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First steps for a graduate - recent graduate Felipe Gutierrez chats to record producer Steve Levine at his Liverpool studio about careers in the music industry, how to encourage good performances from your artists, and utilising whatever tech you have available in the recording process.
Chapters
00:00 - Introduction
00:19 - Degree Importance
02:52 - Hands On Training
03:15 - Practise Working With Bands
04:11 - Working With Modern Tech
06:39 - Using The Resources Available
08:39 - Encouraging A Good Performance
10:36 - Performance In Electronic Music
11:48 - Working For Free
13:55 - Self-Releasing Artists Budgeting
15:02 - Intellectual Share Of Rights
17:33 - Helpful Music Organisations
18:49 - Sound Design Opportunities
19:42 - Working With A Varied Skillset
This interview was originally published on the SOS Podcast channel in July 2020.
soundonsound.com/music-business/steve-levine-podcast
Interviewer:
Felipe Gutierrez is a BA Music Technology and Popular Music 2018 graduate from Huddersfield University.
He carried out his course with a strong focus on music production and music for the moving image. During his placement year, Felipe worked at Warner Music as a marketing intern, but ever since graduating he has been working as a freelance sound engineer and composer.
Some of the highlights of his career so far include working on Ben Frost’s score of the second and third seasons of Netflix’s hit series Dark, over at Soundgas Studios alongside Tony Miln and Ben Hirst; working with Yusuf Islam Foundation (founded by Yusuf / Cat Stevens) on a variety of projects.
He has also worked as an assistant engineer for Kit Downes, as a recording and live sound engineer for the RIOT Ensemble, and has worked for American bassist and label-owner, Michael Janisch from Whirlwind Recordings. In addition to this, he is a writer and composer for The Nerve , a music library based in the UK.
Currently Felipe lives in London and has started to get more involved in the studio circuit, working as a runner at RAK Studios. He now works at British Grove Studios.
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First steps for a graduate - recent graduate Felipe Gutierrez chats to record producer Steve Levine at his Liverpool studio about careers in the music industry, how to encourage good performances from your artists, and utilising whatever tech you have available in the recording process.
Chapters
00:00 - Introduction
00:19 - Degree Importance
02:52 - Hands On Training
03:15 - Practise Working With Bands
04:11 - Working With Modern Tech
06:39 - Using The Resources Available
08:39 - Encouraging A Good Performance
10:36 - Performance In Electronic Music
11:48 - Working For Free
13:55 - Self-Releasing Artists Budgeting
15:02 - Intellectual Share Of Rights
17:33 - Helpful Music Organisations
18:49 - Sound Design Opportunities
19:42 - Working With A Varied Skillset
This interview was originally published on the SOS Podcast channel in July 2020.
soundonsound.com/music-business/steve-levine-podcast
Interviewer:
Felipe Gutierrez is a BA Music Technology and Popular Music 2018 graduate from Huddersfield University.
He carried out his course with a strong focus on music production and music for the moving image. During his placement year, Felipe worked at Warner Music as a marketing intern, but ever since graduating he has been working as a freelance sound engineer and composer.
Some of the highlights of his career so far include working on Ben Frost’s score of the second and third seasons of Netflix’s hit series Dark, over at Soundgas Studios alongside Tony Miln and Ben Hirst; working with Yusuf Islam Foundation (founded by Yusuf / Cat Stevens) on a variety of projects.
He has also worked as an assistant engineer for Kit Downes, as a recording and live sound engineer for the RIOT Ensemble, and has worked for American bassist and label-owner, Michael Janisch from Whirlwind Recordings. In addition to this, he is a writer and composer for The Nerve , a music library based in the UK.
Currently Felipe lives in London and has started to get more involved in the studio circuit, working as a runner at RAK Studios. He now works at British Grove Studios.
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Visit our main website (over 16,900 articles!): soundonsound.com
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