From May 8-10, 2008, SAE Institute, the world leader in pro audio and multimedia education, hosted an intensive three-day event with legendary producer/engineer Eddie Kramer at its Los Angeles campus. Kramer's resume boasts production and/or engineering work on dozens of smash hits with some of the most legendary names in rock history: the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, David Bowie, Kiss, the Rolling Stones and many more. SAE Institute Los Angeles, whose graduates have gone on to work in the southern California studio and multimedia scenes, hosted the special in-session engagement with Kramer, giving SAE-LA students and alumni the opportunity to see first-hand how Kramer creates a recording, from pre-production through the final mix of a song. In the weeks leading up to the event, local bands from Oakland to Los Angeles submitted their demos, and L.A.-based band Mitchells Folley was selected for the project. Kramer made sure to get SAE students involved in every aspect of the sessions, stressing real-world applications of their knowledge and skills. The project began with a seminar on May 8th, in which Kramer presented many of his philosophies about recording and mixing music and offered a slide show of photographs he has taken over the years of some of rock's most influential performers. Kramer discussed with the students his various choices of microphones and gear he uses to record and mix, after which Mitchells Folley set up in SAE-LA's dubbing theater for pre-production. After a brief discussion about the band, its style and the direction in which they wanted to take the song, they ran through their song "Late Show" with Kramer and the students, who then discussed its sections and style. Solos and bass lines were refined, and then Kramer picked two students from the audience to together write additional vocal harmonies. Agreeing the arrangement was complete, the band broke down and moved all their equipment into the studios to prepare to record in SAE-LA's Neve V3 room to 2-inch tape and Pro Tools HD. Kramer had students setting up mics, the console and racks of additional outboard gear that he brought in specifically for the session. The May 8th sessions broke after nine hours of pre-production and equipment setup. On day two (May 9th)=), SAE students and alumni rotated in and out of the 12-plus hour session, some opting to stay the entire day. Upon completing the basic tracks, Kramer held an additional drum miking seminar for the students to detail his techniques. All basic tracks were then transferred into Pro Tools for overdubs. Once the students had everything synched, the tracks were flown into the Pro Tools HD system and tracking continued. As overdubs progressed throughout the day, students were involved in every aspect of the session from tape op to patching, miking to signal processing. Vocal tracking and mixing were completed on May 10th. In the end, Mitchells Folley found themselves with a new song, produced by Eddie Kramer, assisted by no fewer than 35 SAE-LA students over the course of three days. Kramer stated, "I cannot stress enough how important this sort of hands-on real-world application is for all of these up-and-coming engineering talents. It is vital that they experience living with a project from start to finish, as well as how we can converge the best of digital and analog technologies. It has been fun, hard work, and we made immense progress in a short, intense span of time. We all have a personal stake in the future of the industry, and I am proud to pass on my experience and guidance." Paul Hughes, Director, SAE Los Angeles, stated, "Eddie Kramer is an engineering and producing legend, and the chance for our students to work with him is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Eddie is a singular talent who's body of work encompasses classic tracks with iconic artists while pointing to the future of recording technology." About SAE Headquartered in Oxford, England, SAE Institute is the world's first and largest network of audio and multimedia education and training centers. SAE is affiliated with Middlesex University (England), Southern Cross University (Australia) and Southern Institute of Technology (New Zealand). The Institute operates over 50 campuses in 24 countries on five continents. It offers diploma, bachelor's and master's programs in audio, multimedia, digital filmmaking, animation and gaming. SAE is part of the SAE Technology Group, which also owns and operates Studios 301 (with locations in Sydney and Byron Bay, Australia, Cologne, Germany, Studios 301 is a collective group of state-of-the-art recording and mastering facilities), the Computer Graphics College and Qantm. --For more information, please contact SAE Institute of Technology, 7 Music Circle North, Nashville, TN 37203. Tel: (615) 244-5848; Fax: (615) 244-3192

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