Producer seminars

Nordic Music Week has tried to bring together areas of the music industry in order to create debate, educate, and look into the future. Studio production is at the core of the music industry but it’s technicians, producers, and studio owners often live in a geeky world somewhat isolated from booking agents, managers, labels, promoters, while the latter are often unfamiliar and fascinated by the world of production. Through the offering of a parallel seminar program allowing all to listen and contribute to the discussion of branches of the industry from marketing, promotion and branding, distribution, studio production to live recording.

If there is one word that seems to define the needs of everyone in the music business these days it’s diversity. Diversity in product, diversity in marketability, and in terms of engineers and producers, diversity in skill sets. The more services one can provide the more likely one will be able to survive the tumultuous waters of this fast pace business. Therefore, NMW has chosen to cover several areas of production from live recording, circuit bending, mixing, and re-mixing.

THURSDAY 22ND: (Part of the day’s seminar program)

We´re sorry to inform you that the seminar with Per Ravnaas has been CANCELLED.

Per Ravnaas: Live Remote recording and broadcast audio

Per Ravnaas has spent a lifetime working for NRK, Norway’s broadcasting network. For the duration of his career Ravnaas has specialized in the acoustic recording from jazz to classical ensembles. He will be discussing his live recording techniques and his use of his remote recording truck.

Jeremy Lemos: Live sound engineer/Studio Owner/ Musician

Jeremy Lemos from Chicago, USA is currently working as a live tech with Sonic Youth and Iron and Wine. He has recently closed his recording studio of ten years, Semaphore Recording. He will share his experiences in both worlds of live and studio production, and his perspective on the current trends affecting both these areas.

Johan Berntsen: Live sound engineer/Production Manager

Johan Berntsen has been the production manager for Kaizers Orchestra for nine years and freelances for throughout Norway. He is joining the conversation with Jeremy Lemos regarding live sound, touring, and the business of live performance.

FRIDAY 23RD:

Bob Power: Mixing masterclass (15:00, Sonovo Mastering)

Bob Power will hold a top shelf mixing masterclass. This a closed workshop for working professionals, and is already full. If you would like to be put on a waiting list and/or have questions please contact Ashley Stubbert +47 40 55 40 66.

Link to map, Sonovo Mastering

SATURDAY 24TH:

Bob Power: Mixing masterclass (16:00, Sonovo Mastering)

A Better Arrangement for a Better Mix. We have added an additional Masterclass with Bob discussing how the arrangement drastically effects the mix. This a closed workshop for working professional, and is already full. If you would like to be put on a waiting list and/or have any questions please contact Ashley Stubbert +47 40 55 40 66.

Link to map, Sonovo Mastering

Pål Asle Pettersen: Circuit Bending Workshop (10:00 – 13:00, Tou Scene Loftet)

Pål Asle Pettersen is a Stavanger based eletro-acoustic composer. He will share the basic techniques needed to open up electronic toys and turn them into musical devices. This will be a hands-on workshop and will require prior registration due to a limited capacity.

Mathias Stubø: Remix of Stavanger’s Composer In Residence Martin Matalon (14:00, Dreamlab Studio. Meet out front of Tou Scene at 13:45)

Mathias Stubø (Proviant Audio) is 18-year-old drummer/multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer and DJ from Tønsberg, Norway. Stubø blends retro funk, disco and soul with modern electronic music into a warm, eclectic blend. His aesthetic approach draws on the analogue nuances of the 70’s seamlessly connecting this “retro” age with the cutup electronica sound of modern times. Stubø will be sharing his approach to his remix of Composer In Residence Martin Matalon’s live concerts of the same week, addressing problem areas and his creative musical solutions.