Jeff Jacoby
About
Jacoby practices sound and radio art, audio for video, directing, producing, writing, performing, and podcasting. Jeff serves as Professor of Media Arts in the Broadcast & Electronic Communication Arts Department (BECA) at San Francisco State University. Jeff founded Living Sound Productions (1980), where for thirty-five years he produced radio, video, and film projects, music (from jug band to rap), live concerts and various events. He taught media production at Quinnipiac University, Real Art Ways, and the Media Arts Center in Connecticut, and hosted radio programs at KAOS (Olympia, WA), KBOO (Portland, OR), KMUN (Astoria, OR), WPKN (Bridgeport, CT), and WLNV (Derby, CT). Current projects include Sonic Dark Rides (immersive sound art), the podcasts Sonic Space with Professor Noize, and The Traveling Radio Show, and enjoys collaborations with artists working in a variety of mediums. Jeff is also a published author at Linkedin Learning, Creative Pro, and the Journal of Radio & Audio media. He has been recognized with an Emmy Award and two Emmy nominations, two Crystal Radios, five Broadcast Education Association Awards, and two CINÉ Golden Eagles, among other honors. His work has been heard on PBS, NPR, commercial and community radio, and at art festivals such as South by Southwest, Black Maria, Festival du Film de Paris, and ASIFA-East. Jeff lives in San Francisco with his most frequent collaborator and partner, visual artist Sharon Steuer. In 2005 they formed the Freedom Fries Art Collective, recruited sixty artists, and mounted a large-scale, participatory political art installation (more of this is under way). For more information, visit www.jeffjacoby.net.
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Why You Should Consider Using an External Webcam
In a world where remote meetings and classes are the new norm, an external webcam can offer a clear step up from your built-in camera.
Review: AmpRidge iPhone Shotgun Video Microphone MightyMic S
I was happy to receive the AmpRidge iPhone Shotgun Video Microphone MightyMicS for a critical review, courtesy of the folks at Photojojo. AmpRidge bills it as a shotgun microphone that works with the iPhone, iPad, and other similar devices. I assume that the company is thinking of this product being used to capture better sound […]
Sound Advice: Focused Listening
In the Sound Advice series, I’ve discussed several audio-for-video topics in previous articles, including choosing microphones, why you should avoid the camera microphone, and how to think about the craft and art of sound for video. Another important part of the sound capture process is maintaining a focus on what is being recorded. A common […]
Sound Advice: Choosing Microphones and Where to Put Them
Alternatively, I could call this article “The Microphone Wars.” Everyone in the audio business has a favorite microphone, and the debate rages on. Since I brought it up, I will put forward my example of a great microphone: the vintage Neumann U-87 that I purchased (used) in 1983 in a vast used-equipment warehouse in New […]
Sound Advice: Thinking in Audio
Good audio in a video or film isn’t a theoretical, feel good, groovy sort of thing. It’s a get your hands dirty, dig in, do-or-die sort of thing. Don’t try to make your video sound great because you “should.” Make your show sound good in the satisfying knowledge that good audio will bring your work […]
Sound Advice: Using the Camera Microphone
Most of you consider yourselves visual professionals, and as such may have little concern for capturing good audio. Yet I’ll wager that many of you find yourself increasingly wrestling with sound, and probably wondering how best to deal with it. It might be rich content in an article you are writing, or audio for a […]
