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Mb: Hey Sintz
Sintz: What's up?
Mb: What's going on?
Sintz: Been a rough day. I got four CD's, all with the same songs on
them, in different formats for this film, and only one was readable.
Mb: What kind of work are you up to?
Sintz: Well, the last year I've been primarily doing soundtrack and post
production sound work on independent film.
Mb: Your own company?
Sintz: Yes, I started Sintz Productions a little over a year ago. Since
then I have upgraded almost all of my recording equipment to 24bit 96K
as well as the software I use to write and mix soundtracks.
Mb: What film are you working on?
Sintz: I just finished up a 5 month venture with the film Dysphoria which
will be released in the next couple of months. I'm beginning work on
a feature length called Wedding Bliss right now.
Mb: Are you excited by soundtrack?
Sintz: I actually love writing music. I have a CD that I've written all
the music for but haven't had time to record it, since I started doing
soundtracks. The soundtracks I put together not only have my music but
many other artists that fit the genre of the scene. I have many genres
that I can write to but I like to offer the soundtrack diversity, so
I also search for other talents. The short answer to your question is,
I enjoy arranging the mood and feeling in film. Soundtrack sounds so
bland and doesn't touch the thought and feeling that goes into making
the moment in the film speak to the audience.
Mb: And what's the saddest of all keys?
Sintz: That's a hard one. I personally like A minor but that's subjective
to the listener.
Mb: wrong .. "D minor, which I always find is really the saddest
of all keys really. I don't know why, but it makes people weep instantly"
Sintz: Hahaha, like I said, its subjective, but I'm sure there are many
sad Keys.
Mb: What about lyrics? Write them much?
Sintz: Yes, I do write lyrics and much of the CD I mentioned has lyrics.
Mb: What do you want to say in words?
Sintz: I guess if I had to sum it up, I want to express the experiences
that I live in everyday life. I want to emphasize feelings and emotion
and try to allow the listener to feel what I do when I sing or write
them. There is a message in everything, even the wind pushing through
the trees, the sounds of a disposal running, it's all there and when
I do write lyrics I want them to depict the mood as well as the music.
Mb: And the summation of your experiences is…?
Sintz: I started in music when I was a kid. I played viola at 8 years
old and went from there. I play many instruments, master of none but
the music I play is from me, not prefab or canned from someone else.
I've been creating music for over 30 years now and the experience continues
to grow every day. I learn something new every day and add that to the
accumulated knowledge. I think I'll be able to tell you the summation
once I've died and you go back and listen to my music from beginning
to end. It's a journey and I try to document it with my music.
Mb: So, I've gone to the BB for our next question and it comes from
Mr. leblanc who wants to know "how big is his winky?"
Sintz: I guess I should get out my macro adapter for my digital camera
so I can blow it up enough to take a measurement.
Mb: I don't know where these guys get these questions!
Sintz: Hey, I like questions from outside, perverse as they may be. Zircon
tweezers come to mind.
Mb: Seems you've made a lot of friends online. BBs important to you?
Sintz: My online life is really a channel that I can pursue while in
the studio. I've been online since 1989 before the web existed. I've
made life long friends on the net and feel that is has grown a part of
my life. Importance is not an issue as much as just being a part of my
life and who I am. I'm the same way in real life as I am on the boards
and perhaps that's why I seem so strange online.
Mb: Another one from our BB... Mr. PLX180 asks "Does he mind
being interviewed by a lazy bastard who didn't bother preparing any questions?
" Well?
Sintz: I think we must first examine the term "lazy bastard".
There seems to be a misnomer that lazy means you spend time online talking.
This is a guestimate at best and shows extreme insecurity on the questioner's
part. Perhaps he should talk with Leblanc about the small things in life.
Mb: Now here's a good one from the mp3.com BB... MOD asks "Is
TC making music to try and control the subconscious mind of a weary public?"
Sintz: You bet your sweet ass I am!
Mb: What really drives you to make music?
Sintz: Nothing drives me. Music is always in my head. It's there all
the time and the music I make is merely taking it out and putting it
a medium that others can hear. Every song I write was already there.
