Workshops and training courses in live sound engineering for concerts, festivals and events
27 August 2008
Sorry everyone I haven't had chance to update in a while. Tis the summer season after all and I continue to operate as a working sound engineer (firmly of the belief that one can't teach, unless one also does!). Furthermore the Gloucester Guildhall are having a bit of a restructure, and pinning them down for some new dates is proving to be difficult!
I will in due course update my diary page to help give further insight into the types of activities I get up to both as a professional sound engineer, and trainer. In particular I have enjoyed performing my bespoke sound training sessions. This is where I work with a venue or school or PA hire company or whoever, to look at their particular sound system, and try to provide training and equipment recommendations to help bridge the gap!
Sorry everyone I haven't had chance to update in a while. Tis the summer season after all and I continue to operate as a working sound engineer (firmly of the belief that one can't teach, unless one also does!). Furthermore the Gloucester Guildhall are having a bit of a restructure, and pinning them down for some new dates is proving to be difficult!
I will in due course update my diary page to help give further insight into the types of activities I get up to both as a professional sound engineer, and trainer. In particular I have enjoyed performing my bespoke sound training sessions. This is where I work with a venue or school or PA hire company or whoever, to look at their particular sound system, and try to provide training and equipment recommendations to help bridge the gap!
27 August 2008
Sorry everyone I haven't had chance to update in a while. Tis the summer season after all and I continue to operate as a working sound engineer (firmly of the belief that one can't teach, unless one also does!). Furthermore the Gloucester Guildhall are having a bit of a restructure, and pinning them down for some new dates is proving to be difficult!
I will in due course update my diary page to help give further insight into the types of activities I get up to both as a professional sound engineer, and trainer. In particular I have enjoyed performing my bespoke sound training sessions. This is where I work with a venue or school or PA hire company or whoever, to look at their particular sound system, and try to provide training and equipment recommendations to help bridge the gap!
Sorry everyone I haven't had chance to update in a while. Tis the summer season after all and I continue to operate as a working sound engineer (firmly of the belief that one can't teach, unless one also does!). Furthermore the Gloucester Guildhall are having a bit of a restructure, and pinning them down for some new dates is proving to be difficult!
I will in due course update my diary page to help give further insight into the types of activities I get up to both as a professional sound engineer, and trainer. In particular I have enjoyed performing my bespoke sound training sessions. This is where I work with a venue or school or PA hire company or whoever, to look at their particular sound system, and try to provide training and equipment recommendations to help bridge the gap!
01 May 2008
Just a quick update to let you know my latest training dates have been confirmed. I would have liked to have proceeded with training much earlier on this year, but I have been set back having accepted a 6 week tour of the U.S and also negotiating with a new venue for training!
I'm pleased to announce all future training will be taking place at the Gloucester Guildhall - the top venue in Gloucestershire for concerts and events. The new venue is much larger than my previous training space with a capacity of around 500 and is fully equipped with a large Martin Audio Wavefront sound system (around 12KW) as well as separate monitor mixing desk and analogue FOH desk with all the trimmings/FX/compressors/EQ's. The Gloucester Guildhall has hosted the likes of Radiohead, Blur, Paul Weller to namedrop but a few! For more info visit http://www.gloucester.gov.uk/guildhall - They even have a PA spec online if you want to get technical!
As per usual there are only 4 spaces available on each course to ensure everyone receives true hands on live-sound training, and a professional band (trio) will be booked for the afternoon session for everyone to engineer/mix.
The all important dates are:
Monday June 2nd
Monday June 16th
Monday July 7th
Course fees are £150 inc VAT and lunch!
Please email if interested in booking a place.
I'm now listed on Local Training Centres - Local Training Centres is a large website that lists all uk training centres, training services and training consultants along with ratings and reviews on each.
Just a quick update to let you know my latest training dates have been confirmed. I would have liked to have proceeded with training much earlier on this year, but I have been set back having accepted a 6 week tour of the U.S and also negotiating with a new venue for training!
I'm pleased to announce all future training will be taking place at the Gloucester Guildhall - the top venue in Gloucestershire for concerts and events. The new venue is much larger than my previous training space with a capacity of around 500 and is fully equipped with a large Martin Audio Wavefront sound system (around 12KW) as well as separate monitor mixing desk and analogue FOH desk with all the trimmings/FX/compressors/EQ's. The Gloucester Guildhall has hosted the likes of Radiohead, Blur, Paul Weller to namedrop but a few! For more info visit http://www.gloucester.gov.uk/guildhall - They even have a PA spec online if you want to get technical!
As per usual there are only 4 spaces available on each course to ensure everyone receives true hands on live-sound training, and a professional band (trio) will be booked for the afternoon session for everyone to engineer/mix.
The all important dates are:
Monday June 2nd
Monday June 16th
Monday July 7th
Course fees are £150 inc VAT and lunch!
Please email if interested in booking a place.
I'm now listed on Local Training Centres - Local Training Centres is a large website that lists all uk training centres, training services and training consultants along with ratings and reviews on each.
9th March 2009
New course dates now available 20th April. As always only 4 places per course available. Book now to avoid disappointment.
New course dates now available 20th April. As always only 4 places per course available. Book now to avoid disappointment.
*** New for 2011 - new course and dates coming soon. Email me to be added to the mailing list and be the first to know! ***
30th March
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7945998.stm
PRS are suggesting that based on their figures, live performances have generated more income in 2008 than record sales....Great news for us live engineers!
I think there has always been more work in the live arena ever since the advances in home recording computer technology, and now with the added boom of MP3 and more recently Spotify http://www.spotify.com/en/ (do check Spotify out if you haven't done so already!) Who knows, we may even survive the doom and gloom of the current recession!
The question remains... why isn't our education reflecting these changes in the music industry? There are hundreds of schools, colleges, and universities all over the land runnung music technology and sound recording courses - and yet there are only a handful of dedicated live sound courses available (most of which are privately run one day courses like mine)
From time to time I am asked to go into colleges to talk about live sound, and very often it ends up as a "careers advice" session. I inform the students about the many available jobs out there as a live engineer, and how comparibly few there are in the recording industry. I wouldn't like to guess exactly how many young people graduate from education each year and flood themselves onto the market thinking they are going to get a top paid job working in a recording studio.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7945998.stm
PRS are suggesting that based on their figures, live performances have generated more income in 2008 than record sales....Great news for us live engineers!
I think there has always been more work in the live arena ever since the advances in home recording computer technology, and now with the added boom of MP3 and more recently Spotify http://www.spotify.com/en/ (do check Spotify out if you haven't done so already!) Who knows, we may even survive the doom and gloom of the current recession!
The question remains... why isn't our education reflecting these changes in the music industry? There are hundreds of schools, colleges, and universities all over the land runnung music technology and sound recording courses - and yet there are only a handful of dedicated live sound courses available (most of which are privately run one day courses like mine)
From time to time I am asked to go into colleges to talk about live sound, and very often it ends up as a "careers advice" session. I inform the students about the many available jobs out there as a live engineer, and how comparibly few there are in the recording industry. I wouldn't like to guess exactly how many young people graduate from education each year and flood themselves onto the market thinking they are going to get a top paid job working in a recording studio.
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