matthew's blog

My guitar had a photo shoot the other day. Mark Chittenden thought she looked pretty and decided it would be the best idea to shoot her!

My Uke decided that the best place to hang was the Cello Stand. I think it's a match made in heaven. Follow me on instagram (mgair) to see some pics of a String session I got to sit in on a couple weeks back for a new SA film coming out later in the year.

We won!

I recently finished work on the new Sharkie Ad. I love the beginning, special thanks to the guys in the Kalk Bay Harbour that let me walk around and record the winches and heavy machinery. They wouldn't even let me buy them a coke at the end. Always nice to get outside and record in the sun.

The Jungle Beat episode This Little Light of Mine was nominated for a SAFTA which is cool. I did all the sound work on the cartoon, from VO, foley and sound design to music tracking, direction and mix and the final broadcast mix. Fingers crossed it wins! A lovely surprise in an otherwise super tough month!

Here's a link to the nominees:

Thanks to Sam Wilson and all my amazing friends (they are the folks in the video) and my lovely wife who I end up with at the end (phew!). Happy Valentines Day everyone.

A couple of Ads I did the sound work on last year got honourable mentions at the 29th Milano International Ficts Festival in Italy. Kind of cool, here is the ad for the Sharks:

My second production music album is out in APM Music in the states this month.

So the first Man Gwanani sold pretty well and made enough money to pay back everything I spent making it and then a little more to make a new album (I can't tell you how awesome and exciting that is for me!).You can get the new one in itunes US (It's in all the itunes stores worldwide just search for M