AuroraCast

After achieving success as a composer with credits ranging from the From Dusk Till Dawn TV show to ESPN and UFC, Adrian Croom set out to make an album showcasing his skills as a producer with a taste for darkwave and minimalist electro. Belladonna is his most remarkable work yet, a hybrid of film score grandiosity, post-punk moodiness and electro-pop hooks. Anchoring it is the masterful mixing work of Dylan Cameron (S U R V I V E, Troller), with his knack for bringing out exquisite and impactful bass without cluttering the haunting vocals and Grammy-nominated masterer Chris Athens (Drake, Meek Mill). Croom just finished composing the score for horror film Realm of Shadows, starring Candyman's Tony Todd.

Following on from last week's initial thoughts episode, Mike sits down with his old friend Jobo to discuss home cinema, the rise of Dolby Atmos and home automation in general! Jobo started his career working in IT before moving into bespoke cinema and home automation installations and has extensive experience in the field.

In this Solo Pod, Mike gives some initial insight and thoughts on Dolby Atmos and what it means for the future of audio-visual presentations. This podcast introduces the formal on both a commercial and consumer level and briefly discusses how it works, the initial games, films, TV shows and music which use the algorithm and more.

Joseph Goldsmith is the CEO and Executive Producer of Persimmon Lane Studios, LLC; an audio and video production company. He is originally from Southern Maryland and now lives in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. He is a full time dad, husband, composer, location sound recordist, post-production audio engineer, soldier, and GRAMMY-Nominated educator. He is also the Audio Director for Plover Animation which is staffed of alumni from Disney, Dreamworks, Sony, and more. Joseph has worked in the music, film, and graphic design industries as well as ministry since 2011. In his military service, he currently serves as the Public Affairs Non-Commissioned Officer In Charge of the 3rd Battalion for the South Carolina State Guard.

This episode of AuroraCast features Joe Goldsmith as a special guest.

AuroraCast is back! In this Solo Podcast episode, Mike briefly brings us up-to-date, discusses future plans for AuroraCast and announces the release schedule for the Podcast which is fortnightly on Saturdays @19:00.

Matthew Scott Clark is an English tenor from Sussex, and alumnus of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, taught by Eric Roberts and Adrian Thompson.

Roles include: Peachum – The Beggar’s Opera (Opera’r Ddraig); The Defendant – Trial by Jury (Winterbourne Opera); Pásek - The Cunning Little Vixen (RWCMD); Don Basilio/Don Curzio – Le Nozze di Figaro (RWCMD); Bardolpho – Falstaff (RWCMD - conducted by Carlo Rizzi); Lord Tolloller – Iolanthe (Tarantara Productions - at Chichester Festival Theatre); Apollo – Semele (RWCMD/Mid Wales Opera); Soldier – Der Kaiser von Atlantis (RWCMD); Daniel Buchanan – Street Scene (RWCMD); El Remendado - Carmen (Kentish Opera); Parpignol - La Bohéme (Westminster Opera); Paris - Romeo and Juliet (Arcadian Opera); and Georg Dibdin/Robert Green - Der Vampyr (Gothic Opera).

Upcoming engagements include: Monostatos in The Magic Flute for Arcadian Opera at the Roxburgh Hall Theatre, Buckinghamshire in May; Giles Smoothly in @emele for Oxfordshire Contemporary Opera at Wheatley House, Wheatley in July; and the Witch in Humperdinck’s Hansel und Gretel for Westminster Opera at the Château de Panloy, Port-D'Envaux, France in August.

This episode of AuroraCast features Matthew Scott Clark as a special guest.

Emily has an amazing story to tell across multiple disciplines. She is a Surrey based music teacher who has been playing the piano since she was five (now holding grade 8 certification), she holds a Masters in Music Composition (MMus) from Kingston University, is an award-winning composer and is also a Pilot Officer in the RAF Air Cadets.

This episode of AuroraCast features Emily Jackson as a special guest.

In this episode, we finally welcome Richard Yaxley aka Hrothgar. He is responsible for designing the AEPL logo and the principle branding of the company and is the founder of the UK extreme metal band Iceni. Ric is a highly talented individual whose passion for interactive media, art and music is hard-wired into his entire human experience. He is a celebrated artist with experience in an array of digital media fields; these include graphic design, motion graphics, the creation of album covers, logos and branding, landscapes, video and video editing, music composition, podcasting, voice-over artistry, vocals and much, much more. Mike always described him as, “one of those annoying people who is just excellent at everything”.

This episode of AuroraCast features Richard Yaxley as a special guest.

Isabelle Swan is a graphic designer, based in London. In this episode, we explore Izzy's projects and deep dive on her insight into the graphic design world. We touch on what it means to be a graphic designer, typography, getting started in the world of design, digital vs the physical page, films and what films mean on a sociocultural level, the future of design, how school can push you forward with the right teachers, University, productivity, joining dots in your life to push you forward and way, way more.

This episode of AuroraCast features Isabelle Swan as a special guest.

Dav (and the drug dealing ice cream van) returns to AuroraCast… It has been 8 months since we last spoke on the show and a lot has happened during that time. Given all face-to-face AuroraCasts were cancelled due to the continuing lockdowns, Mike has been a little despondent but we are back! It seemed only right to kickstart the show again with the mighty Dav.

In this somewhat spicy long format episode, we naturally develop the studio gear conversation with Dav giving us a deep dive into his own custom power units, soundcards, workflows, his recently conducted live interviews on YouTube, and way more. We also discuss ownership and touch on totalitarian dystopias, philosophy, psychology, the importance of religion, art, culture, alternative social media platforms, cryptocurrency, blockchain, privacy and; we put our tinfoil hats on to get into what’s going on from our own individual perspectives in 2020 and beyond.

This episode of AuroraCast features Davinder Bedi as a special guest.