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2018 trip to the US

April 18, 2018

Quick update from me before I leave on my next trip. I spent the second half of March in the United States, attending GDC and meeting numerous awesome people. I also managed to squeeze in a few days of recording in New York as detailed in my last blog post.

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In Travel Tags travel, free sounds
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Quick dispatch from New York city

March 31, 2018

For the past two weeks I've been traveling through the US, attending conferences, working with game development studios and doing occasional field recording.

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In Out recording Tags ambiences, travel
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Announcing sound recording expeditions

March 14, 2018

After last year's trip to Senegal I think it's time I did a rainforest trip. I still want to go to Africa, so the Congo river basin looks like the best place to do it. The Congo rainforest is the second largest in the world after the Amazon rainforest and is home to a staggering numbers of species. Figures like 400 mammal species, over 1000 bird species show just how diverse this remote part of the world is.

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In Field recording trips Tags expeditions
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Studio work and planning trips

March 8, 2018

Lately I've been hard at work in the studio, doing game audio and getting through the seemingly endless backlog of recordings. I've also been planning not one but five different trips over the next five months. Needless to say I'm stoked and I can't wait to share more about this.

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In Free sounds Tags sound effects library, studio work
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The African Wild West library is out!

February 21, 2018

After many months of recording, listening, editing and species IDing I can finally say the African Wild West library is complete. You can check it out in all its glory on my website or at A Sound Effect. I also wrote a pretty lengthy trip diary for ASFX, so if you're a fan of long reads check it out: https://www.asoundeffect.com/senegal-sound-recording/

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In Sound effects libraries Tags sound effects library, wildlife sounds, nature sounds
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2017 Holiday Freebies

December 22, 2017

Happy Holidays from George Vlad and Mindful Audio!

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In Sound effects libraries Tags free sounds, nature sounds, wildlife sounds
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Quick dispatch from Dakar

November 21, 2017

I'm in a hotel room in Dakar waiting to catch my flight back to London. I spent the last three weeks traveling and recording around Senegal accompanied by my friend Matt and with the help of local guide Youssou Badji.

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In Out recording Tags field recording, nature sounds
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Field recording trip to Wales

October 23, 2017

It rained.

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In Out recording Tags free sounds, field recording, nature sounds
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