Ric's blog

I had a chance to meet up with industry legend Rich Topham of Pro-Sound at NAB this year. Rumor has it that Rich sold Randy Thom his first sound package. That pretty much puts Rich in the “been around the block long enough to know what he’s talking about” category! Rich is a great guy who takes care of his customers – which is a big deal in the film/tv biz (let’s face it, you can’t just run to Target and replace gear). Rich puts his customers first, which means he knows that when you’re on a shoot, you need your gear fast. He’s even been known to give out his personal cell phone number to customers so that they can call him in a jam. No outsourcing customer service to overseas call centers with Rich!

His company, www.pro-sound.com has a special on The Sound Effects Bible – FREE with the purchase of a Porta-Brace Audio Organizer! And for those of you pros out there, you know that Porta-Brace has the best field bags out there! I’ve been using my first bag (I got six now) for almost 11 years and there’s not a single rip or tear. However, there’s a fair amount of dirt stains…

Well, I'm back from NAB in Las Vegas, NV. It was hot, exciting, and a bit tiring. Check out this highlight video from the convention and I guess you can consider this a video blog!

NAB 09 Highlights

Cheers!

Sorry gang, but alas, after six months of pleading, begging and pleading some more, the web design company that we hired failed to deliver the necessary modules that we need to post the videos that have been finished and ready to go for the past four months. Yes, I realize that this was a long sentence.

Needless to say, we are looking into to some ‘real’ web design solutions that will hopefully get you guys some samples to start checking out. Again, sorry it’s taking so long.

Stay tuned for a sound design competition that’s in the works as well.

For those attending NAB this year, I will be floating around the Blastwave FX booth. So, come by and say hi.

Cheers.

Ric