Location: Hybrid mee4ting, in person at Seattle Pacific University, Seattle WA, and online via Zoom
Moderated by: Greg Dixon
Speaker(s): Micah Hayes -Assistant Professor of Music Technology and the Director of Music Production at Seattle Pacific University
A common problem faced by organizations that present concerts where recordings are made for archival or other reasons is creating an organized and logical system for storing and then retrieving the program sometime in the future. Not only is there the problem of storing the physical media of the recordings, but also the problem of cataloging and granting access to the materials.
Many organizations record audio (and maybe video) of their concerts, only to find themselves storing the recordings on hard drives and computers, saving them for later. Some find themselves with boxes and closets full of hard drives, filled with concert recordings that need to be mixed before they can be publicly accessed. Some have other temporary methods of storing concert recordings. Whatever, it's an uncatalogued and inaccessible mess.
This presentation gives clear guidelines on avoiding this scenario by creating and maintaining an online music archive that faculty, students, staff, and the public can use to stream and download concert recordings. Seattle Pacific University uses Microsoft SharePoint — software that schools have available with most Microsoft education packages, (like Microsoft 365).
There will also be a tour of the SPU Music Recording facility.
Posted: Friday, February 18, 2022
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