One Union Recording Studios has hired Dan Jensen as sr. audio engineer. Jensen brings more than 15 years of experience as a sound mixer, editor and designer, primarily on national and regional advertising. At the San Francisco-based One Union, he will helm mix, voiceover and sound design sessions for agencies, brands and corporate accounts.
Jensen joins One Union after eight years at Minneapolis recording studio SisterBoss. He worked regularly with leading agencies in the region including Fallon, Carmichael Lynch and Colle McVoy, for clients such as Arby’s, Subaru, Target, Best Buy, Walmart and Polaris. His background also includes more than a decade in music production at The Hideaway and Pachyderm in Minneapolis, working with artists across a range of genres. He is a graduate of McNally Smith College of Music.
One Union president John McGleenan said the studio found Jensen through a nationwide talent search. “Dan brings deep technical skills and resourcefulness to his work with advertising clients,” McGleenan said. “I was impressed with the quality and scope of his background and his strong work ethic. Our clients will appreciate the creative energy he brings to his sessions, and his ability to manage projects efficiently and deliver high quality results.”
Jensen sees his role at One Union as an opportunity to broaden his network of clients and contribute to creatively challenging projects. “The facilities here are spectacular,” he observed. “Everything is of the highest caliber. The studios look and sound great, and we have a tremendous support staff.”
Jensen noted, “I enjoy both the technical, problem-solving aspects of mixing, and the creative challenges. I like working with creative teams and helping to translate their ideas into sound. With every project, I look to contribute ideas that elevate the concept and achieve a result beyond what the client imagined.”
Rom-Com Mainstay Hugh Grant Shifts To The Dark Side and He’s Never Been Happier
After some difficulties connecting to a Zoom, Hugh Grant eventually opts to just phone instead.
"Sorry about that," he apologizes. "Tech hell." Grant is no lover of technology. Smart phones, for example, he calls the "devil's tinderbox."
"I think they're killing us. I hate them," he says. "I go on long holidays from them, three or four days at at time. Marvelous."
Hell, and our proximity to it, is a not unrelated topic to Grant's new film, "Heretic." In it, two young Mormon missionaries (Chloe East, Sophie Thatcher) come knocking on a door they'll soon regret visiting. They're welcomed in by Mr. Reed (Grant), an initially charming man who tests their faith in theological debate, and then, in much worse things.
After decades in romantic comedies, Grant has spent the last few years playing narcissists, weirdos and murders, often to the greatest acclaim of his career. But in "Heretic," a horror thriller from A24, Grant's turn to the dark side reaches a new extreme. The actor who once charmingly stammered in "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and who danced to the Pointer Sisters in "Love Actually" is now doing heinous things to young people in a basement.
"It was a challenge," Grant says. "I think human beings need challenges. It makes your beer taste better in the evening if you've climbed a mountain. He was just so wonderfully (expletive)-up."
"Heretic," which opens in theaters Friday, is directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, co-writers of "A Quiet Place." In Grant's hands, Mr. Reed is a divinely good baddie — a scholarly creep whose wry monologues pull from a wide range of references, including, fittingly, Radiohead's "Creep."
In an interview, Grant spoke about these and other facets of his character, his journey... Read More