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Top 10 Tips to Improve Your Mixes
Make sure your mixing environment has some proper acoustic treatment Every room has its sound. Your speaker monitors should be placed at the center of the room, right next to a wall, with a small...
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The 8 Free Plugins You Need To Be Using
You may be surprised at the level of quality you can find in free VST plugins. However, there are so many to choose from it can be difficult to find the diamonds in the rough. Luckily, I’ve done a lot...
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Keeping Healthy on the Road
There are so many ways in which homeopathy is an excellent modality to reach for when you’re on the road. For one thing, it’s great for first aid and acutes, and it works on the emotional state as...
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Mix With the Masters Experience
I would like to begin with a huge thank you to SoundGirls for making this opportunity possible. I was selected in a raffle to win a spot with Mix with the Masters with Sylvia Massy. The whole...
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Sexism in the Alternative Music Scene
Former Black Flag vocalist Henry Rollins once said, “Questioning anything and everything, to me, is punk rock,”, to which I believe everyone that identifies themselves as punk can agree with; punk is...
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Head of Sound for the First Time
Photo Credit Dainius Cepla Saying out loud that I no longer need a babysitter and that my skills do not need to be watched or checked over was a scary thing. But it was time and it the bravest and most...
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Tips for Staying Healthy on the Road
Round up of tips from our members for staying healthy while working the crazy hours we do in live production. Rachelle: For me, I schedule my workouts weeks in advance so that if I work in the evening...
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Live Sound – Do Not Be Afraid
How to prevent and prepare for the worst A few months ago, I was having lunch with a friend who works in post-production and she mentioned that she did not have the nerves for live sound, that it in...
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Post, Theatre, Foley, and SoundGirls
Working as a one woman sound recordist and boom op in a short film As this is my first SoundGirls blog post, I thought it would be a good idea to make it a bit of an introductory one. So hi! My name is...
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Should You Work a Gig for Free for Exposure?
When working in sound, chances are you’ll come across projects where you’re asked to work for free – and, depending on the project and your situation, you might be tempted to give it a go. But before...
View ArticleDave Rat’s Mighty Headphone Quest
For over a decade now I have sworn by my now discontinued Sony MDR-CD3000 headphones as my trusty live sound reference point. When I wrote an article stressing the importance of having high-quality...
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Impulse Response Testing and Field Recording
The Mine One of the things that piqued my interest with sound design was all of the magical tools and abilities sound designers have at their disposal. As a young sound designer, I am still surprised...
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Giving Up Wasn’t a Choice – Freelancing in Bollywood
I come from a family of bankers, doctors, and engineers & therefore have always considered myself to be the black sheep of the family as I’m more inclined towards Art, People & Culture. When I...
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How Do You Measure Career Success?
Written By: Erica D’Angelo I’ve been working as an audio engineer in Australia since 1997. When I meet young sound engineers starting out, particularly women, I am inspired by their passion and...
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Keeping Healthy on the Road
There are so many ways in which homeopathy is an excellent modality to reach for when you’re on the road. For one thing, it’s great for first aid and acutes, and it works on the emotional state as...
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Mix With the Masters Experience
I would like to begin with a huge thank you to SoundGirls for making this opportunity possible. I was selected in a raffle to win a spot with Mix with the Masters with Sylvia Massy. The whole...
View ArticleRisky Business & A Viral Campaign
I am Jade, a music producer, and vocalist from Australia. I am relatively new to the artist role having only started in 2018, however, I have been a part of the music industry my entire life – growing...
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SoundGirls Self-Care: Coping with Anxiety
What is anxiety? “Anxiety is a normal and often healthy emotion. However, when a person regularly feels disproportionate levels of anxiety, it might become a medical disorder. Anxiety disorders form...
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Mix With the Masters Experience
I would like to begin with a huge thank you to SoundGirls for making this opportunity possible. I was selected in a raffle to win a spot with Mix with the Masters with Sylvia Massy. The whole...
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No paramos de luchar/We don’t stop fighting
Soy Natalia Sofía, orgullosa mujer transgénero de la ciudad de México y te contaré una gran verdad. Feliz 28 de junio. 🙂 En la escuela de audio se me quedó una doctrina 100% legítima. Si bien, en la...
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