Posts tagged: audio production

Audio Production

Notes from the Field: First Job

April 26, 2010 I graduated from the Audio production program this past fall 2009. Since graduation I have had a few short term projects where I have been able to use the skills I obtained through training at CDIA. I have been conducting a job search in addition to networking with organizations and people that could be in a position to assist me.  I also worked with the Career Services department at CDIA. Throug Read On...

Audio Production

NAMM 2010!

February 3, 2010 NAMM 2010! There’s nothing like your first time. And this music conference is no exception. But first, how did I get here?... In October of 2009, at the AES conference in New York, I met Scott Simon - who is the New England representative for Waves Plug-in software.  We quickly became acquainted and continued our thoughts and conversations long after the event. Recently, Scott mentioned the NAMM show and if I was attending. As luck wo Read On...

Audio Production

Milestones - Week two and three of the three-track demos

May 8, 2009 In my last blog I wrote about the first week of recording The Lights Out for our three-track demo project. In that first week we got the drums and bass recorded and I was able to do a basic mix before heading into the studio for the next round.   We had put down some scratch guitars and now we had eight hours in Studio D for the real thing. First up was Rish playing a hollow body Gibson through a Marshall JCM 800. We put the amp in one of Read On...

Audio Production

Milestones: Week One of the 3 Track Demo Project

April 14, 2009 Six months have now passed since our class started the Audio Production course at CDIA, and it's amazing how fast the time has gone, not to mention how much we've learned.   The first few months of classes were great fun with a lot of information to soak up fast. In addition to the audio theory there are two amazing recording studios to learn to navigate, plenty of class labs to get us working on the types of projects we'd see in the worki Read On...

Audio Production

Connecting the Masses

March 5, 2009 I am currently a student at CDIABU, and this will be my first blog with some of the experiences I have been through. I feel as though so far, CDIA is everything I expected and wanted out of a college. I am a month into the program and I am already learning, getting hands-on experience, and networking as much as possible. I am very thankful to be learning from industry professionals who have been through a lot of what I’m sure everyone will Read On...