If you've always wanted to learn the ins and outs of record production, your golden opportunity has arrived. Randall Frazier, chief engineer at helmet r00m recordings, is teaching a class on basic audio production at the Colorado Free University. The three-session class will cover the basics of audio theory, microphone use, computer recording, MIDI technology and the fundamentals of mixing and production, split into one theory class and two sessions of hands-on practice.
You know how they say everybody's a DJ these days? Based on the
number of self-produced recordings we receive each week, the same can be said of recording engineers, too. These days, it seems, everybody also has a recording studio, thanks to the proliferation of cheap recording gear. Problem is, we can also tell you, from experience, that only about a quarter of those folks know how to actually operate their equipment. Good news for them (and for us, ultimately): Helmet Room mastermind, Randa
Orbit Service, the experimental/psychedelic pop outfit of Randall Frazier, will be appearing on the upcoming compilation MOM. The disc is a benefit for Beta-lactam Rings Records owner Chris McBeth's mother, who has cancer. "[McBeth and I] have become very close friends over the past few years. His mother was recently diagnosed with stomach cancer, and so he asked a few of his label's artists to contribute tracks for the benefit of his mother," Frazier explains. "I was honored that he ask
