October 2016 MSP Audio Geeks meetup

Tuesday, October 25th

October's MSP Audio Geeks meetup is Tuesday, October 25th from 7-9pm at Asche & Spencer. Thanks to fellow audio geek Jared Miller for hosting us!

Asche & Spencer Music is an award winning music house that writes original music for commercials, feature films and various other forms of media. In addition to writing original music, Asche & Spencer has created a unique online search tool called the Music Collection designed to assist clients in finding music available for licensing.

Invite your friends and join us for an evening of audio geekery! Feel free to BYOB. If you are planning to attend, please email mspaudiogeeks at gmail dot com.

Date: Tuesday, October 25th, 2016
Time: 7-9pm
Location: Asche & Spencer
258 Humboldt Ave North
Minneapolis, MN 55405
612-338-0032
ascheandspencer.com
Click here for a Google map
Parking: There is a small parking lot on the south side of the building (to the right of the front door). There should also be plenty of street parking. Don’t park in the North lot (to the left of the front door).
Metro Transit: Asche & Spencer is acessible via local bus route #9. Please visit metrotransit.org for more information.

Minnehaha Recording Company Open House

Saturday, October 8th

Congratulations to Minnehaha Recording Company, which is celebrating its 2nd anniversary with an open house on Saturday, October 8th from 6pm-1am. Check out the Facebook event for more details and to RSVP.

From the website: "Minnehaha Recording Company is a Minneapolis recording studio located, two blocks from historic Minnehaha Falls. Services include engineering, production, sound design, tape transfers, podcasts, forensic audio, or any audio-based oddity you may need.

We have a great deal of experience with engineering and producing music for local and national artists of most every genre, ranging from hip hop to noisy punk music.

Our goal is to ensure you are getting the desired sound out of every recording. In the end, we want to help you create and capture a recording that will likely be forever."

Audio Society of MN meeting

Tuesday, October 18th

The Audio Society of Minnesota's October meeting will be on Tuesday, October 18th at 6:30pm.

Refreshments are served; guests, visitors, and new members are welcome to attend.

Join: Individuals may join the ASM at any time by paying the annual dues of $25 at any meeting. Club dues for those who join after our December break are just $15.

To find out more, check out their website at audiomn.org or their Facebook page at facebook.com/audiosocietyofmn.

Date: Tuesday, October 18th, 2016
Time: 6:30pm
Location: Pavek Museum of Broadcasting
3517 Raleigh Avenue
St. Louis Park, MN 55416
952-926-8198
pavekmuseum.org

Professional Music Business Advice meetup

Thursday, October 27th

James M. Davis, of Cade Michaels Management and Consulting, has been organizing monthly events for the Professional Music Business Advice Meetup group. This month's event is on Thursday, October 27th from 7-9pm. The topic is How to Play for "Exposure"­­ & WIN.

For more details and to RSVP, click here or via Facebook.

About the Professional Music Business Advice group: "This group meets once a month to discuss all the business obstacles that face talented musicians. More than a conversation, this group focusses on solving issues and helping artists/music professionals develop their careers. Hosted by a professional Music Manager with 20+ years experience in the music business."

Date: Thursday, October 27th, 2016
Time: 7-9pm
Location: TBA

Mpls-St. Paul Studio Nerds Facebook group

Audio geek discussions galore!

If you are looking for another online outlet for meeting others in the audio world, check out the Mpls-St. Paul Studio Nerds Facebook group.

From the group's description:
"This is a space for all the Mpls-St. Paul folk (current or former) who spend a lot of time in the studio. This is a place for engineers, producers, songwriters, and session guys and gals to talk gear, share techniques, encourage each other, network, and collaborate."

If you're not yet a member, simply request to join the group and an admin will add you. With 500 people in the group, it's a great place to share ideas, learn from each other, and meet new people.

Matt Mayfield on Lynda.com

Foundations of Digital Audio

Congratulations to fellow audio geek Matt Mayfield, who was approached by popular online education website Lynda.com to create a course that teaches everything you need to know about digital audio.

From the course description:
"Learn everything you need to know about working with digital audio. In this flagship course, author Matt Mayfield demonstrates a wide array of audio and music fundamentals. The lessons are designed for new musicians, songwriters, producers, and engineers; those making the leap from analog to digital; and professionals who need to brush up on a concept or two."

About Matt:
"Matt Mayfield is a musician from Saint Paul, Minnesota. He is a teacher of music theory and audio engineering, and the author of the "Audio Fundamentals Course" and the original "Loudness War" demonstration videos on YouTube. Matt is also a composer and arranger, photographer, web designer, and technology enthusiast. He performs on guitar, keyboard, saxophone, and vocals in various bands in the Twin Cities area."

You can see a preview of Matt's course here. While you're there don't forget to check out the other audio-related courses and sign up for a free 10-day trial.

Designing Sound Seeks Correspondents

Back in April Designing Sound enjoyed an overwhelming response to their call for contributing editors. Based on that response they have created an opportunity for even more people to become involved as a correspondent.

