The Soundtrack Surgeon

Welcome back to The Soundtrack Surgeon! Well, sort of. This is a very special episode. If you remember, the last two episodes were interviews with comedians for my music and comedy project. This is the culmination of that research. Join me in a journey across time where I break down musical and comedic timing, and why they are actually more different than you'd expect. From Mel Brooks, to SCT...

This episode is part of a special little series here at The Soundtrack Surgeon. I am currently working on an independent study on the intersection of music and comedy; specifically focused on the art of timing. Aside from creative people of course, timing is the connector of these two worlds more than anything else. What I am aiming to do with this project is to get into the minds of musicians and...

This episode is part of a special little series here at The Soundtrack Surgeon. I am currently working on an independent study on the intersection of music and comedy; specifically focused on the art of timing. Aside from creative people of course, timing is the connector of these two worlds more than anything else. What I am aiming to do with this project is to get into the minds of musicians and...

On this episode I had the pleasure of talking to Maureen Crowe. Maureen is a trailblazing music supervisor whose work has shaped some of the most iconic soundtracks in film history, including The Bodyguard , Wayne’s World , Chicago , and The Perfect Storm and, most recently, I Want To Dance With Somebody . As the Founding President of the Guild of Music Supervisors, she has been a driving force in...

Today's episode is a pretty special one for me because I got to talk to Marc Medwin, who just so happens to be one of my all time favorite people to have a conversation with. Medwin is a professor of music at American University, and I took "History of Rock" and "American Music and Politics of Protest" with him. We talked about his relationship with music as a blind man, h...

On today's episode, I talked to Billy Gottlieb. Billy is an LA-based music supervisor from the Baltimore area. We discussed what led him to the job, his work as a music coordinator on the movies Pulp Fiction and Clueless with Karyn Rachtman, a number of both his past and upcoming projects, and some of the differences between supervising for film vs. television.

Welcome back to The Soundtrack Surgeon! I recently had a conversation with the wonderful Tiffany Anders. Tiffany is a talented music supervisor from Los Angeles, California. Some of her most notable projects are Reservation Dogs, Beef, PEN15, and Like Crazy. We talked about her upbringing in LA with her indie filmmaker mom, her background as a musician, and her job as a music supervisor.

Welcome to the very first episode of The Soundtrack Surgeon! Today I chatted with Brian Weitz, otherwise known as Geologist from the band Animal Collective. We talked about our shared experience of growing up in the Baltimore area, the significant role that The Shining played in his musical journey, some of the projects that Animal Collective has licensed their music to, and more.