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Sharing Knowledge. Building Community. Amplifying Voices.
We speak to audio professionals from all walks of life, to learn how we can better support one another towards a more diversified industry. We also talk to our soundgirls.org profile people and dive a little deeper with them.
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Tuesday Jun 07, 2022
Tuesday Jun 07, 2022
Pat Kearns has been working as a singer-songwriter and recording engineer for over 29 years. In 2015, he and his wife Susan, sold all they owned in Portland to move out to the Mojave desert and begin construction on Goat Mountain Studio, a world-class, fully-solar, destination recording studio in Joshua Tree. Featuring analog gear that’s been traced back to Abbey Road, the studio houses many vintage instrumental and mixing gems alongside the conveniences of digital integration. Since opening Goat Mountain in 2020, the studio has gained acclaim and become a go-to for musicians of all genres. https://www.patkearnsmusic.com/goat-mt.html
Interviewer Host & Producer: Rebecca Wilson
Executive Producers: Beckie Campbell & Susan Williams
Edited by: Sarah Stacey
soundgirls.org
Sponsored by QSC
Tuesday May 31, 2022
Tuesday May 31, 2022
Kari Erickson started her career in audio engineering virtually by accident in her early 20’s and then went on to graduate from the Institute of Audio Research in 2002. She was one of three women’s audio engineers in the famous NYC Club Tonic and has also toured mixing FOH for bands such Meshell Ndegeocello and Yo La Tengo. Currently, she lives in Seattle, Wa, and is the Audio Visual Systems Engineer for the Seattle Art Museum by day, while still freelancing in many-storied venues by night…all while raising two teenagers and one killer cat named Butch.
Interviewer Host & Producer: Rebecca Wilson
Executive Producers: Beckie Campbell & Susan Williams
Edited by: Andree Lee
soundgirls.org
Sponsored by QSC
Tuesday May 24, 2022
Tuesday May 24, 2022
Salim Akram is a live sound engineer specializing in mixing monitors. He currently works as the Monitor Engineer for seven-time Grammy Award-winning artist Billie Eilish and eight-time Grammy Award-winning producer and artist Finneas. In 2019, he was featured in FOH Magazine and was a Parnelli nominee for the Monitor Engineer of the Year.
After attending Art Institute of New England, Salim began to synthesize his technical skills in engineering with his life-long passion for playing music. He and his closest friends co-founded the band Bad Rabbits, where Salim would go on to not only tour with major artists such as Kendrick Lamar, Steve Aoki, Allen Stone, and Taking Back Sunday – but he would have the opportunity to work with producers Teddy Riley, Michael Elizondo, James Fauntleroy, et. al. in the studio. Bad Rabbits has won numerous Boston Music Awards, including Artist of the Year, perform as guests on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Arsenio Hall, and Craig Ferguson, and perform at huge festivals such as Vans Warped Tour, Reading and Leeds, and SXSW.
While Bad Rabbits was writing music and taking an interlude on touring, Salim dove head-first into regular house engineering roles with local venues owned and operated by Bowery/AEG and City Winery, while simultaneously expanding his freelancing repertoire to include contract work for corporate juggernauts such as Dell, Apple, and Google, as well as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Chanel, Puma, Sephora, and the Simmons Leadership Conference. However, when he was asked to build the touring monitor rig for Glassjaw, he realized it was just the catalyst he needed to get back on the road.
Salim was introduced to Ms. Eilish in 2018 and continues to work as her Monitor Engineer through today. When he isn’t on tour, he resides in Boston, Massachusetts, and enjoys photography, cooking, and traveling.
Interviewer Host & Producer: Rebecca Wilson
Executive Producers: Beckie Campbell & Susan Williams
Edited by: Robbie Mortimer
soundgirls.org
Sponsored by QSC
https://www.qsc.com
Tuesday May 17, 2022
Tuesday May 17, 2022
It's SEASON 3 of the SOUNDGIRLS PODCAST!! Introducing new host Rebecca Wilson!
SOUNDGIRLS Podcast would like to thank our Executive Producers Beckie Campbell, and Susan Williams, Produced and by Rebecca Wilson, and Edited by Susan Williams.
Our new theme song was written and recorded by Jess Fenton. https://www.jessfenton.com
Tuesday May 10, 2022
Tuesday May 10, 2022
In this episode of The SoundGirls Podcast, freelance sound engineer + venue technician Daria Lipinska and newly graduated film student Katie Pagacz interview each other and goof around and thank everyone profusely. There are two Legally Blonde references and one Harry Potter reference. Most importantly, they pass the torch to the lovely new host who will ring in the new season of The SoundGirls Podcast. Woo!
