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The Bronx Is Burning
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Stories in picture, sound, and performance
vagrantvideoguy
Also known as professional wrestler Riki Ataki. Three decades of shaping stories for screens, stages, and live crowds.
Previous work
01 / EditorialOne career. Several lives.
02 / StoryIn an edit bay, a wrestling ring, or a live venue, timing determines what lands. It’s knowing when to hold, when to cut, when to let a moment breathe — and when to get out of its way.
The larger shifts have been about timing, too. Wrestling gave way to film and television, where I found a home cutting theatrical trailers, network promos, campaigns, and short-form work for clients including The CW, Lionsgate, and ESPN. Now music is opening another direction. In retrospect, each change arrived at exactly the right moment.
Editing, producing, writing, motion, camera, and finishing.
Location recording, audio instincts, and a growing life in music.
Professional wrestling, live timing, character, and crowd psychology.
Music in progress
03 / MusicI’m currently studying songwriting, composition, arrangement, and production — bringing an editor’s sense of structure and timing into a different medium.
There’s no finished work posted yet. This section will grow as the music is ready to be heard.
Form, lyrics, melody, and the choices that give a song its shape.
Arrangement, sound, tools, and turning an idea into a recording.
Finished work will live here when it earns its place.
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