Hire me for your upcoming shoot in Florida

I'm based in Tampa and cover the whole state of Florida. The Tampa Bay area (roughly a 50-mile radius) is my home base with no travel fee, and I'm the go-to sound mixer for productions statewide — I regularly travel to Orlando, Miami, Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, Jacksonville, Sarasota and Fort Myers. For shoots past 50 miles, travel is billed at the standard federal mileage rate — still far cheaper than flying a mixer in from out of state.

All of the above — those are different names for the same job. I'm a production sound mixer and location sound recordist (some people just say sound mixer, sound recordist, boom operator, production sound, or “the sound guy”). On a typical Florida shoot I mix, record, run wireless lavs and a boom, and deliver clean audio to the camera and client.

Documentary, ENG and broadcast (news, sports, reality and magazine TV), and commercial and corporate work. I've worked full-time since 2008 — over 18 years — and recorded thousands of broadcast television productions for networks including ESPN, ABC, HBO, Discovery and many more.

Yes. My package is a complete, professional location sound rig: a Sound Devices 833 mixer/recorder, Sound Devices A20 and Sanken COS-11 wireless lavs, Sanken, Schoeps and Sennheiser boom mics, jam-synced Tentacle Sync timecode, and redundant recording on every job. I also carry Lectrosonics IFB and other extras — those are on my rate card and added when a shoot calls for them.

Yes. Jam-synced Tentacle Sync timecode to every camera is standard on every shoot. IFB — a wireless feed so the client, director and reporter hear exactly what's being recorded — is one of the extras on my rate card; I always have it on hand and add it when a shoot needs it.

Texting is fastest: 813-716-8826. You can also call that number or email Joe@floridasoundman.com.

Rates depend on the production: the length of the shoot, crew size and what gear you need. Text me the details and I'll get you a quote the same day.