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SPECIAL GUEST LECTURE - Industry Legend Alan Shacklock - FREE
SAE is proud to be hosting Industry Legend Alan Shacklock for a special guest lecture open to the public.
Alan Shacklock is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger, and producer. He played guitar since he was a child, playing in his first band, the Juniors (which also included future Rolling Stone Mick Taylor). He went on to play with Chris Farlowe's backing band and studied classical guitar and lute at the Royal Academy Of Music for a number of years as well.
He later went on to form the British band Babe Ruth, featuring lead singer Janita Hann. He served as the band's chief songwriter and producer from 1971 to 1975, and then he left the band to concentrate on writing and studio production work.
Thrice-nominated for the Grammys and with multiple platinum, gold and silver discs to his name, Alan Shacklock will be talking about his career and experience at SAE Liverpool on Tuesday 9th March at 6:30pm.
In his role as producer, he has worked on projects at Abbey Road in the London, Ocean Way in LA and Electric Lady Land in New York.
He has produced Roger Daltry (of The Who), The Alarm, Meatloaf, Jeff Beck, Mike Oldfield, Bonnie Tyler and Sir Andrew Lloyd-Webber, as well as title tracks for major motion pictures; Quicksilver, Doc Hollywood and Buddy’s Song.
He was also a founder and board executive of the British Record Producers Guild alongside chairman Sir George Martin.
Entry is FREE however registration is required to guarantee a place. To register please click here.
Digital DJ – More than just beat matching
Re-mix, re-groove, mash-up, glitch it, warp it, make it, play it, Mix it!
Register here and find out how to make your sets so much more than beat matching and get inspired by the production possibilities! Make records, create great gigs, wow you audience!
- Date: Saturday 30th January and Saturday 27th March 2010
- Time: 15:00
- Length: 2 hours
- Places available: 20
Mixing Tips and tricks
A small group workshop giving you the opportunity to go through a mixdown in a our Neve VR studio. Going through mix methodology an looking into some practical tips and trick to help you improve your mixes. You can also bring your own mixes for review suggestions or maybe just to reference on a pair of full range monitors.
- Date: Saturday 13th February 2010
- Time: 15:00
- Length: 2.5 hours
- Places Available: 5
- Price: £10*
Making Beats
House, RnB, Hip Hop, Drum N Bass, whatever your style this workshop introduces you to the principles of beat programming and a look at the tools available to create, and optimise your drum sounds.
- Date: Saturday 27th February 2010
- Time: 15:00
- Length: 2 hours
- Places: 15
- Price: £5*
Recording Workshop
An opportunity to observe and assist in a recording session in Studio 1 (Neve VR).
This workshops will go from microphone setup to signal routing and tracking for song, your chance to be an Assistant Engineer for a day and see how a track comes together.
Only 4 places are available on this workshop.
- Date: Saturday 10th April 2010
- Time: 10:00
- Length: 8 hours
- Places: 4
- Price: £20*
Fully Subscribed - Due to high demand further dates will be announced shortly
EQ Workshop
Equalisation is one of the most basic tools available to audio operators. It is also one of the most powerful tools available in your toolkit. This workshop will go through basic terminology, and understanding of when to use EQ and how.
- Date: Saturday 13th March 2010
- Time: 15:00
- Length: 2.5 hours
- Places: 10
- Price: £10*
Compression Workshop
Compression is an indispensable tool available to audio media producers. Often not understood and over used, the workshops present the concept behind compression and demonstrates various compression techniques.
- Date: Saturday 24th April 2010
- Time: 15:00
- Length 2.5 hours
- Places: 15
- Price: £10*
*Please note that the fee is non-refundable, except where SAE Liverpool may cancel the workshop.
