'll go out into the world and create films that not only look great, but will sound amazing as well!

https://youtu.be/BWN3RJGUetk

Learn more: http://www.lightsfilmschool.com/sound-design-course/ In this online tutorial on sound design for film and documentary we explore the importance o...

02/21/2017

Glad to be finished editing, scoring and adding sound effects to Kansas St, the movie. This coming Friday it will air at the Hollywood Black Film Festival at AMC Theater in Marina Del Rey.
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10/23/2016

I'll be posting some clips here of projects I've worked on, so check back soon!

08/24/2015

Just received the rough draft of a short film I'll be doing sound editing and scoring for. Nice that someone else is so confident of my skills that they've already included my name in the credits before I've even done the work! Haha!