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Issue #140 – Apprentices in Action
by L. Swift and Jeff McQ
Recording Connection student Ryan Brisbine (Pittsburgh, PA) was just settling into the idea that he’d be training with Hollis Greathouse “a widely successful engineer who has worked with some of the most successful musicians in the world” when something truly extraordinary happened in session. A 12-year-old master drummer named R.J. came in to record (parents in tow) with a Gospel artist. Ryan says, “Little R.J. started playing and it was like all the greatest drummers in the world came together as one. I watched him for about 30 seconds with a dead stare in amazement. I looked at Hollis and he had a smile on his face and was shaking his head…I don’t have the words to explain what I saw. It was so mesmerizing that you had to be there to understand. Hollis told me that what I was seeing is special. He said that in all his years in the industry he may have only seen this 3 times. His [R.J’s] parents said that he started drumming in his church’s choir band when he was 6…I will always remember the day I got to see this young man lay some tracks in a studio…It was an absolute privilege and honor to have had the chance to be a part of the session.”
Film Connection student Susan Berger (Washington D.C.) has been assisting her mentor Christian Galdabini of Z Force Productions at filming thousands of doctors, talking about their research at the world-renowned Johns Hopkins Hospital. The team is even invited into the labs to grab footage! There will be more about this important project in an upcoming issue.
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