We recently connected with Arman Sedgwick-Billimoria and have shared our conversation below.

Alright, Arman thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. Can you talk to us about a project that’s meant a lot to you?

My name is Arman Sedgwick-Billimoria. I am an Emmy Nominated SFX/Foley Editor, Composer and Music Producer. I have been extremely blessed to have had the opportunity to work on some really cool projects.

One of the coolest projects I worked on was a Netflix original animated series GO! GO! Cory Carson. I was brought on to help finish the show, creating original SFX and Foley movements for characters and aiding in creation of the post production sound process. While, I was thrown into the deep end sort to speak mid project, this gave me some great insight and perspective into what goes into creative processes and re-affirmed this is what i was destined to do. It was extremely fascinating to see all the puzzle pieces of post come together and create something magical. About a year after this project was released, we found out we we’re all nominated for an Emmy!

As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?

My name is Arman Sedgwick-Billimoria (Armani B.) I am an Emmy Nominated SFX/Foley Editor, Keyboardist, Composer and Sound Engineer.

Music and Sound is my life!! I was exposed and discovered it at a very early age. One of my first memories was finding an old turn table in my parents garage and looking at all these pretty frisbee disc looking things, realizing these things played music and created sound! I was freakin mesmerized! Rumor has it, soon after I began harmonizing and singing in pitch/rhythm with everyday sounds which were not limited to the vacuum cleaner, trash truck, washing machine; alongside other things that created sound(s). Further, my parents recall the only way to get me to sleep as a child was to blast Pachelbel’s Canon in D on repeat until i’d fall asleep. I guess you can say music is literally consisted of my entire genetic DNA make up.

I started really getting serious with music at age four. My parents say that i was able to go to the piano and pick out melodies by ear note for note while listening to a record. It was at that moment, my love of music developed into a passion to become a professional musician. As my childhood continued to develop, my parents realized how serious i was about music and I began to take lessons, studying under the tutelage of San Diego Music legend Jack Hill, and classical pianist Jeanne Saier. Saier was insistent that i read music and play all the classics like Bach, Beethoven and Mozart (which i hated) and to this day, I regret not taking her lessons as serious as I should have. Further she taught me the foundations of classical music and theory. Jack Hill being an accomplished session musician and coming from the world of jazz, rock, RnB, soul and blues taught me all about improvisation, and jamming as well as theory to which I instantly gravitated towards more so. His approach to lessons and music was much more holisitic and personalized, catering to what I wanted to play which obviously was more rock n roll, jazz, blues, rock, pop stuff. I think our first lesson consisted of him teaching me Santana’s “Oye Como Va?” I was 11 or so. From there on he and I formed a fabulous relationship and I credit a lot of my music success to his teachings.

Soon after high school i attended San Francisco State University to study and pursue Cinema with an emphasis in Post Production Sound Editing, and Music Composition. While there, I was blessed to study with some of the film/music industries greats, Pat Jackson, Steve Horowitz, Pablo Lorenzo Riquelme and Dan Olmsted to name a few. When not attending classes and learning from these greats, i was asked to do audio for almost every student film, gaining valuable on set film experience as well honing my audio production skills and gaining experience into the entire audio processes ranging from Pre-Production, Production to Post Production as well as music composition, while somehow managing to continue to play music with some local bay area groups. Seeing how passionate I was in school, the school of cinema asked me to come teach and guest lecture audio classes and inspire the next generations of students to fall in love with audio and sound. These experiences and film school really helped direct my focus and reaffirmed that Sound/Music Editing alongside playing music professionally is what i wanted to do with my life.

Soon after graduation in the midst of the pandemic, I was asked to work for a local bay area independent audio organization to help finish some foley editing on a Netflix animated series GO! GO! Cory Carson. This work led our entire team to an Emmy Nomination. While we didn’t win, this experience was incredible as it allowed me to utilize all of my onset college experience in a real life professional working manner as well as gave our team bragging rights of being Emmy Nominated!

While working in Berkeley I was blessed to link up with legendary rock group from the late 80’s/early 90’s The Uninvited. They made some huge industry noise on Atlantic Records back in the 90’s with two top 40 Radio Chart hits “What God Said”, and “Too High For The Supermarket” After a 20 year hiatus from the music industry, they put up an add that was looking for a keyboardist who could fit their sound. I auditioned back in late october of 2022 and literally got the gig on the spot. “It was fate and destiny” as my band mate Steve Taylor puts it. Since then we’ve recorded an album entitled “Broken Promiseland’ and continue to record and tour to this day. Our most recent success’s includes writing an original track “Take Me As I Am” which was featured as a title ending sequence track for a PBS American Masters Documentary on film director “Blake Edwards A Love Story in 24 Frames” which was considered for a Grammy for 2024 Best Visual Media as well as our most recent single “The Moment That Matters” which is our highest grossing single of all time with over 30,00 streams after just two weeks of being released!

As of 2025, I currently reside back home in Cardiff By The Sea and travel to the Bay Area/Los Angeles, frequently to fulfill little four year old Arman’s prophecy of being a rockstar, studio musician, composer and SFX Editor. When I’m not on the road I teach music lessons and continue to freelance audio work for commercials, record bands, work as a studio musician and Sound Edit independent films on the side. As always for all musicians, the road beckons, and I look forward to rising up to the occasion to fulfill my musical duties and am excited for what the journey has in store next.

What’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative in your experience?

As a creative, I absolutely LOVE collaborating with other creatives. Being able to create meaningful and quality art is truly magical, I find working with others aids in enhancing the creative process and allows for a more enriching experience both personally and creatively. I also find that as an artist its my duty to inspire others to find their passion and true calling. If I am able to do what I do and have that inspiration transpire on to others, I know that I have succeeded in job.

How about pivoting – can you share the story of a time you’ve had to pivot?

For any artistic field of work, the road is never easy. There are times where you are challenged personally, creatively, and industry wise. The main challenges being faced in an ever changing Music Industry is being able to stay constant with the trends and find a “secret sauce” that the algorithms like. The music industry is truly the wild west right now, in the sense that it’s so incredibly easy to create, share, write and showcase your music, but because of that, anything can literally happen, for good or for the worst; either your stuff flops, or you become an overnight internet sensation!

I think we are in a truly beautiful time to create art as its so easily available and theres such a vast amount of it as well as its so easily and readily available. As of now the music industry trends seem to be more independent focused which I personally think is great but with that comes more responsibility and finding a strategy that works for your business. That idea of the “Secret Sauce” Not only are you having to create music or art, but you are also in charge of having to be your own entrepreneur. One thing that school doesn’t teach you or prepare you for is the business side of the industry. If you are able to take any basic business class, I highly recommend it as it might make or break your approach to making it. Also network like theres no tomorrow! Create a website, business cards, have a mailing list. It’s really trial and error to find what works best for your sauce.

One of the biggest struggles that The Uninvited and I have found difficult is trying to understand and find that “Secret Sauce” to help you get more viewership and stay hip/cool with it while not selling your soul to a label or having your unique brand/idea/sound get compromised. While we have connections in the industry, they only get so far hence why you have to find that combination to create the “Secret Sauce”.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://armansedgwickbillimoria.us/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/armanbillimoria/?hl=en
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arman-sedgwick-billimoria-86652b204/
• Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/armanbillimoria
• Other: Arman’s Band The Uninvited Website https://uninvited.com/