John Murray, chair of the Flashpoint Academy Recording Arts Department, reflects on the 127th Audio Engineering Society Convention.

The students were terrific!

Elena Rubin, Bob Stephen, Austin Lutter, and Chase Francowiak ran the Education Fair like seasoned pros, made a number of incredible connections, received roaring applause in the Student Delegate Assembly acknowledging the establishment of a “very healthy” Flashpoint Academy Student Chapter, and experienced the entirety of the industry up close and personal. And even though he didn’t work the booth with us, first-year Brandon Jackson also attended the convention. Truly, both Bernie [Mack, (faculty, recording arts)] and I were so impressed with how they handled themselves in an overwhelming environment.

Here are some highlights:

FOURTH ANNUAL CENTRAL REGION STUDENT SUMMIT AT WEBSTER UNIVERSITY [ST LOUIS]

Elena and I spent a considerable amount of time talking with students, alums, and faculty of the Webster University Audio Program about their Student Summit in March 2010. The event is rapidly becoming a mini-AES attracting 400+ students in similar programs from all over the Midwest, 100+ industry professionals, and hundreds more in high school or those thinking about careers in audio. Guest speakers scheduled for next March include George Massenburg, Elliot Scheiner, Phil Ramone, and Frank Filipetti just to name a few. Unlike the National Convention, which equally includes exhibitors and vendors of pro audio equipment, the Central Region Student Summit focuses on workshops, tutorials, and career-oriented forums designed to help students transition into their professional lives.

ALEX CASE

Alex is an educator, author, engineer, and lecturer internationally known for his wonderful book Sound FX: Unlocking the Creative Potential of Recording Studio Effects. He is also this year’s Chair of the AES Tutorials and Workshops Committee. We had a long conversation and he was very impressed with how many students we have been able to attract to become AES members. His book is the main text for our year-two capstone course Signal Processing. In talking about lecturing around the country and his busy schedule, Alex mentioned that he is due to be in Chicago in November for unrelated reasons and would love to come to Flashpoint to lecture. This is a wonderful opportunity to tie-in concepts and methodologies they are learning in class from our instructors with the author of their text.

JOHN HARDY

John is the designer and manufacturer of professional microphone preamplifiers. We have one of his M1 two-channel devices installed in Music Control. World headquarters are in Evanston, IL. Bernie spent some time with him at the convention and he would like to come to Flashpoint and lecture to all of our Recording Arts students.

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