Trading for a Dream

My Dream is to be able to create audio, compose, and voice act full-time. I'm trying an experiment to see if I can help that dream come true: TK's Sound Tradeup.

Remember that urban myth about the guy who started out with a paperclip, and kept making trades until he ended up with a house? I want to try something like that, and chronicle it with everybody's help, but with a TK Twist!

You can help me live my dream by trading up what I have--nothing crazy, just a slight trade up, and I'll take pictures all along the way, so everybody can experience the journey. I set up a PO Box you can send the tradeup to. So if you think you can help me, please send me your trade for the current item, and I'll send the current item back to you. And it can be any item--no need to confine it to the audio realm. As long as you think it will help me take a step forward on my journey, we're on!

But I don't want this to be entirely one-sided. I'm going to record sound effects with each item received, whether it's just knocking, scraping, bouncing, pulling, rolling it across a surface, or making sounds with the item as it was actually intended to be used. I'm going to post these sounds free for download. These sounds are to be considered completely royalty, license, and credit free. Use these sounds for whatever you'd like!

And finally, I'm going to compose a music piece with each of these sounds--no effects, just placement, mixing and mastering. I'll post progress as I go along, starting with something extremely sparse, and finally, whenever my dream has come true, a full, mixed, and mastered release.

I will format this blog so that the current item up for trade is on top, followed by the sound effects, and then the current version of the composition.

So if you can help me with a trade, please send me an email, and I'll post which item is going to be traded (that way only one item arrives for the current trade). Then, please send the item to the address below, and once I receive your tradeup, I will in return send you the trade. Oh, and please make sure the item is legal to send in the mail and won't cost too much to send back through the mail (at least in the beginning--of course if you have something pretty awesome in mind...).

email:

torikamal@gmail.com

address:

Tori Kamal

Kamal Creative

PO Box 28162

Crystal, MN 55428