Introducing Starling. A new audio branding company that thinks the world has gotten too noisy. The alarms, notifications, and alerts that constantly compete for your attention? We believe those sounds can be beautiful. Something people love. Close your eyes and listen:

At my audio branding and sonic UX agency, Starling, we talk a lot about strategy & intentional design. But... what does that really mean? Here's a video of my partner, Colin Coogan talking about exactly that with our recent work for Arrows as a reference.

Somehow, my obsession with making microwaves sound less terrible turned into a feature in WIRED. Really fun talking with them about what Colin and I have been working on at Starling, and why everyday sounds deserve better design. wired.com/story/a-two-person…

There's nothing wrong with reinterpreting an old song. But if it's becoming the most reliable way to get noticed as a new artist, especially in EDM, what are we actually rewarding?

I think of every game score as an exercise in audio branding: creating a sonic identity for a world. With Death Stranding, that idea went all the way down to the raw materials. Here’s how I helped build its sonic palette from scratch:

I have hours of tapes I recorded as a kid doing a "radio show" that no one ever listened to but me. It's mostly me being goofy and making up stupid songs. Very unfiltered & pure. Thinking about converting them & releasing as a podcast.

happy fall. i released this this week. wrote most of them last year. it felt like they went well together. "giants of ohio" is my favorite song i've ever written. joelcorelitz.bandcamp.com/al…

If there was a sound that felt like a gift - the gift of getting your time back, what would it be? Watch Starling's case study for the audio identity we created for Arrows to find out! Congrats on the launch, and thanks for a great collaboration @danielzarick!

Lazy River was featured at Summer Game Fest via Day of the Devs! I'm doing all the music, sound design (100% original, recorded specifically for the game!) & implementation. It's so much fun and extremely silly. youtu.be/OBxP0xlyBXg?si=ojNO…

sometimes i disc jockey youtu.be/RrR4RVUg1wA?si=Epwe…

So pumped for this. Thank you, @mau5trap. ❤️☁️

I loved our conversation on the Razzle Dazzle Show. Thanks so much for having me! We talked about my early influences, synths, and everything that shaped me as a composer.

I'd love to DJ a set at a GDC party this year - anyone planning anything??

a song I literally couldn't have written at any other time in life: youtube.com/watch?v=kM9WaAWr…

POSSESSOR(s) is out!! Huge congrats to all. Was such an honor to be involved. I hope you love what we did.

TOMORROW! at joelcorelitz.bandcamp.com, & on Streaming - and on Sky's and @Laced_audio's Bandcamp too. Can't wait for you to hear what @azuria_sky and I did for @possessorsgame! In the meantime, here's Sky's incredible theme with some words about the OST.