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Summer Semester Starts May 15th
There are only a few more weeks before the summer session begins.
Now's the time to get it together and get your career in music started.
First Friday Open House at TRCoA
 First
Friday will be May 4th, 2007. Anybody who is interested in the School
or the Recording Studio is welcome. Please come see the studio and
chat with some of TRCoA's students, mentors, engineers, and musicians.
Questions and tour at 7p and festivities at 8p. We are going to
have Rudy's BBQ this month. Click
here to rsvp and request a map to the studio.
Next Pro Tools Class Starts May 21
Many options are available. For more information and to enroll
click here.
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Events
Reason Seminar with Francis Preve
 Francis
Preve has over a decade of chart-topping dance music on both
sides of the Atlantic under his belt. He is remixing artists as
diverse as Hillary Duff, Gabriel & Dresden, Scissor Sisters,
Orbital, Salt-n-Pepa, Thrill Kill Kult, D:Fuse, Beborn Beton, and
Jacinta. As a composer, he has written a whole catalog of tracks
for pop artists, and has also contributed to film soundtracks for
Warner Brothers, New Line Cinema, and Touchstone Pictures. But music
is only half of the story. Francis’ innovative vision helps
create the tools that his peers rely on for their compositions.
Ableton, Antares and Korg have all tapped him to develop original
presets for their hottest new synthesizers and software, as well
as consult on overall product strategy and direction. TRCoA is proud
to bring him to Austin to share his insights, and take us on an
in-depth tour of Reason on Friday, May 18th, at 6pm. This seminar
is open to the public. Click
here to get a map to the studio and RSVP.
Recap: Christian Castle Music Law seminar
 TRCoA
was pleased to host Christian Castle for a very informative seminar
on music law and the direction the industry is heading. The evening
started out covering mp3 distribution and Digital Rights Management
(DRM) and how current industry trends are impacting these areas.
Approaching the subject from both as a songwriter and as a producer,
royalty rights and publishing deals were covered in detail. Wrapping
up the evening, contracts and production deals were touched on.
This covered topics, such as, how to approach a production deal
as a producer and what to look and ask for and how to approach contracts
as a band and what to be aware of in the negotiation process.
Pro Tools Seminar
 On
Monday, May 21st, TRCoA will hold its monthly installment of its
five part Pro Tools seminar series (Songwriting, Tracking, Editing,
Mixing, and Mastering). This month's installment will cover Mixing.
John Stinson, founder of TRCoA, will host the seminar. The event
will be from 6:30p - 10p and is mandatory for all current TRCoA
Students and recommended for all TRCoA's Alumni that need a brush-up.
If you are not a student and you would like to find out more information
about attending this seminar please click
here.
Austin Music Foundation's Music Industry Boot Camp
 Austin
Music Foundation is having its next installment of Music Industry
Boot Camp (MIBC) on Monday evening 4.30.07 at 6:30 at Emo's. They
will be discussing how to effectively book your band do-it-yourself
style. Their guest panel will consist of Ghostland
Observatory, Dixie
Witch, The Invincible
Czars, Lions, and
booking agent Davis McClarty.
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Who's in the Studio
Adam Hutchison with Tommy Blank
 Adam
Hutchison, a TRCoA student, and Tommy Blank have been working in
the studio recently. Tommy Blank is also a member of Quiet
Company who is on the Indie label Northern
Records.
Listen to a clip of a song Adam and Tommy Blank
have been working on.
Rusty Kotzur with Kris Kimura
 Kris
Kimura is in the studio with Rusty Kotzur, a TRCoA student. Kris
is a jazz vocalist recognized by Downbeat Magazine with a deep love
and admiration for the music of the Great American Songbook. Playing
on the session with Kris is Adam Booker on acoustic bass, Ryan Davis
on piano, Tommy Howard on guitar, and Stephen Bidwell on drums.
Listen to the song "Walkin' My Baby
Back Home".
Joseph Radtke with Karen Naomi
 Joseph
Radtke, a Beginning Audio Engineering student, is in the studio
with Karen Naomi. On the vocal cusp of Norah Jones, Natalie Merchant,
and Tracy Chapman, this sweet-meets-sultry voice offers a soothing
familiarity while sounding strikingly fresh. Brazen yet delicate
as a guitarist, Karen Naomi stays true to her melodic pop roots
with a delivery that combines soul, heartache, and poignant songwriting.
Listen to the song Karen and Joseph have been
working on.
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