Hello Everyone,
If you need some quiet time/focus music tonight, come join us for Music To Draw To Session 207. 8pm-10pm EDT. You can save your spot at the link above.
You can also replay any previous sessions at crowdcast.io/@kidkoala
Bring your art supplies or just tune in and chill!
See you soon!
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2025-03-17 21:16:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Everyone!
Tune in tonight if you need some quiet time music. 8pm-10pm EDT
You can save your spot at the link above!
You can also replay any previous session at crowdcast.io/@kidkoala
See you soon!
e
2025-03-10 14:57:40 +0000 UTC View PostHey Everyone!
Here's something I saw at Tower Records! A whole section of Björk albums on cassette! Quick question! How many of you here on patreon currently have an operational cassette player?? Please fill in the poll and let us know!
Thank you!
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Hey Everyone!
Back in the lab continuing turntable work on some new Deltron tracks. Starting with some vocal scratches and then moving on to harmony layers! Stay tuned!
E
2025-02-27 23:44:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Everyone!
Come join us tonight for Music To Draw To Session 205. 8pm-10pm EST. You can save your spot at the link above!
You can also replay any previous session at crowdcast.io/@kidkoala
Bring your art supplies or just tune in and chill!
See you soon!
e
2025-02-24 22:37:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Everyone!
Just got back from a whirlwind trip to Berlinale Film Festival, where we had our world premiere of the Space Cadet animated feature!
It was the loveliest time! Stoked to have been able to share the finished film with an audience of filmgoers of all ages at the festival!
The day we arrived, there was a welcome gala/opening ceremony of the festival at the Berlin...
Hi Everyone!
If you need some focus music tonight, come join us for Music to Draw to Session 204! Streaming live from the studio in Montreal. 8pm-10pm EST. You can save your spot at the link above!
You can also replay any previous sessions at crowdcast.io/@kidkoala
Bring your art supplies and see you soon!
e
2025-02-10 20:35:39 +0000 UTC View PostHey Everyone!
Maybe it's just me, but inspiration for live shows often strikes me in diners for some reason, especially those with paper place mats! I don't know what it is! Maybe it's the lighting, the AM radio playing over the speakers, the clinking of plates and low level conversations from diners at the other booths. At any rate, maybe it's the mix of winding down from a run of shows. The mind quiets a little... and then all of a sudden, I'm asking if I can borrow a pen to franti...
2025-02-07 03:42:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Everyone!
If you need some quiet time music tonight, come join us for Music To Draw To Session 203! 8pm-10pm EST tonight. Streaming live from the studio in Montreal. You can save your spot at the link above.
You can also replay any previous sessions at crowdcast.io/@kidkoala
Bring you art supplies!
See you soon!
e
2025-02-03 19:04:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Everyone!
If you need some quiet time music on Monday, come join us for Music To Draw To Session 202. You can save your spot at the link above!
You can also replay any previous sessions at crowdcast.io/@kidkoala
See you tomorrow!
e
2025-01-27 00:24:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Everyone!
As seen the photo above, we've been here in the edit suite finalizing the film for final export! Above is a pic of our wonderful film producer, Ginette Petit pondering, "What should the poster look like for the Berlinale Film Festival??"
Soooo I need your help to choose your fav poster ideas out of this batch that we just got from the folks at the publicity department. These ...
2025-01-17 21:36:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi Everyone!
If you need some quiet time music tonight, come join us for Music To Draw To Session 201. 8pm-10pm EST. You can save your spot at the link above!
You can also replay any previous sessions at crowdcast.io/@kidkoala
Bring your art supplies! See you soon!
e
2025-01-13 18:50:23 +0000 UTC View PostHello!
Hope everyone is having a good new year so far! The holidays were fun and I'm back in the studio recording the last 5 cues for the film score.
Just dropping a quick line to update the coupon code at the store for the New Fun Tier patrons!
This new coupon code is :
herewego
You can apply that code in the coupon field to get 25% off your order at kidkoala.com/shop
We have restocked so...
2025-01-05 19:21:07 +0000 UTC View PostHello Everyone!
Hope everyone's holiday is going great!
I wanted to let you know that work has begun on the next album! It will be a collection of (very) uptempo electro-turntable tracks (currently 10 tracks) that will be integrated into one of my favorite live events that we have hosted over the past several years... Robot Dance Party!
I thought it would be kinda fun if the album included some sort of zoetrope kit that could act as a mirrored zoetrope/disco ball. So you c...
2024-12-28 22:25:00 +0000 UTC View PostHey Everyone!
Here is some behind the scenes footage from our re-recording mix session from this past week. We have been going through each scene of the film and balancing sound effects, atmosphere and music. In this clip, I had added some subtle music flourishes on vibraphone and bells to add a little sting to some "magic" moments in the film. I am working with our re-recording engineer Gavin Fernandes o...
2024-12-22 18:58:13 +0000 UTC View Post
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200! Come join us for Music To Draw To Session 200 if you need some focus music tonight! 8pm-10pm EST. Bring your sketchbooks! You can save your spot at the link above.
You can also replay any previous sessions at crowdcast.io/@kidkoala
See you soon!
e
2024-12-16 15:14:56 +0000 UTC View PostHey Everyone!
Just a quick update! We are working on the final mix of the Space Cadet animated feature this/next week!
Having a rad time at Premium Sound studio working with mix engineer Gavin Fernandes on the mix of the film. We are going through each scene and doing the final balancing of music, atmospheric/environment sounds and foley.
Today we worked on one of the scenes in Celeste's spaceship. It was quite the sonically dense music cues which included literally hund...
2024-12-12 00:26:19 +0000 UTC View Post
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We're back! Come join us for some quiet time/focus music tonight. 8pm-10pm EST. Bring your creative projects! You can save your spot at the link above!
