Lu Edmonds
Credits
Year | Job Title Project Type |
Project Name Director / Company |
Location |
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2018 |
featured extra - gypsy (Roma) brothel singer
Film |
Tulip Fever Justin Chadwick / The Weinstein Company |
Education
Year | Qualification | Where |
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1977 | Musician & performer | Rock & Roll University |
Equipment
My Equipment/Kit: Arabic Oud (lute) -, eGuitar - Fender Esquire (2010), eGuitar - Gretsch Country Club (1963), Pro Tools 11 - and full audio editing setup (for Music & Film), Turkish Saz (lute) - acoustic & electric
I can use: Eguitar - Gretsch Country Club (1963), Eguitar - Fender Esquire (2010), Turkish Saz (Lute) - Acoustic & Electric, Arabic Oud (Lute) -, Pro Tools 11 - And Full Audio Editing Setup (For Music & Film)
About me
Professional international touring & recording MUSICIAN & PERFORMER since 1977 playing in many name bands at a global level - from pubs & clubs all the way up to Festivals (Glastonbury, Roskilde etc.)…FILM WORK
I have done featured FILM extra work in the Hollywood production “Tulip Fever” (dir. Justin Chadwick) and appear as myself in 3 Rockumentaries - “Revenge of the Mekons” (dir. Joe Angio), “Don’t you wish we were all Dead” (dir. Wes Ossowski) and “The Public Image is Rotten" (dir. Tabbert Fiiller). I also have wide experience as a voice-over artist having performed and produced many radio advertisements in the 1990s alongside David Jason, Kate Robbins and others. I can also edit film sound multitracks (see below for my DAWs)
SOUND & MUSIC
I am also a sound producer, editor/designer & music composer and arranger. My main DAWs are: ProTools (11), Ableton (10 going up to 11) and a bit of Reaper for small stretch tasks. I have Melodyne as well as a raft of Eventide plugins and an Eventide h9000 which has a huge array of psychedelic and top level SFX. My speciality is not mixing or mastering, though I have good plugs fort all of that, but I am good at balancing and am very experienced in EDITING: I flip between all the DAWs to achieve the desired result. I have an acute sense of time & pitch, not merely to bring stuff 'into grid', but also knowing where loose pitch and timing are good. I believe in natural feels, though am able to regiment sonics where needed. I like amorphous, and soundscapes - basically everything.
As a multi-instrumentalist - I have great vintage and modern Guitars as well as interesting & unusual Middle Eastern and Central Asia instruments (Saz, Ud, Cumbus etc.) - some acoustic, some electric. I also have top-line prime live equipment, 50+ boutique pedals etc.. and a heap of amazing Eventide stompboxes (which I run in stereo) + specialist valve preamps and combos for the basic sound. I can also play fair piano/synth (I am familiar with Roland d50, JP8, Juno60 and TX802 Yamaha), and a various hand percussion & basic wind (e.g. whistles, recorder etc.). I have a tenor voice, good timing and can also make stuff up on the spot (i.e. improvise).
Main Music styles: Rock variants from Punk onwards, but can also deal with folk & blues-based genres, country&western and Irish (I have played many a 'sessiun' in the pubs) on Bouzouki (Greek but tuned Irish). I like other experimental styles, electronica & avant-garde - in short, I like music! I am not a sight reader so straight Jazz and classical is an obstacle, but my technique incorporates elements of both. Complex arrangements - I don't mind these.
Now with this Covid 19 pandemic thing I am stuck here at home and am now looking for new opportunities to build on my extensive studio and session and also add to my film experience.
Referees:
The Damned, PiL, Kirsty MacColl, The Waterboys, Shriekback, the Mekons, 3 Mustaphas 3, Billy Bragg as well as various producers and engineers who will vouch for me.
Additional information:
I have travelled the world to Central Asia, MENA (Middle East and North Africa) and have made so many albums, appearing in TV shows, Top of the Pops etc. across Asia, North and South America, Africa, Oz etc. I am familiar with (and like) all these local styles of music (i.e. "world music"), which helps me to act as a Music Supervisor for location shoots. Am very comfortable in multicultural settings.
LANGUAGES: I speak fluent Russian, French, German, Spanish and passable Turkish, Arabic & Mandarin (i.e. I can do my lines). I can speak Russian in an English accent and vice-versa. Also a big fan of Bollywood, Chinese 6th generation, Japanese, Russian and Iranian film as well as the usual European and Hollywood styles.
License & Passport
Driver's License: | Yes |
Skills
Secondary Job Title | Music Director |
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Job Titles | Sound Operator / Engineer, Sound Designer, Music Director, Teacher |
Years in industry | 6+ years |