If you are thinking of building your own home recording studio, this free workshop is a MUST! Award-winning producer/engineer, James Hearn, will esplain how to know exactly what you need based on your circumstances! Before you spend money on something that you don’t need, or buy something that won’t do the job you need it to, check out this free workshop. Some of the topics he will cover include:
- Hardware – What will you need and what’s available
- Software – Which software and price range best suits your needs
- Which you need in terms of a computer
- What other equipment is important and what should be on your wish list
- What are the space requirements for getting a decent sound.
This event is sponsored by Best Buy. Everyone who attends will get a Best Buy discount coupon for anything in their pro audio department!
This is the first of 5 consecutive Sunday home recording workshops! Here are the followup classes:
September 23 – First Things First – Drums & Bass – How to create drum parts with MIDI, microphone options for recording drums, using loops, recording bass, using MIDI for bass parts
September 30 – Adding Instrumentation – Recording with MIDI, recording with microphones, adding piano, guitars, and whatever else you can find
October 7 – Recording vocals, mixing, mastering your song
October 14 – One-on-one sessions with me to help you get your home studio up & running
About James Hearn:
- B.M. in Commercial Music, University of Memphis
- M.S. in Mass Communication, Middle Tennessee State University
- Pro Tools HD Certified Operator, Pro Media Training
- Experience in analog and digital audio recording hardware and software, with an emphasis in Pro Tools. Client list includes the Country Music Association, the Tennessee Renaissance Center, and Club Three Degrees among others.
- Producer of Independent record label and artist albums including Sandy Feet, The Firm Records, and Cat’s Music.
- Teaches at Nashville State Community College
- Additional teaching experience at McNally Smith College of Music in St. Paul, Minnesota, and the University of North Alabama’s Entertainment Industry Center, in Flroence, Alabama.
Specialties
- Recording studio management and marketing consulting and research with internationally published research
- Analog and digital recording, mixing, production, engineering, Pro Tools, Cubase, Internet audio
Date/Time
Date(s) - Sunday, September 16, 2012
2:00 PM CDT - 4:30 PM CDT
Location
Indie Connect (at Fort Knox Studios)
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