SAPPHO, DREAMS AND MEMORIES
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by Karrie Keyes
18h ago
“by the time you hear this / I’ll be somewhere far away. / I’d rather not say it at all / but these moments have to burn / they are the fuel that will get me home” Ada Rook “someone will remember us, I say / even in another time”. Sappho   Do you ever imagine yourself in ancient times? Not yourself exactly like a reversed 80s movie where a medieval knight time warps into New York, but whatever nature you are, nurtured by the gears of whatever was going on 2000 years ago. Do you imagine yourself rich? Poor? In pain? Happy? Anxious? Self-aware? Lately, I’ve been kind of obsessed with Sappho ..read more
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Prepping With Intention
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by Karrie Keyes
5d ago
Last month I took a brief look into some routines I’ve developed that help me feel centered to better reach my full potential as a mix engineer. In it, I mentioned the importance of solidifying your understanding of the music to achieve the most impactful, distraction-free mix. Here we highlight how I approach learning music before a show or tour to achieve this goal. When I ask my mentors what I should do to improve my mixes, this is usually their number one comment: proactive, intentional listening. But how do you listen, and how do you commit that to memory? When it comes to tour prep, it h ..read more
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Tax Returns and the Music Business
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by Karrie Keyes
5d ago
It’s “tax return” season in the U.S. Every furniture store and car dealership is begging us to come spend our big cash “bonus” we get from the government on something new and shiny. My favorite ad I see is the tax businesses who say “Let us help you get the biggest refund possible!” Many years ago, when I was a brand-spanking new adult, my dad (who is a money guy) taught me something that I think about every year during this “tax return” season. He said, “Why would you want to give the government an interest-free loan?” What we are essentially doing is giving the government our hard-earned mon ..read more
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Gender in the Workplace
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by Karrie Keyes
1w ago
    A Nonbinary Individual’s Foray into Corporate A.V. Part 3: Religious Intersectionality   Since writing my last blog post, a lot has changed. Namely, I no longer work at the A.V. company that I mentioned before. To be frank, the misgendering and discriminatory practices became too much to handle, and I needed a way out. Before I left, there were unfortunately a few more instances of transphobia, and worryingly, antisemitism that I faced. Our A.V. team would always work with other teams to make the corporate world function. A.V. would set up and coordinate projectors, laptops ..read more
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Christina Masha Milinusic – Sound Engineer and Audio Educator
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by Karrie Keyes
2w ago
Christina Masha Milinusic is a seasoned professional with 20 years of experience in Live Sound, Recording, Location Sound Recording, and Audio Education. As the owner of Unity Sound, Christina has contributed her expertise to various institutions, including the City of Calgary, the Calgary Stampede, the University of Calgary, the University of Lethbridge, Mount Royal University, The Grand Theatre, and Stage West. Currently a member of IATSE #212, Christina is also a Sessional Instructor in Digital Audio Arts at the University of Lethbridge, specializing in technical ear training. As a teenager ..read more
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Small Venue Survival Guide Part 2
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by Karrie Keyes
3w ago
The sound check and gig – and what is in my bag Welcome to part 2 of my small venue survival guide, or all the little things I wish someone had told me when I set out on this journey. The tips in this guide should hopefully help you own the small venue gig, rather than the small venue gig owning you. YOU CAN READ PART ONE HERE If you have followed the steps described in part 1, then you should by now have a desk and sound system that kind of works, or at least you have figured out what works and what doesn’t and have prepared a few workarounds. You have set up several mics and have sorted out ..read more
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In the Zone
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by Karrie Keyes
1M ago
Mental health has become a significant topic of discussion among peers in the years following the pandemic. As we gear up for new shows and tours, we must continue these conversations. It matters for getting us through long tours, and for navigating our time off the road as well. Aside from these obvious benefits, taking care of myself and developing professional routines helps me with my creative endeavors as an engineer, and ensuring I’m in prime condition gives me notable advantages to help deliver a quality show every night. I’m going to take time in this next article to highlight some act ..read more
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Gender in the Workplace Part 2
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by Karrie Keyes
1M ago
A Nonbinary Individual’s Foray into Corporate A.V. I think my boss gave up on trying to remember my pronouns. It started about two weeks in. During the hiring and application process, as well as preliminary training, I could tell he was trying. But after seeing how my other coworkers could skirt past it, I suppose he figured he could, too. I don’t mean any harm to any of my coworkers, I would like to point out. The two 62-year-old guys’ guys can’t be held to the same standard as I could hold a Gen-Z’er with similar political ideologies to me. I don’t hold it against them, as I’m simply chroni ..read more
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Gender in the Workplace – Part 1
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by Karrie Keyes
1M ago
A Nonbinary Individual’s Foray into Corporate A.V. Being nonbinary in central Pennsylvania provides a unique set of challenges, to say the least. I’m very proud of my identity as an enby, and have been out for over half a decade. That doesn’t necessarily mean that things have been easy, though. I graduated college in Selinsgrove, PA last year, and it was very fascinating the difference in treatment I received across different departments. I was a very dedicated and busy student. I worked four jobs at one point in my college career, mostly in the realm of sound. I was known as “The Sound Guy” a ..read more
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An Essential Reading List for Classical Music Recording
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by Karrie Keyes
1M ago
  Classical music recording is quite a niche area of the audio recording world that can take time and experience to build skills in. Fortunately, there are some excellent books out there by audio engineers who have been perfecting their craft for years, to aid and inspire us in our ongoing learning journeys and the quest for capturing compelling classical recordings. Several of these have become go-to references for many classical audio engineers. Classical Recording in the Decca Tradition By Caroline Haigh, John Dunkerley and Mark Rogers Written by three highly experienced tonmeisters wh ..read more
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