Tuesday May 03, 2022
Tuesday May 03, 2022
SHERRY KLEIN CAS – Re-Recording Mixer Sherry Klein is a Post Production Re-Recording Mixer for Television and Film. She is currently living in Los Angeles, Ca. working with Smart Post Sound. Some of her credits include New Amsterdam, Queen of the South, Burn Notice, Sons of Anarchy, and The Shield. Sherry started her career as a musician, her dream was always to study music and have a successful career in the music industry. She attended Webster College in St. Louis, Missouri studying classical music composition and then Jazz Arranging and Composition at Berklee College of Music in Boston. Her early years were spent “on the other side of the glass” as a musician, but the realization of how recording could manipulate sound slowly took over her passions and she soon began exploring her fascination with all things audio. She left the east coast for Los Angeles and spent 10 years with Larrabee Studios as a Recording Engineer until 1983 when she moved into the field of Post Production Mixing. Throughout her career, she has worked with an array of outstanding talent in both music, television and film. Her passions for music and sound have only grown throughout the years and she enjoys mentoring and giving back to the industry whenever possible. She is currently on the Board of Directors for both the Cinema Audio Society (CAS) and the Entertainment Industry Professionals Mentoring Alliance (EIPMA).. She is also the Chairperson of the CAS Student Recognition Award ( SRA) SoundGirls Feature Profile on Sherry https://soundgirls.org/sherry-klein1/ Interviewed by Lenise Bent Lenise Bent is one of the first women audio engineers & honed her skills on many iconic records including “Aja” by Steely Dan and “Breakfast in America” by Supertramp. She is the first woman engineer to receive a platinum album for Blondie’s “AutoAmerican” album which includes “The Tide is High” and the very first hit rap song with music, “Rapture”. Lenise is also a post-production audio professional, specializing in recording and editing foley sound effects for many films and animated series and has traveled the world for Dreamworks supervising the foreign dialogue recording and producing the vocals for such animated features as “Shrek”, “Spirit: Stallion of the Cimmaron” and “Shrek 2”. She also archives and repairs audio, instructs and consults for singer/songwriters. Lenise is a long-standing member of the Audio Engineering Society, the Producers & Engineers Wing of the Recording Academy and a voting member of NARAS. She is also a proud member SoundGirls, Women’s Audio Mission (WAM), Women in Music, the prestigious Hollywood Sapphire Group, The Blues Foundation, IASA (International Association of Sound Archivists) and ARSC (Assoc. of Recorded Sound Collectors). Though mostly working in digital recording formats, Lenise recently produced and engineered an all-analog recording with blues/rock/Indy band Primal Kings, recording to 2” tape, mixing to 1⁄2” and cut to vinyl from tape, all analog and completely out of the box. To know more about Lenise Bent go to her website at www.lenisebent.com SoundGirls Feature Profile Lenise Bent https://soundgirls.org/giving-back-to... SoundGirls Living History Project Lenise Bent Part 1 https://youtu.be/lNM6seMROaI SoundGirls Living History Project Lenise Bent Part 2 https://youtu.be/0hCLBaqz51s
Tuesday Apr 26, 2022
Tuesday Apr 26, 2022
Michelle Sabolchick Pettinato is a professional concert sound engineer who has worked for some of the most recognizable names in music for almost three decades. Starting with her first tour with the band Spin Doctors in 1992, Michelle has been touring the world as an independent engineer, mixing for a diverse slate of artists and musicians including Janet Jackson, Indigo Girls, Jewel, Gwen Stefani, Ke$ha, Mr. Big, Adam Lambert, Melissa Etheridge, Goo Goo Dolls, Styx, Elvis Costello and more. In 2013, she co-founded SoundGirls to create a supportive community for women working in professional audio. In 2015, Michelle was inducted into Full Sail University’s Hall of Fame. Most recently, Michelle launched Mixing Music Live, online course designed for students aspiring to learn about Live Sound and Mixing.
