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Hello to all SONAR users!
In efforts to empower artists and music producers it is hard for me to imagine the huge numbers of students I’ve had the opportunity to work with over a 20 year span. This happens in every format from private one-on-one or small group classes to many years in Berklee classrooms along with the Berklee online school (teaching production techniques in SONAR). A range of numbers somewhere between 12,000 and 20,000 students is a not so calculated guess! The truth is that I’m grateful for every one of them as each helped teach me to be a better coach and teacher along with all of the wonderful and amazing musical rewards when students apply what they have learned. It gives me great satisfaction to know that these people will continue making progress and developing the music careers they wanted.
One area of confusion that constantly comes up is this:
I often notice that the technology almost forces people to work in ways that are very unnatural for what they are trying to do. A great example of this is when the type of musical “style” the student is pursuing vigorously is ultimately made to sound lifeless and sterile. You might ask, how can the musical style play such a huge role in the successful outcome of various production projects?
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Mix Magazine recently met up with SONAR user, Shawn Clement, to ask him about his career in music production. A composer for TV, film and video games, Shawn Clement, is gearing up for his next big project. He will be producing the soundtrack to Quantum Quest, a sci-fi /live animation feature length film, set to release in the fall. Shawn explains in his interview how he got his ‘big break’ and gives advice for those interested in the same career path. Go to Mix Online to see what Shawn had to say.
