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Baby Microphones and Self Production
Staying motivated and inspired as a female in a male dominated industry can become incredibly daunting. Usually “I want to work with you” gets misconstrued as a dinner date or even worse, “I like you”...
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NAMM Mentoring Session
SoundGirls.Org Presents NAMM Mentoring Session – Hosted by Heather Rafter Join us for a Mentoring Session with Women Leaders in Professional Audio January 19th 6:30 – 9:30 pm Anaheim You must be a...
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Never Take No for Answer – Yuna Qian
Yuna Qian’s journey into audio engineering started when she was given a piano by her parents at the age of five. This first instrument planted within Qian a love of music that would grow into a career...
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Norway – SoundGirls Presents Sound Reinforcement of Acoustic Instruments
SoundGirls Presents Sound Reinforcement of Acoustic Instruments With Asle Karstad – Oslo – Norway Feb 28, 2017 Oslo, Norway Place: Gymsalen, Sentralen Time: 10 am – 5 pm Free: Limited to 20 Spaces –...
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Erika Earl – Always be yes-sing! (say it out loud)
Someone once said about Erika Earl, “the building could be on fire, and no one would know because all nine sessions would keep going.” She has made more than a few musicians, engineers, and producers...
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Live Recording of a DVD of Sertanejo
“Sertanejo” is a Brazilian music style which would be similar to “country music” in the USA, but entirely different in musical terms. It is the most popular type of music here in Brazil and a very...
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Siemens/Sitral W295
The Siemens W295 is a bridge impedance, fully discrete class-A push-pull output Equaliser designed in West Germany in the early 70s. The cassette size unit features input and output transformers,...
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From “Girl Engineer” to Re-Recording Mixer – Sherry Klein
Sherry Klein is an Emmy-nominated re-recording mixer and a pioneer of women in audio in both music and television. Sherry became a recording engineer at Larrabee Studios in the late 1970s – one of a...
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The Songwriter’s Secret: The Circle of Fifths
The skills involved in producing and engineering music are different to the ones required to write and play it, but that does not say there is no overlap. Even the simplest recording job requires you...
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The Studio Side – Ariel Rechtshaid – Feat Grammy Award Winning Producer/...
Join us for a moderated discussion, Q&A, and Ariel Rechtshaid will be breaking down his production process with a surprise mix. Ariel Rechtshaid is a record producer, audio engineer, mixing...
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What I Know Now
As a non-male* songwriter, performer, and producer, I am always grappling with the concept of ability and credibility. In press on artists that I admire and follow, I see unconscious sexism. Figures...
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Tips For Making Better Guitar Recordings In The Studio
So you’ve gone to the studio to record your guitar tracks but the output seems off. It may not sound like the way you’ve envisioned, or there seems to be something lacking in your recording. Whatever...
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How to be Lucky
“I’ve never had those kinds of well-paid opportunities happen, not everyone is lucky.” “She’s so lucky she got that job, I’d kill to work there.” “You’re so lucky to be doing what you love! I wish I...
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I Am A Puzzle
When I was 17 and an intern at Interscope Records in New York City, my boss, head of radio promotions, said to me, “Don’t get into this business. The music business is a terrible business.” I can...
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When Music and Science Collide – Darcy Proper
Studies have shown that there are less than 10% of women working in the audio engineering field. With the world of sound encompassing a vastly wide array of disciplines, this could range from working...
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NAMM Mentoring Session 2018
SoundGirls Presents NAMM Mentoring Session Join us for a Mentoring Session with Women Leaders in Professional Audio January 25th 6:30 – 10:00 pm Anaheim You must be a member of SoundGirls, and you must...
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Top 10 Tips to Improve Your Mixes
Make sure your mixing environment has some proper acoustic treatment Every room has its sound. Your speaker monitors should be placed at the center of the room, right next to a wall, with a small...
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Finding the Gems – Grace Banks
photo credit: Artemis Evlogimenou Grace Banks is an independent studio engineer based in London, UK. She has worn many hats in the field including recording engineer, mix engineer, musician, producer,...
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The 8 Free Plugins You Need To Be Using
You may be surprised at the level of quality you can find in free VST plugins. However, there are so many to choose from it can be difficult to find the diamonds in the rough. Luckily, I’ve done a lot...
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Giving Back to the Audio Community – Lenise Bent
Producer/engineer LENISE BENT is one of the first women recording engineers and has worked on many iconic records including “Aja” by Steely Dan, “Breakfast in America” by Supertramp and “Tusk” by...
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