Mb: Geosphere wants to know "What's the biggest regret of your
career "
Sintz: Not continuing to do music 80% of my time. Once you only take
time in between raising a family and work it seems to take a back seat.
I would like to do it all day and night but now responsibility has taken
over my time and I have to work to make it happen.
Mb: Are you a mister mom?
Sintz: No, I do computer work during the day. My first "real"
permanent job in my life. My wife is a stay home mom and takes care of
much of the bill paying. I work all day, make time for my family and
spend all the rest of my time either mowing the yard, cleaning the pool
or making music and doing soundtracks.
Mb: Ah, the legendary pool! Spend a lot of time in it?
Sintz: No, unfortunately not, more time in the Jacuzzi. My two daughters
are both very accomplished musicians though. One plays piano and the
other violin. The pianist want to learn clarinet also so I guess that
will be another expense.
Mb: Yep... more from mp3.com BB... Mike V of Hidden Sanctuary asks
"How often has he taken "ordinary" sounds, such as a toilet
bowl flushing, and translated them into musical notes? Which track reflects
his homage to the natural order of these sounds the best?"
Sintz: Yes, I do take normal sounds, although not samples but the feelings
they gave me and put them into music. The tracks "All Walks of Life"
kind of answers the second question but "Quantum Fall Part 1"
pretty much sums up about 6 months of my life's experiences in the sounds
that influence my music.
Mb: Are you visually oriented too?
Sintz: I like to notice the small things in life. I look at everything,
the stars, grass. I notice the small ripples in the pool and how the
interact with each other. I look for framed pictures in everything and
it all has a major impact on my music.
Mb: do you shoot photo as well? or video?
Sintz: I did studio photography for around 4 years. I started taking
pictures in the mid 70's and still do digital photos. I just bought a
MiniDV camera and all the accessories that go with it, so I'm planning
on doing a few films.
Mb: Another question from thewireweb BB... *such a strange crew over
there...* AlternativeStatic asks "Where did the nickname "the
penguin" come from? And what is your experience with bondage? "
Sintz: *grin*, I've been a penguin in bondage since Frank Zappa first
came out with the song. I could type a small novel on the insinuations
that penguin in bondage depicts in my mindset but I'll just… Early
on in my existence as a small penguin, bound by the confines of life,
I knew that things wouldn't change much as time passed. Looking for freedom
and liberation in every corner of my environs, there was no respite in
sight from the authoritarianism. Over the years, I have come to persevere
through being a Penguin in Bondage finding amazing things within my sight,
hearing and touch. Living with constraints that bind my very way of cogitation,
and not being able to fly off to a better land with the small nonfunctional
wings I possess leave me to survive my milieu. We all have to accept
our limitations and persist with fortitude towards our goals, not letting
the brick walls that surround our universe deter us from our potential
accomplishments. There is always hope through tenacity. Having said that,
I've but one other interjection. Got Penguin?
Mb: "Got Penguin?" picture my confused face... ?:-)
Sintz: If you knew me personally, it would have meaning. Ask Micks...
Mb: I'm afraid too! ...King paisleyface wants to know, "Do you
dress left or do you dress right?"
Sintz: That's an easy one, I have no idea. I get up at 5 in the morning
and have no idea where I am until I get to work and drink a couple of
cups of coffee.
Mb: Finally... Mike Burn asks "I would like to know, if the DVD
for his film project "Wedding Bliss" will be available in summer
as scheduled?"
Sintz: Only if the director stops coming up MIA. Directors have a way
of dissolving and then reappearing. I think so though, as all of the
film festivals start in a little over a month.
Mb: Well Sintz, I think we've covered it all... your home life, work,
your music, your dreams, your sexual leaning... anything else you'd like
to impart on us?
Sintz: Oh wait!!! I didn't get to talk about my sexual yearning!! Oh,
learning. Nevermind. OK, give me a second and I'll give you a parting
thought…In life we all feel the need to be recognized, but more
so in death. Once we leave this world, there is only the things that
we accomplished, people that we touched and the lives that will keep
us alive in thought and dreams. My legacy is my family and my music.
It will live long after I'm gone, perhaps not in the limelight of the
populous, but in the hearts and souls that have listened, been affected
and touched by the music that I write for myself.
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