Winter 2024 Updates
New GoFundMe Campaign for Holy Foley! The Concept Album
Season Two of Whole-y Foley Podcast Now Streaming!
YouTube and Audio Versions Now Available!
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More about Holy Foley! The Musical
Table readings, workshops, and musical arrangements began in New York City for my new musical, Holy Foley! Entries into festivals are pending and future performances are being planned.
Based on stories from my book The Foley Grail, and my experiences as a Foley artist in Hollywood, Holy Foley! tells the story of Genevieve, a veteran Foley artist who works with Jerome, her Foley partner, and Anahid, her Foley mixer, as they are interviewed by Samantha, a former journalist turned Ph.D. student, as she prepares to write her dissertation about the world of the Foley artists working for a major film studio. Genevieve's husband, Michael, directs reality television in Atlanta, which creates conflict for Genevieve as she misses her husband but loves her career on the west coast.
Audiences will see Foley performed live, learn about the history of this popular performed sound art, and see how the artists "walk" the footsteps for the characters and use odd props to create sounds for film and television, while following the stories of the fascinating lives of Foley artists who make the sounds for the shows they love to watch.
Musical numbers include "We've Got a Show to Do Today," "I Forgot to Schmooze," "You're Always Doing it Wrong," "(They Call Me) One in a Million," "Two Steps Forward and One Step Back," Our Jack Foley Was the Guy," Second Fiddle," "I Don't Think I Love You Anymore," and "Working Without a Net."
"A Cultural Perspective on the Art and Craft of Foley"
My newest essay in the Routledge Handbook of Sound Design
is out now
The first sound design handbook ever published will be available by Routledge. I have contributed a chapter on Foley, which will be the defining work in an academic publication. The title of this handbook will be The Routledge Handbook of Sound Design. The book will contain invaluable information about sound design for anyone who wants a comprehensive reference in their library.
You can find out more about the book at the Routledge website by clicking here
I have started a new GoFundMe fundraiser at https://gofund.me/52a454d2
I'm very excited to share my first public performance of songs from Holy Foley! Watch the following video to see me perform three songs from Holy Foley! live at the Palm Springs Cultural Center. I hope you enjoy and will consider supporting the concept album, the first step in getting this musical produced on stage.
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