The Road to 23db Productions – Fela Davis
Fela Davis graduated from Full Sail University in 2002 and works as a live sound and recording engineer. Last year she started 23db Productions with Denis Orynbekov. (more…)
Fela Davis graduated from Full Sail University in 2002 and works as a live sound and recording engineer. Last year she started 23db Productions with Denis Orynbekov. (more…)
August 2015 Highlights (more…)
SoulSound is offering a work experience programme with Christchurch Spitalfields. The first opportunity coming up on Sunday 6th September. (more…)
Most of us working in the music industry work with people we view as being overly competitive and are often viewed in a negative light. We all desire a workplace where everyone works as a team and gets along, where the environment is productive and enjoyable. Co-workers that are overly competitive can create a hostile and negative work environment. (more…)
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At the end of 2001, I was about to start my professional career in sound. I was 24 with one degree in music and a second degree in arts, a diploma in sound engineering, a bit of experience, and a lot of expectations. Almost fourteen years later, my career has thrown up surprises, challenges, and a whole bunch of lessons. Here are five of them. (more…)
Ottmar Liebert is a five-time Grammy Award nominee and has received 38 Gold and Platinum records.
Here’s a behind the curtain video recording of Ottmar’s 2015 east coast tour with Luna Negra at Capitol Theatre in Clearwater, Florida. Ottmar Liebert(Guitar), Jon Gagan(Bass) and Chris Steele(Percussion).
This is song was recorded, mixed and mastered by 23db Productions. KLOTZ AIS High End cables, Earthworks(Guitar), Lewitt LCT 450(Cajon), Lewitt LCT and Lewitt 340(Bass).
We do a lot of multitrack recording but this clip was recorded via a stereo recording. We later mixed and mastered the song and added it to cell phone video. Microphone all instruments close to get as much separation as possible in your mix. With separation all recordings can sound good!
Fela Davis is the general manager at 23db Productions based out of New York City. She’s a graduate of Full Sail University and has over a decade of experience in audio engineering. Her past experiences includes working for industry power houses Clair Wireless and House of Blues. When she’s not editing, recording or mixing live shows for 23db Productions, she’s front of house engineer for the 4-time Grammy award winning jazz artist Christian McBride and Grammy nominated Ottmar Liebert.
Denis Orynbekov is chief engineer at 23db Productions, record producer and multi instrumentalist. He is also a member of NYC based band The Clox. Denis has recorded, mixed and mastered tracks that have been licensed by MTV reality show “Real World Explosion”, PBS “Roadtrip Nation”, Oxygen Channel “Best In Ink” and Hulu “Deadbeat” and can be heard on many radio stations around the globe.
This is part two of touring Europe with KEN mode. If you missed part one – check it out On Tour with KEN mode (more…)
We are in the midst of summer, the height of touring season here in the US, throw some festivals on top of that and there is plenty of work to go around. In previous blogs, I talked about how to prepare for a tour from the technical side of things. For this blog, I am going to talk about preparing for your first tour from the practical side of things.
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