More about Michelle:
https://soundgirls.org/its-about-the-music-michelle-sabolchick-pettinato/
Caroline Losneck is an independent documentarian, filmmaker, radio producer, and installation artist in Maine. Her radio work has been featured on NPR, Marketplace, BBC, Maine Public Radio, podcasts, and immersive installations. Her documentary film work has been featured in the New York Times, Camden Film International Film Festival, and museums and festivals around the country. She has received Maine Arts Commission, Warhol Foundation, and other grants for her documentary film, storytelling, and immersive installation work.
More about Caroline https://www.carolinelosneck.com/
Watch the rest of the episode here: https://youtu.be/n4RmElb220E?t=1827
Soundgirls.Org
Tuesday Apr 19, 2022
Tuesday Apr 19, 2022
The SoundGirls Living History project is a collection of interviews with audio industry veterans. The project seeks to highlight the careers and achievements of women and underrepresented groups in audio. Interviews are conducted by SoundGirls members, with guidance from experienced interviewers in the audio industry.
Interviews will be available publicly in our Living History Project and for educational use and research and through our social media, YouTube channel, and The SoundGirls Podcast.
The oral history interviews are typically unedited and will be archived in their original form.
Dr. Rebecca Mercuri's life and career have been an eclectic mix of music and technology, with Bachelor's degrees in Classical Guitar (University of the Arts), and Computer Science (Penn State), Masters degrees in Science (Drexel) and Engineering (UPenn), and a Ph.D. in Computer and Information Systems (UPenn). She also holds honorary alumna status from Harvard in recognition of her fellowship year at Radcliffe Institute. In the 1980s, following her undergraduate education, she became an Associate Member of Technical Staff at RCA's David Sarnoff Research Center. Projects there included the development of music software for a personal computer project and the design of the first computer-controlled interactive software and hardware for the RCA VideoDisc player. While in graduate school, during the 1990s, Rebecca was employed at AT&T Bell Laboratories where she pioneered the integration of a holophonic audio system into a collaborative and interactive virtual videoconferencing system. Later, at the University of Pennsylvania, her dissertation, "Electronic Vote Tabulation: Checks & Balances" received immediate attention, as it had been defended 11 days before the 2000 Bush v. Gore election. Dr. Mercuri continues to provide expert testimony on election controversies, and her recommendations about better ways to ensure accuracy, integrity, and believability in election results have been sought and adopted internationally. Notable Software, Inc., the company Rebecca founded (in 1985) to develop and market educational and music-related software under the Apple Certified Developer Program, now (since 2005) provides a wide range of digital investigative and expert witness services for civil and criminal matters. M.O.R.E project below the video: http://n2re.org/m-o-r-e-project
Interview By: Christina Milinusic an audio professional who has provided live sound reinforcement since founding her company Unity Sound in 2005. She is the current chapter head for SoundGirls Alberta and has experience working as an electronics technician, technical director, and recordist.
Full episode - picking up where we left off here: https://youtu.be/VAOEL-VR6yc?t=1863
Tuesday Apr 12, 2022
Tuesday Apr 12, 2022
Keeping whole AV solution goals in mind, Chrissy thrives not just in digital signage but also in presentation training of Pro AV technology. From her start in Broadcast TV in '09 to her current home in Pro AV, Chrissy has spent her 12-year career gaining skills in technical training design, video presentation, video signal transport, IoT connectivity, AV system control, video system commissioning, and technical support.
Chrissy Sara’s latest work focuses on supporting Sony Pro Electronics' B2B division with a concentration in IoT digital signage solutions, Hybrid presentation solutions, internal technical education, and fostering Central US consultant relationships.
Chrissy has achieved a well-rounded understanding of the five key aspects of the AV industry (audio, video, control, networking, and project management) through her experience teaching AVIXA’s CTS and CTS-I ANSI certified certification programs. Sara achieved the Educator of the Year award in 2021 from AVIXA's InfoComm 2021 in Orlando, FL.
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Tuesday Apr 05, 2022
Tuesday Apr 05, 2022
This is our 100th episode, and to celebrate we have compiled a series of clips from past interviews that focus on one topic: Advice.
Clips from the following episodes:
Wesley Devore https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-f6gft-11e4101
Barbara Adams https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-w4gum-11da88f
Megan Clement https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-cf3mc-11b211c
Chelsea Body https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-r6bg7-119e745
Sherry Klein https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-dy4v9-118a7b7
Jeanne Montalvo https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-qw4dj-117ff03
Shalini Agarwal https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-4a4bk-11769dc
Joanna Fang https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-694eu-115c492
Juno Black https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-bpyjt-10d32a6