NYC Event: "Who You Gonna Call? The Tech Experts" — March 5th, Presented by the Society of Composers & Lyricists NY
Calling all composers in the trenches! Here’s an extra dose of survival skills.
The Society of Composers and Lyricists (SCL) will be hosting a panel, “Who You Gonna Call? The Tech Experts” on March 5th about what to do when things go wrong in the live and studio environment, and how maximizing awareness of personal rig tech can better prepare us for the inevitable.
Thor Jonsson and Andrea Pejrolo will demonstrate how rig knowledge, sprinkled with a few tips and tricks can result in successful audio sessions. The panel will also discuss portable rigs and the tools and techniques for multitrack recording, mixing and production using only an iPad.
The event is free for all SCL members, $35 for non-members and guests of members, $20 for non-member college students with valid student ID. Visit here to register.
The lowdown:
- Who: The Society of Composers and Lyricists
- Event: Who You Gonna Call? The Tech Experts
- When: March 5th, 2015
- Where: Sam Ash Music – 333 West 34th Street, New York, NY 10001
- Panel: Thor Jonsson & Andrea Pejrolo
Panel Profiles
Thor Jonsson – http://www.thundergod.com
Thor Jonsson
A New York based composer and a music technology consultant. He has composed music for TV commercials including: McDonald, Toyota, CVS, Bank of America, Dunkin Donuts, as well as the recent documentary “American Made Movie”. His music was also recently featured in the Oliver Stone movie “Savages”. On the technology side Thor specializes in Logic Pro and has consulted for hundreds of clients including: Roger Waters, America Online, Teddy Reilly, Jack DeJohnette, Kool and the Gang and Randy Brecker.
Thor has degree in Electrical Engineering and a Diploma in Music Production from Berklee College of Music.
Andrea Pejrolo – http://www.apejrolo.com
The Assistant Chair of the Contemporary Writing and Production department at Berklee College of Music in Boston.
Andrea Pejrolo
Andrea is a composer, producer, music technology expert, audio engineer, and bassist. He is the author of “Creative Sequencing Techniques for Music Production” (1st edition 2005, and 2nd edition 2011) and “Acoustic and MIDI Orchestration for the Contemporary Composer” (2007) and has written several articles for music magazines, including Sound On Sound, MacWorld, Bass World Magazine, Muralann and Boheme Press (Canada), Computer Music Studio Magazine, and Il Capitello Publisher (Italy).
Andrea has extensive and active professional experience as a sound designer, audio engineer/producer, MIDI programmer and composer for film, TV, theater and multimedia. Some of his recent collaborations and projects include Lou Salloum and Jamie Helou (Beirut), Traits de Marque in Paris, iAcoustica Studio drum library, iDrum Rock Edition for iPhone/iPad in collaboration with Izotope, arrangements and recording with the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Don Sebesky, ABC, CBS, Cy Coleman, Burning Petals Music Production (U.K.), the Broadway Show “Swing” (St. James Theater, NY), and the Grand Canyon Music Festival.
Andrea is an active presenter and lecturer for prestigious conferences such as AES and MacWorld. Currently he is working on a new publication for Oxford University Press about sound design and production techniques.
Some of his latest “inventions” as music technologist and programmer can be sen on Vimeo.
Andrea holds a Ph.D. in jazz composition/performance from New York University, a Master in Composition for Film, TV, Theater and Multimedia from the University of Bristol (U.K.) and a Music Diploma in Jazz Performance from Manhattan School of Music in New York City.
Follow Andrea’s work via Twitter @apejrolo_music.