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Two Lovers
By: Bob Dennis
The first and most important piece of promotion you need to
generate is the "bio." Well-written bios make people love you.
But, you have two lovers to satisfy. Bob explains...
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AUDIO SPECIALIST
STUDY MODULE
Wireless Microphones
By: Robert Dennis
With live sound, one of the
types of setups you might work with are wireless mics. They have
their own rules and things you have to watch out for. Bob
explains...
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RECORDING WEBSITE
TIP OF THE WEEK
Double Tracking Vocals
By: Bob Dennis
When recording a vocal there
are various techniques that can be used to improve the production.
Doubling is one of them. Bob covers the ins and outs of this
technique.
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DSP
The Wonderful Dangerous World Of Multiband Compression
By: Bob Dennis
Multiband compression splits the audio frequencies into different
bands and then compresses these bands independently. Is it a
compressor, an equalizer or a mixer? In a way it's all three.
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Under construction for 18 months, the Gospel
Sound Studios building is situated in a well-cared for older neighborhood in NE
Detroit. A very large addition was added to a neighborhood house, filling up
an
adjoining lot. It's scheduled to be completed early next year and open
by Fall of 2007 with 3 floors and extra tall ceilings. The facility will have 6 bathrooms, 4 bedrooms,
2 kitchens,
a conference room, 4 control rooms/audio suites, offices and 2 studios. |
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Charles Flenory, Owner of Gospel Sound, shows
the Billboard platinum award he received for the design and construction of
the Platinum Sound Studios facilities in Atlanta, Georgia 15 years ago.
Pictures of the physical facility are in the frame holding the award.
He is personally doing much of the work to build the
Gospel Sound Studios building. |
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Charles receives his Motown Heritage Club
Membership certificate this month from co-founder, yours truly.
Charles, a 1977 Recording Institute Of Detroit Recording Engineering Program
graduate, truly represents a force in "Keeping The Motorcity A Hit Factory."
He's building a world-class recording facility to crank out Gospel hits from
Detroit. He's been talking about building this facility since 1978.
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Gospel Sound is equipped with a large analog
console, two 24 track and two 2 track analog recorders but will also
have a Pro Tools HD system so that clients can get any kind of sound that
they want on their production. You hear your production through large
Westlake Audio monitors as the main system. |
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Studio A is large
( 37' x 25') with two isolation rooms and double-wall construction. Floor
construction is in layers of wood,
Homasote, and
vinyl sound barrier that isolates sound much like lead sheeting. Charles
knows how to construct rooms with isolation from one another. |
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The main studio
has an opening to the second floor landing, and hallway with a high cathedral
ceiling. This acts as a "bass trap" to tune the studio acoustics. It took
Charles a year to plan out the studio design and pull the building permits.
Charles took RID programs in 1977, helped the institute redo its main
teaching studio (1978) and classroom facilities (1985). He has, over the
years, built several major studios in Georgia and California, as well as 143
homes in the Atlanta area. It took a lot of hard work to fund the
construction of this future showplace studio facility. |
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Studio B on the
second floor has the high cathedral ceilings. A mastering suite is
also located on this floor. The basement features 10 foot ceilings and
houses offices. There is enough space to put in another control room
and a Studio C if it is needed. |
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The master bedroom
is 37 feet wide and features walk-in "his" and "hers" twin closets, a large
HD TV screen, and comfortable lounging. The size of the room makes the
king size bed look small. |
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A Kitchenette and
bathroom are off the master bedroom and help form comfortable living
quarters for out-of-town artists doing long recording projects. The
bathroom features a sauna and whirlpool, as well as a walk-in closet. |
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All of the
construction and finish materials is first class. Charles displays one of
the ceramic tiles for the kitchenette that he "imported" from California.
According to Charles, "You just can't get tiles like this here." |
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After the tour, I
sit down with Charles to talk about the past, what's happening now, and
what's over the horizon for him and his Gospel Sound Studios. Charles
is close to realizing goals he set for himself while attending the Recording
Institute Of Detroit almost 30 years ago. |
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Charles Flenory
is working hard to keep the Motorcity a Hit Factory with Gospel music, one
nail at a time. |
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