Siegfried Meier Producer•Engineer•Mixer• Songwriter•Instructor 26 / 27 October, 2013 at Beach Road Studios Goderich, Ontario www.beachroadstudios.com/studioworkshops (519) 440-0904 About Instructor/Producer Siegfried Meier Siegfried Meier is a JUNO Award winning Producer, Engineer, Mixer, Songwriter and Instructor. Having written the AVID Pro Tools course for The Ontario Institute of Audio Recording Technology in 2004, he went on to teach a special Pro Tools/Production course for several years before building Beach Road Studios. Siegfried has produced/engineered/mixed or mastered records for bands such as Kittie, The Salads, Thine Eyes Bleed, Craig Cardiff, Dayna Manning, Breaching Vista and many more. He’s worked with Tom Araya (Slayer) in the studio, songs he’s produced/engineered have been featured in films such as Saw VI, Eurotrip and Limitless, and his work with pop artist Scotty James garnered them a Billboard Canada Top 16 hit. In 2013, Woods of Ypres’ “Grey Skies and Electric Light” record was nominated for a JUNO Award for Best Metal/Hard Music Record of the Year, a category which it subsequently won - the record was Produced and Engineered by Siegfried at his Beach Road Studios complex. Having worked with heavyweight Producers and Engineers such as Gggarth (Rage Against The Machine, Biffy Clyro), Joe Gastwirt (The Used, Face To Face), Troy Glessner (Copeland, Anberlin, Underoath), Andy Wallace (Nirvana, Linkin Park) and many others, Siegfried has picked up countless tips and tricks for making pro- fessional albums that stand the test of time. Making records and music has always been a passion for him, and his work ethic is second to none. What You Will Learn as a Student The workshop will see students go through the motions of producing an entire song with a professional band, from beginning to end, with all the steps demonstrated and explained in detail. The industry stan- dard AVID Pro Tools software will be used exclusively, and students will see firsthand the possibilities and creative aspects that the software can induce on music (the skill sets learned in Pro Tools can of course be carried over to other DAW’s and music creation apps). Starting with the pre-production proc- ess, we’ll be studying a song and breaking it apart to maximize its potential. Students will learn how to properly tune acoustic drums, set up microphones and study the magic and effect that direct micro- phones and room microphones have in a large, live drum room (a live drum sample library will also be recorded in multitrack form that students will be able to take home with them, using them for their own music and productions!). From there, the workshop will continue on through bass, guitar, keys and vocal production and engineering, focusing on mic placement and outboard gear processing. Vintage analog tape and console methods will also be demonstrated, along with modern DSP processing techniques - Beach Road features a vast amount of plugins (including all Universal Audio plugins for the Apollo inter- face), and many of these will be demonstrated in great detail. Students will learn to extensively edit all instruments, including drums, bass, guitar, synth and vocals, in a correct and musical manner, providing professional results. Autotune and Melodyne, pitch correction tools that are industry standard these days, will also be demonstrated in great detail, not only on vocals but also on instruments. Mixing and mastering techniques will be covered extensively, utilizing some of the best equipment and modern tac- tics. The workshops will be taught over the course of two 10 hour days at Beach Road Studios, allowing you to absorb a maximum amount of information without sacrificing your precious time. Only 10 stu- dents will be accepted per workshop, allowing for intimate classes and plenty of question/answer oppor- tunities - there is no workshop in the world that covers this amount of information in such a short time, and many industry tricks and secrets will be shown and covered. Who Is This Workshop For? Graduates from recording programs that want a direct inside look into how professional records are made in the modern world by a working, successful Producer/Engineer - recording aficionados who don’t have the time and money to spend years at a recording school - musicians and artists who want to maximize their dollars, recording their own demos/final works are all individuals who may greatly benefit from the Beach Road Workshops we offer. The industry is changing, and artists need to invest in their future as much as they can. Technology and music recording equipment is more affordable than ever, and the results can be amazing when the tools are used in the right hands. Having made records for nearly 20 years, Siegfried Meier will show you how to effectively use those tools to your advantage, and help you become a better Producer/Engineer!.