Pleasuremaker Band – CD Release Party
Thursday October 1st 10pm Elbo Room $8 (includes free cd)

Free Download – Pleasuremaker Band – What We Came For (Pleasure/Beatfanatic Edit)

PLEASUREMAKER BAND – WHAT WE CAME FOR EP – Coming Out October 1st !!!

The EP Features 4 new original Pleasuremaker tracks plus a remix of the title track by DJ Smash

CD RELEASE PARTY THURSDAY OCTOBER 1ST @ AFROLICIOUS PARTY @ ELBO ROOM

I’d like to introduce the first taste of a growing love of timelapse photography and time remapped videos.

Here we have the basic setting up the drums and mikes to record Making Tents.

Check out the video on our Facebook Page

We just wrapped a session with a most excellent band called The Once Was. They came all the way out from Jersey to record at Sound Arts, under the astute ear of our own Andrew Duncan.

They play regularly at NPR’s World Cafe, and definitely have it together enough to go the long haul. Good luck guys and hope to see you back in Cali soon!

click on the photo to hear ‘em and decide for yourself.

One of our clients, Boom Labs, recently went live with their new web site, where you can log on and record your own GPS voices. Check it out at www.boomroom.com

Also, take a listen to ‘Kids’ in the library, to hear the vocal talents of yours truly.

Happy Creating!

In an effort to keep you folks better informed about what other projects we’ve got going on, I’m proud to introduce our latest feature: Outside the Studio. These articles will detail what sweet and savvy projects our brilliant instructrs, producers and engineers have going on throughout the Bay and the World! It just goes to show that working with Sound Arts gives you top-notch access to a myriad of opportunitues in the Music and Audio Industry.

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Lead Instructor, Christopher Willits, is touring again. For those who don’t know, Willits is an acclaimed experimental musician, coining the term ‘folding’ in his approach to his guitar playing.  He travels all over the world to share his avant guard work with anyone and everyone. Upcoming dates on the East Coast:

Friday, Feb. 20 in Brooklyn @ Monkey Town

Saturday, Feb. 21 in NYC @ the Stone

Sunday, Feb. 22 in Baltimore @ Hexagon

For a complete list of Willits’ upcoming tour dates, check out www.christopherwillits.com/events.html

Willits was also asked to give a guest lecture at Stanford this month, to talk about the relationship between live performance, mic techniques, and how he designs software that creates a relationship between  sound and image. Way to go Willits!

Lead Producer, Ryan Kleeman, is currently co-designing the sound for Philistines, a theater production about the young generation and the older generation clashing through the chaos of a revolution in turn-of-the century Russia. Philistines runs the second week of Feb. through the last week of Feb. at Zeum Theater in Yerba Buena Gardens at 4th and Howard.

Full Speed Ahead!

We’ve got lots going on this month, here’s the skinny:

Upcoming classes:

* Music Production Workshop. Sat. & Sun. Feb. 14 & 15, 2009
* Mic Techniques. Sat. Feb. 21, 2009
* Voice Over Workshop. Sat. & Sun. Feb. 28 and March 1, 2009

For the current list of scheduled classes, prices and descriptions, or to sign up for a private instruction session, give us a call or visit www.soundarts.org

Overlap Salon

On February 4th, Sound Arts partner organization, Overlap, hosted a FREE event where users of Cycling 74’s powerful New Media creation software Max/MSP/Jitter were invited to join us in a mix of presentations, discussions, and discoveries. Topics included preset storage using the pattr system and tips and tricks for integrating preset communication into your patches.

We will be hosting the salons once a month throughout the year, so be sure to check in to get the next date. Everyone is welcome regardless of previous experience, and all are encouraged to bring laptops and libations!

Lily Taylor Releases “Overtones”

Lead engineer Ryan Kleeman has nearly wrapped producing up and coming artist Lily Taylor’s debut album “Overtones.” Together they infused her haunting vocals with ethereal drops of piano strings, creating the perfect soundtrack for watching skies ablaze in the jaded desert. And did we mention she’s originally from Santa Fe? Hear something new at: www.myspace.com/thelovelylily