April 5, 2022
We've got another great lunchtime workshop planned for TOMORROW!
Read on for more info and then head over the website to save your spot!.
APRIL LUNCHTIME WORKSHOP
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6

SOUND RECORDING and MIX with
IAN HATTON and STEVE DROWN

12:30 - 1:30pm
VIA ZOOM

From in the field to your final product, how to make you and your sound designer and mixer happy!

Join us as we discuss sound recording and mixing with Ian Hatton and Steve Drown. We all know that recording quality sound when shooting on location is essential to a great project. Ian and Steve will discuss techniques for recording sound in the field that will save time, money and work in post production.

Once again, there will be lots of time for Q&A so please bring your questions!

FREE to Current FC Members
$20 for Non-Members
Ian Hatton's career started as a guitar player / songwriter recording and touring from a young age. Composing, performing, recording and producing music for over 30 years Ian was the driving force within numerous bands, such as “Bonham”, who went Gold with their debut album. He has also performed and recorded with many artists, including Paul Rodgers & Company, Robert Plant’s Honeydrippers, and Sarah Brightman to name a few.

Always heavily involved in the writing, creation and production process naturally he would progress into Music Production, TV and Film Scoring. Ian has also been a consultant for Bose corporation exploring all the possibilities of surround sound making him extremely well versed in 5.1 productions. Ian’s background includes all facets of music – from playing to producing, he creates unique, carefully crafted compositions with inspiring sound design, always recorded to the utmost quality.
Steve Drown is the Coordinator of the Bob Crewe Program in Art and Music at Maine College of Art & Design, and has been involved with the program since its inception in 2014. In addition to being an educator, he’s spent the past 30 plus years as a working music and audio professional. After graduating from Berklee College of Music with a Bachelor of Music degree in their Music Production and Engineering program, he pursued a career as a recording engineer and producer. Steve has recorded and produced hundreds of albums by a wide variety of artists, including six Grammy-nominated albums. Multimedia projects include mixing and sound design for Bose Corporation, and documentaries on National Geographic Explorer, History Channel, Animal Planet, Discovery Channel and PBS.

As an educator, Steve started at the Northeast Broadcasting School in Boston as an instructor and the first Chair of their Recording Arts Program. He continued teaching seminars in professional recording studios, in addition to courses and workshops at the University of Maine in Augusta, prior to arriving at MECA&D.


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