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Issue #183 – Apprentices in Action

Weekly Newsletter

by L. Swift and Jeff McQ

 
Apprentices in Action
 

A Day in the Life of Our Students

   Just weeks into the program, Recording Connection student Reed Haynsworth (Dallas, TX) is getting ready to move into high gear: “Today was a smooth session with my mentor Leland [Kracher]. We went over a track I have been working on and also we laid out a timeline for the whole program. Slowly, Leland will be guiding me out of just using only samples into actual production, full-sound design. I also really like all of the other students in the Ableton Program. They are all much more advanced than me and it is very humbling. Leland also has it set for all of us to come in on the same day and sit in on each other’s sessions to listen and learn what they’re working on as well. Great creative atmosphere! Overall I am very satisfied with the program!”    Film Connection student Jacob Sizemore (Dallas, TX) is loving being in a professional environment at Rehoboth Pictures: “There is a passion in everyone’s eye that I would never have gotten the chance to see if I had gone to a normal college. So far we have been shooting season #2 of a TV series that we made for a church and I’ve had the incredible pleasure to operate a RED camera on set. Off set all of the students are working on their own personal projects, such as commercials and short films in which all the students get to participate in. Last week we shot a short commercial for the studio written by one of our own students…As for my personal projects, I’m currently in the process of writing a very personal short film that I’m going to be working with my mentor to make…I have written and directed many short films before this but this short will be my first professionally produced film and I can’t wait to get started shooting it.”    Recording Connection student Jim Battles (Louisville, KY) is seeing firsthand that everyone really does know everyone when it comes to working in music: “Called my mentor Dave Chale. He said to come downtown to the Taj club for some live sound. I assisted in running mics for the drums for Nellie Pear [and] met the rep from Axxis, who provided the heavy equipment for this gig. He used to work for Dave when he ran New Vintage. Said he, too, learned through Recording Connection. Small world!”  
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