Lance Brown:
CLASS OF 1987
John I. Leonard High SchoolClass of 1987
Lake worth, FL
Lance's Story
Life
i left leonard in a daze. my senior year not amounting to anything other than an exercise of mental skating. my only connection to life was a desire to be in the music business; and to orlando, fl this directed me. after a year technical training, i found myself immersed in the world of the Allman Brothers, Ziggy Marley and Al DiMeola. a trip to jamaica highlighted this period of two years. in this time, i realized that - though i loved music - the music business was not for me.
i arrived in hollywood in time for my 21st birthday... oh, what a sheltered life i had lived - first the sinful music biz and now the concrete jungle. 5000 square miles of asphalt, concrete, motorcar steel and the occasional palm tree. that same summer, i landed a job in the TV business doing sound design for one of the Fox Network's first animated television series. this was the start of an illustrious 15 year span that has many grand and poignant moments.
1991 - girlfriend moves with her son from florida to california; she moves in
1991 - worked on "Grand Canyon", my first glimpse working on a big film
1992 - worked on "Army of Darkness", a cult classic film that continues rouse horror geeks that cross my path
1992 - witnessed the Rodney King LA Riots. my 1st truly surreal experience.
1993 - worked on "The Fugitive", my first hollywood blockbuster; contributed to the famed "Train Sequence"
1993 - entered the w...Expand for more
orld of macrobiotics, zen buddhism, taoism, organic foods & environmentalism
1994 - survived the LA/Northridge Earthquake; it had the highest peak ground acceleration of any earthquake recorded in the history of recorded instrumentation. get me the hell outa here!
1995 - still in LA with "nerves" of steel or whatever...
1996 - "The Ghost and The Darkness" wins an academy award for best sound effects; after working on three other films nominated for an oscar, "Ghost" finally wins. good times...
1997 - yoga begins with a new understanding of the body's relationship with self
1998 - married my longtime girlfriend for the wrong reasons
1999 - begin a long career road for most sought after job in film sound, the re-recording mixer
2000 - become an "adult" with my 1st real estate purchase a townhouse in the 2nd safest city in america: glendale, california
2002 - i become conscious for the 1st time in my life and a separation occurs; divorce
2003 - meet the love of my life: miss congeniality; the courting begins...
2005 - a whirlwind of activity starting with a wedding in Greece; a new career in Vancouver, Canada
it's been quite ride - this life - so far. no regrets. going on 20 experiencial years after high school. i am happy to have survived LA, a city that takes hostage of some and discards the rest; and to have a sense of self after meandering for so long. i look forward to what the future brings.
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