A Day in the Life of Our Students
RC grad Alexa Cooper with A$AP Rocky’s FOH Manager and DJ
She’s toured with A$AP Rocky (
see video), worked events for Beyoncé and Jay-Z, and operated lights for Skrillex at Burning Man. Now, Recording Connection graduate
Alexa Cooper has relocated to Vancouver, British Columbia where she’s landed the post of production manager for Promosa Management which does production for a majority of the music festivals across Canada and in much of the northern US. Learn more about
Alexa’s journey.
But that’s not all! Alexa’s got a new album in the works which is “intended to inspire a sense of freedom, joy, expansion” she says, “I desire to create a space where people can feel ok with being who they truly are and step into the highest version of themselves. Whether that’s through feeling an emotion that needs to be felt, letting loose and dancing, getting down with the not so pretty nitty gritty of life, or through appreciating the moment…
I want to move people.”
Since he started his externship with mentor Patrick Wimp at Digital Hydra, life is moving quickly for Film Connection student
Derrick Turnage (Chicago, IL):
“These past few weeks have been really busy and awesome. I had a chance to go to WGN studio and help shoot a promo video with my mentor. I also met the entire cast of WGN news as well as the director and producers that treated us like family. I met another great Director/DP who accepted me to shadow him and is hilarious with his jokes and personality. Lastly, I met some grips, gaffers, and saw firsthand what a 1st AC does, all while also working on my own project out of town… I am truly happy right now!”
At Mix Master Pro Studios in (Burke, VI) Recording Connection student
Destiny Williams is enjoying the time she’s spending sitting in on her mentor Rob Sanchez’ recording sessions where she’s connecting with fellow artists and geeking out on the gear:
“Rob and I had a late night session from 11 ‘til about 3am. Had the pleasure of meeting a dope DJ named Will Stylez and a super talented rapper named Benz…
We mixed in Pro Tools HDX which was amazing. Virtually, it allows you to rack up on multiple plugins and processors without using any CPU. Good riddance latency issues! We used FabFilter EQ for virtually every EQ’ing process…We got to play with compression, of course, using the UAD LA – 2A. A beautiful beast it is. Very clean but also adds in some shimmer to enhance harmonics just a bit more than other 2A’s that I’ve previously used.”
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