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Sound LearningsE8: Kirsten Hermes. Electronic musician Nyokee, and Senior Lecturer at University of WestminsterA podcast about Education in Audio, Music Production, and Music Technology, (including a plug for the exciting new podcast conference EPod 2023)Our penultimate conversation from the vault of chats in 2020. Kirsten is an audiovisual artist/academic who produces music under the electronic artist alias Kyokee and teaches at the University of Westminster. We chat about Kirsten's migration from Germany to England, her teaching at the University of Westminister and her experiences as an artist in much demand. We talk about new media, ideas of liveness and performance and her book, "Performing Electronic Music Live" (see link...
2023-04-0350 minSound LearningsE7: Katie Tavini. The realities of work as a mastering engineer and educational experiencesA podcast about Education in Audio, Music Production, and Music Technology.Katie Tavini is a Mancunian mastering engineer with credits that include Emeli Sandé, Arlo Parks and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. We spoke to this highly in-demand master engineer almost two years ago (and yes, sorry! It has been that long, but we have some more great chats to drop before the end of the year). The conversation is worth the wait, flowing from the requirements of sound engineering, the differences in the profession from classical to pop, from German contexts to British ones, and from L...
2022-08-0548 minSound LearningsE6: Amlak Tafari. Reggae bass maestro shares tales of a musical, educational and academic lifeA podcast about Education in Audio, Music Production, and Music Technology. In this episode we talk to Amlak Tafari, English-born Jamaican and ‘International Reggae Am-BASS-Ador’. Amlak is bass guitarist for Grammy award winning roots reggae band Steel Pulse, he has also played extensively with Pato Banton and a huge list of other international musicians, as well as being an educator, academic and all round great guy to chat with.We talk about Amlak's rich musical past, his experiences in the music industry and cultural issues of bigotry and racism. We also t...
2021-12-3055 minSound LearningsE5: Bill Evans. Tales of prog rock super stars, tech development, research and HE advocacyA podcast about Education in Audio, Music Production, and Music Technology. In this episode we talk to Bill Evans, producer, researcher, educator and entrepreneur. Bill is the executive producer who brought together the American supergroup Flying Colors, with musical giants such as Mike Portnoy, Dave LaRue, Casey McPherson, Neal Morse and Steve Morse. Their first album, released in 2012, debuted at No 9 on the Billboard’s Hard Rock Charts (No 11 on BBC’s Rock Album charts). In our chat we discuss the world of the hard-rock music scene and Bill shares some fascinating stories and ane...
2021-03-011h 00Sound LearningsE4: Mike Cave. Owner of the Loft Studio in LiverpoolS1E04 – Liverpool, Mastering and Production Sector and Mike CaveA podcast about Education in Audio, Music Production, and Music Technology. This not at all festive episode is a chat with Mike Cave, founder and owner of Liverpool based LOFT STUDIOS since 2002. We chat about what it means to be a music business in Liverpool, and issues regarding connectivity to London. Also, we cover the blagging it took to get there, and of course what it means to be interconnected between educational and creative industry sectors. As always, joining us at our r...
2020-12-2040 minSound LearningsE3: Mike Exarchos (Stereo Mike). Lessons of a major label HipHop artist, an academic and lecturerS1E03 – Mike Exarchos (Stereo Mike)A podcast about Education in Audio, Music Production, and Music Technology. In this episode, we chat with Hip Hop Artist and MTV Award winner Mike Exarchos. Mike was born in Greece and came to the UK to study in Leeds and London. During his studies, he continually worked as a sound producer in the British hop hop scene, including working with names such as Klashnekoff, Bury Crew, Skinnyman, Taskforce, Iceberg Slimm, Mike GLC and JMC.His first album attracted industry attention and he was nominated at t...
2020-11-0746 minSound LearningsE2: Tim 'Spag' Speight. Pro studio tales and educational insights S1E02 – Tim (Spag) SpeightA podcast about Education in Audio, Music Production, and Music Technology. In this episode, we meet up with Music Producer and Educator Tim ‘Spag’ Speight, a professional both in the music industry and in further education. Spag is a freelance recording and mix engineer and a course leader at Barnsley College. He’s worked for some of the greats, Pete Waterman, Simon Cowell, Donna Summer, Steps, Westlife, McFly, Kim Marsh, S Club 8, Dannii Minogue and many others. We start off exploring the rather bleak industry forecasts for our cre...
2020-10-1033 minSound LearningsE1: A decade of Music Technology degreesS1E01 – Introduction to Sound LearningsA podcast about Education in Audio, Music Production, and Music Technology.In this first episode, the hosts of this podcast introduce Sound Learnings, a new audio-oriented podcast with a roundtable of experts in music production and music technology. We discuss news, stories and publications with one or more guest presenters - people who are top of their game in either Education, Audio, Music Production and or Music Tech development. And yes, we will fight about terminology, haggle about where the industry is going, laugh about some of the tech...
2020-09-0931 minSound LearningsSeason 1 TrailerS1E0 – Trailer and Introduction to Sound LearningsA podcast about Education in Audio, Music Production, and Music Technology.Tim Canfer, host of this new podcast, introduces this new podcast where he and his co-hosts chat with engineers, producers, lecturers, tech developers and other cool people. He is joined by Carola Boehm and Russ Hepworth Sawyer. Sponsored by Routledge. For more information please see www.soundlearnings.com or on Twitter @SoundLearnings Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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