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Matthew Lindsay (President of AES at the Conservatory of Recording Arts and Sciences) opened the meeting by asking all in attendance to answer the question, "what is the best sounding song to you sonically" Some of the responses included; Mixed Personalities by YNW Melly, Mirrors by Justin Timberlake, 21 pilots, Home by Playboi Carti, Into You by Ariana Grande, The Notepad by NF, Lighters by Bad Meets Evil, Tom Sawyer by Rush, Zealots of Stockholm and Me And My Mama by Childish Gambino, Two by Her, Dance Now by JID, Location by Playboi Carti, Duality by Slipknot, We by Mac Miller, Clocks by Coldplay, Blood Clot by Stand Atlantic, Be Safe by Don Toliver, Diamonds From Sierra Leon by Kanye West, When We Are Together by The 1975, Sunset by Lucki, Recap by Don Toliver, MAAD city by Kendrick Lamar, Until The End by Breaking Benjamin, Fat Bottomed Girl by Queen, Skyline 2 by Frank Ocean.
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 - Beattie Therrell, Vice Secretary - Moriah Paynes, Co-VP - Kyra Phillips Co-VP - Rhiannon Ward, Tech - Spencer Halpin, Tech - Les Danglar.
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.
For the mix tip of the week; check out @beatsity; they gave us a cool tip on how to make kicks hit even harder. Take your kick and boost around 80hz, then cut those same frequencies in the 808.
For industry news; Soundcloud offers 50% off their "next pro" plan, which includes unlimited uploads and releases
Then we discussed Rhiannon Ward's Vocal lessons class, she has been professionally trained for 5 years and has over 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 to review our knowledge about the API Legacy Plus console
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