COLOURFUL
SOUNDS
WORKSHOP
PEOPLE OF COLOUR BEHIND THE BOARDS & AHEAD OF THE CURVE
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PEOPLE OF COLOUR BEHIND THE BOARDS & AHEAD OF THE CURVE ✦
LESSON PLANS & DOCUMENTS
I WILL BE UPLOADING THE LESSON PLAN & ANY VIDEOS OR DOCUMENTS EVERY WEEK THE DAY AFTER THE SESSION SO YOU CAN REVIEW THEM WHENEVER YOU’D LIKE!
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PEOPLE OF COLOUR BEHIND THE BOARDS & AHEAD OF THE CURVE
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PEOPLE OF COLOUR BEHIND THE BOARDS & AHEAD OF THE CURVE ✦
ABOUT colourful sounds
OUR ORGANIZATION IS ALL ABOUT PUTTING TORONTO’S BLACK PEOPLE AND PEOPLE OF COLOUR IN POSITIONS TO LEARN AND EARN AS LIVE SOUND ENGINEERS.
OUR CITY IS RICH IN TALENT AND CULTURE; IT’S ONLY RIGHT THAT OUR SOUND ENGINEERING COMMUNITY IS REFLECTIVE OF OUR CULTURALLY DIVERSE MUSIC SCENE.
THIS WORKSHOP SERIES WILL COVER THE BASICS OF LIVE AUDIO ENGINEERING: SIGNAL FLOW, MIC TECHNIQUES, STAGE PLOTS, SOUND PROCESSING, AND MORE.
THE HOPE IS FOR EVERY PARTICIPANT TO FEEL MORE CONFIDENT IN THEIR EARS AND THEIR SKILLS, AND LEAVE WITH IDEAS AND OPPORTUNITIES.
LED BY FOUNDER & AUDIO ENGINEER, TRUSS - WORKING IN PRODUCTION, LIVE & IN-STUDIO AUDIO ENGINEERING FOR THE PAST 8 YEARS.
PEOPLE OF COLOUR BEHIND THE BOARDS & AHEAD OF THE CURVE
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PEOPLE OF COLOUR BEHIND THE BOARDS & AHEAD OF THE CURVE ✦
COLOURFUL SOUNDS SYLLABUS
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Learning about Balanced/Unbalanced connections, and how to properly care for cables on stage.
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Learning about different microphones & their specialties, DIs and their purpose, and micing different instruments.
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Learning about EQ, compression, effects & more!
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Diving into analog mixer channel strips, in/outputs & more!
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Learning how to set up in-ear monitor packs and monitor wedges, as well as front of house mixes.
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Learning how to organize for stage set up, and mixer etiquette.
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Participants will have a chance to ask questions with a touring audio engineer who has experience in the live sound world. Stay tuned to find out who it is!
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Participants will execute all they've learned, being responsible for the live sound of an evening of live music at the Colourful Sounds Open Mic Showcase!
PEOPLE OF COLOUR BEHIND THE BOARDS & ABOVE THE CURVE
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PEOPLE OF COLOUR BEHIND THE BOARDS & ABOVE THE CURVE ✦
BEHIND COLOURFUL SOUNDS
Truss is a producer, audio engineer, songwriter based in Toronto. He’s been working in studio for the past 6 years, performing & touring with his band TRP.P more recently for 3 years, and producing for many artists in the city. Since graduating the audio engineering program at Trebas Institute in 2018, Truss has helped on several live stages and production sets, engineered a live musical, and is still experimenting with live instruments in studio whenever the opportunity arises. Learning is ongoing, and as Truss continues to grow and develop his skills, he wants to spread as much knowledge as he can, and help in any way possible to bring about better change for his community.
He established Colourful Sounds out of a dire need - not only the need to see more representation in this field, but to preserve the experience of live Black music. Many artists have testified of that one (or few) horror live sound experience that made them feel discouraged or uncomfortable to perform the way they usually do. Truss believes that the more diverse the stage crew is, the better for everyone involved - including the audience!
PEOPLE OF COLOUR BEHIND THE BOARDS & AHEAD OF THE CURVE
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PEOPLE OF COLOUR BEHIND THE BOARDS & AHEAD OF THE CURVE ✦
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