You can also replay any previous sessions at crowdcast.io/@kidkoala
See you soon!
e
2024-12-02 15:09:54 +0000 UTC View Post
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We are in the process of mastering the music cues and some of the sound effects for the Space Cadet animated film. I've been working with Vid Cousins at Monkey Puzzle Sound studio for this part of the mix. We are sending each music cue and song through some mastering equalizers and compressors to add the final sheen and polish to the mix.
The mixing/mastering process is a surprisingly delicate process and often quite surgical. Some of the changes we ma...
2024-11-25 19:25:36 +0000 UTC View PostHey Everyone!
Just a quick update! I've been working every day on the mix for the Space Cadet Soundtrack. At one point became apparent to me that there were a few moments in the score that needed just one more little layer of extra magic. So I enlisted my friend Coralie Gauthier, artist and harpist here in Montreal to record some wonderful moments of harp on some of the cues.
For this scene, I had scored the ...
2024-11-08 16:30:25 +0000 UTC View Post
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We've confirmed a restaurant for our patron-only Pizza Break dinner! It will be tomorrow (Halloween) in Austin.
After not so much deliberation, my local food guru (Mikey aka DJ JESTER) has decided that the best and silliest way to spend the evening is to go to the the oddly infamous Chili's on 45th Street and Lamar. ? (Apparently now kind of an Austin-y institution that is even recognized by the mayor)
Here's what he texted me about it LOL: 2024-10-30 15:25:14 +0000 UTC
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I'll be heading to Austin this week to set up, rehearse and perform with The Storyville Mosquito show. I was wondering if any of my patrons here are planning on being in Austin this week? (Thursday and Friday?) Schedule wise, it looks like I may be able to set up a dinner on Thu Oct 31 around 6pm or Friday Nov 1 around 9pm. **** JUST CONFIRMED Oct 31st at 6pm! Restaurant details TBC stay tuned**** We will be accompanied by Austin local legend DJ JESTER (who knows where ...
2024-10-28 05:08:05 +0000 UTC View PostHey Everyone!
I was gifted some old 78 rpm records recently and in the pile I found a private press acetate from the 1940s! Pretty rare to see! So I brought out the old gramophone that I had picked up at a flea market many years ago to hear it.
On the recording you can hear some industrial sounds and what I think is some sort of typewriter? You can also hear a collection of various machinery sounds and factory ambiances. The man speaking dates the recording to July 29, 1942. ...
2024-10-26 16:40:09 +0000 UTC View PostHey Everyone!
Hoping this message finds you all well! Just a quick message to let you know that I've updated the store coupon code in the event that you're looking for a gift for yourself or maybe a birthday present for a friend or family member. We have some books, music, apparel, puzzles, games or some original artwork from the shop here: kidkoala.com/shop
Anyhow, feel free to have a browse at the s...
2024-10-23 14:46:48 +0000 UTC View PostHey Everyone!
Rad news! I got to record with one of my favorite emcees on the planet this past weekend.
My friend MaryAnn aka Ladybug Mecca from Digable Planets came to hang in the studio in Montreal. Whaaat?!!
There were a couple of music cues in the forthcoming Space Cadet film that I thought she would sound absolutely amazing on.
A whole version of the song will be available on the soundtrack someday but in the film the cue is quite short (maybe just over a min...
2024-10-22 00:07:49 +0000 UTC View PostHello Everyone!
Behold! A brand new Nufonia Must Fall LIVE trailer. Beautifully captured and edited by my friend Katherine Kwan, who joined us at the SF JAZZ Nufonia/Storyville Mosquito double feature residency this past summer. Since we were there for a number of performances (plus set up and rehearsal days). Katherine was able to learn the timing and arrangement of the show and some fun ways to docu...
2024-10-20 03:03:45 +0000 UTC View Post
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Quick update! It’s been busy in the recording studio these past few weeks.
I’ve got some wonderful vocal guests joining me on the soundtrack for Space Cadet Animated Feature! Very literally some of my favorite singers/vocalists in the world!
These include Karen O, Ladybug Mecca (of Digable Planets), Emilíana Torrini, Martha Wainwright, Meaghan Smith and Trixie Whitley! It’s sounding sublime and I’m working on adding some final instrument and turntabl...
2024-10-17 02:19:48 +0000 UTC View PostHey Everyone!
I've been here in the studio putting some finishing touches on the musical score to the Space Cadet animated feature film!
I wanted to record some eerie sounds on this scene where Celeste (the space cadet), lands on the mysterious "Puzzle Planet" and discovers some flying jellyfish creatures there.
I rented a waterphone to create some of the sounds in the scene. A waterphone consists of several metal tines welded onto a resonator disc. You ca...
2024-10-05 21:30:09 +0000 UTC View PostHey Everyone!
Here's a behind the scenes clip from our voiceover/expression recording session at Premium Sound Studio in Montreal.
As some of you may know, the Space Cadet film does not have any dialogue (the original graphic novel didn't have any speech bubbles drawn into the panels), however there were quite a few moments (over 160!) where Celeste's expressions needed to have some sounds to match the animation. Sometimes they were as simple as a quick inhale or exh...
2024-09-21 17:38:50 +0000 UTC View PostHey Everyone!
I wanted to share a little behind the scenes clip of the studio as we are finishing the string recording session for Space Cadet animated feature. We are adding additional string layers to some of the tracks that I made for the action sequences in the film. We are also "stinging" certain dramatic moments that need an extra musical flash for drama or tension!
You can hear our violinist (Marcus Takizawa), violist (Lana Tomlin) and cellist (Dave J. Campbel...
2024-09-14 14:26:12 +0000 UTC View Post