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Second Annual Recording Website Seminars & Workshops
April 8, 2004 is the "Second Annual
Recording Website Day" at the Recording Institute of Detroit. Four
seminars are being held on entering the music and recording field. April
9-10th RID holds its Spring, 2004 Pro Audio Specialist Seminars &
Workshops, allowing web students to complete requirements for an RID
campus training certificate with only two days attendance.
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Inside The Music Biz
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Recording Jobs Connection |
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Saxman Darron McKinney Answers the "Call to Courage"
by Frank Imani Jamal,
CORNBREAD PRODUCTIONS
Detroiter,
Darron McKinney, has released a 15-song CD called "Soft Spoken" on a label
he founded. One cut, "A Call to Courage," is dedicated to the men
and women of the nation's police forces, and written to serve as a wake-up
call and inspiration to police officers everywhere. Performed before 18,000 people in Washington,
DC at the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial candlelight
vigil on May 13, 2001, the tune has gained in significance after the 9/11
attacks.
An Intern Report
Interview edited by Frank Imani Jamal
That
first studio gig one takes when embarking upon a career as a recording
engineer can have the potential to start a promising path in audio
production. A recent graduate of the Recording Institute of Detroit (RID)
was offered an extended internship at Gold Section Studios. The intern
talked about his experiences with RID CEO Bob Dennis and what his future
may hold in music. |
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Our Motown
Heritage |
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A Session With Michael
Jackson
By Robert Dennis
In this issue I recount the last
time I was actively working on a gold record for Motown. The story is
called "A Session With Michael Jackson." The technical awe I
experienced then is commonplace in today's project studio recording. My
first impression of Michael was not that he was talented, but that he was
weird... |
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Recording
Jobs Connection |
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Interning & Seconding 101
By Bob Dennis
How you
conduct yourself in a session dictates the success that you will achieve
in the industry. In the article, "Interning & Seconding 101," I talk about
what is expected out of an intern or second recording engineer in a
professional session.
Session Priorities
By Bob Dennis
In an article that I wrote in 2001 (but never posted) called "Session
Priorities," I talk about what is expected out of a recording engineer in
a national session with a recording star. |
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RID Interns Welcome an
Out-Of-Town Recording Engineer/Producer
By Bob Dennis
Waiting at the studio
to welcome the session was RID interns Eric and Dustin. Mixing was
to begin on a recording project of many world-renowned percussionists
recorded live in September, 2003 |
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Production Self-Evaluation
By Bob Dennis
DEVELOPING ARTIST PRODUCTIONS
Probably the biggest "trick" that a music producer needs to learn, is to
be objective about evaluating the potential of a music production.
Its not easy. Bob explains how it is done. |
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Quality EQ
By Bob Dennis
I define Quality equalization as boosting the correct set of
harmonic frequencies on an instrument to achieve a desired tone
quality change in the instrument. The difference is you are taking
into account the frequencies actually being generated by the
instrument.
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