REMIX Hotel NYC - RECAP
Its been a long weekend, but a very good one. I've gotten some mixing done, and some production & songwriting finished, and i think i may have produced a hit. More on that later.
Friday at the REMIX Hotel NYC, I did a Mix Engineers panel which was moderated by Hank Shocklee (Producer of Public Enemy, former A&R at MCA Records, and a storied music industry career which is still going very strong). Also on the panel were Phil Painson and Dave O'Donnell, both guys have pretty sick resumes, and it was really an honor to sit next to the three of them on a panel. So, the panel went really well, we fielded a ton of questions from audience members and attempted as much as we could to offer our tips, tricks, insights, experience, etc.... on mixing, recording, production, you name it. We had some great questions and hopefully we offered some informative answers. I think it went well. I also got a few chances to plug my speaker endorser, Event. I've said it many times and I'll say it again. I endorse Event Speakers. I endorse Event because i had eventually worked on so many hit records using their speakers, that i figured it was about time they began endorsing me for it. I've used Events about 7 years and been an endorsee for about 1 year. I used to use the Event 20/20 Bas speakers, which i loved, but they recently sent me some Studio Precision 8's to check out and I've since fallen in love with those. They sound great and have tons of power.
Saturday I was the Apple VIP (that was flattering). I did a big presentation, clinic, Q&A kind of a thing for Apple, mostly about Logic Audio (which is my main tool of choice for everything, mixing, production, recording, programming, songwriting, all of it is done in Logic Audio. So, speaking about my experience with Logic in front of a big crowd was effortless, and they all seemed to respond really well (if you were there, and your reading this now, post a comment and give everyone an independent take on how it went). I got a ton of questions and afterwards had several people tell me they were new Logic converts. Thats always good to hear. i dont officially endorse Apple products, but thats what i use, and they asked me to be their VIP for the day. Kinda hard to say no to that. Kinda flattering to be asked. Kinda fun to do the event.
I hope i get asked again next year.
-Ken Lewis
Friday at the REMIX Hotel NYC, I did a Mix Engineers panel which was moderated by Hank Shocklee (Producer of Public Enemy, former A&R at MCA Records, and a storied music industry career which is still going very strong). Also on the panel were Phil Painson and Dave O'Donnell, both guys have pretty sick resumes, and it was really an honor to sit next to the three of them on a panel. So, the panel went really well, we fielded a ton of questions from audience members and attempted as much as we could to offer our tips, tricks, insights, experience, etc.... on mixing, recording, production, you name it. We had some great questions and hopefully we offered some informative answers. I think it went well. I also got a few chances to plug my speaker endorser, Event. I've said it many times and I'll say it again. I endorse Event Speakers. I endorse Event because i had eventually worked on so many hit records using their speakers, that i figured it was about time they began endorsing me for it. I've used Events about 7 years and been an endorsee for about 1 year. I used to use the Event 20/20 Bas speakers, which i loved, but they recently sent me some Studio Precision 8's to check out and I've since fallen in love with those. They sound great and have tons of power.
Saturday I was the Apple VIP (that was flattering). I did a big presentation, clinic, Q&A kind of a thing for Apple, mostly about Logic Audio (which is my main tool of choice for everything, mixing, production, recording, programming, songwriting, all of it is done in Logic Audio. So, speaking about my experience with Logic in front of a big crowd was effortless, and they all seemed to respond really well (if you were there, and your reading this now, post a comment and give everyone an independent take on how it went). I got a ton of questions and afterwards had several people tell me they were new Logic converts. Thats always good to hear. i dont officially endorse Apple products, but thats what i use, and they asked me to be their VIP for the day. Kinda hard to say no to that. Kinda flattering to be asked. Kinda fun to do the event.
I hope i get asked again next year.
-Ken Lewis
posted by Protools Mixing at 2:59 AM
2 Comments:
I got a chance to take the 4 hour bus ride from Boston to go to Remix Hotel in NYC on Saturday and it was a great time. Once I saw Ken Lewis was going to be there, among others, I knew it was going to be informative and inspiring. I was one of those people that went up to Ken Lewis surprised that he used Logic as much as he did. Apple (and Ken) did great presentations about it and made this DP user an added convert to Logic Pro. Thanks again to Ken for giving so much great information and a behind-the-scenes' look into his workflow! Ken, what you do is amazing and inspiring and I wish you more and more success. -Alfred L. Watkins III
damn... if id had more notice i would have flown over to NYC all the way from Australia to see those seminars....
well theres always next year...
i still scratch my head to think how u find the time to do all this stuf dude,
rock on!
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