Instructor Profile: Reavis Mitchell All of our SAE instructors are industry professionals drawing from a vast range of diverse professional experiences, so it’s quite entertaining to hear their various stories of past or current projects. One such story comes from SAE Nashville Instructor Reavis Mitchell (pictured above), who played an integral role in designing, programming and building a mobile production machine called the “Beat Thang.”
In the inaugural episode of SAE Institute and Sound School’s “Sound Advice,” SAE Atlanta‘s David Lopez instructs how to give your Kick Drums added distinction and depth in “Sound Advice: EQ Tips & Tricks for Kick Drum pt. I.” Check out the lesson on the SoundCloud player below:
Student Spotlight: Reid Willis “Student Spotlight” is a recurring segment where we feature an SAE Institute student and some of the projects they’ve been working on. This week’s featured student is Reid Willis from SAE Atlanta. Four bleak synthesizer tones descend in a chilly progression to open Radiohead’s Kid A, generating the unique atmosphere of an album that’s the aural equivalent of an animatronic hug: a pre-programmed electromechanical assurance that everything was, is and will continue to be all right. [...]
ARSENAL profiles industry professionals and their preferred equipment setup. Today’s installment is with Sir Clef, an Atlanta-based producer who co-produced T.I.’s “Sorry” (ft. Andre 3000) with Jazze Pha.
