2023-01-29 Winter 2023 - Recording Studio Workshops and Live Streaming Events

Exciting times, BUSY times! We are really starting to come back in an amazing "post pandemic" era. This is including digital events (webinars and live streaming etc.) and analog events (at Foothill College, my recording studio in San Jose and other professional recording studios in the Bay Area.)

Super exiting! YOU, our dear students, are always invited!

Upcoming Events

1. Friday, Feb 3, 1PM - 2:30PM Music Tech Webinar
   • https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81204356425 (we will also stream on YouTube Live)
   • Featuring Foothill MTEC graduate Tyler Page (who is a multi-platinum award winning mix engineer in Los Angeles, including credits with Kendrick Lamar etc.)
   • Tyler will demo some of his latest work and answer your questions
   • Students can get feedback on their work (if you have something to share)
   • We will also be talking about iZotope RX for music production, sound design, podcasts and audio for video!
2. Saturday, Feb 4, 2PM - 4PM Studio Recording Workshop
   • Location: Foothill College Record Studios, Building 1100
   • We will be setting up microphones, lights and video cameras for the Sunday event (next day)
3. Sunday, Feb 5, 2PM - 6PM Live Band Performance
   • Setup at 2PM
   • Recording and live streaming at 4PM
   • Students are invited to attend as audience, or also to help work and help the crew
4. Friday, Feb 10, 1PM - 2:30PM Music Tech Webinar
   • https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81204356425 - details to be announced
5. Saturday, Feb 11, 2PM - 4PM Studio Tour and Open House
   • My commercial recording studio in San Jose
   • 458 Reynolds Circle, SJ, 95112
   • Recording demonstrations and chance to listen on AMAZING speaker systems!
     • I've been upgrading, re-tooling and rewiring my entire studio
6. More Events, Workshops, Concerts planned in Feb and March
   • Stay tuned!

Additional Resources

Not to overwhelm you, but there is A LOT of stuff going on!

Recommended Podcasts

1. Making Records With Eric Valentine - I'm Back!
   • Eric Valentine is back! Hands down, one of the best sources of information (free or paid, IMHO) on the field of Music Technology!
   • Trivia: Eric did his FIRST studio recording with me (Bruce Tambling) in my garage "studio" (when he was 13 years old! ;)
2. Episode 1 Archiving Analog, Baking Tape and Synchronizing Tape machines
   • Checkout how we used to work with analog tape machines, back in the day!
3. Working Class Audio Podcast with “Greazy” Wil Anspach
   • Amazing, and INSPIRING, story of a marine who served in the Iraq War (earning a Purple Heart) who is now a very successful, full-time professional, audio engineer!
4. Rick Rubin: How to Access Your Creativity | Huberman Lab Podcast
   • Producer Rick Ruben has a new book! The Creative Act: A Way of Being
     • This podcast is a MUST LISTEN!

More Good Stuff

1. Internships and Externships
   • We are setting up Internships with Foothill College and various media production businesses in the Bay Area
   • More info coming SOON!
2. Audio Movers
   • We use Audio Movers in our media production workflows and Zoom meetings
3. Mixup
   • We use Mixup in all of our classes and media production workflows
   • Included free with your pureMix Pro account
4. Decibel
   • We just started using Decibel in our studios and all classes
     • Free with your pureMix Pro account
5. Team Viewer
   • I've used AnyDesk for many years
   • Recently switched to TeamViewer - because it's the industry standard remote access software
   • The entire WORLD is a Recording Studio!
6. Book 1-on-1's with me
   • A few minutes on the phone or over Zoom can save you HOURS of time (and frustration) !

YouTube Videos

1. Modes
   • Kind of corny, but a great explanation of modes
2. Efficient Mixing Workflow Series - YouTube PlayList
   • I think this is a very cool strategy for mixing on a DAW!