Sound Learnings

A podcast about Education in Audio, Music Production, and Music Technology. In this episode we talk to Bill Evans, producer, researcher, educator and entrepreneur. Bill is the executive producer who brought together the American supergroup Flying Colors, with musical giants such as Mike Portnoy, Dave LaRue, Casey McPherson, Neal Morse and Steve Morse. Their first album, released in 2012, debuted at No 9 on the Billboard’s Hard Rock Charts (No 11 on BBC’s Rock Album charts). In our chat we discuss the world of the hard-rock music scene and Bill shares some fascinating stories and anecdotes that contain some serious name dropping! Bill also explores many of the 'secret sources' of his work in our chat, specifically his Harmonic Phrase Analysis and his technologies for live performance production. We also talk about how research (specifically a PhD), balancing the search for new knowledge with the day-to-day needs of the industry, the teaching and learning of students, and the day-to-day work of producers in the industry can all be mutually beneficial. Links and Sources featured in this Episode:MMU (Nov 2015) New technology puts concerts in your pocket, https://www.mmu.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/story/?id=3985 Flying Colors http://flyingcolorsmusic.com/ All about Rock (2019) Flying Colors – Third Degree https://allabouttherock.co.uk/flying-colors-third-degree/ Flying Colors Wikipedia Entry (2020) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Colors_(band) Tim's technology projects also get a mention too, for more information please see https://www.reactivebacking.com

S1E04 – Liverpool, Mastering and Production Sector and Mike CaveA podcast about Education in Audio, Music Production, and Music Technology. This not at all festive episode is a chat with Mike Cave, founder and owner of Liverpool based LOFT STUDIOS since 2002. We chat about what it means to be a music business in Liverpool, and issues regarding connectivity to London. Also, we cover the blagging it took to get there, and of course what it means to be interconnected between educational and creative industry sectors. As always, joining us at our roundtable in this episode is host and tech developer Tim Canfer,  music producer and academic Russ Hepworth-Sawyer and Carola Boehm, Professor of Arts and Higher Education at Staffordshire University.  Links and Sources featured in this Episode:Mike’s Wikipedia Entryhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_CaveLoft Mastering at THE LOFT STUDIOS in Liverpoolhttps://loftmastering.com/equipment/

S1E03 – Mike Exarchos (Stereo Mike)A podcast about Education in Audio, Music Production, and Music Technology. In this episode, we chat with Hip Hop Artist and MTV Award winner Mike Exarchos. Mike was born in Greece and came to the UK to study in Leeds and London. During his studies, he continually worked as a sound producer in the British hop hop scene, including working with names such as Klashnekoff, Bury Crew, Skinnyman, Taskforce, Iceberg Slimm, Mike GLC and JMC.His first album attracted industry attention and he was nominated at the Mad Video Music Awards in 2005 for "Best Hip-Hop Video Clip" and in 2008 for "Best Hip-Hop Video Clip" and for "Video Clip of the Year". He also featured in the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest Final, and being signed by EMI, in this episode we thus will be talking about that juggling act of allowing a high-profile industry practice to interact with an academic practice. Additionally, we chat about how we in our universities allow industry and the educational space to become much more interlinked than ever before, how our universities become more permeable. This of course despite some challenges of being both an academic and a industry practitioner at the same time. Links and Sources featured in this Episode:Watch Stereo Mike as part of the Team which came 7th in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2011: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdZzklXoAOg Stereo Mike on Wikipeda https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereo_Mike Mike Exarchos on Soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/mike-exarchosMarshall, W. (2006). Giving up Hip-Hop's Firstborn: A Quest for the Real after the Death of Sampling. Callaloo 29(3), 868-892. doi:10.1353/cal.2006.0149.Correction: Tim mentions a survey by NME showing percentage of artists from private schools, the survey was actually conducted by the now defunct The Word magazine, but is quoted as follows in the Daily Mail article referenced below: “A survey from 2010 by The Word magazine found that at least 60 per cent of chart pop artists went to private schools, but 20 years before this figure was just one per cent.”Dailymail.co.uk, (2018). BBC slaps down DJ Cerys Matthews over her BAN on public school-educated bands from Radio 6 show that sparked MPs calling for her to quit. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6170649/BBC-DJ-Cerys-Matthews-admits-refuses-play-records-privileged-pop-stars.html