Apprentices in Action

Andrew Aceves
Recording Connection apprentice
Andrew Aceves of Camarillo, CA is getting solid hands-on experience in the studio with his mentor, Michael Blum, who took the opportunity in a session with a female vocalist to give him a hands-on lesson in using AutoTune, and even spent extra time to resolve his confusion about how the patch bay worked by taking him “step by step” through the signal flow!

Joe Paciotti on the set of But Deliver Us From Evil
Joe Paciotti, Film Connection apprentice at Backseat Conceptions in Philadelphia, PA, just returned from a shoot in Camden, NJ for the upcoming feature film
But Deliver Us From Evil. They were picking up a few shots needed for final completion while also working on a behind-the-scenes video documenting the project.

band Scorpion Child
Lindsey Kappa, Recording Connection student in Austin, TX, just earned an engineering credit on Scorpion Child’s upcoming album through the Nuclear Blast record label. She says,
“On this project I comb filtered the toms and edited those tracks. I will be doing more editing work for the other engineers as well.” You go, Lindsey!

Tyler Brabec
Radio Connection apprentice
Tyler Brabec of Billings, MT, recently went in to the radio station to record his first news broadcast assignment under the direction of his mentor, Shawn Wilson. Tyler got some great, constructive criticism and guidance from his mentor on his breathing techniques and using the mic to capture the right sound.
“He has been really impressed with my work,” says Tyler.
“I had a lot of fun recording in the station and look forward to doing it again soon.”