All posts by John D. Costello

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About John D. Costello

Audio engineer from Philadelphia, now in Los Angeles

Post Production and Cheesesteaks

Hey guys!

So first I wanna plug my upcoming webseries.  LA Cheesesteak Reviews.  You can find us on the the gram and the twitter @LACheesesteak.  Also hit that subscribe button on the youtubes.  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBHBT4-gVphE_U4EXq0rYFw

The show is me and some other Philly people going around LA and eating “Philly” Cheesesteaks.  So if ya wanna watch some drunk philly assholes eat some food and review it (i.e. talk a lotta shit) then you should check us out! Its gonna be fun, I’m one of the hosts and will also be doing some mixing and editing on it.  So come Sundays beginning in June watch us stuff our faces.  And don’t worry episodes will drop AFTER the Eagles games are over come football season.

Also I just got a new job!  I’m gonna be a vault clerk and archivist at Post Haste Digital, a post production facility in LA!  Onto  the next stage of my career!

Assisting, Engineering, Changing,

Hey Guys!  So since my last blog I was promoted to assistant engineer at Henson!  That was about 9 months ago and about a month ago I left Henson to pursue the next big move in my career.

Assisting at Henson was great.  During my time there I got to assist and work with some of the biggest names in the industry, The Rolling Stones, Blink 182, Khalid, and more.  My time there was great and I learned a lot.  But I think now its time to find the next move.

In the mean time I’ve worked with the bands Easy Tiger and Maffa Rico.  You can see links to their music on my portfolio page.  I’m also working on a new food-review Youtube series.  Currently in pre-production and I’ll post links when it is up.

Gonna try to update this blog more often again so see ya’s soon!

 

2017 updates

Hey guys, hope you’re all enjoying the New Year.

So since my last post I’ve been working on The Human Kind Podcast.  Link is up in the portfolio section.  Its a cool podcast that I do the mixing and editing on.  Basically they get two people of different race to talk about how race effects their lives in America.  I think its a pretty cool idea and hope you all check it out.

Other than that its kinda the same old stuff, working at Henson still.  As always I’m available for more freelance and side work.  On a more personal note I was visiting home over the holidays and got to see all the newborn babies in my family.  I got a nephew and two new cousins in the last year.  So that was pretty cool.

Hope you’re all enjoying the year.  Please check out my work.  Once again the newest thing is the Human Kind Podcast and that releases every Thursday on iTunes as will as HumanKindPodcast.com

Talk to ya soon.

Been A While

Wow, It has been a while since my last post.  Well not a whole lot has happened.  Just kidding.  So heres a bit of an overview.

Work at Henson has been pretty cool.  Done a whole ton of different stuff and seen so many celebrities.  Its been kinda crazy and all over the place.  I’m still a runner but have been getting more and more assisting sessions, so thats pretty cool.

Finally putting my more recent episode of Ear Bud Theater, Super Bad Day, up on here.  I didn’t record it personally but did all the mixing, editing, and sound design.  I’ll be putting a link up on the portfolio section shortly after I post this blog entry.  I’ve been talking with the producer of Ear Bud recently and we are discussing another episode, so that’ll be cool.  Also been planning another podcast with a friend, we’ll see if that pans out.

I’ve moved out of Hollywood and into The Valley.  I live in Sherman Oaks, its pretty cool so far.  Way different than Hollywood but its cool to check out more of LA.  I’ve also recently started playing guitar.  By recently I mean about a week ago.  So  thats something I’m trying to teach myself.  We’ll see where that goes, haha.

Well theres a brief update of whats been going on with me.  Thanks for reading, hope you’re all doing well.

John

Podcast Is Up

“Super Bad Day” is (finally) done and up! check it out on Earbudtheater.com. I mixed, edited, and did sound effects for it. I think it came out really well and hope you all like it.

Had a long like 2+ weeks straight on night shift. A lot of hours but some really long nights. But thats all in the business. Now I’m finally enjoying a relaxing day off.

I’ve also made it past the six month mark in L.A.! its super cool out here.

Sat in on my first session yesterday.

Got to sit in on one of the staff engineer’s in-house sessions. When the studio isn’t booked the engineers are allowed to bring in their own clients. If runners are off we’re allowed to sit in and watch and help out. It was really cool. Learned a lot about how all the gear is patched together and stuff. It also looks really good to the management that I came in on my day off. Hopefully I can do it again soon.

Works been pretty cool. Almost done the next episode of Earbud Theater. Link will be up soon.

Runnin’, Podcastin’, Workin’

The runner job at Henson is pretty cool still. Really beginning to get he hang of it for the most part, hard to since stuff changes all the time and every day is different. I like the job a lot. Its really cool that its different everyday and you never know whats going to happen. It really beats all the driving and traveling I did while at Eventions, I really hated that part of that job. Working from a studio is cool, I like going to the same place everyday. Hopefully I’ll get some free time and go in on my off hour and play with the gear. That should be cool.

Just finished doing some stuff on the next episode of Earbud Theater. Its coming along well. hopefully have a solid mix tomorrow. The editing required is kind of a pain but I hope that I can have a rough edit done by tomorrow night. I should be 100% done with it in the next week or so, and I assume it will get posted fairly quick. So expect it by April. Pretty stoked for this one since I am mixing the whole thing, wish I did the recording as well.

It’s been a month….

Woa, this job is pretty awesome. The night shifts for a while were 15 hours, I did like 75 hours that week. Its cool tho. I’m on days now so its a little more high-strung, like the management is there and stuff. But at least we know when we’ll be done. Some cool clients have been in. Today was slow so I got to check out the gear and get a little hands-on with it. definitely learning a lot. So far its really cool.

I also recorded a song with this girl, Jess. We’re probably about 85% done recording it. Its come out pretty good so far. If it turns out good it could end up in the short film she is in and based the song off of. So that would be really fucking awesome.

New Job

So, I’m working at Jim Henson Recording Studios. Its pretty cool so far. I’ve only worked two days, tonight I’m on the nigh shift for day 3. I’m a runner, so I do a lot of seemingly stupid stuff but its all the things that go into making the studio experience go well for artists. I have to make sure all the studios and lounges are clean and stocked up on snacks, drinks, coffee, pens, papers, markers, etc. I go to starbucks like 5 times a day, haha. I make the runs to restaurants and stores for lunch or anything else an artist may want throughout the day. It’s pretty cool and all the mixers and even management here started as runners.

Working on the next episode of Earbud Theater as well. I’m doing the whole mix and sound design for this one. Its pretty cool and I can’t wait for it to be released. As always I’ll post a link here.

All in all, everything is going well right now. I no longer work in restaurants and am employed full time(7 days a week possibly) at a recording studio. Pretty freak’n sweet.

Happy New Year.

That sound job was cool, simple and easy. But it was cool. I go back for load out in 2 weeks. So its cool that I got a few days of work. Working at Happy Endings tonight for New Years Eve. Staying busy between them and Rocco’s Pizzeria.

The earbud theater guys seemed happy with the podcast and I’m gonna do more work with them. So thats cool it’ll give me something to do and put on my portfolio. Still emailing and looking for paying work though. Hopefully something comes in the New Year.

Hope everyone has a Happy New Year.