Dave Spoon lays down the Reason law at Producer Sessions Live
Appearing Live!
Future Music and Computer Music magazine's hi-tech music making event brings the house down.
No one got hurt and nothing caught fire. AKA The mark of any successful gig and a status enjoyed by our very first Producer Sessions Live event that took place over September 25th and 26th 2010.
If you were there, thanks for coming and great to see you. If not, what happened?
Producer Sessions Live allowed music makers to meet the great and good from the world of music production and get hands on with the latest and greatest gear. And the two days of tutorials, gear demos and essential advice for upcoming producers were lapped up by show goers and industry alike.
With gear from the hottest manufacturers lined up over five floors there was no shortage of excitement. Attractions included Moog's Voyager and Taurus shaking the building, likewise Nord's Wave and Propellerheads Record 1.5 and Reason 5 demos were always jammed. The chance to check out the full range of Genelec monitors and take listening tests with the Focal line up in the studio were not to be missed. One the second floor Avid and M-Audio showed off their Axiom kit and - of course - Pro Tools. While sE and Sontronics allowed punters to get up close and personal with their mics.
Meanwhile on the top floor Korg and Roland showed off their complete 2010 ranges while Akai gave beat-making lessons on MPC and APC. And that's just scratching the surface of the gear goodness on offer.
The real highlight of the show however, was our line-up of top producers who showed how their hits were made in a series of intimate lectures in the first floor theatre.
Appearing live were Freemasons, Danny Byrd, Dave Spoon, Sharooz, Nu-Tone, James Hockley of Chicane, Tommy D, Steve Mac and Alex Blanco. Subjects covered ranged from recreating samples to dodge legal worries (Nu-Tone) to insanely complex and thick parallel processing (Freemasons) to a track by track breakdown of the latest single (Sharooz) and everything in between.
All the sessions were packed and the Q&As afterwards - with attendees literally queuing up to ask questions and press CDs into hands - were superb.
James Wiltshire of Freemasons summed it up with "It was bloody brilliant. We didn't leave until we got kicked out! Great selection of gear and people." While FM reader Dan Owusu-Ankomah gave it the thumbs up with "Seeing these professionals breakdown real tracks they had made completely changed how I thought about music production. Can't wait for Producer Sessions Live 2011!"
We'd like to thank all the lecturers, demonstrators and attendees for making 2010's show a huge success. Here's to doing it all again in 2011!
Head to producersessionslive.com for all the details and photos. And follow Future Music on Twitter (@futuremusicmag) for the first word on the next event!
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PSL attendees learn the secret art of MPC beats from Akai's experts
Akai Attacks
The Korg room. Brimming with their latest.
Korg Kit
Steve Mac in action at Producer Sessions Live
Return of the Mac
With gear and experts at every turn PSL was the place to be
Get Involved
Go ahead, play with a whole wall of Moogerfoogers!
Magic Moogs
Showgoers throng the corridors of SAE for Producer Sessions Live
Form A Queue
An enraptured audience in action in the PSL lecture room
Real Classy
Trevor Coley of Sontronics gives the personal touch at PSL
Get Up Close
PSL attendees form a queue for some quality Spoon time
Spoon With A View
Roland's V-Drum kits get a battering at PSL
Drum Like It Hot
SAE's studios became PSL's demo rooms
Darth Fader
Steve Mac and Freemason James Wiltshire take a break at PSL
Break Beats
No one got hurt and nothing caught fire. AKA The mark of any successful gig and a status enjoyed by our very first Producer Sessions Live event that took place over September 25th and 26th 2010.
If you were there, thanks for coming and great to see you. If not, what happened?
Producer Sessions Live allowed music makers to meet the great and good from the world of music production and get hands on with the latest and greatest gear. And the two days of tutorials, gear demos and essential advice for upcoming producers were lapped up by show goers and industry alike.
With gear from the hottest manufacturers lined up over five floors there was no shortage of excitement. Attractions included Moog's Voyager and Taurus shaking the building, likewise Nord's Wave and Propellerheads Record 1.5 and Reason 5 demos were always jammed. The chance to check out the full range of Genelec monitors and take listening tests with the Focal line up in the studio were not to be missed. One the second floor Avid and M-Audio showed off their Axiom kit and - of course - Pro Tools. While sE and Sontronics allowed punters to get up close and personal with their mics.
Meanwhile on the top floor Korg and Roland showed off their complete 2010 ranges while Akai gave beat-making lessons on MPC and APC. And that's just scratching the surface of the gear goodness on offer.
The real highlight of the show however, was our line-up of top producers who showed how their hits were made in a series of intimate lectures in the first floor theatre.
Appearing live were Freemasons, Danny Byrd, Dave Spoon, Sharooz, Nu-Tone, James Hockley of Chicane, Tommy D, Steve Mac and Alex Blanco. Subjects covered ranged from recreating samples to dodge legal worries (Nu-Tone) to insanely complex and thick parallel processing (Freemasons) to a track by track breakdown of the latest single (Sharooz) and everything in between.
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All the sessions were packed and the Q&As afterwards - with attendees literally queuing up to ask questions and press CDs into hands - were superb.
James Wiltshire of Freemasons summed it up with "It was bloody brilliant. We didn't leave until we got kicked out! Great selection of gear and people." While FM reader Dan Owusu-Ankomah gave it the thumbs up with "Seeing these professionals breakdown real tracks they had made completely changed how I thought about music production. Can't wait for Producer Sessions Live 2011!"
We'd like to thank all the lecturers, demonstrators and attendees for making 2010's show a huge success. Here's to doing it all again in 2011!
Head to producersessionslive.com for all the details and photos. And follow Future Music on Twitter (@futuremusicmag) for the first word on the next event!
Daniel Griffiths is a veteran journalist who has worked on some of the biggest entertainment, tech and home brands in the world. He's interviewed countless big names, and covered countless new releases in the fields of music, videogames, movies, tech, gadgets, home improvement, self build, interiors and garden design. He’s the ex-Editor of Future Music and ex-Group Editor-in-Chief of Electronic Musician, Guitarist, Guitar World, Computer Music and more. He renovates property and writes for MusicRadar.com.
