Author Archives: Gordon

About Gordon

Gordon Highland is a video producer/director in the Kansas City area who also makes music and writes fiction.

Listicle Faves

Posted on December 5, 2024 by Gordon

Longtime visitors will recall this site once focused on media advice, vestiges of which remain in the Blog menu above or Tags on the right. Industry Q&A, tips, and fun recs. Social media replaced that demand, though I do miss … Continue reading →

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“City Trees” single/mix

Posted on October 25, 2024 by Gordon

This folk/rap collab drops today, which I took on after completing Bucket’s The Spider and the Butterfly album, detailed on my new MIXING page and below. I received voice and guitar tracks set to a percussion loop, and feeling it … Continue reading →

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Genie-ology

Posted on October 11, 2024 by Gordon

Being the last of my name without kids, I’m always creating what I hope will leave some kind of legacy and impact others beyond my small family. Those efforts have been private in recent times as I’ve focused on genealogy, … Continue reading →

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Star Wars voice swap!

Posted on September 9, 2024 by Gordon

To honor the passing of voice god James Earl Jones, best known as Lord Vader, let’s revisit this fun edit I made exploring the idea that it could be anyone under those helmets. No special audio-splitting tools or AI, just … Continue reading →

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Sim Racing in VR

Posted on August 16, 2024 by Gordon

When PlayStation VR2 launched, I dabbled in Horizon Call of the Mountain because it was a great showcase for the tech advancements since the original headset. Eye tracking, resolution, foveated rendering, yadda. But in the year since firing up Gran … Continue reading →

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2024 video production demo

Posted on February 21, 2024 by Gordon

I hadn’t needed a reel in two decades until being impacted by a 5,000-employee reduction. Most clips are from that job, favoring more recent productions. It speaks for itself since I often did everything but hold the mic—replaced here by … Continue reading →

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Bucket mixes

Posted on January 1, 2023 by Gordon

Hear my work on the new MIXING page, including current Bucket projects! Last year, an old friend from my author circles asked about improving some mixes his musical duo recorded on his phone. They used an interface called an iZotope … Continue reading →

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A Year of Distance

Posted on March 14, 2021 by Gordon

Sleep is now a three-hour event. Twice per night on good ones, many aimless wee hours in between. Often, I don’t bother going back to bed. (cue Tyler Durden …) 372 days ago, I ate in an empty restaurant for … Continue reading →

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Edward Van Halen: a fanboyography

Posted on October 12, 2020 by Gordon

In this essay, I reflect on the life of my hero through the lens of my own musical journey.

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