Music and sound boutique Nylon Studios, with offices in New York, Sydney and Melbourne, has added sr. sound designer TJ Dumser to its NYC studio. Dumser has more than a decade of experience in audio postproduction, working across commercials, TV, film and radio. He has worked on projects for such clients as Budweiser, NHL, Sunoco, LG, Dom Perignon, Michael Kors, Jeep , Sabra and March For Our Lives. Dumser has lent his talents to a wide range of award-winning spots that have taken home Cannes Lions, Clios, Webby Awards and Telly Awards.
New York-native Dumser steered his passion for music toward the music production space at a young age, learning the ins and outs of the industry hands-on in radio before pivoting to audio post. He joined Headroom as an intern and quickly worked his way up at the boutique audio post shop, stepping up to assistant engineer and sr. sound designer/mixer in his near decade tenure with the company.
Outside of the studio, Dumser maintains his audio sensibilities as a guitarist, regularly performing with bands in the NYC area. He previously collaborated with Nylon Studios’ sr. producer Deb Oh both on the audio post side and as a performer as a part of “Deb Oh and the Cavaliers” for over two years. Coming on board with Nylon will bring their collaboration full circle, picking up their creative shorthand to tackle a wide range of creative audio projects.
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