David Lawrie

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About me

My media company, Ishikawa Media, is an award winning Audio Post Production and Music Production house, operating from a private, state of the art, hybrid analogue/digital recording studio. Ishikawa is affiliated with the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (Emmys).

Our team consists of experts in the following fields:

-Music Composition
-Field Recording
-Sound Design
-Foley
-Re-recording (Mix) Engineering
-Production Sound
-ADR
-VO

We can work in common surround sound formats, as well as stereo, and can provide audio that conforms to AES, EBU-R128, Online, or any other loudness specification.
Additional information:
Clients, artists, and partners associated with Ishikawa Media include:

Absinthe Films
Blue Microphones
CocoRosie
D16 Audio Group
DawsonDanceSF
GoPro
London After Midnight
Panasonic
Progressive Insurance


Music professional:
I am a UK born composer/producer/engineer/sound designer, with a specialist background in Studio Production and Composition, who is actively working as a freelance musician, producer, and sound designer. I have experience in writing, engineering, production, performance and educating/mentoring. I have produced full-length albums and EPs, and have worked as a sound designer, dialogue editor, and re-recording mix engineer for short and feature length films. I am a solo recording artist, and I also work in a number of capacities in other collaborations.

I am also an educator, and was one half of a team to develop a new curriculum for the Audio Post Production course, for the SAE North America network.

I graduated from a Master's degree in Music Production at Leeds College of Music, UK (specialising in studio-based composition) in 2008 with a Distinction award.


Noteable Achievements:

I have worked consistently in music and film as a producer for various artists, as a co-writer of film music, a mixing and mastering engineer, a sound designer, a re-recording mix engineer and as a composer. Highlights from my production endeavours include:

I was the sound designer, mix engineer, and composer for the feature length film Of Shark And Man which has won multiple awards around the world. At the 2016 Nice International Filmmaker Festival it won an award for Best Sound Design. The film now has international distribution, and is available on Amazon Prime, DVD, and Sony Network/Cable.

I remixed, from scratch, London After Midnight’s 1991 album Selected Scenes From The End Of The World, from the original multitrack tapes. The new version was released on December 13th, 2019. I have since taken on the position of guitarist for the band.

I worked with CocoRosie to create a piece of music that was used in Robert Wilson’s Nordic play, Edda. The play had a month- long residency in Oslo in March 2017.

I was lead sound designer, foley artist, and mix engineer for the short film A Precious Life, which was premiered in London, and subsequently shown at Cannes Film Festival in May 2018, and it also won multiple awards on the film festival circuit. The producers of the film are now looking to secure a budget of $3.5million, in order to recreate it as a feature length film.

Music written by me and Tina Basich (ex pro-snowboarder) was used by GoPro for their short film about Mike Basich.

In early 2016 I created Ishikawa Media in California, running from a purpose built recording studio. The studio has been used for recording popular music, mixing and mastering popular music, sound design for film, mixing for film, and film music composition.

In my solo career I was awarded the Emerging Excellence Award by Musicians Benevolent Fund in spring 2013 after the successful independent release of my 7” Vinyl EP, Over, Under. The awarded grant funded the independent release of my follow up 7” Vinyl EP, Storm Petrel. In the following year I ran a successful crowdfunding campaign to release my full-length album Dorothea’s Boat.

Music from my most recent solo album, Dorothea’s Boat, has been featured on prime-time television shows around the world. For a more detailed list of freelance work, please refer to the attached work history.
Additional skills:
- Experienced in managing all aspects of music production projects - technical, creative, and financial.

- Apple Certified Software Professional User (Logic Pro X 10.4)

- Avid Certified User (Pro Tools)

- Proficient in using iZotope RX for dialogue editing etc., and CDP (Soundloom Interface) for electoacoustic/acousmatic work.

- Strong knowledge of studio hardware setups and maintenance.
Industry awards:
2016 - Nice International Film Festival - Best Sound Design (Of Shark And Man)
Referees:
David Diley - removed
Dale Jonathan Perkins - removed
Michael Cox - removed
Charles Dye - removed
Additional information:
My media company, Ishikawa Media, has provided audio solutions to many clients, including:

Go Pro
Progressive Insurance
Panasonic
Scarlet View Media
Nevada City Film Festival
Absinthe Films
DawsonDanceSF
Tahoe Production House

Artists who have worked with me at Ishikawa include:

CocoRosie
London After Midnight
Lucy Claire
Echo Wants Her Voice Back
Luxx

License & Passport

Skills

Secondary Job Title	Sound Supervisor
Job Titles	Talent Booker, Dubbing Editor / Mixer, Composer, Music Director, Sound Designer, Sound Editor, Sound Mixer / Recordist, Sound Operator / Engineer, Boom Operator, DIT / Data Wrangler
Years in industry	6+ years
Musical Skills	Drums/Percussion, Glockenspiel, Guitar, Percussion, Piano/Keyboards, Synthesiser, Tabla, Tambourine, Triangle, Xylophone, Zither
Musical Style	Ambient, Avant-garde, Dance music, Electronica, Experimental, Industrial, Metal, Rock, Techno, Trance, World