From the website:
"The correspondent role is a way for you to get involved on your own time and at your own pace. You can’t directly publish on your own, but you also don’t have the regular responsibilities and requirements that we ask of the contributing editors. You’ll be given a login for the site, which will allow you to come here and write your article, upload and link to media, and generally get your article formatted and prepped for release. You’ll submit those articles to the editorial team for review, and we’ll get them into our schedule for posting. You can write about the monthly themes, or go off in your own direction…preferably not more than once a month. What you choose to share with the community (within reason) is up to you."

If you are interested in learning more and applying, read more here.

Job Postings

• The Woodbury campus of Eagle Brook Church is hiring a full-time FOH engineer. If you love the art of mixing, working with professional musicians, and partnering with other full time production staff to create amazing experiences, this could be a great fit for you. To learn more and submit an application, send an email to productionteam at eaglebrookchurch dot com.

• CheerSounds is seeking full-time remote producers who are Pro Tools savvy. CheerSounds is the world’s leading music production company for cheerleading and competitive dance music. They specialize in high energy/aggressive content--Pop/EDM/Trap related genres are right up their alley. Contact Phoebe Danskin if you are interested in learning more & applying for the position.

Are we missing a job listing? Let us know via email at mspaudiogeeks at gmail dot com.

Cool stuff from around the web

• Physical Music Format Evolution
  Check out this cool interactive timeline showing the evolution of physical music formats.
• Funklet
  Here's a cool educational tool that lets you manipulate drum patterns from classic songs or create your own patterns: funklet.com.
• Radio drama staircase
  For all you Foley artists & fans out there, here's a staircase design for you to consider! boingboing.net/2016/08/25/479000.html
• Recording studio construction in photos
  Oakland, CA studio 25th Street Recording recently shared some photos of their construction & build process. You can check it out here.
• Inside Abbey Road
  Google teamed up with Abbey Road Studios to a cool interactive inside look at the studio. Grab your favorite pair of headphones and check it out! insideabbeyroad.withgoogle.com

Industry Events

Designing Sound Event Calendar

Are you looking for other events locally, nationally, and regionally that you don't see listed here? Check out the Designing Sound events calendar that lists all kinds of audio geek events.

Recording Summit

Chris Mara and the Welcome to 1979 crew are hosting the 9th annual recording summit at their studio in Nashville, TN. This is a great event with cool events and panels. If you've never checked it out, it's well worth the trip!

Here's a teaser of what to expect from this year's summit:

• A Direct to Vinyl Master session for the Friday night kick off party, (artist TBA). Records will be pressed the following morning and available that afternoon!
• Saturday Night’s listening party will be Purple Rain with an interview of Susan Rogers by Larry Crane (Tape Op).
• Demonstrations of our new vinyl electroplating facility.
• Our own on site hotdog stand for lunches, with proceeds going to the local food shelf.
• Much more to come!

Registration is open now, and at just $200 ($150 for students) is a great deal. This event is limited to 60 attendees and will sell out, so buy your ticket now! You can learn more about the summit at welcometo1979.com/recording-summit.

GDC 2017

The Game Developers Conference (GDC) is the world's largest and longest-running professionals-only game industry event. The GDC attracts over 26,000 attendees, and is the primary forum where programmers, artists, producers, game designers, audio professionals, business decision-makers and others involved in the development of interactive games gather to exchange ideas and shape the future of the industry. The GDC is produced by the UBM Tech Game Network. Learn more and stay updated at gdconf.com.

AXPONA

AXPONA (Audio Expo North America) is the defining high-end consumer audio show in the United States. The three day experience features multiple hotel floors packed with listening rooms, exhibit floors, seminars and live musical performances. Whether you’re a serious audiophile, a new comer to high-end audio or simply a music lover, you’ll find everything you need to immerse yourself in your favorite sounds.

The event features over 110 high fidelity listening rooms, providing guests the enviable opportunity to experience the newest technology in high-end consumer audio products. Attendees are encouraged to go from room to room and sit, listen and compare the various systems. The Marketplace and Ear Gear Expo play host to thousands of products and accessories from cables to headphones to LPs and SACDs.

AES Upper Midwest

Pink Noise

Pink Noise is a cool online magazine brought to you by editors Catherine Vericolli and Allen Farmelo. It features interviews, technical papers, essays, and more. We think you should check it out!

Peruse their website at pinknoisemag.com, like them on Facebook: facebook.com/pinknoisemag, and follow them on Twitter: twitter.com/PinkNoiseMag.

Recording Studio Rockstars Podcast

Many of you know fellow audio geek Chris Mara as the owner of Welcome to 1979 in Nashville, TN. He was recently featured on the Recording Studio Rockstars podcast. Vinyl mastering engineer Cameron Henry, also of Welcome to 1979, was also interviewed. You can check out Chris's episode here and Cameron's episode here.

Vinyl Emergency Podcast

If you're into vinyl, then you should check out Vinyl Emergency, a new podcast hosted by Jim Hanke. He and "a wide range of guests discuss vinyl records as well as the lives of those who collect, create or commemorate them."

You can subscribe in iTunes here, and in other RSS readers here.

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