SoundGirls.Org Sound Camp for Girls – Seeks Donations
SoundGirls.Org is very excited to be developing a camp program that will introduce young women to live sound. The pilot camp will take place take place July 27 – August 2, in Modesto, California, and is sponsored by The Northern California Women’s Music Festival. The program will cover the basics of live sound, careers available, skills needed, and tips for starting out in the industry. The program will end with a live event run by the girls.
SoundGirls.Org is currently seeking donations for the girls to put together their own tool-kits. We are hoping to be able to put together 35 – 40 tool-kits. If you can donate or secure donations of the items – please contact Karrie at soundgirls.org@gmail.com.
We are also seeking a donation to print A Girls Guide to Doing Sound, a guidebook we have created for the girls. In the future we hope to seek funding to bring the program to more underserved communities.To help us get this program off the ground – Please consider making a donation or purchasing a t-shirt. All proceeds are to offset travel costs to provide this program.
Wishlist
- Gaff Tape
- Colored Electrical Tape
- Sharpies
- Measuring Tapes
- Setting Saver or equal brand for marking stage, etc
- Laynards and Laminates
- SoundGirls.Org T-Shirts
- Work Gloves in XS and Small Sizes
- Crescent Wrenches
- Shure or equal brand – Switched microphones
- RTA mic for phones – Dayton Audio, etc
- Ear Plugs
- Screwdrivers – Phillips to remove rack screws
- AcoustiTape
- Leathermans
- Lockable Black Plastic Tool Box
How to Prepare for a Tour
You’ve finally got your first tour, hurray! Now what?
There is a lot of preparation that goes into a tour. Of course the bigger the tour, the more planning is needed, but even a small club tour needs some forethought. For this blog, I am going to concentrate on a club/theater tour and mostly from the perspective of being hired to mix FOH. (more…)
Volunteer with PS 354 The STEM Institute of Queens
PS 354 The STEM Institute of Queens located in Jamaica, Queens has contacted SoundGirls.Org to work with the New York Institute of Technology’s National Society of Black Engineers Campus Chapter, who provide after-school programming in robotics and sound engineering.They are offering this program to their 4th and 5th grade girls and looking to develop audio engineering curriculum. They are a STEM focused magnet school striving to provide an engaging, child-centered learning environment. They are currently rewriting curriculum to infuse technology, career awareness, service-learning, and connect curriculum areas. Their students are coding, programming robots, creating PSAs and documentaries, engaging in engineering design challenges. If you are interested in being involved in this exciting program or would like to volunteer your time, please contact Karrie at soundgirls.org@gmail.com
Contribute to The Girls Guide to Doing Sound
We are putting together The Girls Guide to Doing Sound, for our summer camp program. We are taking submissions to be included in the guide of tips for mixing live sound. We are looking for the unusual tips, that you only learn as you experience them. Everyone that contributes their tips will be entered into a contest to win some cool prizes. We are looking for fun tips like:
When mixing Mariachi Bands, watch out – They probably will not sound check in their costumes or with their sombreros. Note: Sombreros will aggravate feedback problems during the show. This applies to hats with brims, glasses, teeth, etc.
Equipment typically does not like liquid poured into them and can cease to work properly.
Vocal Sound – deteriorates during the show – Swap out the vocal mic. It may be filled with sweat and spit.
For each tip you contribute you will be entered into the contest. Tips can include survival techniques as well. Contest deadline is May 31, 2015. Send your tips to soundgirls.org@gmail.com
Some of the cool prizes include:
Hardcover copy of WELCOME TO GROOVE HOUSE, by Jill Meniketti
SoundGirls.Org T-Shirt and Stickers
Sennheiser Baseball Hat
Rat Sound Systems T-Shirt
Pearl Jam T-Shirt
European SoundGirls – Shure Introduction to Wireless Workbench 6
Please join European SoundGirl.Org members as they welcome Tuomo Tolonen from Shure. Tuomo will introduce attendees to Shure’s Wireless Workbench 6.The event will take place on May 21st at Britannia Row. The event is free – please
RSVP on the event page. We wish to thank Britannia Row and Shure for hosting this informative workshop, and Malle Kaas for organizing it.
From pre-show planning to live performance monitoring, Wireless Workbench® 6.10 provides comprehensive control for networked Shure wireless systems and includes several new features.
- Networked control of QLX-D™ Digital Wireless (still offers networked control of Axient®, UHF-R®, ULX-D®, and PSM®1000)
- An interactive view of frequency conflicts and their contributing factors, a detailed listing of conflicts found per frequency, and the ability to filter conflicts by type
- Ability to select from a list of backup and in-use frequencies
- Monitor Only mode that safeguards against unwanted changes
Or – The Machines are Out to Get Us.
It happens to everyone at some point. That crucial bit of kit fails at the wrong moment. The radio mic on the lead has sweat in the mic head or the connector. Someone in the Brass section has knocked water into the stage box. The touch screen is out of alignment and instead of hitting save you hit load new session. It’s going to happen the machines are out to get us, and you better have a backup plan. (more…)
Clair Global Road Staff Training Program
SoundGirls.Org spoke with Dave Lester at Clair Global about the Clair training program. Here’s what Dave had to tell us about the program. (more…)
Clair Global – Road Staff in Training Program Part One
Katie Hughes is currently working at Clair Global and participating in Clair Global’s Road Staff in Training Program. She will be reporting on her experience with the program over the next several weeks.
By: Katie Hughes
10/23/14
I started working in the warehouse here at CLAIR in June as the touring season was starting to pick up. I helped with tour prep, looming and labeling cables, making snakes, testing gear, and loading and unloading trucks. During this time, I also got to experience many days of field training. Gradually more and more of the people new to the Road Staff in Training program started working in the warehouse as well, and in October, we were to finally start class. (more…)
