August 15, 2009
The Producers Conference, Montreal, Canada
When:
August 15th, 2009 from 1pm to 5pm
Where:
CineRobotheque/NFB
1564 Saint-Denis, Montreal
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Tickets are $25.00.
For registered owners of any Propellerhead product: $10.00.
CONFERENCE FEATURES
Workshops from:
- Hank Shocklee
- Guy St-Onge
- Francois Lamoureux
- Jeremy Janzen
- Gerry Bassermann
About the Presenters
Hank Shocklee
A worldwide role model for pushing the envelope and breaking new artistic boundaries, Hank Shocklee is looked upon as the leader of the pack. Whether via his production legacy which continuously ranks at the top of the 'best of' lists or throughout the academic circuit, Hank's ideologies and techniques are studied amongst a wide cross section of people that include music fans, aspiring artists, audio technology developers, universities and media policy makers.
As a DJ, producer, composer and record company executive, Shocklee has managed to work with and develop a large variety of artists and musicians across many genres all while keeping a very innovative approach and a distinction for high quality productions. Shocklee has been a force behind some of the most significant music and film projects of the last two decades including Public Enemy, Ice Cube, Mary J. Blige, LL Cool J, Slick Rick, Anthony Hamilton, Ridley Scott's American Gangster, Spike Lee's Do The Right Thing, Ernest Dickerson's Juice and countless others.
Hank will give one of the most inspiring presentations you will ever see in your life. He will break down every step in the creative process and distill it into easy to manage steps that will leave you confident, empowered and ready for the world. The presentations in Toronto in 2007 are still reverberating with all those who attended that show and 2009 promises to be even better. Do not miss this chance to fellowship with a true legend of the music industry.
Guy St-Onge
Guy St-Onge is a recording icon of Canada with a long track record and credit list that is truly breath-taking. His inspiring Studio Référence, built in 1989, is a recording environment that values and enhances the connections that exist between an environment dedicated to the creation of music and the technical demands of making audiophile quality recordings. In the last 20 years nearly 200 projects have been recorded at Studio Référence and include Celine Dion, Don Juan, Michel Legrand, Sherazade and others.
In 2006 a world class mastering room, Pure Mastering, was added to the facility with hundreds of albums mastered for the likes of Roch Voisine, Gregory Charles, IMA, Daniel Bélanger and other.
Guy will focus his presentation of how to make better recordings as well as outlining the steps needed to prepare your music for a mastering facility. Don't miss this incredible educational opportunity from a true master.
Francois Lamoureux
François Lamoureux is an accomplished producer/engineer and filmmaker. His productions have won numerous awards and distinctions including a Grammy Award for Zappa Plays Zappa, an Emmy Award for Harry Connick Jr, Juno Awards for The Tragically Hip and Billy Talent, Gemini Awards for The Cowboy Junkies as well a host of technical awards for Pete Townsend, Rush, Branford Marsalis, The Stray Cats and Willie Nelson among many others.
François has also produced, recorded or mixed the music of such divers artists as Ben Harper, Deep Purple, The Who, Neil Young, Dave Mathews, Martina McBride, The Doobie Brothers, Counting Crows, Cowboy Junkies, Alanis Morissette, Hanson, Bad Religion, NOFX and Slipknot among many others great artists.
François will describe his approach to recording from concept to final realization and you will learn critical techniques that you can apply to your own recordings. Don't miss a chance to learn from this award-winning recording genius.
Jeremy Janzen
Nucleus SoundLab was launched in January 2006 by Jeremy Janzen. NSL's purpose is to market reasonably-priced sample/patch products for a variety of software synths/samplers. Currently NSL is focused on Wusikstation, Reason, SFZ and Soundfont as its target sampler formats - but support for more formats is planned and in development.
Jeremy Janzen, Lead Designer at Nucleus SoundLab, will discuss the making of his Synthetic Kits Refill. He'll then go further in-depth to demonstrate techniques useful in creating drum and percussion sounds using Thor and Malstrom. Jeremy will show you things about Reason you probably never even contemplated were possible.
Gerry Bassermann
Gerry Bassermann is Propellerheads Director of North American Markets and an accomplished musician. He holds several degrees in music composition and performance and currently owns and operates OpusNine, a project studio in the San Francisco Bay area. For over 20 years, he has worked for many prominent music companies as a product designer, demonstrator and musical consultant. Jerry will blow you away with a very musical demonstration of Record, the amazing new audio recording program from Propellerhead Software. Don't miss this one.
