Category Archives: Audio

Student Opportunity: Paid Work Experience at New Media Lincs

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Hazel DonnellyCall out for student camera and sound operators from Hazel Donnelly, Project Co-ordinator at LSM’s New Media Lincs Social Enterprise. It provides opportunities for students to work collaboratively with local groups:
 
New Media Lincs require two excellent camera operators and a sound person for PAID work experience on Monday 9th or Tuesday 10th of December for some basic film work and a couple of short interviews.  Due to assessment hand-ins I would prefer that you are a Level Two student.There would also be the possibility of more permanent work experience through this new company.  If you think this is for you, please email me as soon as possible: hdonnelly@lincoln.ac.uk

 

Congratulations to Siren FM: East Midlands Station of the Year

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Well done to Nations and Regions awards-bannerSiren FM, winner of the East Midlands Station of the Year at the Radio Academy Nations & Regions Awards.  Lincoln’s first community radio station, based on campus, collaborates with the School of  Media students. Siren FM said: “Working with students on projects like New Wave, the Level 2 and 3 assignments all were noted in our submission.”

The winning stations will now go forward into the Station of the Year (under 1 million) category at the 2014 Radio Academy Awards.

Full-time Paid Job for a Community Radio Station Co-ordinator

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UniofBedfordshire_logoFancy filling a full-time job vacancy as a Community Radio Station Co-ordinator at the University of Bedfordshire, based at Park Square in Luton, with an annual salary of £38,522?  It’s a permanent position, here’s the spec from its site:

The Community Radio Station Co-ordinator will take responsibility for managing Radio LaB 97.1fm, the community radio station which has its studio within the University.  Under its license the station must engage audiences of young people (11-18yrs), students and young professionals (18-28yr olds), and the 55+ group.  The Station Co-ordinator will have enthusiasm, dynamism and be a champion of the station within the community and University. S/he will be an excellent communicator, have a flair for teaching and experience of the budgeting, technical oversight and management of a community radio station.

The closing date’s by noon on the 20th November 2013. Click here for more details and how to apply.  Good luck and please let us know if you get the job …

Opportunity: Join New Wave – Media, Music & Arts Show on SIREN FM

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From LSM’s Principal Lecturer Bryan Rudd:
New Wave_logoNEW WAVE – The LSM’s weekly media, music and arts show on SIREN FM needs YOU! You’re invited to get involved from across all three years and across all programmes.

Jack Poston will be the programme series editor, and we need folks from all areas of media: film, TV, photography, audio, design, etc to present; research; record; edit; and run the live studio. NEW WAVE will be a sort of sexed up version of Radio 4 type Media Show/Front Row/Woman’s Hour mix with a liberal coating of fairy dust sprinkled on it (in other words aimed at a younger audience!). This is a great opportunity not only for all radio students but for ALL students to talk and present all areas of media, music and culture. We’ll also be targeting members of staff as contributors! Please get in touch ASAP with either me, email: brudd@lincoln.ac.uk or Jack Poston. Thanks.

Guest Lecture – Phil Harding

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Phil Harding’s track record is incredible. As a recording engineer and producer he has worked with artists as diverse as The Clash, Killing Joke, Dead Or Alive, Kylie Minogue and East 17.

As part of his lecture tour to promote his book PWL: From The Factory Floor he came to the University and gave a very entertaining and informative lecture to a packed audience of Audio Production students.

The main thrust of Phil’s lecture was how different aspects of the music industry service each other and why this is something to bear in mind when fulfilling a particular role. He talked about the importance of group work in gaining these skills and about how having the right attitude is essential for success in an industry that relies so heavily on professional relationships. Continue reading →

LSM’s Sound Theatre: Recording with Robert Hardy

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Robert Hardy_LSM Sound TheatreActor Robert Hardy records in our super Sound Theatre – after a fire alarm goes off and he mastered some tongue twisters from reading the Magna Carta! Courtesy of Mary Powell we’ve republished an extract of her article from the Good Taste magazine:

2015 is going to be very special. Anniversaries abound, particularly the sealing of Magna Carta in 1215, the Castle restoration will be complete and a series of Magna Carta events are planned throughout the 800th anniversary year. We are also planning Lincolnshire’s Great Exhibition 2015 where the most exciting and rarely seen works of art will be displayed in The Collection, Usher Gallery and Wren Library.  However, exciting moments are already happening as I head over to the University of Lincoln to sit in on an unusual sound recording. Lord Cormack, Chairman of the Historic Lincoln Trust has invited the actor Robert Hardy to record the full text of Magna Carta and he has very kindly agreed. The School of Media undoubtedly have some of the best facilities for students and they have volunteered their sound theatre and expertise.

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Matt North – Career Update

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Blog post by 2012 Audio Production graduate Matt North.

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Since my last update, things have changed dramatically for me in my career and I have been very busy. In June this year, I left Ideal Shopping Direct after just under a year of service working as both a Technical Operator and Audio Operator – mixing over 500 hours of live broadcast audio for the TV shopping channels Ideal World, Create & Craft and The Deal Channel.

I left the role because I managed to land an incredible job working as a sound recordist for a small family company in London called Videoheads and have since been involved in some very exciting projects.  Continue reading →

Darren Scales learns about scoring his film

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Darren Scales has been working on his sci-fi epic “The Drift” since August 2011, and the movie is now in post production, scheduled for a Christmas 2013 release. He’s recently been working on the original musical score. As well as producing this low budget movie, Darren (who describes himself as the executive bully,) has regularly updated his production video diary “Driftcasts”. Here’s the latest episode, in which Darren meets with James the Score, composer for THE DRIFT, and asks him what it takes to write a score:

THE DRIFT is Backyard Productions’ latest venture. A completely original Sci Fi adventure set 100 years from now… Continue reading →

The Pixel Market is open

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Applications are now open for this year’s Pixel Market! Part of the 7th Cross-Media Forum (15-18 October). The Pixel Market is the only finance market dedicated to getting cross-media projects off the ground.Get your applications in by Friday 26 July, 18:00 BST!
30 projects in total will be selected. The criteria are simple:

  • Projects must be at an advanced stage of development
  • Projects can be any genre, including hybrid
  • Stories must use more than one platform – any platform – to engage audiences Continue reading →

Sound recording residency

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The Collection and Usher Gallery Lincoln, and Lincoln School of Art & Design are inviting artists working with sound and audio, to submit expressions of interest for a unique opportunity to work with Archeological holdings at The Collection, Lincoln. Deadline: June 30.

Download full details (pdf)