Jam Night #4 - Presented by Gobbler & The Great Company - RSVP REQUIRED
Hosted by LA Music Creators
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Jam Night #4!
This month we're excited to be partnering with The Great Company (https://www.thegreatcompany.com/)and Focusrite (http://us.focusrite.com/) | Novation (http://us.novationmusic.com/) to bring you a great line-up of speakers, gear demos, and giveaways, all in the beautiful SEED Center in the Downtown Arts District of Los Angeles.
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Agenda:
6:30 - 7:00pm - Eat and mingle
7:00 - 8:25pm - Introductions & Presentations
8:25 - 9:00pm - Collaboration Competition Showcase and Judging
9:00 - 10:00pm - Announcements + Open Free Time
Presenters:
• Phil Wagner, President of Focusrite (http://us.focusrite.com) | Novation (http://us.novationmusic.com)
Topic: How Focusrite and Novation came to be, how they create products like the Launchpad, and what's next on the forefront of tools and instruments for musicians.
• Michael Frick and Steph Altman, Executive Producer and Creative Director at Mophonics Music (http://www.mophonics.com/):
Topic: Art vs Craft and the benefits to musicians/songwriters writing for visual media (short form or long format).
Established in 2002 in Venice, ca, Mophonics has grown from a small team of songwriters and producers to a bi-coastal music production and publishing house. They've has created music and/or contributed to music-branded initiatives for companies such as Apple, Google, Audi, and Visa. They've also developed and incubated artists such as Foster the People. • Nshan Petrosyan- https://soundcloud.com/mekanist/origami/s-5APaV (https://soundcloud.com/mekanist)
About: Nshan, also known as MEKANIST, is an electronic musician and sound designer based in Los Angeles with a love of musical exploration and a passion for detailed design and production. He'll be presenting his track "Origami" pointing out the "outside of the box" things he did, including using foley sounds to create transitions and spacial textures and using frequency splitting to process full spectrum sounds on a more detailed level. He'll also be showing us how you can create your own Stereo Spreader Rack in Ableton, which will help in all genres of production. This tool can be used to spread guitars and give them a “double tracked” feel, for example.
Collaboration Competitions:
For this months competition, teams of no more than 3 must produce a track:
• that makes a creative use of this Kevin Hart sample (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhuGdZLAoi8).
• that includes a vocal performance + at least one live recorded instrument
• must be submitted by March 30th
Tracks will be judged equally by 1) creativity in use of sample, 2) production quality, and 3) crowd vote. Prize will be a $50 gift cards (each) to Sweetwater + bonus Gobbler space!
Please form your team, designate a group leader, and email alex(at)gobbler.com with everyone's info to be entered! If you need help finding team members, check out our growing directory: http://bit.ly/LAMusicDirectory
Prizes -
Launchpad S - (http://global.novationmusic.com/midi-controllers-digital-dj/launchpad-s)
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iTrack Studio - (http://us.focusrite.com/ipad-audio-interfaces-usb-audio-interfaces/itrack-studio)
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Slate Digital Plug-Ins (http://www.slatedigital.com/products)
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Judges:
Phil Wagner, President of Focusrite | Novation (http://mixonline.com/mag/on_move_phil_wagner/)
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DJ Hapa, DJ & National Brand Director for Scratch DJ Academy (http://www.scratch.com/faculty/la-faculty/hapa/)
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Michael Frick, Executive Producer @ Mophonics (https://www.linkedin.com/in/mjfrick)
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Steph Altman, Creative Director and Composer @ Mophonics (http://www.mophonics.com/company.html#3)
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Contact:
If you have questions, feel free to email alex(at)gobbler.com.