Recorded, mixed and mastered by Aaron Reppert.

Be sure to check out the site at www.BARMMAP.com and join if you are not already a member.  Attend great audio events, workshops and conferences in the Bay Area.

BARMMAP is the acronym for the Bay Area Recording, Mixing, Mastering, And Production group.

What is BARMMAP?

Hosted by McKay Garner and Mike Wells, this group was created to bring artists, home recording enthusiasts and working audio professionals together to share their excitement, knowledge, and ideas about furthering the fields of recording, mixing, mastering, and producing music and/or audio. ALL of us shape the future of the way music sounds to the world in future recordings.

The idea and mantra of this group is to:

To create CAMARADERIE between everyone seeking to better their skills and perfect their craft. To ENCOURAGE a SPIRIT of SHARING and open discussion of debatable topics and hard science, both basic and/or abstract AND at various levels of technical or creative study.

Please join us if you are:

-a working or aspiring producer, engineer, musician, or recording enthusiast

-in a band or are a solo artist recording yourself,

-chief engineer at studio Fancy Pants,

-a person who just likes the sound of recordings and the production of such.

We are planning to host events that will include multiple presentations from members who would like to share techniques they use in their recording, mixing, mastering, or production work. Presentations will be offered on various levels of experience so that members may gain knowledge from each meeting as it pertains to their particular level of practice/learning. There will also be a chance to mingle, network, and discuss individually chosen topics.

We also plan to have special audio company sponsored events.

Thanks for joining and we look forward to what you have to share and what we all will learn by opening up our experiences!

If you would like to offer a presentation at one of our meetings, please contact us with your subject of interest and we’ll discuss your ideas and get it rolling! If you have ideas about topics you’d like to to see touched on in a meeting, please contact us with suggestions.

This week is the premiere of Pensado’s Place with mixing engineer Dave Pensado, his manager Herb Trawick, and engineer Zan Nakari. They are joined in studio by mixing engineer Ariel Chobaz who recently worked with Nicki Minaj on her album. In this week’s Into The Lair, Dave Pensado goes over some of his favorite new compressor and eq plug-ins that he uses on his mixes. They also break down the tracks for Linkin Park’s ‘Waiting for the End’ in this week’s Playback, and the group takes questions from viewers during Corner Office. For more information, show notes, and schedule visit http://www.thisweekin.com.

My Duties included:

• Editing Noise and Elements
• Sound Design
• Mixing Sound
• Mastering

The pilot airs on CBS October 31st between 4:00-4:30pm.

Behind the Scenes – Making of the TV Pilot:

The workshop consisted of great audio professionals such as Mike Wells, McKay Garner, Zack Phillips, Eric Brashear, Pete Krawiec and myself.  With years of experience in the industry combined, we gave insight on how to take full advantage of your internship.

Interning is considered part of “paying your dues” once you leave a recording school and/or are fortunate enough to get accepted to a studio internship program. But, how do you best maximize your interning experience to lead you in the right direction for your audio career? This BARMMAP panel event hosted a variety of studio owners and young engineers who have either made the transition from intern to engineer or are currently in an internship program.

Attendees walked away from this panel with current, relevant feedback from engineers working in today’s recording industry to help reach next audio career goals.