Introducing myself, following the template by @TeamSteem
A little bit about me:
My name is Nick, I am Ukrainian and have been living in Shanghai, China for the past 10 years. It’s been a crazy ride so far with its peaks and valleys, although mostly - peaks.
Why am I here?
The objective is to embark on this new journey of attempting to put my experiences and observations into words, as well as share some knowledge and tips about making music and designing sound. Let’s see how this goes.
Making some noise!
Music and specifically blues and rock-n-roll have always been my passion and growing up I couldn’t ever believe that it was possible to be part of this wonderful sonic universe. Meeting some incredibly talented people from all over the world here in Shanghai helped me see that everything was possible and it was never too late to start, and so I bought a guitar and started chipping away at it.
Over the past 10 years, I’ve been involved in the live music scene as a sound engineer and had a chance to work with a myriad of world class musicians.
I’ve also done a lot of theatre, where I had a chance of doing original music and sound design for about 50 different productions. One of the highlights was presenting my original music during our production of Hamlet, that played at Shanghai Grand Theatre.
I currently work as a sound designer and composer for a video game company, and it’s super fun weather it is recording funny character voices or designing sounds of impactful futuristic gunshots.
Here’s some of the stuff I enjoy the most:
- Music: Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, Otis Redding, Ray Charles, Howlin’ Wolf, Muddy Waters, Nick Curran, Michael Kiwanuka, Derek Trucks, Gary Clark Jr.
- Film: Coen Brothers, Jim Jarmusch, Stanley Kubrick, Martin Scorsese, Terrence Malick, Michelangelo Antonioni, Vittorio De Sica, Orson Welles
- Series: Fargo, Game of Thrones, Shameless, Orange Is The New Black, Big Little Lies, Silicon Valley, Bob’s Burgers, Family Guy, The Simpsons
- Stand-up Comedy: Louis CK, Dylan Moran, Patton Oswald, Hannibal Buress, Dave Chapelle, George Carlin, Richard Pryor
Yay!!!
I’m really thrilled about starting a blog here with a community that values quality content, and I hope I will be able to contribute. Thanks for taking time reading this post, it means a lot! Looking forward to sharing and discussing fun stuff with you!