WORK SAMPLES
Audio/visual Supervisor for richmond ballet:
Since 2006 I have overseen every A/V element of the company, encompassing everything from live sound to video archives, audio recording & editing, creating marketing materials & occasionally composing music for new works.
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AN INTERVIEW WITH LEVI MARSMAN May 2021 All video shot and edited by Dave Watkins Location sound, editing and mixing by Dave Watkins Music by Ólafur Arnalds Video was shown before world premiere performances of Levi's new work: Some Kind Of Peace |
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ALWAYS A WAY October 2020 Music composition and production by Dave Watkins Choreography By Starr Foster Dancers: Cody Beaton & Trevor Davis Video edited by Louis Handler |
For the last decade I have been the voice of Richmond Ballet. Engineering and voicing the majority of television and radio ads for the company as well as the pre-show speeches that play before every performance.
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THE NUTCRACKER TV AD December 2022 Voice Talent and Audio Engineering by Dave Watkins Video edited by Louis Handler & PJ Sykes |
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STUDIO THEATRE PRESHOW SPEECH 2023
Voice Talent and Audio Engineering by Dave Watkins |
personal and collaborative AUDIO/Visual works:
I am passionate about making sounds, making things that make sounds, and the confluence of audio and video!
Since graduating from VCU I have had the privilege of collaborating with and creating works for The Valentine Museum, Sound Arts Richmond, 1708 Gallery’s Annual InLight Exhibition, Gallery5, Good Day RVA Video Collective, and Cherub Records. I have engineered albums for notable Richmond touring acts such as Høly River, Dumb Waiter, and Night Idea in addition to handling all audio production elements for my solo music work.
Since graduating from VCU I have had the privilege of collaborating with and creating works for The Valentine Museum, Sound Arts Richmond, 1708 Gallery’s Annual InLight Exhibition, Gallery5, Good Day RVA Video Collective, and Cherub Records. I have engineered albums for notable Richmond touring acts such as Høly River, Dumb Waiter, and Night Idea in addition to handling all audio production elements for my solo music work.
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COGNATIVE DISSONACE & MENTAL GYMNASTICS 2020 - 2023 A collage of Improvised processed piano performed and recorded live to video by Dave Watkins in October 2020 Additional video shot by Dave Watkins in January 2022 Audio Mix and Video editing by Dave Watkins in 2023 |
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GOOD DAY RVA PERFORMANCE 2015 A semi improvised live performance with my homemade electric dulcitar and live looping rig that showcases my ability to fluidly develop music ideas that find balance between melody, texture and dynamics. Video produced by Good Day RVA Sound By Mitch Clem |
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INTERSTITIAL TRANSDUCTION InLight 2012 People's Choice Award Winner A collaborative project with Nelly Kate to build a public audio visual instrument for 1708 Gallery's annual InLight art exhibition. Combined composition, sound design, animation, physical creation, and then manipulated sound and video live during the event. Documentary produced by Kontra |
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YEAR TEN TRIPTYCH Video Documentation of my projection installation for Gallery 5's ten year anniversary in 2015. The idea was creating a piece that could be appreciated from outside the gallery as much as it was from inside. All video shot and edited by Dave Watkins Music By Dave Watkins |
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IT'S BIRDS! A 4 channel outdoor sound installation at The Valentine Museum in Summer of 2018 for Sound Arts Richmond. I recorded loops of artificial bird songs and then built 4 birdhouses with speakers in them to hang in the museum's garden and playback the audio from dawn to dusk everyday. All video shot and edited by Dave Watkins |
Personal MUSIC PRODUCTION WORK:
All music written, performed, recorded, mixed and mastered by Dave Watkins
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2022
Production Music for Riverland Collective |
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2022
Production Music for Riverland Collective |
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2022
Production Music for Riverland Collective |
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2022
Production Music for Riverland Collective |
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2016
Cherub Records 15 Year Anniversary Compilation |
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2017
A self-released longform ambient piece |
For Hire Music Production Work:
Høly River - All music recorded, mixed and mastered by Dave Watkins
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2020
From the album Courage |
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2020
From the album Courage |
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2020
From the album Songs of the Sealion |
Pyramid Mass - All music recorded and mixed by Dave Watkins. Mastered by Colin Marston
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2020
From the album Spewtrid |
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2020
From the album Spewtrid |
Dumb Waiter - All music recorded, mixed and mastered by Dave Watkins except where noted
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2018
From the album Heck (mastered by Colin Marston) |
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2016
From the album Cancel Christmas |
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2016
From the album Cancel Christmas |
Night Idea - All music recorded, mixed and mastered by Dave Watkins
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2016
From the album Breathing Cold |
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2016
From the album Breathing Cold |
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2016
From the album Breathing Cold |