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Issue #33
by L. Swift and Jeff McQ
Since graduating the Recording Connection, Sebastian Morales has continued to help out at Studio Live USA in Orlando, FL with his mentor, Dave Mikeal — but that’s not the whole story. “We’ve been working on my single together,” says Sebastian. “He’s helping me produce it. He’s also getting me a meeting with a publishing company for the single!”
While helping at the studio and putting the finishing touches on his single, Sebastian has also been supplementing his income with a job at Sam Ash working with the recording gear. “It’s a great place to meet people and network,” he says.
Sebastian and Dave have just begun the mixing process on the new single, which should be released soon. Congratulations, Sebastian—we look forward to hearing your work!
Check out a clip from his single on Instagram!
Thanks to all RRF apprentices who shared their Instagram photos with us for last month’s contest! We’re going through them now. The contest winner will be announced soon!
IN THE MEANTIME, since this contest was so much fun—we’ve decided to do it again for the month of September! Share your candid photos in the studio working with mentors, artists, and so on, using the hashtags below, and you can win a prize!
Here are the contest rules:
All disciplines included: Recording, Radio, and Film!
Share unique and/or inspiring candid photos on Instagram of you, your mentor, the studio, and people you’re working with!
To submit an entry, simply include the appropriate hashtag on Instagram:
#recordingconnection
#filmconnection
#radioconnection
Hashtag MUST be present in order for the photo to be considered – Submit as many entries as you like!
Winner receives a $50 Amazon gift card!
The Pensado Vintage King Gear Expo 2014 is happening in Nashville, TN on September 27. The Recording Connection will have a booth at the expo, and we want to see YOU there!
Hosted by Vintage King and our good friends at Pensado’s Place, this one-day event gives you the chance to check out (and try out) the hottest new audio and musical gear! You’ll also have the chance to mix and mingle with lots of industry pros and music celebrities, and even win some stuff!
At the Recording Connection booth at the expo, you’ll have the chance to meet Brian Kraft and some of our top mentors like Sean Giovanni (Tim McGraw, The Wallflowers), Ryan Hewitt (Lady Gaga) and others! Shake hands, take pictures with Brian and the mentors, and pick up a FREE DOG TAG FLASH DRIVE! (Prior registration required—see below.)
The Pensado Vintage King Gear Expo 2014 takes places from 10am-4pm in Nashville, TN; visit the Expo website for the details and for expo tickets. To reserve your FREE Recording Connection dog tag flash drive, just click here to sign up so we know you’re coming! We’ll see you there!!
Pensado’s Place/Vintage King Gear Expo 2014
Chung King Studios in New York City is not only one of the Recording Connection’s top mentor studios—it’s also one of the most in-demand studios in the industry! (Chung King’s client list includes such names as Mariah Carey, Kanye West, Aerosmith and Jay Z!) Recently, rap artist Foxy Brown visited the studio for her interview with FUZE and the studio staff tells us LL Cool J is scheduled to record some tracks! Check out photos of the studio here.
The west-coast branch of Sanctum Sound (formerly known as “Serenity East“), Serenity West Recording is housed in the historic 5540 Hollywood Building. The landmark structure has played a huge role in the emerging Hollywood film industry dating back to the 1920s. In those days, 5540 Hollywood housed sound stages, studios and executive offices and was frequented by many of the biggest celebrities of the day. In the 1980s, the rooms were converted into recording facilities by a studio known as The Grinder. Serenity West took over in 2005.
Today, the building houses four separate studio rooms with some of the best recording gear available anywhere. Serenity West has continued the Hollywood celebrity legacy of this space, only now the celebrities are more in the realm of music than film. The client list includes names like Justin Bieber, Rihanna, Lil Wayne, Black Eyed Peas, Justin Timberlake, Shakira, John Legend, Smashing Pumpkins, Diddy, Nicki Minaj and many, many others. (By the way—the studio continues to be a favorite filming location, as well.)
The Recording Connection is proud we can send so many of our students to such a prestigious recording studio for their apprenticeships. Serenity West is very supportive of the mission. Cameell Hanna, studio manager and partner says, “This is the best program in the world. The staff at RRF, your curriculums and the way you treat your mentors is very special. I love you guys.” The feeling is mutual.
The Radio Connection partners with top professionals to train our students in real radio facilities across the nation. We’re proud to welcome a new mentor to help train our students: Ron Stafford, radio DJ at WCTR in Chestertown, MD!
WCTR (“The Town”) has been broadcasting on AM 1530 since 1962, and recently also began broadcasting on FM 102.3. The station operates as a local community-oriented broadcaster for Chestertown, as well as Kent and Queen Anne’s Counties in Maryland. Broadcasting in an “oldies” format, the station also programs talk shows, local news, sports, weather and community events, making it a great all-around station for Radio Connection apprentices to learn the ropes.
We’re thrilled to have Ron Stafford mentoring our students, and we look forward to seeing what our apprentices will accomplish under his mentorship. Welcome, Ron!
Recording Connection graduate Kevin Peacock recently snagged a freelance gig working as an audio engineer at a new studio in Philadelphia called Help You Studios. Congratulations, Kevin!
Our program builds employable engineers and producers like Kevin.
Film Connection apprentice Timi Gray recently had the opportunity to assist her mentor George Stover (of Adventure Productions) on a marketing shoot for MedStar Health — a day-long shoot that took them to two different hospitals in Baltimore. “It was such a wonderful experience for me!” she says. “George walked me through each piece of equipment and was very pleasant and patient as usual, as I tried to figure things out on my own once he showed me. I helped with setting up the back drop, lighting, boom, camera, moving furniture around to make room for everything, etc. His wife was there doing makeup, so I got to watch and learn from her as well.”
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