Sunday, October 19th, 2008
Join Sound Arts at Blakes in Berkeley and support the Obama Campaign…Brought to you by Abject Era and KGE Productions, with live art from Wall Eye Creations and music by The Dervish, The Red Fox, Pride City Purpose and more!
Amongst several other prizes and giveaways, Sound Arts will be raffling a $250 gift certificate for a half day of recording and mixing (engineer included).
2367 Telegraph Ave
$10 Min Donation
Doors Open at 7:00
We showed up sometime after spending way too much on a midday meal. After marveling at our inability to walk, my friends and I bellied over to Sound Arts to check out what they had going on for their Sponsorship Week.
An incredibly young band, called Midori and Audioclique, were taking session. The singer, Midori, is a very beautiful girl who is only 15. Her band mates, Conor and Kevin are 20 and 19, respectively. They were working on a song called “Bangkok,” about a girl who just may be too hot to trot.
Adam cued up the machines and they were rolling. As Midori started her vocal overdubs, Conor and I chatted on the sofa. He told me that they were currently in the restructuring phase, that soon they were be focusing on the real star (he forked a finger at himself and smiled.)
Both Conor and Kevin were very playful. They play keys and bass respectively. While watching Midori enunciate the ‘kok’ in ‘Bangkok’ and joking that it’s their song too, they told me a sliver of their story. They all grew up in Santa Rosa, and are currently in the running for “Best Indie Pop Song” in the Hollywood Music Awards. Midori has been singing since she was 13, in fact the song up for the award, called “Go,” was recorded when she was only 13.
Midori’s father Ron and her mother have been very influential in helping her get this far. Her father actually plays guitar in the band and helps with management and audio production. Her mother fills in as the resident PR and booking agent. The awards take place at the Kodak theater, November 20.
You can listen to Midori and the Audioclique at:
http://www.myspace.com/midorilongo
http://www.audioclique.net
- Jean Yaste
The first Sound Arts effect pedal workshop was amazing. Lots of fun and very productive. In two days we were able to make from scratch a 808 Tube Screamer replica, and if I do say so myself, sounds way better than the store bought version (more dynamic range in tone, plus two mods; one for saturation of low end, capacitor bypass and the second, for symmetrical or asymmetrical clipping). Matt Von Ohlen and Sarah Bernat built, painted, decaled, tested and rocked the pedals. From start to finish this was an amazing weekend. I’m looking forward to all of the up coming electronics workshops at Sound Arts.
808 Tube Screamer with modifications
soldering the pedals
Sarah mapping out the enclosure
Matt testing and tweaking his new pedal
Finished pedals Day two
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Ex’pression College for Digital Arts
Emeryville, CA
The National Association of Record Industry Professionals, will be hosting a panel about how to promote and make money from songs. This session will include live song critiques and a special breakout section on legal aspects of song collaborations, licensing and self-publishing. This is a great opportunity to get a crash course in the music business and develop the tools you’ll need to market your songs to labels, businesses, online vendors and individuals.
“NARIP’s July 19 program on this topic will take an in-depth look at the A&R process and provide insight into how to commercially exploit songs, perform many functions of a publisher, and secure and capitalize on licensing opportunities.”
Check it out!
July 31st through August 9th, 2008
We will be hosting a “recording boot-camp” where seasoned Sound Arts interns assisted by new students from youth outreach and media literacy programs, will record, mix and deliver songs produced by selected sponsored artists. The first three days will highlight recording setup and techniques, followed by a full week of music production and collaboration. Artists are invited to apply for this unique opportunity to record their songs and take part in a music compilation, totally for free!
We’ll work together to produce two to four artists/bands, start to finish. All the participants receive credit in the compilation and are encouraged to network, collaborate, and take part in future programs and opportunities in the filed of music production. Intern hours will also be logged to satisfy portions of required intern hours for other youth training programs.
This is a very fresh idea still undergoing some incubation, but we are looking to use this model and pilot project in a future grant proposal. Our goals are to provide free/discounted studio time to up and coming artists in the Bay Area, establish a crash course program to educate young engineers and producers, and to create a creative venue that releases routine compilations from a variety of genres and communities.
To apply for a recording sponsorship email:
education@soundarts.org
or for more information, email:
info@soundarts.org
Create, Engineer, Produce, Network, & Collaborate!
This event is free but donations are *greatly* appreciated and help to keep this series running!!
Stereo Miking Techniques
Saturday, May 17th, 2008
10 am - 6 pm @ Sound Arts
Sound Arts welcomed a very unique Stereo Miking Techniques Class that covered capturing audio content in a Stereo Field for Music Production, Film Recording, and Sound Art Creation. Four Stereo Miking Techniques were thoroughly explored, and instructor, Ryan Kleeman is eager to run this class again really soon. Ryan’s audio knowledge and passion is seriously abundant and brings this class a great deal of insight and inspiration. Great responses from all the participants…looking forward to the next one!
Berkeley City College Studio Tour
Friday, May 16th, 2008
As apart of growing the network and expanding our partnerships, Sound Arts will be welcoming the Bekerley City College to tour the studio and learn more about the programs and resources witihin.
