New "Jobby"

[Dole]

I start a new job tomorrow. For the next two years I am going to be adding all the sound effects to a new cartoon series thats going to be on UK TV, Cartoon Network and some Canadian channel later this year.

Its called 'The Adrenalinis' and its about 3 circus performers from a fictional eastern european country...they have their own language, and they travel the world setting up elaborate circus stunts that go horribly wrong. Each episode is 7 minutes long...I have seen a few pilot/test episodes, and read the scripts for the first few we are doing and it seems pretty funny and cool.

I have never done anything like this before professionally, so its a bit scary, but bloody exciting too. I got the job due to my employer hearing a load of my laptop mash-ups of music/speech/sound effects.

So I will get paid to watch cartoons and make stupid noises all day. Woo Hoo!

[AChimp]

You know, I've been told that "jobby" is English slang for poo.

Congratulations, though. Perhaps you'll get to make some jobby sound effects. ;)

[Dole]

Cheers lad...I think the canadian channel its going to be on is 'YTV' - have you heard of it?

[mburbank]

That is a sriously excellent job, Dole, and a great way to have gottten it too. Sort of like a movie star getting discoverd at a soda fountain counter, except you didn't have to fuck anyone.

[Slinky Ferret]

That sounds well cool! Well done dole! :)

How did they hear your "mashups"?

What sort of sounds will you have to make?

[AChimp]

I used to watch YTV all the time when I was little. They had cartoons on all the time. It's part of basic cable packages for most of the country, I think.

[Dole]

Groovy...I thought it be some really obscure channel no-one knew about..

How did they hear your "mashups"?

What sort of sounds will you have to make?

basically a cd of my stuff ended up with a friend of a friend, he heard it, called me up and offered me the job! I will be taking sound effects from library cds for the most part, manipulating them when necessary, but once I find my feet I hope to make a fair few of my own.

[Slinky Ferret]

:) You can make new kool sounds like they did with the light sabers for star wars!