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Matthew Lindsey (President of AES at the Conservatory of Recording Arts and Sciences) opened the meeting by asking all in attendance to answer the question, "Who is your dream artist?" Some of the responses included; Aaron Ray, Gene Dawson, who pays me the post, Lecrae, as long as they're cool, Juliana Hatfield, Tom York, one that understands what phantom power is, Sudden Death, Drake, Grant, Lamb of god, Micheal Jackson, Young Culture, Motley Crue, Frank Ocean, Kendrick Lamar, Westside Gunn, Jazmine Sullivan, Sub Urban, 21 Pilots, Metallica, Mac Miller, Pharrell Williams, Seth MacFarlane, Dr. Dre, The Beatles, Neck Deep, Tommy prophet, DJ quick
Matthew then described to the group what AES is and the benefits of joining, stating: "AES is an international organization that unites audio engineers, creative artists, scientists, and students worldwide by promoting advances in audio and spreading new knowledge and research." He spoke of the member benefits available for joining such as meetings and activities, discounts, career resources, as well as news and information regarding the industry.
Matthew then introduced the CRAS AES office holders in attendance: President - Matt Lindsey, Secretary - William Walton, Vice Secretary - Moriah Paynes, Co-VP: Fin Pavlok, Co-VP - Kyra Phillips, Tech - Spencer Halpin, Tech - Les Danglar.
Upcoming events currently scheduled for our chapter were announced;
11/9 Les Scott Workshop - Marketing music for film and TV
10/10 Student Spotlight event
11/17 Early electronic music with OG
11/01-11/24 Waves Raffle! Winner announced Nov 25th
11/03-12/09 CRAS AES Mix Contest! Winner announced on 12/16
12/1 HITMKR Zoom Event
12/2 Apogee CRAS Takeover/Full School Daytime event with Bob Clearmountain and Betty Bennett
12/7 Warm Audio/512 Audio Takeover
Matthew then spoke about the CRAS Mentor Program, an all-important tool provided to students to ensure their academic success by connecting them with upper cycle students for help with any topics that they are struggling with.
Something you didn't know about crasconnect; In the courses>special interests tab, there is a page for all the student discounts CRAS offers. It is a good idea to take advantage of these as a student, as it can definitely save you lots of money.
For the mix tip of the week, we watched a video about a split EQ teqnique. Previously, a mix tip of the week was about the "vocal presence bump" you co do with 2 EQs. You put 1 EQ on the instrumental and attenuate at a certain higher frequency range, you then boost the same frequencies on the vocal to give it extra presence. The add-on for that we learned today, was to take 2 different sets frequencies, and attenuate each set on only the left or right channel. This way, you won't be changing the overall mix of the vocal or instrumental as much as doing the same frequency for each channel. This technique can also add a neat little bit of stereo image to the vocal and mix.
For industry news; Ableton has release a new mobile app called Ableton Note app. It is $5.99, and is a stripped down, but designed for mobile version of Ableton with some unique features and workflows. We watched a video all about the useful features of the app.
Then we discussed Rhiannon Ward's Vocal lessons class, she has been professionally trained for 5 years and has 1 year teaching experience; prices are $25 for a half hour, and a full hour is $45.
Current AES Subgroups were briefly discussed, including Songwriting subgroup, Sound design subgroup and Synthesizer subgroup
We then played a Kahoot about miscellaneous CRAS info to end off the meeting.
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