Music Technology and Performance Week
August 8th - 13th, 2010
PLEASE NOTE: Information on this page currently relates to our 2009 event. Please use this as indicative only for our 2010 summer schools.
Tutors: John Weatherby and Kris Koren
The programme of Music Technology & Performance Week is the least defined of our summer school weeks. The reason for this is a positive one, the week will be structured to best meet the needs of the people who sign up for the course.
What is on offer is essentially privileged access to a group of tutors who between them have years of practical experience of all aspects of the music business. We have performers who have been working professionally as musicians for over thirty years, ran independent record labels, recorded their own albums, been in the producers seat for countless recordings, been musical directors, sound engineers, tour managers – and more.
During the course of the week we expect to make some recordings, to be able to provide experience in live performance and studio settings, advise you on stage performance issues, offer advice on management, promotion and other aspects of the music business.
The first stage in signing up for this week is to contact us and tell us a little about yourself and what areas of Music Technology and Performance particularly interest you. If you are not sure where your career path may lie, this week could still be for you – come and see what is involved on and off-stage.
Throughout the six weeks of Living Tradition Summer Schools, we will be dealing with various aspects of Music Technology and Performance and will be able to offer opportunities for a limited number of people to work alongside some of our technical team at various times over the six weeks. If this ‘summer apprenticeship’ opportunity appeals to you, please contact us for further details.
In 2008 this course was delivered in a recording studio environment in Moffat - concentrating on sound recording, editing and live music video filming, editing and production techniques. Our principal tutors for this week in 2008 were John Weatherby, Kris Koren and Brian Hazeleden.
Eddie Walker continued with some mentoring work from the previous year when he, Rick Lee and Fraser Speirs provided tuition on stage performance, arrangment and music business related topics.
For 2009 we are planning further in depth tuition to be delivered in a studio and live performance setting. This is an incredible opportunity for people to get hands on experience in technical subjects, often on a one to one basis. Numbers will be limited to give us the ability to respond to individual needs. Early booking is essential.
Some pictures from the Summer Schools taken by Pete Heywood are available on flickr.com Flickr is a website for photographers. The link will take you to a 'Set' taken by Pete Heywood. You will also find 'sets' of other weeks and other folk related photos of Pete's flickr site. Link to Music Technology Week 2008 photos on Flickr
This link will take you to some photos from Music Technology & Performance Week in 2007- Click here for Music Technology Week pictures
Registration is on Sunday afternoon. In the evening there will time to get to know your tutors and familiarise yourself with the studio and facilities.
Classes start at 9.15 on Monday morning and finish on Friday just before lunch. We anticipate some evening and off-site ativities |
