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Michelle Birsky
Senior Music Editor & Composer specializing in film/TV and digital media
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Music editor/composer with feature film and TV experience (including Hulu’s 'Mother/Android'), specializing in stem-based cue reshaping to support story beats and transitions. Brings a retention-focused approach for comedy/YouTube pacing (using silence and quick-evolving musical ideas) and runs an organized, template-driven Logic Pro workflow with LUFS-targeted deliverables (masters + stems).
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Key Strengths
- Narrative-driven music editing that improves emotional continuity between scenes
- Advanced stem-based editing to reshape cues (removing melody, extending atmospheric pads)
- YouTube/comedy pacing instincts (strategic music cutouts to land punchlines and maintain momentum)
- Efficient, organized high-volume workflow using project-specific templates and cue-tracking spreadsheets
- Strong dialogue-first mixing approach using automation, gentle EQ/compression, and loudness targets
Reference Highlights
- Strong emotional storytelling impact through music edits
- Excellent sense of pacing and when music should lead/support/get out of the way
- Hits narrative and comedic beats effectively
- Understands digital/YouTube engagement dynamics
- Improves comedic payoff and overall engagement through audio choices
- High technical proficiency in DAWs and audio post workflows
- Fast, reliable delivery of professional deliverables
- Very consistent mixes across episodes/videos
- Strong quality-control habits (loudness meter, consistent plugin approach)
- Impeccable musical taste and instincts across genres/moods
- Efficient at sourcing and adapting music/SFX from libraries
- Exceptional speed and efficiency in Logic
- Calm under pressure; steady hand with tight deadlines
- "Whatever it takes" work ethic
- Adaptable to late-breaking picture changes; rapid turnaround
- Strong communicator; responsive and collaborative
- Team player; respectful of others' ideas and time
- Good at taking notes and following through to satisfy clients
- Repeat-client trust/retention (clients keep coming back)
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